Apprentice-alchemist-turned-apprentice-monster-slayer Basil Ap D'Oren travels across a vast, unforgiving world of airships, automatons, and dark magicks as a member of the Big Top, hunting down nightmarish beasts and battling treacherous villains as he tries to purge himself of an evil curse. Note: Big Top is going to be dark. The world of Oria is a cruel place; there will be lots of blood, monsters, and unhappy endings. Consider yourself warned. Participant in the Writathon