There are 103 posts in Tristia Ravenshelm’s story, so I’ve created this page to make it a little bit easier to read the entire adventure, one link at a time. You can, of course, start at the first link and use the next Post buttons at the bottom, but there are a few stray posts about other characters, and I don’t expect anyone to do it all at one sitting, so, I’ve collected them here, organized into sections.
Warning: There are mature themes in this story: discussions on murder, slavery, genocide, and class-based oppression.
Our story is set in late Nineteenth Century America, but not the one you know. In this America, there was a King ruling from New Gnosis (your New York City), and there was a Magical Revolution, instead of an Industrial one. Mages have overthrown the King, and now rule the land from a magically constructed island just off Manhattan, called The Petals.
You can start with Tristia’s Backstory, if you like, or just jump right into the story.
The Mysterium Academie
- Day One at The Mysterium Academie
- Day Two at Magic School
- James is Missing
- Finding James
- Mana Smuggling
- Ghosts, Corpses, and Maribeth
- Fire and Magia
- Danger, Voices, and Dreams
- Swimming, Books, and a Party
- NoNoNoNoNo!
- The Kids Are Not Alright
Our First Harvest Festival
- Poisons and Useless Adults
- Down to the Mines
- Washed Out to Sea
- Secrets, Harvest Close, and Family
- Dead Things and Stephen?
- Spells, Banshees, and Necromancy
Adulthood and The Mage Detective Squad
- Finishing the Semester
- New Semester, Same Troubles
- Madmen and Duels
- Studies and Redcaps
- Let’s Be Coppers
- Cannibal Murder Cults… I mean… Gentlemen’s Clubs
- Into the Fire
- Official Mage Detective Squad
- Warped Time
- A Deal with a Goddess
- Alchemy, Religion, and Murder
- Butchers and Blood in South Brooklyn
- Ninjas, Betrayal, and Captives
- Ninjas and Sharks
- Fights, Justice, and Earth Magic
- Gods, Assassination, and Riots
- Trees, Worms, and Murder
- No Sleep Til Brooklyn
- Dead and Gone
Italian Interlude
- Sumer Distractions and Treason
- New Friends in Italy
- Captive… Again
- Dinner With the Enemy
- Beastly Investigations
- Lost and Found
- Sailboats and Sicily
- Healing, Research, and Betrayal
- Homeward Bound
Military Service
- Military Service: Genocide or Treason
- Warnings, Witches, and Warriors
- Plantation Attack
- New Spells and Old Dangers
- Gunshots, Surgery, and Strange Invitations
- Gods and Beholders
- Murder, Slavery, and Seaturtles
- Allies, Explosions, and Intestines
- Evil God Body, Innocent Civilians, and a Prismatic Wall
- In the Eye of a God
- Mr. Klein
- Hard Times and Assassinations
Our Second Harvest Festival
- Harvest Time is Here Again
- Prison Break
- Darkness in the Mines
- Green Goddess
- Into Vlad’s Domain
- Clones and Creepers
- Death, Sacrifice, and Family
- Death and Harvest
- Spoilers: We’re Gods Now
- Lore Drop of the Gods
- A Queen, A Goddess, and the In-Between
- What Have We Done?
Giving the Devils Their Due
- Family Matters
- Family History
- Devils in the Library
- Demons Come Home to Roost
- Mysterious Mysteries
- Surveillance and the Police
- Demons Run
- My Brother’s Keeper
- New Friends?
- Meetings and Mistakes
- Into the Nest
- Right Where We Started, Almost
- Where Mortal Men Do Fear To Tread
- The Battle for Maribeth’s Soul
Deliberate Politics
- Family Reunions
- Preparation
- Secrets
- Approaching the Apocalypse… Again
- Deliberative
- Fallout and Conversations
- Just a Conversation… or Seven
South American Vacation
- Southern Libraries
- Dangerous Waters
- Kracken and Shopping Episode
- Labyrinth Adventures
- Rescue Party
- Sludge Skating
- Dragon!
- Into the Darkness