Synopsis: The Apothecary

Lucas Villeiston is one of the four noble children of the Villeiston family. Many envy and fear their power, wealth, and influence, which may have led to their downfall. One night their mansion was ransacked and all were killed except for Lucas who barely escaped. Because of the “lack of evidence” and the constant hostility towards the Villeiston family none of the murderers were brought to justice. Lucas pursued a career in medicine and went to medical school to become a surgeon-apothecary. However, the school does not know him as Lucas Villeiston, they know him as Vihne Augustyne.
Lucas completely changed his identity to get away from the stigma of his family name. After a few years Vihne becomes renowned in the medical field for his expertise. He owns a small hospital in which he handpicked all of the staff himself, though he is sometimes asked to lend his medical skill at bigger hospitals. He also owns a medicine shop that holds bottles and jars of herbs and medicines, looks like a typical medicine store, but in the back is where he keeps drugs for special occasions. But they’re not kept in jars and bottles; they are living and breathing beings. They are there to help him exact his revenge.
The essences of the drugs were changed to living beings by a supernatural woman named Rinncage von Hayn, but she asks Vihne to do something in return. For her services Vihne is to bring back the souls of the murderers so that she can punish them by making them Verlorene Seelen [German for Lost Souls] for she is Der Großartige Richter [The Grand Judge]. She also tells him that if Vihne abuses his power then she will give him the same fate as his family’s attackers. After awhile Vihne’s underground drugs are beginning to be rumored about, but are only known about by a select few. Even so the police keep a firm eye on Vihne, while Vihne must stay one step ahead of them and keep his eye on the drug lords that run ruthless gangs in the back allies of London. Together with his assistant and the personified drugs, he travels around London seeking revenge on those who destroyed his innocence, as well as offering his services to those who dare to sign his contract that would result in death if broken.