The Sureiya Hayes Universe
Legends of Emperion
A prestige sci-fi franchise created by Shervonne Brown
The Sureiya Hayes Universe: Legends of Emperion is a prestige sci-fi franchise blending psychological tension, serialized mystery, tactical action, and emotionally driven cosmic mythology.
Set across fragment trade zones, militarized civilizations, and unstable liminal realms shaped by a force known as Emperion, the universe explores power, identity, memory, emotional suppression, and catastrophic consequence through women positioned at the center of epic-scale storytelling.
The Story
After surviving the destruction of her world, Sureiya Hayes becomes tied to Emperion, an unknowable cosmic force connected to fragments capable of destabilizing perception, emotion, and political power across civilizations.
Forced into hiding after a catastrophic government incident leaves mass casualties behind, Sureiya disappears into Grovain, a lawless fragment trade zone where black markets, political conspiracies, and underground survival networks collide.
When Veronica Ryn, a feared operative sent to eliminate her, enters the picture, the story shifts from pursuit to obsession. What begins as a hunt evolves into a dangerous emotional and psychological collision neither woman fully understands or can resist.
At the heart of the universe is a dangerous sapphic connection where intimacy, vulnerability, and emotional attachment become forces capable of destabilizing entire worlds.
Sureiya: The Eidolon Plane
Sureiya: The Eidolon Plane serves as the proof-of-concept foundation for the larger universe.
When Veronica is left suspended between life and death, Sureiya enters the mysterious Eidolon Plane, a liminal realm where memory, truth, and emotional suppression are weaponized against her. What begins as a rescue becomes a confrontation with everything she has refused to face, including the terrifying depth of what Veronica truly means to her.
Festival Recognition:
Winner — Best Actress
2026 WSO Theatre & Film Festival
Nominations — Best Director, Best Film, Best Short Film
Official Selection — New York Short Film Festival
The Vision
Designed for expansion across film, television, publishing, and future interactive media, The Sureiya Hayes Universe is built as a long-form prestige sci-fi franchise centered on emotionally dangerous women, large-scale mythology, and intimate psychological consequence.
At its core is the belief that emotion is not the obstacle to power.
Emotion is the power.
