The Royal Griffin
Because of the sheer size of the project (you may think this isn’t all that much now but oh dear, do I have plans) the project is broken up into sagas. Each saga has a theme and the cast may change from saga to saga.
The Jaobai saga
Hui Go and Elizabeth Chattoway have a lot in common.
They’re both headstrong, driven and have a strong sense of morality.
They both have families that don’t understand them. And they both enjoy sneaking out of the house looking for a taste of freedom.
The big difference however, is that Hui’s brothers and sisters are members
of the kashuya, a criminal organisation that rules the streets as the government does little to stop them.
And Elizabeth’s father is governor of the Jaobaian colony and spends his days doing… what exacly?
Aside from cheating on his wife and neglecting his daughter of course.
Swords at gunpoint
Summary
Son of a hotshot of the Choumurian kashuya, Hui Go fights tooth and nail to break from his criminal family while looking for a place to belong.
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Memories of a curious girl
Summary
Growing up in a foreign country as the daughter of a hated man. Elizabeth Chattoway tries her best to reconsile her situation with her insatiable desire to discover and learn.
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Journey to Venusia
Summary
Hui, Himowa, Elizabeth and Dana are off. Soaring the skies in the Royal Griffin airship.
A bright future is on the horizon, but can our crew leave the past in the past and enjoy the sunshine?
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The theatre saga
Venusia is a city of many stories. Many lives, interweaving as they go about their daily obligations.
A young girl going to her job at the clothes factory. A blind boy playing the organ at mass in the church.
A group of refugees who made their way all the way from Choumuri, trying to build up their lives again after running from law and crime alike.
A man delivering a cardboard box to the historic center of the city in the middle of the night every single week.
Their stories pass and cross one another.
Converging on a single point.
The Magnolia Theatre.
Calling out so you know I’m here
Trigger warnings
Domestic abuse, child neglect, child labour, ableism directed at blind people and religious fanaticism.
Summary
Donna and George are twins but that doesn’t mean they are treated as equals. Torn apart in early childhood they try to survive and fight their way back to one another.
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A dance with death
Trigger warnings
Graphic character death and themes of grief and loss.
Summary
When a woman gets stabbed in the middle of the stage no one really bats an eye.
That is, until the piano player starts shouting the actress’ name and the ballet dancer who was supposed to inhabit the snake costume is found strangled in his dressing room.
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To be announced