Mind Mages on Motorbikes
While exploring this new, unfamiliar plane, Enigma's local planeswalker contact, realizes his peer would need his own transportation if he was going to independently explore the place. Fortunately, they had recently built a new motorcycle and were happy to lend the mind mage their older...
The Celebratory Meal
It may not be home, but this new plane Enigma has found himself in still has need of a skilled detective willing to work freelance. In the course of solving a case, the mind mage heard rumors that one particular noodle shop, run by a...
Enigma’s Disdainful Stroke
His adversary was channeling mana, large quantities of it. The pages of the spellbook in their hand had begun to project the arcane glow of mystical energies. In his position, many mages would have lost their nerve, unable to respond to such an obvious threat. But...
Dearly Departed
"The dead shall rest in peace. I can't say the same for you." It appears you have some skeletons in your closet: Lingering guilt over the dearly departed. Perhaps you hold yourself responsible for their premature demise. Perhaps they represent a moment of weakness, where you...
The Beast From Below
The Harvest Season has arrived once more at the Theorem Magistrum, and the spooky celebrations have begun in earnest. And as always, Enigma is more than happy to give his Companion a chance to be in the spotlight since this is one of the few...
Rabrandt, Prodigal Detective
I had spent years, starting in September 2021, and ending with this submission in October 2023, cooking up the concept of an Enigma "Sparker" card, a legendary creature that transforms into a Planeswalker. Because he's a detective in lore, I knew I wanted him to...
The Unofficial Spymaster
Though the Magistrum possesses technology advanced enough to send messages through handheld communicators, not all of the city-states of Crossroads, nor all of their citizens, have access to said technology. And even when they do, some simply prefer the old way of carrier birds, for...
Hitching a Ride
The one constant of life on the road, no matter which plane one finds themselves on, is that the benevolence of strangers can get you far. Literally in this case, as the Great Detective finds himself hitching a ride on a kindly farmer's wagon to...
In Captivity – Part 2(/3)
This second part of In Captivity was released back in August of 2023, continuing the story of Volpes's and Azurium's rehabilitation. The trickiest part about writing this one was writing Volpes in this period of transformation, struggling with the twin desire to hold onto what...
Decisive Action
"That's impossible." Enigma's ears and tail stood up on end as the alarm began to sound. Knowing his powers aren't effective against cameras and video recordings, he took the extra precaution to scout and study the offices his client asked him to break into. Whatever the...