The Assassin's Arsenal: beautiful and deadly

We are taking a little hiatus from Madame Yvina/ Sybil's fascinating tale here at the Lonely Alchemist while we move, so to tide you over, here is a little collection of some of the items in the famed assassin's traveling kit.  If you see anything you like, just click on one of the links below.  Everything in Yvina's arsenal is from Etsy sellers who love Steampunk/Victorian/Gothic arts and crafts!

 

 

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 Corsets from:

Alice and Willow

Damsel in this Dress

Louise Black

Accessories from:

Fable and Fury

Gardens of Whimsey

Umbrella Laboratory

Funk Love Designs

The Nifty Nutter

Fine Art from: 

Light Witch

Miss Quite Contrary

Tarot Cards from:

Curlycue Design

Perfume from:

Birdcage and Labyrinth

Poisons/Weapons from:

Aberrant Affixments

Old Junkyard Boutique

Tea from:

Craig's Market

Ciao!

The Lonely Alchemist

The Alchemist Files: Part 5

Here is the latest installment of the Steampunk novella "The Alchemist Files."  To catch up on the beginning of this story, click here.

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In the offices of Henton Clode, Alistaire Templar was reading a telegram from the Ministry Main Offices in London which was as follows: Description of woman matches all available information on Bergamot STOP Advised to apprehend suspect for questioning STOP Negotiate situations with caution STOP Do not allow suspect to escape STOP Sending re-enforcements to Paris immediately STOP Keep us apprised of all actions STOP.

The Alchemist Files: Part 4

Here is the latest installment of the Steampunk novella "The Alchemist Files." To catch up with the beginning of the story, click here.

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The nights were dark in the countryside outside Marseilles. The ancient abbey that housed the Agency training academy was always quiet and dark, but the calm was worse in the darkness after curfew. It seemed like time was stagnant in these hills, waiting for something violent to waken the old Mediterranean spirits and lift the land from its warm benign stillness. Nothing ruthless ever happened here. No one died here. While they were inside the walls of the academy, the world couldn’t touch them.

The Alchemist Files: Part 3

Here is the latest installment of the Steampunk novella "The Alchemist Files." To catch up with the beginning of the story, click here.

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The woman known as Marie Albion put a pot of tea on the stove, then removed her hat and hung it on the rack next to the belt of throwing knives and the black opera cape. Needless to say, her name was not Marie Albion. To most of Europe she was known as Madame Yvina, a talented psychic whose brief but influential reign over the carnivals and salons across the continent ended five years ago when she disappeared. In America, she was known for a few years by the pseudonym of Ginger Ginnie when she sailed with the crew of the pirate airship “Emelia’s Revenge.” And in South America they called her “Cuchillo Rojo,” or “Red Knife.” The Agency however, the world’s premium extermination service, called her by the code name of Bergamot, the delicious black tea that is fatal in large doses. To her roommate and fellow assassin, she was simply Sybil.

The Alchemist Files: Part 2

Here is the first chapter of our Steampunk romance/adventure novella. To read previous episodes click here. Enjoy!

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The sign on the door read “Henton Clode, Missing Persons” but the visitor knew that Mr. Clode had been dead for at least two years. Wheels in this small Ministry office moved slowly. Though the office was in Paris, arguably the most exciting city in the world, this office had long been determined (by the higher ups of the Ministry, or course) to be superfluous. But the woman who turned the door handle in her lace gloved hand knew that “Missing Persons” was a misnomer. The office of Henton Clode dealt with all incidents related to the Agency.

Inside, an elderly clerk was nestled behind stacks of files, typing. He looked up when she entered and pushed his glasses up. “May I help you, Miss?”

The Alchemist Files: Part 1

Only a few days ago, a strange collection of papers came into our possession at "The Lonely Alchemist." We have finally broken the code with which the papers were coded (it was a simple alpha-numeric system) and have completely decoded one of the papers. We present it for your perusal here, and hope to decode and post more of this fascinating story soon. (Revisit the beginning of the story here, or click "Madame Yvina" in the tags section to see all related posts.)

Ministry File: Madame Yvina, see also “Bergamot”

Cover: fortune teller

Origin: unknown

Age: unknown

Preferred method of extermination: poison

Current location: unknown, presumed dead

Often wears: sage green and blue colors, as well as black

Known associates: Melchizedek Quinine Aurocross, Captain Victoria Zylphia Potsworth, Elizabeth MacMormont, Belladonna (real name unknown)

Status: level red, report all sightings to Henton Clode, Ministry Office #495, London

Notes: Madame Yvina is just one of many aliases belonging to possibly the most dangerous women of our time.

Our knowledge on the early life of Madame Yvina is scant to say the least.

Madame Yvina, Fortunes Made & Futures Seen, Problems Exterminated & Mysteries Solved

We at "The Lonely Alchemist" have just receive a strange encoded file from someone by the name of Madame Yvina. While we are still working on translating it (it is rather long), we thought we would share with you the rather interesting beginning...

Just visit this treasury here to start your journey into the mysterious world of the Madame.

Be sure to check back in soon for the first translated portion of the files.

Ciao!

The Lonely Alchemist

(lovely artwork is courtesy of http://www.etsy.com/shop/Lightwitch)