City of Masks
18 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 16 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsCity of Masks is a swashbuckling adventure in a setting reminiscent of Shakespeare's Italy (complete with twins).
In the city-state of Bonvidaeo, by custom and law everyone must wear a mask and act in character with it, or face civil, social and religious penalties.
Gregorius Bass is sent to Bonvidaeo as the Envoy of Calaria, primarily to get him out from underfoot. Masked as the Innocent Man, and in the company of his radical young Bonvidaoan servant, Bass stumbles into mystery, intrigue, heresy and murder.
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Episodes
City of Masks: Episode 18
June 18, 2008 04:01 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBOffers are made and, for the most part, accepted. Rivers and Sallia reflect on recent events from their own unique and surprising perspectives.
City of Masks: Episode 17
June 11, 2008 03:45 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MBAn unexpected summons to the King.
City of Masks: Episode 16
June 04, 2008 03:22 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBJuliana's secret is revealed. We learn further details of the adventures of Corius and the scholars, and how things now stand in the City.
City of Masks: Episode 15
May 26, 2008 23:36 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MBA chase across the rooftops, and Bass confronts the murderer high above the streets of Bonvidaeo.
City of Masks: Episode 14
May 21, 2008 22:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBCorius and the scholars invade the Temple and put their impersonation into effect. Tamas preaches a Personalist sermon on being one's true self, and the wasps are suddenly deployed. In the subsequent confusion, Bass spots the murderer and gives chase.
City of Masks: Episode 13
May 13, 2008 05:19 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBThe scholars, Corius and Bass set out to foil the assassination, using disguise, trickery, and wasps. Bass reveals an unsuspected comedic talent.
City of Masks: Episode 12
May 06, 2008 14:51 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBBass, Tamas and Juliana attend a ceremony in honour of the Moon. Bass compares his background with Juliana's, and the counter-plot advances.
City of Masks: Episode 11
April 28, 2008 01:19 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBCorius's reconnaissance turns up disturbing news. Felkior, masked as his younger self, comes up with a plan of preposterous daring.
City of Masks: Episode 10
April 16, 2008 06:26 - 18 minutes - 17 MBTamas tries to convince Bardo not to proceed with his plot. The Butcher claims a fifth victim, and Corius is determined to spy on Bardo.
City of Masks: Episode 9
April 09, 2008 04:47 - 18 minutes - 16.5 MBCorius gets word of an assassination plot by Bardo's underground group against the Archpriest of the Sun. Tamas, Corius and their fellow Personalists would suffer reprisals if the plot succeeded, so they, Felkior and Bass look for ways to foil it.
City of Masks: Episode 8
April 01, 2008 04:51 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBLord Rivers at last replies, denying Bass's request for support. Corius suspects his foster-sister's lover Bardo of the murders and wants to search out evidence against him, but Bass discourages him. A young nobleman is murdered by the Butcher.
City of Masks: Episode 7
March 25, 2008 16:18 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBCorius's foster-sister Sallia and twin Juliana come to visit. Bass is rather charmed by Juliana. A third murder is committed, this time of a prominent citizen, and the Watch at last take notice.
City of Masks: Episode 6
March 18, 2008 16:05 - 19 minutes - 18 MBThe elderly scholars show Bass a play in which their youthful encounters with the Countess are described. We learn how Felkior lost his sight and why they refuse to let Bass ask the Countess for help.
City of Masks: Episode 5
March 13, 2008 14:11 - 17 minutes - 15.8 MBBass, troubled by the murder, goes to the old scholars - notable fencers in their youth - to learn to defend himself. Another murder is committed which touches them all closely.
City of Masks: Episode 4
March 13, 2008 14:10 - 19 minutes - 18.2 MBA Calarian citizen is brutally murdered. Bass writes to his superior and to the City Guard seeking their help to find the murderer.
City of Masks: Episode 3
March 13, 2008 14:10 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBBass is received at Court and meets the beautiful and dangerous Countess.
City of Masks: Episode 2
March 13, 2008 14:09 - 22 minutes - 20.4 MBBass meets two elderly scholars, Felkior and his secretary Tamas, who help administer the institution of the masks. Together they decide that Bass shall be masked as the Innocent Man, a harmless persona which is protected by custom from reprisals. A theft is reported of a sinister mask...
City of Masks: Episode 1
March 13, 2008 14:06 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBDarion, Lord Rivers, Undersecretary to the Foreign Minister of Calaria, has a problem – his wife wants him to promote her brother Gregorius Bass, whom Rivers considers a hopeless fool. Fortunately, an envoy's post has just fallen vacant in the conveniently distant and unimportant city of Bonvidaeo. We learn from Bass's journal of the odd customs of the city, where masks must be worn at all times.