A Dying Art (Masterpost)
Lorcan Verdigris is a time wizard, a misanthrope, and a single father to a household of magically-sentient furniture.
Lorcan Verdigris is not a necromancer. Anymore. But when the leader of the local necro coven comes to him with a request he really, really can’t refuse, past collides with present and he finds himself back in a world he’d tried to leave behind. Someone is trying to steal a powerful magical artifact, one whose destruction could unleash chaos upon the city. Or save it from an even greater danger. Or do nothing at all. Who knows. See, this is exactly why Lorcan stopped messing with the stuff.
Unfortunately, one way or another, Lorcan’s the one stuck dealing with it. He’d like to say this is a challenge that will take all his magic and his ingenuity to overcome, but let’s be real, stopping this threat will take something even more dire: actual effort. At least he’s getting paid this time…
COMPLETE STORY, ~60k words total
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Witching Hour
Chapter 2: Uneasy Lies The Head
Chapter 3: Still Just A Rat
Chapter 4: Seeing Red
Chapter 5: Color Theory
Chapter 6: Answers and Questions
Chapter 7: Can Goths Wear Color
Chapter 8: The Ferryman’s Fee
Chapter 9: Opal’s Obols
Chapter 10: Trauma’s Toll
Chapter 11: Late Night Showdown
Chapter 12: With Enemies Like These
Chapter 13: Oh No
Chapter 14: Out of Time
Chapter 15: A Mirror Darkly
Chapter 16: No Good Dead Is Commemorated Here
Chapter 17: What Remains
