AmélieIS Progress Report

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Mistress Adélaïde Jameux

A rune mistress and our most promising and youngest faculty member at the University of Lille. As clever as she is charming, she is a students and the president's clear favourite and fast on her way to becoming a fully fledged professor.

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What are Dark Lords

From a religious concept, "Dark Lord" has evolved to designate a leader who commits terrible crimes against nature and incite others to follow them in this life of debauchery. It is our duty to assist His Majesty in taking them down.

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Academic careers

University faculty members are jewels of French society, educating our youth, improving society, & maintaining the superiority of our army. Selected through competitions, progress from Master to Professor to elected posts is fierce but highly rewarding.

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Master Isadora Laguillon

An incredibly skilled rune mistress and Master at the University of Lille. Her genius is sure to take the royal court by storm sooner or later and to bring a professorship to her and prestigious patronage to Lille.

497 words

Mistress Delphine Lefebvre

A blacksmith and Master at the University of Lille who will go far if she can ever summon the professionalism and dedication necessary for any successful careers.

461 words

Structure of the French army

The French army is composed of several armies & of lone aces. Each army is led by a general & made of several corps. Each corps is led by a marshal & made of infantry divisions, 1 artillery & warder brigade, 1 cavalry brigade & 1 elite brigade.

600 words
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Nicodème's disease

The child of Adélaïde's best friend is terribly sick, and nothing the doctors have done has been able to cure him. Adélaïde investigates what's going on and how to help him...

1569 words
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Herr Streiff's illusion-making pendant

An intriguing artefact worn by Herr Streiff. It can control te way light is reflected in its perimeter of action, thus effectively creating illusions. It makes sense for someone playing the role of a bodyguard to have something like that.

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AmélieIS Progress so far

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About me

  • I write Romantic Fantasy novels and worldbuild for them.
  • I'm French.
  • I have a PhD in Biomedical Sciences and a MSc in Chemical Engineering, and I work in biomedical research.
  •   Genres I write
    Romantic Fantasy, High Fantasy, Science Fantasy, Alternate History (especially 19th century France).   Profiles
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    World ember 2024

    I'm working on The Magical University of Lille.  

    Main WIPs

    1) The Empire of the Covenant: Set in a huge federal empire ruled by powerful mages linked to the ancestral magic of their Lands. One Fantasy Romance short story written.
    2) The Magical University of Lille: Alternate 1850s France. Set in a university with lecturer characters.
    3) Portal to Sérannie: Portal Fantasy, going from France to a secondary world influenced by Roman culture and that is on the brink of a civil revolution.
    4) The Engineering Corps: Science Fantasy, Alternate 1845 France. Focus on the engineering corps of the French army during the French revolutionary wars.
    5) Rome and the Sasanians: Alternative 340s Roman Empire.
    6) Divine Tyranny: Set in world where gods are all-powerful, walk among mortals, and mess up with their lives.
    7) Soul Jars: Merchants-Mages steal the soul jars of the ancient Mages-Kings from their mausoleum and use their souls to power artificial bodies that are enslaved to their will.
    8) Dark Lord Seduction Plan: in a world where Light & Dark magic and political parties are on the break of war, set on the the Dark side.
    9) Challenges of Magical University Life: slice-of-life in a magical university.
    10) Victorian Evil Scientists: 19th century Europe, evil scientists work fun experiments in the service of a Dark Lord.
    11) Magical Maths: magic is practice through complex maths, making mathematician extremely prestigious. Also deals with disability and discrimination.
    12) The City of the Hundred Fiefs: each fief of the city is controlled by one powerful mage, and all are at war against each other. To thrive in limited areas peaople have built upwards.
    13) Imperial Soulmates: Sci-Fi Fantasy with magitech anchored in plants and fungi, with everyone having a few soulmates all over the world (people with identical magic).
    14) Metas: for WA events and list of challenge articles.   See my author world for more info about them or just click on their names.

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