Bard of The Cycle (Short Story)

In a tavern unmoored from time and space, a bard with hair as white as starlight spins a tale that brings hardened warriors to tears—the story of the Demon King’svictory. But this is no fiction. He sings of apocalypses he’s witnessed, empires he’s watched burn, and forgotten heroes whose courage survived the death of their worlds. Gifted by a primordial entity known only asThe Serpent, this ageless wanderer bends reality itself through his music, traversing the fractures of the multiverse to preserve stories too tragic—or too glorious—to fade.

From realms where gods wage wars between stars to dying lands where magic has bled dry, the bard’s odyssey spans infinite realities. Yet his art hides a desperate quest: to unravel the mystery of The Serpent, the cosmic architect haunting his visions. When a cryptic guild ofplaneswalkerslures him with promises of answers, he finds himself at the edge of a revelation that could rewrite existence—or destroy the delicate threads binding all creation.

But in a multiverse where even gods fear the truth, what price must an immortal storyteller pay to meet his muse? And when every song risks unraveling worlds, can art survive its own power?