WASD move   LMB rend   RMB weapon skill   E armor skill   Shift dash (3 charges, free)
You start with no skills. Skills live on relics — find one, wear it, and its skill is yours.
Trinket skills act on their own. Tiers I–III sharpen every skill. F drinks a blood vial.
I inventory   P pause   Essence is earned by landing hits, not by waiting
Danger grows with distance from the Ember Shrine. The seals lie far out in the dark. Break all three and a portal opens: descend, and every floor below is crueller than the last.