Phlogiston
Becher suggested it. Stahl named it. Priestly defended it, but I control it. I am the Priestess of Phlogiston. The fool Lavoisier, with his measurements and…
Heartstone
It is a wondrous thing to hear your child’s heart beat for the first time. All those long hours of laboring and toiling over a workbench, all those days and…
The Wizard and the Boy - Philosopher's Stone
The Wizard and I stood in a candlelit room, staring at the box. It was small, gilded at the edges, and strongly locked. He told me that it contained a…
Aureate
In the Lone Tower of the Nameless Land, amid the trophies of all the great nations of the world from the days when he still exulted in his power, stood…
Into the Nameless Land
For many hours the children of the House of Hermes were silent, lost in their thoughts. As the sun began to sink they saw the stars for what they all knew may…
The Fall of the House of Hermes
“We have no time to mourn,” growled Ferrum. “We have to leave before the Sun rises.” “I’m afraid he’s right,” said Lurgy. “Let’s go to the Airship.” They all…
Death of an Alchemist
And then the color of the the old man’s aura changed from white to yellow and then to red. He screamed a scream of pain and ecstasy and the girl, knowing fear…
The Great Work
The entire room was filled with an enormous machine, made up of bronze gears and tubes engraved with ancient symbols. No one fully knew what they meant anymore…
Final Mixture
Quintus Maximus eyed the bubbling mixture in the vessel before him. Something was still not right. He double-checked the ingredient list in his memory…