Your story
Letters you put together yourself
Napoleon wrote constantly: to his family, his generals, the government. In Slowmarch you write too. Not by picking one finished sentence, but by putting your letter together from its parts.
A letter to Joseph
At the end of 13 Vendémiaire you write to your brother Joseph. You choose how to open, what to tell him and how to close, and you see the letter grow as you choose. Write it the way Napoleon really did and you complete a challenge.
A note to Barras
On the morning of the fighting Barras is upstairs with the deputies. Junot offers to take a note. You pick a tone (thank him, make a demand or threaten) and a subject (the guns, the patriots or your command). In the evening Barras answers, and he remembers what you wrote.
Words with consequences
A letter is not just flavour. A threat costs trust, thanks can earn it, and what you wrote travels with you to the next episode as a memory.
“Citizen Barras, if anyone takes a gun from my lines today, I will hold you responsible.”Your note · Episode II: 13 Vendémiaire
Questions
About letters in your own words
Are the letters historical?
Joseph’s letter is based on what Napoleon really wrote; the note to Barras is invented, and the game tells you so.
Do I have to send a note?
No. If you write nothing, no note goes to Barras.
In which languages can I write?
In English, Dutch or French, the language you play in.