Enter the Region
Select your character, review your starting loadout, and begin the run.
A world fractured by imbalance
Defeating the corruption
is only the beginning.
Battle through corrupted regions, attune different forms of magic, and attempt to mend the Weave before the world fractures further.
The world of Thaeryn
The Weave is breaking.
Thaeryn was shaped by various forms of magic held in balance. That balance has collapsed, corruption spreads through every region and twists everything it touches.
Each successful run brings you closer to restoring the world—but strength alone cannot mend the damage. You must understand what caused the imbalance and choose the right magic to restore it.
Choose wisely, and the region begins to heal. Choose poorly, and the Weave distorts again—making the next attempt more dangerous, more unpredictable, and potentially more rewarding.
The shape of a journey
What does a standard run look like?
A complete region is built around three combat zones, two major encounters, a final confrontation, and one decision that can reshape the world.
Zone One
Fight through the opening stretch, gather rewards, and begin shaping your build.
Encounter One
Face the region’s first mechanic-driven challenge and learn how the corruption behaves.
Zone Two
Push deeper as enemies, hazards, and build choices begin to escalate.
Encounter Two
Overcome a larger test of execution, observation, and understanding.
Zone Three
Complete the final combat zone and prepare for the region’s greatest threat.
Boss Encounter
Defeat the region boss and earn the opportunity to restore what was broken.
Attempt the Mend
Choose the character aligned with the region—or deepen the distortion through failure.
Three zones.
Escalating enemies, platforming, rewards, and build decisions.
Three encounters.
Two major challenges followed by the region’s boss fight.
One final choice.
Select who will attempt to mend the region and restore balance.
Fast, expressive combat
Build your rhythm. Break the corruption.
Every hero enters the fight with melee and ranged attacks, movement tools, and a distinct magical identity. Your run evolves through the magic and relic paths you discover along the way.
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01
Fight at any range
Shift between close combat and ranged pressure as the arena changes around you.
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Master the Perfect Strike
Attack with precision to build streaks, improve performance, and chase higher scores.
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Shape each run
Core Magic and Relic Paths create new combinations, strengths, and combat identities.
Five forces. One broken balance.
Attune the magic of Thaeryn.
Each form of magic carries its own philosophy, combat identity, and relationship to the fractured world.
Light Magic
Ruin
Destruction, collapse, and the power to break corrupted structures apart.
Dark Magic
Drift
Illusion, misdirection, displacement, and attacks that make certainty unreliable.
Dark Magic
Pulse
Force, impact, shockwaves, and overwhelming momentum unleashed in an instant.
Light Magic
Stasis
Time, ice, negation, and the power to halt what should never have moved.
Dark Magic
Fracture
Decay, cleansing, severance, and the destruction required to begin again.
Learn what the region is asking
Encounters are puzzles under pressure.
The greatest threats in The Rend are not solved by damage alone.
Major Encounter
Thornax
Ancient weapons will help you survive the beast’s assault.
View encounter guide
Region Boss
The Conductor
Find a way to break Maeroth's frenzied control over the Corruption Anchors.
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The decision after victory
Mend the Weave—or rupture it further.
Reaching the end only earns the opportunity. Choose the magic that will heal the region—or risk deepening the wound.
✓
ATTUNE WISELY
The Weave accepts your choice. Balance returns, and the region begins to mend.
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Choose poorly
The Weave recoils. The Rend ruptures further, adding another distortion.
Each failure twists the region further—but greater distortion may also reveal greater rewards.
Help shape the game
Enter the current playtest.
The Rend is being built in public and improved through real player runs. Your performance, feedback, and bug reports help refine combat, progression, encounter clarity, balance, and the structure of the world.
Platform
Windows PC
Build
Playtest Build
Cost
Free
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Built in the open
Watch The Rend take shape.
Follow the real development process—from Unreal Engine systems and combat design to boss mechanics, animation, visual effects, and the decisions that shape each playtest.