Summer King, Winter Fool

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  • As
  • revolution
  • simmers,
  • a
  • poet
  • finds
  • himself
  • with
  • a
  • chance
  • for
  • the
  • crownIn
  • Etrara,
  • the
  • winter
  • is
  • bitter
  • and
  • endless,
  • but
  • Valemar
  • does
  • not
  • feel
  • the
  • chill.
  • A
  • loyal
  • courtier,
  • he
  • prefers
  • wine
  • and
  • poetry
  • to
  • palace
  • intrigue
  • and
  • has
  • never
  • let
  • ambition
  • draw
  • him
  • into
  • danger.
  • But
  • when
  • the
  • dire
  • portents
  • of
  • a
  • soothsayer
  • darken
  • a
  • royal
  • feast,
  • all
  • the
  • land
  • learns
  • that
  • the
  • king’s
  • days
  • are
  • numbered.
  • Revolution
  • is
  • coming,
  • and
  • soon
  • a
  • new
  • head
  • will
  • wear
  • the
  • crown.
  • But
  • whose
  • will
  • it
  • be?While
  • carousing
  • at
  • a
  • gambling
  • den
  • in
  • the
  • lower
  • city,
  • Val’s
  • cousin
  • kills
  • one
  • of
  • the
  • king’s
  • favorites
  • in
  • a
  • barroom
  • brawl.
  • Rather
  • than
  • leave
  • his
  • kin
  • to
  • the
  • mercy
  • of
  • the
  • city
  • guards,
  • Val
  • helps
  • him
  • flee
  • and
  • take
  • refuge
  • in
  • a
  • fishing
  • village
  • on
  • the
  • far
  • side
  • of
  • the
  • kingdom.
  • Here
  • Val
  • learns
  • a
  • secret
  • that
  • could
  • change
  • Etrara
  • forever
  • and
  • turn
  • this
  • carefree
  • poet
  • into
  • the
  • savior
  • of
  • a
  • frostbitten land.
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