When this campaign began, I walked into the Dark Woods and asked for a birthday gift.

I asked you to believe in Silent Læke.

And somehow… you did far more than that.

You backed it.
You shared it.
You talked about it.
You brought other people into this strange little town I’ve been carrying in my heart for so long.

And now the campaign is over.

I’ve spent the last few days trying to process what happened here.

The truth is… Silent Læke has lived in my mind for years. Through doubts, rewrites, long nights, personal sacrifices, and moments where I genuinely wondered if anyone would ever care about this little town as much as I did.

Then all of you proved me wrong.

You changed my life.
You gave this game a future.

And I’ll never forget that.

To mark the end of this campaign, I went back to the Dark Woods and recorded a small thank you video for all of you.

It felt right to return to that place one last time.

Because in many ways, that forest became the symbol of this journey: beautiful, uncertain, and full of hidden paths.

And somehow… we found our way through it together.

From the bottom of my heart:

Thank you for believing in Deirdre.
Thank you for believing in Silent Læke.
Thank you for believing in me.

This may be the end of the campaign.

But it’s only the beginning of what comes next.

See you in Silent Læke.

— Helder, A Máquina do RPG