OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT PREVIEW

Latest Development

The latest artwork and game updates from Faith Power and Truth Holy Wars.

October 30, 2026 · Artwork complete

Naomi complete

William has finished Dr. Naomi Brooks’s original hand-drawn artwork. Her equipment rack, cables, waveform screen, tools and notebook complete the scene, and her finished drawing now appears on her existing alpha game card.

See Naomi’s finished artwork Follow the drawing journal Play the alpha

Next on the drawing board · October 30, 2026

Dana Rusk

With Naomi’s original drawing complete, William has selected Dana Rusk as the next character to draw. Meet the shopkeeper and network organizer whose welcoming business conceals a criminal operation.

NEXT TO BE DRAWN · DANA RUSK

Meet Dana and read the backstory See Naomi’s finished artwork

October 29, 2026 · Drawing journal

Bringing Naomi to Life — From Outlines to Bold Black Ink

William explains how he sets up the outlines and shapes before filling the planned spaces with black ink. A closer look shows how those fill-ins give Naomi’s clothing depth and definition. Four new photographs continue the drawing progression. Artwork in progress.

See Naomi’s progression and video

October 25, 2026 · Drawing journal

Naomi takes shape

Five progress photographs follow William’s original drawing from the first sketch through Naomi’s face, pointing pose, and inked jacket folds. Artwork in progress.

Follow Naomi’s artwork
October 22, 2026 · Drawing journal

Sloane: clothing and workspace take shape

New hand-drawn progress photographs show the developing hoodie folds, chair, books, and desk. The artwork is still in progress.

See the latest photographs

Drawing board · October 8, 2026

Angelic Message is complete.

Two original angel drawings, one gameplay card. Each artwork has its own playable version and matching landscape collector front, so collectors can look for both.

Completed Angelic Message playable card, Art A · Open hands
Art A · Open hands · Completed alpha card
Completed Angelic Message playable card, Art B · Watching wings
Art B · Watching wings · Completed alpha card

Reaction · Christianity · Faith Cost 2

Guidance: Before a Christian Character you control rolls a die, play this card. Add +2 to the result of that roll.

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From William’s drawing board: finished angels and his 11 × 15-inch, 140 lb (300 gsm) watercolor paper.

William explains his paper choice and shares a closer look at the artwork. The drawings are made by hand; this video records that process.

Development Update 001

Building Marcus Hale.

One character moving from an 18 × 24-inch hand-drawn image to a researched story, a gameplay identity, and an alpha prototype card.

Alpha prototype · Subject to change

Nothing shown here is currently for sale. This is a public look at how Faith Power and Truth Holy Wars is being built.

Alpha prototype character card for Marcus Hale featuring William Byrd's original artwork
William Byrd's original large-format hand-drawn Marcus Hale artwork before it became a card

The original large-format drawing. The character art is created by hand; AI assists with writing development, editing, formatting, animation, and presentation under William’s direction.

From the drawing board

A person first. A card second.

Marcus Hale began with a visual idea: a firefighter marked by the fire that changed his life, yet still reaching toward someone else. The game mechanics came from that human foundation.

01 · Artwork

Draw the person

William creates the original black-and-white artwork by hand, working close to an 18 × 24-inch page with a 1 mm marker.

02 · Story

Research the life

Marcus’s fictional story is shaped by research into severe burns, grief, trauma, recovery, and the work of first responders.

03 · Mechanics

Turn truth into play

His ability, “No One Left Behind,” represents a trained responder intervening while another character can still be saved.

Watch the character take shape

Art, story, and gameplay meeting in one character.

This short development video introduces Marcus and the central promise behind his design: courage does not guarantee an outcome, but he will not turn away while there is still a chance.

“I cannot promise that I will save everyone. I can promise that while there is still a chance, I will not turn away.”
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What should we show next?

Follow the artwork, stories, rules, and alpha testing as the game grows. Questions and thoughtful criticism are welcome at the Roundtable.

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October 21, 2026 · Artwork in progress

Sloane Takes Shape

Sloane’s original drawing is underway. See five early progress photographs and William’s new drawing-board video.

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