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Kazuma Shimizu was supposed to retrieve one stolen relic.
The target was Solomon’s Band, an ancient cursed artifact passed from Nazi occultists into the hands of a secret Japanese government bureau after the war. The thieves were amateur cultists, convinced the relic could give them control over whatever answered their summoning.
Their first mistake was thinking a chicken made a suitable sacrifice.
Their second was waking Hecate.
By sunrise, the cultists are dead, Kazuma has a broken arm, and the legendary Princess of the Dead is sitting in a government interrogation room promising to kill him.
Some missions are better left off the record.
I originally created Kazuma & Hecate several years ago for a low-fantasy, hard-boiled mystery novel that I eventually abandoned. When I saw the one-shot challenge, I thought it would be a good excuse to return and finally write their backstory.
I've always enjoyed alt history and using the real world as a foundation for fantasy. The original story took some inspiration from The Dresden Files and explored a modern world where the supernatural, myths, and old legends are all real, but hidden from ordinary people by governments and other organizations.
Many of the locations, historical references, and legends used here are based on real ones. The bunker in Tateyama is a real place, while the Senjinkun, the Ahnenerbe, Solomon's legendary ring, Gullinkambi and Hecate all have roots in history, religion, or mythology. I've taken liberties connecting them together but that's the fun of alternative history.
Monsters are everywhere and it's not just the annoying neighbor next door.
I originally created Kazuma & Hecate several years ago for a low-fantasy, hard-boiled mystery novel that I eventually abandoned. When I saw the one-shot challenge, I thought it would be a good excuse to return and finally write their backstory.
I've always enjoyed...
