Arcs of 'Merganser'

The many arcs of 'Merganser' depend on evil spirits, supernatural phenomena, unsavory shamans, political intrigue and communion with the spirit realm.


 * 1) Kishkatoa'soanuk's first visit to the Exorcist's Guild
 * 2) Kishkatoa'soanuk blesses a construction site
 * 3) An "omen monster" at a Blackfoot restaurant gives increasingly disastrous fortunes (Blackfoot restaurants have "fortunes" written on the linen wrapped around their cornbread)
 * 4) A famous duck hunting ground is suddenly struck by a swath of hunter deaths.
 * 5) A meadow used for harvesting dye is struck with a blight
 * 6) A warrior is struck with an iron weapon, severing his bond with his patron spirit
 * 7) A mysterious criminal is using magic from the east, completely unknown to the people of Owashtanang
 * 8) A clan war in the Band Territories needs quelling
 * 9) A white buffalo calf is born in the northern Plains and needs to be escorted through the biggest cities of the region
 * 10) An attempted deposition of a ruling clan in the Eastern Ojibwe lands
 * 11) The Wyandot sabotage the biggest docks in a neighboring port
 * 12) An evil spirit lurks in the shadows between the tiles of a neighborhood square
 * 13) New kinds of spirits arise in the cities of the Three Fires, and one man has dedicated his life to recording all of them
 * 14) When the annual lacrosse game for the Lodges of the Three Fires is about to take place, everyone wants famous lacrosse adonis Zagimekaagiikanaabate on their team; bribes all around!
 * 15) Kishkatoa'soanuk must find his uncle's former protege, the cursed boy Gwanabishkaa ('he capsizes')
 * 16) There has been an "international incident" in the Black Hills, where almost everyone in the known world has a shrine
 * 17) A town is on the verge of wiping out the next town over when their rain making is just a little too effective
 * 18) When a transfer student from one monastery to another causes a stir, Kishkatoa'soanuk, the youngest leader of a major shrine in the entire world, is instructed to deal with the fallout
 * 19) A farmer needs the land to accept it when he imports mountain goats from the lands of the Nez Perce