Tag: medieval europe

  • jdelveaux

    Inceptio — The Alchemist’s Apprentice

    ✵ ✵ ✵ Artezo walked to Margo’s house. The surrounding fields were bestrewn with farmworkers scattering seeds in the Earth. Timber-framed houses lined either side of the dirt path. Artezo came to the door with a large metal cross on the front.  “You can’t miss it.” Teresa had said. She was right. The cross was […]

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    A Priori — The Alchemist’s Apprentice

    ✵ ✵ ✵ Castor’s funeral was extravagant. The King and most of the Royal Court were present wearing their finest black dress. Music was sung by a choir of twenty boys and girls. Banners ornamented with the Rod of Asclepius and St. Luke were set around the churchgrounds. Many bowed their heads as the priest […]

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    Ab Ovo — The Alchemist’s Apprentice

    ✵ ✵ ✵ “Listen to the bowls, hear them sing.” The master alchemist pulled his apprentice closer to the bowl bubbling before them. The windows of the shop were open and the streets of Prague were quiet below. Inside, the light of the heavenly bodies reflected off the yellow gurgling goop inside the bowls placed […]

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    The Alchemist’s Apprentice

    A Historical Fantasy of Healing and Transformation When Artezo, longtime apprentice to Prague’s royal alchemist, witnesses his master’s sudden death and the miraculous transmutation of their final experiment into gold, his life is irrevocably changed. Cast out from the Royal Court and wandering in search of purpose, he finds unexpected refuge in the humble village […]