SYNOPSIS
After the coup d'etat that ended over a hundred lives, a female ruler steps up for the first time in three hundred years. You are her heir.
Navigate the new political world you’re thrust into, control a brewing rebellion, make connections with foreign countries, and maybe...maybe you’ll keep your head, but lose your heart.
Phoenix Season is a visual novel in which you, the protagonist, must make decisions that can cause the fall of an empire. As you create your personality, discover a rich world, and romance and befriend people with their own agendas, you must also come to terms with the memories that create your nightmares and deal with a grief so strong it could end you.
CAST
The Imperial FamilyThe protagonist. Default name: Filiz. You're the cousin of the Soloya.
Soloya Tasmina--the ruling monarch and one of the children of the previous ruler's. Beautiful, confident, with a pragmatic mind focused on what needs to be done.
Adviser Naime--your little sister. Adviser to the Soloya. Quiet, wise beyond her years, and constantly worried about you.
Love Interests
Khar Tai Lan--an ambassador from Rezhong, a country that closed its borders for decades. Kind, ambitious.
Reyhan Inedi--an aloof physician, the first female to manage the Palace's medical field outside the harem.
Vitri Genas--the Imperial Commander, the highest position in the army. He's a flirty idealist.
Features
- A world based on the Ottoman Empire
3 Romantic Interests
Important political decisions
Heavy themes, such as PTSD
I'm a huge fan of YA novels, but after reading so many about fantasy and royalty I've started to notice the general lack of 1) worldbuilding 2) common sense. A lot of authors seemed to have shoved a prince in their novels without any regard to the duties and responsibilities a future monarch would have, especially if they were the government and not a figurehead. So, originally this was supposed to be a book but I decided on making it a (future) vn instead.
It's been in the making for actual years, haha, though that was mostly the hesitant idea stage and research. It's still a historical fantasy, though, so from the Ottoman Empire I mostly borrowed things like a sole emperor, concubines, etc.
