A year ago the brand on Edric's chest flared, and Blackwood burned.

A dark fantasy adventure with real-time combat. Return to the ashes, raise your sword and learn what happened that night.

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Chapter I

The Fallen Chapel

A cultist prays at a defiled altar
He fled with no memory of that night. Now he is back: the dead have risen from the ashes, and a strange god is served in the chapel.

Edric, Knight of the Ashen Brand, comes down the old road to Blackwood. Brother Anselm, the village's last priest, waits for him by the fire. The streets are full of the undead, skeletons roam the graveyard, and behind the chapel gates Morven, Shepherd of Ash, leads a rite to a strange god.

Cleanse the village, help the survivors, gather your gear and climb to the chapel. The brand that burned your home will become your weapon.

Edric · Knight of the Ashen Brand
Chapter II · New

The Catacombs of Vesper

Abbess Irmenta strikes the bell and a wave sweeps the hall
Morven was only a shepherd. A flock is kept for someone. A bell tolls beneath the chapel, though no bells are left in Blackwood.

The altar of the Fallen Chapel is split in two, and a stair leads down beneath it. Below lie catacombs older than the chapel itself: the founders' crypt, the ossuary, the flooded tombs and the knights' vaults. The Hall of Vesper is sealed by three bells, and three keepers hold their tongues.

Silence the bells, find Brother Ulrich, keeper of the bones, and face the one who rings for vespers. Abbess Irmenta knows where the brand on Edric's chest came from.

Five halls · three bells · a two-phase boss
Gameplay

Steel, Shield and Flame

An isometric action game built for touch: the stick under your left thumb, strikes and techniques under your right.

Fluid combat

Combos, heavy blows, critical hits and damage numbers right above your foe.

Shield and dash

Raise your shield at the right moment, or dash away from a ghoul's claws and an archer's arrow.

Power of the brand

Build up the brand's power and unleash it as a wave of fire that burns the undead around you.

Loot and trade

Weapons, armour, rings, potions and scrolls. Sell what you don't need to Mira on the old road.

Progression

The Knight's Path

Every level grants attribute and skill points. Three branches of six talents each, and at the fourth tier every branch unlocks a new technique.

Blade

“Steel settles the argument”
  1. Measured Strike
  2. Cleave
  3. Heavy Hand
  4. Blood Trail
  5. Wide Swing
  6. Execution
Blood WhirlA spinning strike that hits every enemy nearby; each one hit restores 3% health.

Shield

“Stand while the village stands”
  1. Firm Stance
  2. Wall of Steel
  3. Riposte
  4. Second Wind
  5. Oaken Heart
  6. Last Stand
Second WindInstantly restores 25% health and raises your shield for 2 s.

Brand

“Ash remembers the fire”
  1. Smouldering Brand
  2. Brand's Heat
  3. Ashen Step
  4. Purification
  5. Wide Circle
  6. Flame of Faith
Seal of AshBrands the ground under the nearest enemy; a moment later the seal bursts into flame.
Strength+2 damage
Endurance+12 health, +1 armour
Agility+2% crit, faster dash
Faith+8 brand power, +6% burst damage
Bestiary

Risen from the Ashes

The undead of Blackwood never tire. Some fall to steel, others only to the brand's fire. And beneath the chapel the nuns of Vesper are waiting.

Skeleton Warrior45
Skeleton Archer32
Walking Dead70
Ghoul40
Plague Wolf35
Cultist60
BossCaptain Brenn
260
BossGrod the Butcher
240
Lord of the chapelMorven, Shepherd of Ash
420
Nun of Vesper55
Bell keeperThe Bone Cantor
280
Bell keeperAgna the Mourner
240
Bell keeperDeacon Godric
260
Voice of VesperAbbess Irmenta
700

Nun of Vesper

Chapter II

Veiled, a censer in hand. She keeps her distance and throws violet fire that does not burn but snuffs out.

Abbess Irmenta

Chapter II boss

Hurls fire in bursts and calls her nuns. Wounded, she strikes the bell: a wave sweeps the hall, and only a roll or a shield will save you.

Survivors

Those Who Remember Blackwood

Brother Anselm

Blackwood's last priest

Waits by the fire on the old road and knows more about that night than he says.

Sergeant Holt

Wounded guardsman

Asks you to find the captain's chest in the graveyard and bring back his armour.

Mira

Travelling merchant

Potions, holy water, scrolls and armour. For hard coin, of course.

Brother Ulrich

Keeper of the ossuary

Hid beneath the chapel for a year. He knows how to break the seal of the Hall of Vesper and asks you to find his friend's bones.

Coming soon

The Brand Burns Again

DreadVesper: Ashes of the Oath is coming to iPhone, iPad and Mac. Two chapters, three save slots, autosave and fully offline play.

Coming soon to the App Store

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