Bard
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Last published Mon, Jun 12, 2023
"I was born before the time of Land, and before the time of Upheaval, during the last fifty years of the time of Canals, year thirteen hundred sixty one by the calendar then. I knew by the time I was three that I wanted to be a bard."
So begins the memoir of Scasha Sailborne, the greatest and last of the high bards. A story told like a memory, with interspersed myths, songs, and stories to give life to the tale-telling magic of this world.
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