Agatha Heterodyne: Magical Girl - The Plot
Agatha’s main day to day buisness is rounding up all the rogue summons her ancestors have unleashed on the city and country over the centuries and which are now starting to wake up and go on rampages. This is mainly done by weakening the monster through combat (or you know, talking it into going quietly) then summoning her ultimate summon, Der Kestle, which then appears, casts out black chains, and then drags the monster of the week into its depths. To aid in this endevor she has of course her family’s Magic Relic, the Triolobite Relic, and the accompaning book of spells and summons. She also has her two friends, Gil and Tarvek.
Gilgamesh Wulfenbach holds the Flying Baron Relic, which originally belong to his father. He is currently under the impression that his oftentimes overprotective father has no idea that he has this relic, and that he needs to keep it secret from him. What he doesn’t know is that his dad knows exactly what he’s doing, because he was going the same thing when he was Gil’s age, he just hasn’t caught him at it. Many surprising conincidences that result in Gil nearly being revealed are in fact no such thing. He is also freqently briding his psychotic ex-priate bodyguard, Bang, not to reveal his secret to his father. (Not realizing his dad already knows.) His costume of course resembles a mix between a Prussian Baron and a swashbuckling pirate. Complete with pantaloons, and a large hat with a feather in it. Agatha runs into him on her first night on the job. Unfortunately they were both in the middle of a jump between rooftops. The resulting fall, five stories, face-first, into a concrete sidewalk, demonstrated just how supernaturally tough magic girls are.
Tarvek Strumvoraus holds the coveted Storm Queen Relic. It originally belonged to his older sister Anevka, except she is currently comatose in the hospital. Thanks to the magic of the Storm Queen Relic, she is currently possessing a clockwork doll styled after the legendary Muses of the Storm Queen Relic. Tarvek takes his possession of the Storm Queen Relic very seriously, and one of his major goals is to find the Nine Lost Muse summons that once formed the ultimate summon of the Storm Queen Relic. While he is dedicated to keeping the city safe and to helping Agatha round up her family’s rogue summons, he is also facing pressure from his father as what exactly he should be using the powers of his Relic to do. His costume includes a golden crown and a burgandy silk cape. He also has a long, complicated, and sometimes antagonistic history with Gil.
Aiding their endevors are Agatha’s two normal friends, Zeetha and Violetta. Zeetha is Gil’s twin sister, and the crown princess of a remote society of women warriors who live in the depths of the amazon jungle. Violetta is Tarvek’s cousin, and has literally gone to school to study the ways of the mythical Smoke Nights, the order of Europan ninja, who specialized in stealth and poison. Both consider themselves to be the normal ones of the group. The rest of the school does not agree.
Of course there are other things that stand in their way. Xerxsephnia Von Blitzengaard, another one of Tarvek’s cousins, is very angry with Tarvek because according to the ancient traditions of female inheritance when it comes to Magical Relics, she should have gotten the Storm Queen Relic when Anevka went comatose, not Tarvek. Of course with Magical Relics, possession is nine-tenths of the law. Its very hard to steal a relic from a Magical Girl that is actively using it, due to the fact they will know immediately if someone touches it, and they have magical powers that allow them to defend it. Thankfully, her brother Martellus holds the powerful Beastmaster Relic and is always willing to help his little sister out. Resulting in him and his Knights of the Hunt becoming a major pain to Agatha and her friends.
There is also the shining Zola Malfezium, a rival magical girl who holds the Queen of the Dawn Relic. On the surface she looks like your standard friendship and rainbows magical girl, abet one who is frequently duped by less scrupulous people. Below the surface she looks like a deeply insecure teenage girl who is trying her hardest to get people to like her and is determined to try and cast herself in the best metaphorical and literal light. Below that however, there are a lot of dark mysteries and unanswered questions. First among those is the fact that her Relic is nothing more than an expensive and beautiful, but otherwise normal piece of jewelry. Demonstrated by the fact Violetta was able to steal it undetected in the first place. Which begs the question, where is she getting her powers from then?
Then there is the perpetual mystery of Agatha’s ancestor Euphorosyina, and her relationship with the legendary Storm King, Andronicus Valois. A story which is increasingly revealed to be much more complicated and twisted than the contemporary story would suggest. A mystery made particularly relevant when they encounter the furious corpse ghost of the man in a hidden tomb under the city of Paris.
And behind that there is the dark and troubling mystery as to what agenda Tarvek’s dad is pursuing, and its increasing connection to the mysterious Geisterdamen summons, the deadly hive engines, and their connection to The Other, the ultimate summon of the Wasp Queen Relic, the same magical relic held by Agatha’s mother Lucrenzia.
