The Bird That Drinks Tears

About

This action adventure game brings Lee Yeongdo's best-selling novel series to life on PC. You navigate a world split between the northern lands where humans, Rekkons, and Tokebis live and the vast southern forests of Kiboren inhabited by cold-blooded Nhaga. The story picks up after centuries of war destroyed the kingdom of Arazi, leaving two disconnected societies separated by climate and conflict. Players explore this carefully constructed setting filled with fascinating characters while uncovering the deep history behind the Great Expansion War. The game stands out for its faithful adaptation of the source material's poignant themes and complex plot. Fans of the books will recognize the specific tension between those who need farmland to eat grain and the Nhaga who require forests to hunt. The developers at Krafton Montréal Studio focused on recreating the maze-like quality of Kiboren so you can feel the isolation the characters faced for hundreds of years. This title offers a solid entry point into the franchise without needing prior knowledge of every detail, though knowing the books enhances the experience significantly.

Storyline

The world is largely divided into northern and southern Kiboren. 1500 years ago, the Nhagas started a 'Great Expansion War' against other races to expand their territories. Conflict between the north people who needed farmland to eat grain and the nhaga who needed forests to hunt was inevitable. The kingdom of Arazi, founded by the legendary Rekkon 'the Hero King', was destroyed after hundreds of years of war against the nhaga. Because they are cold-blooded animals, the Nhaga, who could not live in the northern temperature, planted trees and created forests where they could live, and this forest that covered half the world was named Kiboren. Afterwards, Humans, Rekkons, and Tokebis, excluding Nhagas, lived in the North, where Nhagas could not come up, and Nhagas also lived in Kiboren, which became a maze that Northerners could not enter, and spent hundreds of years disconnected from each other.