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MagicianChapter 29

I have to admit I thoroughly enjoyed working for Mage Roxanne whilst Morgana and Arch were tutoring Róisín in higher plane magic. I didn't enjoy the endless rounds of soothing various civil servants fears over what Mages might be up to, which was mostly stuff that had nothing to do with Mages and more to do with UFO spotting and conspiracy theories. What I did enjoy though was being Roxanne's assistant when she visited other worlds and their representatives. Mage Roxanne had opened...

MagicianChapter 30

Back in London we were met by Mage Henry and a security team which included two healing Mages. One, Mage Imelda, I knew well and who quickly checked Johann over clucking her tongue in disapproval at the condition he was in. "Werewolf bite, so you may need to check for infection if he has the gene, Mage Imelda," I told her. "Thank you, John. We'll make sure he's fine and available for questioning as soon as possible," Mage Imelda replied. "Can you send a team to check this dwelling,...

MagicianChapter 31

"Ideas? Before I propose my own of course," said Roxanne with a wry smile. "Get Abigail out of here before you propose she scans the diffused power and focuses the high Sidhe and Queen Oonagh upon us?" I asked with a relaxed smile. "We need to liaise with the Sidhe, or rather Verenestra or at least set up the means to do so as soon as possible. Frankly I can't see anything good coming from this return at all," William added, after a brief chuckle at Roxanne's face when I mentioned...

MagicianChapter 32

The paperwork took a little while although in the end I simply duplicated one report into the other. Some Mages had often enough suggested using memory crystals to store our memories of the events, but so far indexing one was proving problematical as opposed to simply running it back and forth. Still, there were some Mages involved in software and hardware development who assured us that pretty soon we'd be able to conveniently use computers to annotate data onto magnetic media. Having seen...

MagicianChapter 33

It took several months before Morgana was finally able to take her position in the Council of the Wise. Much of the time was spent tying up loose ends in the Department, as well as making sure Mage Roxanne was fully up to speed on the various sections plus the inevitable do's and don'ts. Finally the day came when she opened a portal in thin air and led me through it into a sealed chamber somewhere on our planet. I had been under the impression that the Council was based in North America,...

MagicianChapter 34

I did not know what to expect from a Council meeting. I had some sort of vague round table and intelligent Mages speaking words of wisdom and common sense idea in mind. I should have known better. What I got was a chamber with several tables and chairs and a bunch of screaming prima-donnas. Everything that was bad about Mages in the real world seemed to be amplified here in arrogance, disdain, pride, intransigence and a general 'I know best and to hell with the rest of you!' attitude to...

MagicianChapter 35

The office reforms went to plan. Those who no longer wished to work under Morgana simply refused to allow a full mind-scan and were allowed to resign, a good few moving to the Interrogation Office, whilst others were taken on by various Bureaus or simply vanished. My audit uncovered several anomalies in the way the office worked and both Róisín and I, with Morgana's permission, resolved them as well as getting several new members fixed on the task of making sure that the Council was...

MagicianChapter 36

The wind, which was still bitingly cold, had picked up as we discussed what was happening and where the source of the problem was. "The problem," opined Arch, "is that we have absolutely no idea where this Thaumaturge is working from." We all nodded, even Father Bryce, albeit reluctantly. "Can't be too far away, they're keeping pretty good tabs on us," Antonelli added. "Yes, but where? I rather doubt it's from the direction the attacks have been coming from," added...

MagicianChapter 37

Arch and I were ushered straight in to speak to Morgana once we had returned from Italy; also in her office were Róisín and Mage Thea to keep them informed of what it was we'd achieved. "Interesting outcome," Morgana mused after listening to our report. "You do seem to have an ability to confound existing knowledge on what higher powers will take an interest in." "Just wish I had an idea as to why," I replied. "Well, whatever it was, it had nothing to do with this Cagliostro who...

MagicianChapter 38

It was a couple of years later that the Council was forced to intervene directly in human affairs as it had done during the Cuban missile crisis. Though it wasn't obvious to people on the ground, the Soviet Union was nearing collapse due to the economic resurgence of the United States and could no longer afford to maintain its huge military economic complex. Reform or rather its collapse was still some years away and it had a massive military presence in Europe, though most of this was under...

MagicianChapter 39

Dombarovskiy was dour, flat and hostile. Our emergence or rather the Craebh Ruadh's emergence from their portal caused the mental equivalent of mayhem to a large group of Mages we could feel scanning the area. Both Morgana and I had gone into mindcloak before stepping through the portal getting a few startled looks from the warriors and were being ignored by the Coalition Mages who were now beginning some form of attack. The Craebh Ruadh had other ideas of course and immediately hared off at...

MagicianChapter 40

My first task was to take the three very nervous looking lady Mages along to Morgana's lounge. "Relax, you are under serious protection here," I said as we advanced into the room. "I know, it's just that Elymas is incredibly powerful and not someone who is easily stopped," Mary responded. "He will be doing very well to break through here and the effort required would leave him wide open to my counterattack," Morgana said as she entered the room with Seer Simone and Mage...

MagicianChapter 41

"Let me get this straight," I pondered. "Rasputin is probably alive and is holding the souls of Mary, Ceridwen and Alcina for some reason or other?" "It's as good an explanation until we get more facts on our hands, John," Bryce replied. "Well, if he's as dangerous as all seem to think, why hasn't there been some other form of corroboration that your Russian friends would have known about?" I asked. "Depends on what he's been doing and whether our guides would have had it...

MagicianChapter 42

"That was rather too easy," Julia noted. "You'd expect something a little more ... robust than a few dryad derivatives." "Distraction," said Bryce. "The exits have now been sealed and rather effectively too, I can no longer sense the surface." "Whatever sense you're using, it isn't one a Mage would use as I can sense the way we came and the surface of Moscow too," I replied, seeing nods off the rest of the Mages there including Rasputin. "I rather suspect a demonic influence...

MagicianChapter 43

The next couple of years were busy but uneventful from my strictly personal view, although I did finally manage to figure out how Morgana fixed the coordinates of her Manor in my head so that I couldn't recognise or read them. It was quite simple in principle in that the pattern or matrix was hidden within a generic memory and thinking of the 'Manor' activated it from the visual context. No, Morgana would not tell me how she did it, that apparently was my next challenge and was proving to...

MagicianChapter 44

Other than a little catching up with Ketty before her busy schedule took over there was nothing to keep us at her political office. Dorry and her two aides escorted us back down through the building and I noted how carefully they were protecting her. Most Mages inexperienced or not tended to shield themselves against both physical or energy attacks and that's what they were doing, one projecting a field that prevented high speed projectiles, the other high energy wavelengths and particles....

MagicianChapter 45

The following day Róisín and I joined two of the MAGES team, journeywomen Ekaterina and Liliya, along with Mage Brianna and took a driverless taxi to the Troianovan northern maglev station. I kind of knew from my studies the previous night what a maglev was but this was my first view of the actual thing. To my mind it was classic science fiction of the Flash Gordon era in a bullet-like missile tube of approximately 100 metres in length, resting (for want of a better word) on a trestle as...

MagicianChapter 46

Looking back over this journal it seems odd, much of what I do and how I live simply hasn’t been mentioned. It’s all dramatic deeds and political machinations within the Departments and Bureaus. Yet life for me is fairly predictable when I’m not doing anything direct for my Mage and/or the Council. I still lived with Róisín in London, although now we sort of had a full time lodger in apprentice (soon to be journeywoman) Seer Abigail who, despite officially living with Arch and Jemima, had...

MagicianChapter 47

It was in 1991, three years after Apprentice Seer Abigail became a journeywoman Seer, that Morgana decided that the extra training given to the various Bureaus had reached its peak and the time had arrived to take the fight to the Coalition on its own territory. Plans had been made and laid to move our teams in, using the specialised Seer driven portals which the Coalition could not detect, to protect the various members of the Supreme Soviet and other vital adjuncts to the Soviet Union in...

MagicianChapter 48

Once the Council’s deliberations had finished, I was led back by Arch and Morgana to her office along with Róisín, Thea and Mage Rowenna. Rowenna immediately began to scan me muttering a series of curses in tones of utter disgust. “Weeks,” she finally announced. “At least three, possibly more, the damage is extensive and pervasive.” “I feel fine, a little weak, but mostly fine,” I added. “John, you’re anything but, you won’t even be able to use your regeneration regimen to fix the damage...

MagicianChapter 49

Most people know about the massacre in Rwanda. There were roughly 800,000 deaths, mostly Tutsi though some moderate Hutu’s, taking place during a 100-day crisis in 1994. Many to this day do not understand why the U.N. and other world powers stood idly by whilst it happened. Most do not know what really happened and why the Council of the Wise had to act to keep ordinary people, including many aid agencies, out of the war zone. Military intervention was simply not possible because Earth...

MagicianChapter 50

The warded camp had been set up by Mage Amehlo’s people and was already filling up with Mages when we arrived. Other portals were also being set up to allow transfer of the people from Clan Juwes and the Zeilona Gora Lycana. The nosferatu naturally set themselves up as our night guard, it being their favoured environment and if there were problems with their feeding, we never got to hear of it. Word had also reached us from Mage Ludmilla that Jacob’s people had assembled and were ready to...

MagicianChapter 51

“Well, they were quicker off the mark than I’d like,” Morgana began our morning meeting on the second day of the mission. “Sacrificial pawns, Mage Morgana,” Marja replied. “Indeed,” added Nell. “They were basically the dregs of their units with a sub-standard Mage to guide them. The inclusion of a woman also suggests that their manpower is reaching some limits.” “I agree with Nell,” replied Jerhz. “Azuran women tend to be kept in seclusion so as not to be exposed to danger. It stems from...

MagicianChapter 52

“I’m impressed,” Morgana began when we had all assembled for an early afternoon meeting. “But now the real ‘fun’ begins. The Nephilim are pushing a mass of troops towards us and we expect to be fully engaged from noon tomorrow.” “Do you have a place to confront them?” Marja asked. “Yes. The slopes of Mont Gatete, where we’ll have a few advantages of seeing them approach and hopefully deal them a blow that they’ll struggle to recover from,” Morgana replied. “They could conceivably call in...

MagicianChapter 53

“Sir, there’s movement to our front,” Lochias Gindo announced to us as Jerhz and Mergna led the newly surrendered Nephilim away. “Finally figured we know they’re there and are trying to roll over us before the bulk of our forces can be arrayed,” Arch posited. “We could take and occupy the positions those Nephilim were holding,” I said. “Better than what we have now and it looks like we can reach them before they’ll notice us,” Arch replied. “OK, let’s go.” All of us, including Seer...

MagicianChapter 54

The damage to the camp had all but been repaired when we arrived via the portal and we all scattered with Arch’s approval to shower, feed and rest up whilst he waited for Morgana to return and begin planning our next operation. I did ensure Róisín made it to the healers section and they gave her an all clear after a deep scan. After that we wandered with Abi towards where Adok was remonstrating with some of the wolves over where they’d gone wrong. “He’s coming on a bit strong,” I said in an...

MagicianChapter 55

Before Morgana stepped forward to meet the Sidhe delegation she first gave the three women in our party the ability to understand what any member of the Sidhe or Nephilim said; then she also protected each one by placing on them a small Null ward that would shield their minds to any mental probe. “Please direct any comments to me as only I will do the speaking other than being announced by John if the old forms are to be observed,” Morgana requested politely. “Yes, Mage Morgana,” they all...

MagicianChapter 56

Morgana called together all those who had been in the battle and gave them her personal thanks for the efforts they had made to stem this incursion. “Our losses were not as bad as I’d expected,” she stated. “But, that does not make the hurt and anguish I feel for each life lost any less. Nine wolves of the Zielona Gora Lycana, six Nosferatu of the Clan Juwes, two Loegrians and thirty two Mages were lost to stem this evil tide, yet stop it we did. Earth armies would be handing out medals for...

MagicianChapter 57

The following morning a whole bunch of Mages set off in a series of taxis to the centre for higher learning and a meeting with Artello the senior neuro-technologist who had researched and produced our brainwave frequency changer. To give him credit he hardly seemed fazed at all about the number of people who turned up to view his ‘machine’ in its final form. Also there were Ketty and Niras as well as Dorry and Olmer, with the younger couple getting odd looks due to their tanned skin. “Here...

MagicianChapter 58

As a group we went around the corner into the corridor where the prison guards had Mage Clara pinned and restrained. Also in the corridor was the beheaded corpse of Johannes Trithemius who appeared to have not gone onto the next life without a tremendous struggle, admittedly to no avail. Despite being heavily shackled as well as what appeared to be sedated by the guard medical Mage judging by the syringe lying next to her, Clara was still struggling as well as swearing vilely at all of us...

MagicianChapter 59

It took almost three days before the full Council as well as their aides could be assembled due to ongoing work by its members as well as trying to get the various Bureau heads away from their necessary tasks. During this time we returned Artello to Loegria and received a promise from him to provide us with a mark II version of the frequency changer which would cope somewhat better with the mental frequency of a Seer. There was also a delay as Mage Vera was brought back to full health. Yet,...

MagicianChapter 60

Routine as ever settled over my life once the excitement of Kurukshetra and the frequency altering device had settled. My studies carried on apace and I finally succeeded in creating a portal without the need for a framework. I also found the time to study up on crystal lattice memory storage and learned how to create a very simple storage crystal, though nothing like the complexity of the ones Mage Benjamin produced. I was also now studying the creation of magical artifices or devices which...

MagicianChapter 61

1996 brought about some major changes for the Council; the end of the cold war had given way to the beginnings of the war on terror, though at the current state of affairs everyone was still slightly euphoric in the sense that the two main contenders in the cold war were now no longer planning on unleashing nuclear warfare on each other. The Coalition however had other plans and were upping the ante in the Shia/Sunni civil war within Islam which had been an ongoing niggle since Djadjamahnk...

MagicianChapter 62

We had just turned back to the van when there was a startled screech and a wave of water flowing over our shoes and boots. Turning quickly I immediately, along with the rest of the male Theurgists, did an about face as a sprawled, naked and clearly incandescently angry Morgana lay spluttering from whence she’d been grabbed, presumably in the middle of a bath. “John!” “Yes, my Mage?” I gulped. “Greatcoat, now!” “Yes, my Mage,” I replied and struggled out of my M40 green woollen German...

MagicianChapter 63

Morgana was very aware of what was going on around her despite the attempts by Gilles to overwhelm her defences before she’d had a chance to get herself into what she considered the ‘zone’ where she could concentrate fully on taking Gilles down ... or vice versa, if he was a lot stronger than she believed. She felt a great deal of satisfaction as John took out the three High Mages, although she wasn’t too sure about the one he shot, it wasn’t as if proximity would have aided that one in...

MagicianChapter 64

It was decided by the Council that at this time we were going to expand our operations in the outer realms. We already had a small team there who were based near the stream I’d drunk from which, due to the wild magic pervasive on Azurana, had a displacement effect which meant you could not be detected save by anyone else who had drank from it. Nor did the water have an effect in our world; it lost its efficacy within minutes if it was removed from the source. Jerhz, Mergna, Telqua and Hinnit...

MagicianChapter 65

“I think we’re going to try, at least to see if we can get information as to why the Nephilim are doing this,” I replied with a chuckle. “Correct, John,” Morgana replied. “Commander Hinnit, are any of your units nearby?” “I can have a sanctum of Caddiysh here in about 3 kilobeats, however you Mages will have to deal with the Malakha,” Hinnit replied. “How many in a sanctum?” Julia asked. “About 40 Caddiysh,” Telqua replied as Hinnit had already set off at a fast trot. “A platoon then,”...

MagicianChapter 66

1997 saw much of my training reach a peak, in that the gains I had achieved went into a period of consolidation. Morgana assured me that the plateau that I had achieved was common to those Mages studying higher magic and indeed she thought it a necessary phase where a Mage in training could explore many of the minor bands in the quantum layers without being distracted by the next big thing. I was still forbidden to play about with tachyons, save under direct supervision, although I was aware...

MagicianChapter 67

Morgana was not best pleased when we reported in and had to explain the loss of twelve Mages, nor in her examination of us did she spare us from any form of criticism for even a minor mistake. In short it was a typical Morgana dressing down, the only effect of which was to make me resolve to try harder next time. “Despite the losses, you both performed well as a team,” Morgana finally finished. “As a reward, I believe it’s time for Thea to be introduced to Loegria.” “Are you sure, my Mage?”...

MagicianChapter 68

I’d love to say that my life got simpler after the events in Guam and Loegria, however, as most of you who are reading this would guess, they didn’t. The events in Guam had Thea and I in front of a Council special investigation team along with Mage Liang. Every aspect of our actions and every decision made were gone over in fine detail and we all received an official censure for not recognising the signs of thaumaturgy/theurgy. Morgana naturally ‘went to bat’ for us all and, despite attempts...

MagicianChapter 69

It was a few days after the capture of Merlin’s journeyman Pyotr that Arch and I were summoned to Morgana’s office. “We’ve been approached by the Coalition ... or rather I suspect we’ve been approached by Merlin. Seems he wants Pyotr back,” Morgana informed us. “Can’t think why, basically he’s a waste of space hence their use of him on that hill,” I replied. “Well, be that as it may,” Morgana replied with a thin smile. “The bonds from higher to lower demand that Merlin at least must make...

MagicianChapter 70

Rowenna had agreed to meet us halfway as it were in Kurukshetra where Hermes was housed in the old medical wing. This was in part a safeguard by the Council just in case the embedded wards gave off a homing signal as we knew via Mage Cornelius that the Coalition were now aware that Rowenna’s Healing Magic office was no longer resident on that planet, nor on any planet they were capable of scanning. “Mage Rowenna,” Morgana and I greeted our friend with a formal bow whilst Judas simply stood...

MagicianChapter 71

Three days later I attended a Council meeting with Morgana as she explained the offer that had been made by Merlin to retrieve his journeyman. “Whilst I believe thirteen female Mages is a good exchange rate which, along with the release of Mage Hermes from his torment, makes economic sense, I’m not happy that he appears to be capable of getting away with what was, to all intents, torture, murder and rape at so little personal cost,” Mage Cixi stated after Morgana made her case. “This is why...

MagicianChapter 72

The Tuatha Dé Danann world of Murias was a mess. It was initially invaded by the Nephilim and then by a small contingent of the Sidhe. Now the inhabitants were in a three way fight with the rest of the Tuathan worlds as well. Frankly I was amazed that they were still going, but their leadership had planned well, had the support of the lower classes (a first for the Tuathans who generally used their lower classes as cannon fodder) and in areas they controlled had begun economic reform to...

MagicianChapter 73

Róisín and I were tracking a terrorist suspect, not our normal modus operandi by any means, but we’d been tasked to do it by Mage Morgana at the behest of Mage Hermione. Hermione had somehow got word through diplomatic contacts that the Coalition were aiding and assisting a group of mundane terrorists to attack the government of the United States. Normally even if we had word that a terrorist attack was planned, we wouldn’t necessarily bother telling a mundane government, unless it also...

MagicianChapter 74

There was the usual dull roar of activity in the Council chamber as deals were made for support, gossip exchanged and insults traded. I was minded of a statement Morgana had once made about wondering how anything got done. Yet it did, Mages might be contrary, argumentative and plain pig-headed at times, but, there were always ways and means of getting things done, often despite the Council, rather than because of it. There’s a maxim that goes, ‘it’s better to ask for forgiveness than to ask...

MagicianChapter 75

The Council chamber listened in silence as Morgana gave her detailed mission report of the demise of the Coalition leadership. It was only after she completed it that the questions began. “You mean you have no intentions of attacking what’s left of the Coalition in Iran?” Mage Fen asked. “None at all,” Morgana replied coolly. “Why not, I would have thought you’d relish the thought of going in gung ho?” Fen retorted. “Their leadership is broken. We don’t know where they all are and unlike...

MagicianChapter 76

Getting into Tír na nÓg was no longer easy, the returned Daoine Sidhe had made sure of that. Still, it’s a big old planet and they couldn’t be everywhere at once and other than needing to bring a Seer with us to do an immediate hidden portal elsewhere to fool whatever it was the Sidhe used to track incursions, it was pretty straightforward risk wise, even if initially it could bring us out near a Sidhe stronghold. As it was we had two Seers with us, well, Seer Jemima and journeywoman Seer...

MagicianChapter 78

The first ones in were the Mages, aided by the Seers. We set about carefully allocating areas in which we could attack the massed Sidhe now starting to arrive in the small valley and setting up an orderly encampment. For this we were all wearing a new specialised amulet that gave the impression that we were a small harmless animal, one that the Sidhe specifically did not hunt. We were met and guided to the sites by forces operating under Verenestra, all of whom it seemed couldn’t do enough...

MagicianChapter 79

Morgana was waiting for us at the other side of the portal along with her Gorgon honour guard. Without hesitation she stepped forward to take me into her arms as I laid my head on her shoulder and began the sobs that I’d put off since the realisation that Thea was no longer with me. “I ... I’m so sorry, John,” she murmured softly into my ear. “I didn’t even realise that she’d been taken ... killed. I could barely hear myself think at times,” I moaned as another portal opened and Arch...

MagicianChapter 80

It took a while and I still have my dark moments, but, thanks to my partners as well as Morgana and my other friends, I finally came to terms with the loss of my Thea. Admittedly it helped knowing she really was in a better place, after all, an Apostle of the Lord isn’t going to lie to me. My victory over Atomus had the Council in a quandary. Most simply couldn’t believe that a ‘mere’ journeyman could defeat a High Mage until it was pointed out that Atomus was hardly the first High Mage I’d...

MagicianChapter 81

Simon had called a meeting of the Council to discuss with our allies where best to prosecute the war against the Nephilim and Daoine Sidhe. It had been a freewheeling debate and at times quite acrimonious, although our allies didn’t seem to mind too much as the Council hadn’t shown itself up to any extent. Towards the end of the debate, there was silence as the Council members and our various allies contemplated the plans before us for the invasion of the Outer Realms. “Much as it pains me...

MagicianChapter 82

We had been slipping Mages into Azurana for several (Earth) days now; most were met up by a sanctum of Hinnit’s people and taken to various points on the surface of Azurana to be placed in position to evacuate the people there. I had been tasked by Morgana to go with her, Arch, Róisín and Rinku to guard a precious Seers group who were going to do a scan of the guardian system of Azurana and find out where its control room was (to put it simply). What the Seers actually intended to do was...

MagicianChapter 83

The refugees from Azurana were confused, fearful and completely out of their depth. Looking back, I’m amazed at how we actually coped with an influx of nearly seven million people. Fortunately we had a lot of help from our allies, particularly the Æsir who distributed the Azurans between their five worlds and were able to use their harvests to feed and sustain them. Jeeval’s people as the acknowledged leaders (by us and Jerhz’s people, not necessarily the refugees) aided and assisted in this...

MagicianChapter 84

Mages don’t believe in dreams, in a similar way that they do not believe in crystal therapy, tantric sex, auras, or the myriad of other ways mundanes use to distract themselves or make money from the gullible. Nor do we do religion, although we’re very much aware of Angels and Demons and they tell us there is a God and that he has a plan. It’s just that belief in God requires faith. We actually know. So different rules apply to us, though what those rules are the Angels aren’t saying. We’re...

MagicianChapter 85

It was good to be home, our trip to Kwa Zulu had stirred up a hornet’s nest of enquiry and counter-enquiry with some on the Council accusing me of being a loose cannon over to what was for them a very frightening escalation of our dealings with Minor Powers. A few enquiries by Mage Julia’s Intelligence Office had painted a very different picture with several hosts of Minor Powers now keeping a low profile and attempting to negotiate better or more friendly terms with the Council. The main...

MagicianChapter 86

I’d sort of been under the impression that the valley that Megiddo was based in was small. I couldn’t have been more wrong. The prophesy of Armageddon states that all the armies of the world will fight there; there’s certainly enough room for them and to spare; after all, it covers over 320 square kilometres. What I was doing, was a scouting mission for Morgana and I was accompanied by Talshish, one of Verenestra’s armsmen, as well as by Abi who needed to scan the Sidhe as well as get us...

MagicianChapter 87

“Nemesis you say?” Morgana asked me at the debriefing session. “Yes, either Abi or me, though she was looking directly at me,” I replied. “Must be some sort of Daoine Sidhe prophesy we’re unaware of. I’ll ask Verenestra though,” Morgana mused. “Yes, my Mage. Though as Abi has said, ‘to know the path is to deviate from it’, which is why prophesies are obscure and only make sense afterwards,” I chuckled. “True,” murmured Abi with a slight smile. “Well done on using Hokken’s sanctum to get...

MagicianChapter 88

Mazdani are not human, they are descended from bovine stock, however they are not minotaurs. If you’re expecting a man’s body coupled with a bull’s upper torso you’d be quite disappointed. Certainly they didn’t have horns either, though some of their primitive types had the subcutaneous bulges where the horns would form. What you had were eight foot tall seriously muscled humanoids, with a long extended face. They are roughly seven times stronger than a normal human and covered in a short,...

MagicianChapter 89

It was raining; the sort of fine mizzle that at first doesn’t seem so bad, but eventually soaks everything and chills you to the bone. ‘This is England, ‘ I mentally sighed. Only it wasn’t, this was the same island only called Kedyrn in Tír na nÓg though the weather remained the same. Fortunately I and my ladies didn’t have to worry about the weather, or indeed heating, for as Mages we could control the physical aspects of our surroundings quite easily. Tu’tar who was currently mine and...

MagicianChapter 90

The events with Jukar turned the microscope on me; there were demands by Rowenna’s Office that I go to Loegria for an examination that stopped just short of a vivisection. However, Morgana stepped in to prevent that, citing that the mission to Kedyrn on Tír na nÓg was of vital importance to the Council and that I was an integral part of that mission. Naturally enough this meant that some members of Healing Magic moved into the cave to examine us both, along with Seer Simone and two of her...

MagicianChapter 91

Once the liberation of Kedyrn began, Morgana more or less ordered Imelda to take Jukar back to the villa near Auckland to begin her Mage apprenticeship. I also noticed Rowenna doing a little mental editing on the young Finian to remove traces of her witnessing of higher magic and wondered just how much mental editing had been done on me in my training. Not that it would have done me any good, Morgana removed memories, she didn’t seal them off. Rowenna did the same, it caused fewer incidents...

MagicianChapter 92

Morgana was pleased with the results of our little venture down to see Verenestra, though more than a little surprised at Verenestra’s solution. “I guess it’s a damned sight more brutal and gratifying than a show trial and execution,” she mused. “William reckons it will take generations to recoup his losses over it, by which time, hopefully, things will have changed,” Brianna replied. “One way or another, yes,” chuckled Morgana. “Any more issues, my Mage?” I asked. “A few attempts to...

MagicianChapter 93

Ketty looked radiant in the way that expectant mothers often do and Niras looked proud, almost fit to burst. “How long?” asked Morgana before glancing at me. “Shut up, John.” “Yes, my Mage,” I chuckled. Another 7 months yet,” Ketty admitted with a smile. “He knew?” “He did. Apparently before you did, though kept quiet about it,” Morgana replied. “I thought you were my friend, John?” Ketty asked rhetorically with a woeful expression, followed by a grin. “You wouldn’t be the one getting...

MagicianChapter 94

The isle of Kedyrn in Tír na nÓg was tense, many of the inhabitants were passively refusing to co-operate with Verenestra’s forces, although the village leaders were at least giving lip service to her cause. That said, most of the population were too afraid to openly come out and support the Seelie court, just in case Queen Oonagh returned. Queen Titania however did openly come out in her royal ‘progress’ and settled herself upon the demesne of First Sword of the Morning Ghurran and proceeded...

MagicianChapter 95

Assembling our invasion force was proving to be a monumental headache for the allied council. For one thing we didn’t know when Oonagh’s forces were going to set the device off and the second was ensuring the various troops and suchlike we were planning to send had an objective. Dropping 50,000 or so people into hostile territory with the simple order of ‘go fight’ was a recipe for disaster as you could well expect. “They appear to be assembling in three main camps in Normandy, Picardy and...

MagicianChapter 96

“You took a Seer into direct combat?” Morgana rhetorically questioned me when she finally made it through the portal along with her ‘commando’ group. “I wasn’t given a choice, my Mage,” I replied as a smug looking Adsila stood next to me. “You could have contacted me,” Morgana responded sternly. “You were busy. We all were, my Mage,” I replied. “Even so, John!” she said in exasperated tones. “My Mage, you really need to be taking this up with Seer Adsila. Technically she outranks me...

MagicianChapter 97

“The planes can’t get near them, Mage Morgana,” Seer Simone stated as our war council met. “Not even if we Null the bombs and missiles?” Morgana quizzed mildly, as I suspected she already knew the answer. “Not even then; it’s like the ice shield they used in the Channel,” Simone replied. “They’re even vibrating the ground to set off any anti-personnel devices we might use,” Arch added looking rather soiled from his and Jemima’s scouting mission to observe the Daoine Sidhe army’s...

MagicianChapter 98

The early light of dawn showed smoke still rising from the Daoine Sidhe encampments, though it was obvious that there was a great deal of activity going on. Soon numbers of Sidhe approached the walkways and began repairs whilst others brought up some long lengths of spiked bars and began dropping them in the swamp next to the walkways. Other Sidhe were constructing watchtowers and it was obvious that they intended that the events of the previous night were not going to be repeated. “Can’t...

MagicianChapter 99

It was pretty bad. We Mages had withstood the brunt of the battle and taken the greater casualties, although many were being held by Mage Xi in semi-stasis until specialised help could be brought to bear, which essentially meant a trip to Loegria for them. Still eighty-seven of us had fallen along with thirty-two of our Azuran colleagues and five wolves. Yet in return we’d taken down almost forty thousand Sidhe, mostly in the explosions on the walkway and with the mini-guns on the mad charge...

MagicianChapter 100

The destruction and surrender of Oonagh’s main army as well as the capture and then execution of her leading general sent shockwaves through Tír na nÓg. Areas that were thought to be firmly under Oonagh’s control, suddenly weren’t and the liberated areas swung firmly under the control of the reformed Seelie court. Despite Mage Sofya’s attempts to censure Morgana for the losses in the siege, the majority of the Council simply didn’t believe that Morgana was culpable and the crystal memory...

MagicianChapter 101

“We believe we have found where Oberon is being held,” Seer Simone announced to the gathered alliance leadership. “I take it we are here to discuss a rescue mission?” Morgana asked. “Yes,” Verenestra replied. “It may not be possible, but if we can ‘retrieve’ him, then it will further undermine Oonagh’s legitimacy with my people.” We all nodded. From initially displaying Oberon as some sort of trophy, the Daoine Sidhe had recently started using the King of the Unseelie court to keep their...

MagicianChapter 102

To get within sight of Niðavellir it had taken us ten days to warily cross the distance from where the Seers had felt it was safe to drop us off. Morgana had had to order Tu’tar to remain behind as there was no way we could explain a Mazdani in our party of ‘slaves’. If anything the fortress was even more intimidating when seen in plain sight. Everything about it was designed to aid and protect the defender from any number of attackers. Within and outside the structure the Sidhe had gone ......

MagicianChapter 103

The entrance was guarded by wards and well-guarded by Sidhe as well. No one was going in or out without being identified and occasionally searched, particularly the ones going in. Nor was there any sign of any slaves either and Talshish believed they would be dressed differently to the ordinary ones to define their status. Also problematical, according to Adsila, was that the entrance wasn’t always accessible due to the fortress re-arranging itself every so often. “Would they detect a phase...

MagicianChapter 104

Oberon’s appearance and speech was the final nail in the coffin of Oonagh’s claim to be ruler of the Sidhe. The Daoine Sidhe were forced to commit to fighting a retreat in the few areas in which they retained control. Those that they did hold though were held strongly and with an iron fist. They did manage to hold onto a few of the fortresses including Niðavellir as well as the ancient Sidhe capital of Keldravan. Elsewhere though the lands reverted to the throne of house Skarlett and there...

MagicianChapter 105

The Council chamber listened quietly as Morgana went over the progress of the war and its prosecution. Not that a lot was currently happening in the way of fighting, both sides were in a period of consolidation, with Queen Verenestra having the harder time of it, such was the vast increase in the territory she had to more or less police, no matter the new-found loyalty of the subjects therein. “So the thought is to eventually reduce the fortresses one by one until we win?” Mage Cixi...

MagicianChapter 106

Tír na nÓg was, as ever, a hive of activity as Verenestra sorted out her liberated territories and brought her armies to bear on any Daoine Sidhe formations not covered by their fortresses. As Verenestra’s armies were so much larger than the Daoine Sidhe’s this usually led to victory on the part of the liberators, but casualties were often high. The Daoine Sidhe were very effective with area effect magics whereas your ordinary Sidhe simply weren’t. Still, the rate of attrition was definitely...

MagicianChapter 107

“Did you threaten Mage Frederico, John?” Morgana asked mildly after requesting my presence in a meeting room in the command centre with Mages Sofya, Frederico, Simon and Julia. “Yes, my Mage. I most certainly did and meant it too,” I replied. “Why would you feel the need to threaten him, John?” she asked, knowing fine well why. “It would have been somewhat impolite to simply kill him on the spot, my Mage,” I replied, utterly deadpan, seeing Simon and Julia start slightly before hiding...

MagicianChapter 108

The Council was in closed session in a sealed chamber. Only the twenty-one Mages who were entitled to a vote were present, plus me. The reason was, of course, to discuss the proposal put forward by Morgana that I be permitted the opportunity to trigger an emergence. Morgana had asked for the closed session to prevent any news of what I believed I could do getting out into the general Council grapevine before the actual Council had had a chance to discuss it. Hence she didn’t even tell anyone,...

MagicianChapter 109

“We can do it, but it will have to be timed to perfection and casualties on the Daoine Sidhe side will be very high,” Morgana stated to the Alliance group meeting chaired by Verenestra. “You can take out Elphame, Annwn, Afallach, Emain Ablach, Cnoc Meadha, Cnoc na Teamhrach, Inis Vitrin, Niðavellir and Rathcroghan, in one strike?” Draíochta Sinnead of the Craebh Ruadh asked, looking astounded. “Yes, though naturally we aren’t going into details,” Morgana replied with a thin smile. I could...

MagicianChapter 110

There was a slight delay before Talusi and I set off for Keldravan, though this was not something anyone had an objection to. Her mother, Melusa, was ported in to greet her daughter and the pair of them were given some privacy to deal with any personal business. Soon enough though we set off in the noonday sunshine to walk the distance to the gate of Keldravan. Talusi no longer looked the terrified mouse expecting to die but rather walked with a new sense of pride in her gait. The new armour...

MagicianChapter 111

The war may have been over, though there was still some tidying up to do. There were still rogue units of Sidhe out there turning to banditry as well as what remained of the fanatical Nephilim, though most of those had perished with the destruction of the fortresses. The vast majority of the Sidhe units still in the field had come in to claim amnesty from Verenestra as she held court in Keldravan. In all cases it had been granted, though a large minority had had terms attached to monitor...

MagicianChapter 112

In a spirited debate the Council eventually agreed with Morgana’s proposal to send a token force to show support with the Murians as well as equip the Gorgons and Nosferatu with modern Mage armour, the wolves not really needing any armour at all. In the end it was Morgana’s statement that the Mages would be going to ensure that civilian casualties would be kept to a minimum that eventually swayed the decision to a large majority, from a slim one. An expedition of fifty was assembled; Team...

MagicianChapter 113

“So Senone was razed to the ground?” Mage Sofya asked at a Council meeting to discuss the actions taken by us and our allies. “Mainly the military and commercial premises. The housing and residential areas suffered some damage, mostly because the Tuathans tried to use them as strongpoints,” Morgana replied. “Casualties?” “None on our side. The Murians suffered nearly 30% losses. Gorian casualties remain unknown but we suspect they were very high in their military and the haut-Magicien...

MagicianChapter 114

Tír na nÓg was a madhouse, or rather Keldravan was. The attack by Oonagh’s forces had come as a complete surprise to an area that should have been as secure as anywhere possible. Yet the Sidhe could not detect how they did this, hence the invitation to Morgana. “Heinrich wards,” I murmured to Morgana as we were briefed on the attack which had failed to get to Verenestra, but only just. “You may well be right, John,” Morgana agreed. “Oonagh would have had dealings with Heinrich and may...

MagicianChapter 115

The following day Morgana and I patrolled nervously around the court as Verenestra granted some of her most loyal subjects extra land, including Talusi and her mother Melusa. You could tell that the nerves of the guards (and William) were stretched thin, though finally the ceremony was coming to a close. It was then when a little of the tension was ebbing that the floor on the dais went out of phase causing Verenestra and William to go tumbling down through it with loud yells of surprise. I...

MagicianChapter 116

Morning dawned ... well not exactly, but it was morning and I gently woke Arwen from her slumbers from where she’d had a disturbed night. “I had bad dreams,” she said when we ate breakfast. “It wasn’t very nice to see,” I agreed. “So much hunger, so many red eyes...” she sighed, trailing off. “I know, but I’ve dealt with those for now,” I said, cuddling her in. “How do you feel?” “I ache.” “We’ll take it easier, but we still have a little bit of a climb out of here,” I chuckled. We...

MagicianChapter 117

OK, we miscalculated slightly. Instead of a perfect teleport Arwen brought us in at nearly three hundred miles an hour at a steep angle onto the plain of Jezreel. Fortunately Dhunvael and I were able to protect the Fae with inertial dampening as well as assisting Arwen with braking and heat dissipation. “Keldravan,” I announced, sweat running down my forehead as the coating dissolved in front of us and the Royal guard, including Talshish, ported in en-masse to surround us. “My Princess!...

MagicianChapter 118

“We are certain it is Oonagh?” Mage Cixi asked. “Her Daoine Sidhe, yes. There are also signs of civilians amongst the footprints we tracked to a portal,” Mage Adelaide replied. “A lot of tracks,” Mage Natsuko, her second-in-command, confirmed. “Over one hundred separate prints, possibly more.” “Worrying,” Cixi admitted. “We had a ready team there in minutes, but they clearly expected that,” Adelaide replied. “I wasn’t faulting you or your people, Adelaide,” Cixi stated. “Merely saying...

MagicianChapter 119

“A Sidhe guild of assassins potentially living on the Finnish northern border?” Roxanne asked incredulously. “Yes, Roxanne. Though as far as we know they don’t hunt people or other sentient beings,” Morgana replied. “That we know of,” Roxanne said bluntly. “Plus, how the hell were they getting into and out of Tír na nÓg without the Seers noticing?” “Something to ask them if we find they have been operating out of here,” Tara chuckled. “True,” Morgana added with a grin. “But for now we’re...

MagicianChapter 120

The Drow leapt gracefully as one into an attacking stance, only for two to go down into dust as my Glock opened up on them. The other three found themselves hanging motionlessly in mid-air as Morgana held them in place while she studied them, despite their frantic efforts to free themselves from her mental domination of their physical bodies. She also sent five clicks on a hand-held radio which was the signal for our forces to uncloak and summon Mage Henry’s command into the Caitiff...

MagicianChapter 121

“Think they’ll want to talk again?” Roxanne asked. “If they think it will delay the inevitable, probably yes,” Morgana replied with a shrug as our forces began to invest what we could of the fortress of Myrkálfar. “Verenestra sent William to talk to the Drow prisoners, though he doubts they’ll reveal anything until they lose here,” Roxanne added. “They won’t. From what I can gather they have a strong sense of honour, despite their dubious provenance roots,” Morgana replied as a gate in the...

MagicianChapter 122

The second day, although we weren’t really following any diurnal pattern, began as the first, although our allies were conspicuous in their presence as they watched patiently from the start of the ramp. Maurice and Chinc’lithss had their people working on the toxin and had come up with a formula that gave some immunity to its effects, though was not able to help those already with it too far into their systems. Still, it would allow a victim to stop the spread and get to the medic Mages...

MagicianChapter 123

This level appeared to be living quarters, though of a very alien style, a lot of decoration, but very creepy to say the least. “It’s designed to be unsettling, John,” Simone confirmed. “Their leadership may believe it toughens their people up.” “Silly idea,” I chuckled. “All it does is make them miss the obvious when running into something new.” “True,” Simone agreed. “I’m checking everything here as it seems wrong. If it was an ordinary room I wouldn’t be so thorough.” “They don’t scare...

MagicianChapter 124

It took three javelin missiles to crack the gate; even then there was no back blast into the room beyond simply a slow collapse. As soon as the last part of the gate hit the ground, a mass of Drow came charging out of the gap and rushed towards us, weapons drawn. What they hadn’t considered was that to do so they had to get through the Null zone and this exposed them to the 50-cals and the miniguns we had set up to cover our advance. For the Drow it was a disaster. Well, for those Drow in the...

MagicianChapter 125

I awoke, or at least I think I did ... the memory of the how is fuzzy now, the who, not so much. Anyway, I’m going to tell this how I remember it, which isn’t necessarily what happened, but when Heaven is protecting its secrets, mere mortals, including Mages, simply have to deal with what they want you to remember. I was sitting at a campfire. It was warm and the sky was filled with stars, more stars than I could possibly believe. But, then again, I think that might have been kind of the...

MagicianChapter 126

Morgana spoke at length to the silent Council as she went over the events that led to the fall of the Drow and of Oonagh. She pointed out, unflinchingly, the good and the bad, the successes and the mistakes. She was flanked throughout by myself, her team leaders, Seer Jemima, Seer Simone and the Bureau heads, save for Mage Maria, who sadly had been too far gone to be administered the toxin cure in time. Her replacement Mage Christina was still sorting out various issues in her Bureau, though...

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