The Fire Nobody Started

A fire burns throughout the history of the western world. The light can be comforting… as long as you’re not in the way of the spreading flame. Can anything be done? Who knows? All you can do is bear witness. Just enjoy the ride. The Fire Nobody Started is a 2025 visual novel by Team SpitFire. You are riding a train where cars correlate to specific eras in western history. From the Industrial Age in England and immigration to the new world to the Cold War and its aftermath, you witness the story of a family lineage through history. One way or another, they get burned. And there’s nothing you can do about it. So it goes. Going down the train, you encounter NPCs representing thoughts of their era, oftentimes rambling about the social upheavals going on. Suffragettes make themselves known, soon to be replaced by women following the Rosie the Riveter mindset when the era comes. Some NPCs scoff at them, and there’s frequently NPCs shrugging at or villifying progressive change, especially…