It is the far future, but one seen through the eyes of the Renaissance and intermingled with the New Testament. Following the desecration of the garden world Eden, humanity fled in a diaspora to the heavens. An ark bore them into the Vault of Night, powered by prayers to the god-head Sol Invictus. A new Jerusalem was erected among the stars; a pinnacle of humanity's greatness. As time progressed, the memory of Eden was lost to a new dawn, regarded only as a faint echo in convocations to Sol Invictus. But then came The Other - and with it - the destruction of New Jerusalem. Left with no other choice, humanity returned to Eden... but it was not the world they remembered.

​DARK ASTRAL casts the familiar trappings of ZWEIH NDER Grim & Perilous RPG through the lens of Biblically-inspired science fantasy. Steeped in superstition and living in the wake of an apocalypse, Characters struggle against the dangers of unknown Eden. Humanity ekes out existence within the crashed flotilla-megalopolis of Outremer. Inspired by Alejandro Jodorowsky's unrealized take on Dune, mixed with a healthy influence of Xenogears and gritty science fantasy, this chapbook expands your ZWEIH NDER game into a whole new world of grim terror. Inside, you'll find six unique Professions, a host of technological trappings and all-new weapons, gear and mods.

In the grim darkness of humanity's future, DARK ASTRAL and its cosmic horror awaits