The Alchemist
Tread the stairs to the basement and
you will travel back five hundred years.
Here you may glimpse a sign of
the mysterious Alchemist.
His attempts of the transmutation of lead into gold have failed. Now he wanders in shadows stealing the memories
you have lost or left behind.
Extracting sparks of vitality contained within each one, he perfects an elixir of life.
​The Alchemist was transported into 'Grimy Heights' in 2020 as part of Otillie Hainsworth's Graphic Novels Real Life Stories group.
"Grimy Heights began under lockdown on Zoom. It was inspired by the idea of Warren and Gary Pleece’s graphic novel ‘Montague Terrace’ about a dilapidated ‘30s building haunted by the stories of its occupants, including a talking rabbit, and an exiled former pop crooner. Aiming for a noire-ish look, we - the Graphic Novels Real Life Stories group - worked mainly in shadowy black and white. We borrowed the concept of placing various people in a block of flats, and seeing what happened." ​​