Read. Feel. Imagine
Read. Feel. Imagine
The characters and events in this story are entirely fictitious. They do not resemble anyone, and any resemblance to any region or real-life persons is purely coincidental. Episode 1: The First Gear of the Horizon The colossal bronze mechanism known…
Episode 02: The Map That Changed Shape Inside the cramped, ink-spattered study of his riverside cottage in Meridian City, antique dealer and scholar Dorian Thorne meticulously examined a rare, vellum map purchased from a mysterious traveler the night before. The…
Episode 03: The Mountains of Echoing Copper High upon the jagged, desolate peaks of the Kezarian Range, expedition leader Captain Vanya Thorne trudged through knee-deep snow, her heavy sheepskin coat pulled tight against the freezing alpine gale. Behind her, a…
Episode 04: The Keeper of the Obsidian Pendulum Deep within the subterranean archives of the Citadel of Records, located beneath the neutral province of Aethelgard, archivist Elena Vance stood alone in a circular chamber carved from solid black basalt. The…
Episode 05: The Island of Perpetual Twilight The steam-powered coastal cutter The Albatross glided silently through a dense bank of silver-grey sea fog, its paddlewheels churning the dark, oily water into white froth. Aboard the vessel, marine biologist Dr. Alistair…
Episode 06: The River of Liquid Silver Deep within the subterranean labyrinth of the Sunken Vaults, treasure hunter Jax Thorne navigated a narrow stone ledge overlooking a roaring, underground river. But this was no ordinary river of water; it was…
Episode 07: The Bridge of Hanging Stars Spanning the dizzying abyss of the Chasm of Whispers, the legendary Bridge of Hanging Stars was an architectural marvel constructed from thousands of interlocking brass cables and glowing, luminescent glass lanterns that floated…
Episode 08: The Observatory of the Seven Moons Perched on the highest peak of the Lunar Ridge, the Observatory of the Seven Moons housed the largest optical telescope ever constructed by mortal hands. Inside the copper-domed rotunda, astronomer Master Orion…
Episode 09: The Gate of the Obsidian Key Standing before the cyclopean, black-stone portal known as the Gate of the Obsidian Key, master locksmith and artifact recovery specialist Rian Vance inserted a heavy, triangular key carved from pure volcanic glass…
Episode 10: The Master Spring of the World Gathered at the precipice of the central platform surrounding the Master Spring, Rian, Dorian, Lyra, and Silas stood before the towering, fluid-light core that governed every mechanical system on the planet. Master…