I've kept it on the back burner for the last year or two. This is one of those tales that my muse hands to me in Memorable Scenes and Important Vignettes, then leaves it up to me to puzzle out the events that connect them. Needless to say, whole broad swaths of important story material remain unresolved.
Looking over my old notes, however, surprised me. Details that had baffled me Back Then seem perfectly clear to me now. Questions of theme, setting, and the Nature of Magic have woven themselves into a neat, well, tapestry, and with those questions answered, the Gaping Plot Holes should fall together naturally.
At this stage, though, a lot of them still gape, so bear with me.