Calamity Muse

Getting struck by lightning mid-concert is a bad way to end a world tour. Waking up inside a murdered noblewoman's grave in a grimdark fantasy city? That’s just a terrible encore. Back on Earth, Aubrey Sinclair was a global punk-rock sensation. Now she’s transmigrated into the body of "Lady Aubrey," a famous Victorian-era diva who was betrayed and assassinated by a cabal of corrupt aristocrats. Even worse, Aubrey hasn't just come back to life. She’s awakened as a Banshee-Revenant, a literal monster cursed with a hunger for extreme emotions. Aubrey didn't let the music industry crush her, and she isn't going to let a steampunk society of snobby nobles keep her in the ground. Armed with Hellion’s Cry, a legendary guitar that doubles as a battle-axe, and a game-like System that tracks her rhythm and combat stats, she is ready to orchestrate her revenge. To level up her deadly new sound, she needs to feed on the raw energy of a live crowd. By teaming up with a gargoyle bouncer, a polite clockwork automaton, and a shadow-vampire violinist, she forms the ultimate monster band. The elites of Mordenstadt thought they had silenced Lady Aubrey forever. They’re about to find out that this new Aubrey’s revenge tour will be the most face-melting, blood-soaked performance the city has ever seen. What to Expect: Dark Fantasy: A grimdark steampunk metropolis where magic and industry breed corruption, monsters lurk in the catacombs, and even resurrection comes with a curse.  Unhinged MC: Aubrey is a foul-mouthed, defiant punk who feeds on terror, swings a guitar like an axe, and treats vengeance as just another stage to perform on. Found Family: A misfit band of Unhallowed outcasts (a punning gargoyle, a Shakespearean automaton, and a shy shadow-dancing violinist) who become the family Aubrey never knew she needed. Revenge Plot: Aubrey hunts the four powerful figures who orchestrated Lady Aubrey's murder, peeling back a conspiracy that runs deeper into the city's factions than she ever imagined. Steampunk: Enchanted carriages, arcane-powered factories, and sound-manipulating machinery fill a Victorian-Gothic city divided between opulent nobility and the desperate poor. LitRPG-lite: A game-like System tracks Aubrey's rhythm-based combat through Harmonic Synesthesia, letting her level up her musical powers without drowning the story in stat blocks. Music motifs: From combat that flows like a rhythm game to powers named after vocal techniques, music is woven into every fight, feeding, and triumph throughout the story.