Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Teaser Tuesday: Minstrel



After his journey over the mountains to the east, at age ten, where he met and saw trolls, goblins, fairies and faeries - the former tiny, the latter man size - elves, dryads, gnomes, centaurs and many others, even the ever wary sidhe, he understood the warnings from his parents. He had grown in the years since Erin’s arrival, and heard the elders more readily.
He listened to the tales of war, of dying, of being pushed north and east into the inhospitable regions where it was hoped the races would succumb, flourishing instead. He heard of the raiding parties also and once saw such a party in the distance. Humans came to pillage … and murder.
He understood their swift years were their greatest disadvantage.
During their sojourn over the mountains, he was tested. At age ten all boys and girls of the long-lived races were tested to discover their inherent talent, the factor that would earn them their keep in the march of years.
Until his testing, he had not given it thought, but clearly his father had, for he brought forth the musical instruments from home.
Ever when it got dark or the days too cold for the outdoors, Kell would sit and strum something quietly in a corner, softly singing. Already he knew most of the old songs. He loved reading also, but when searching for tranquillity, he found it in music.




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