The Story
Six months have passed since Tetrine Reish died. She did not expect to wake again, nor to find herself thrown into a world of demons. To cope with her new life, she agrees to help the ancient and mythical demoness, Kalevel Venhera, to find a cure for Kalevel’s sister, whose memories were long ago stripped away by the now dead, once immortal, Empress of Aeser. In exchange, Kalevel subdues the demon’s curse, the Hunger, and Tetrine is almost able to pretend she is still human.
Except now Kalevel is missing, and there is talk of a new immortal Empress. Now Tetrine must face what she has become all on her own, and stop the next person from rising to the Imperial throne and throwing Aeser into another age of eternal darkness.
The Game
The Empress of Aeser is a point and click adventure game featuring visual novel style choice making and story branching. Your choices influence the main character's (Tetrine's) personality, but also have a lasting impact on the story, leading to one of several endings (as of this writing, there are nine). Inventory object puzzles are closely integrated within the story and may also affect the story outcomes depending on how you choose to use them.
In Other News...
If you've played Asher, my free visual novel (available here), you will definitely remember Tetrine. In Tell a Demon, she was only a minor character. Either way, Tell and Julius and Kalevel all make their appearances in the Empress of Aeser.
If you're interested in learning more about the development, there is more info on the plan going forward on my website.
