Festival of the Triumphant Locks

Published: June 24, 2022, 6:35 a.m.

In a town renowned for their long hair and unique styles, one hairdresser learns the value of her trade.

Genre: Fantasy

 

Excerpt:
Everyone in town wore long hair in those days— children, grown folk, household beasts, beasts of the wild. Even trees and flowers bore long and thick filaments. Even the insects! The bumblebees bore the thickest and most luxuriant coats in all the country.

And those who lost their hair—by illness or nature— even they bore weighty wigs.

Those who never visited the region would ask why. Why did all insist on having such long locks?

The answer was a single word.

Winter.

 

CREDITS
Story: “The Festival of the Triumphant Locks” Copyright © 2018 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode Art, Editing, and Production:  Nila L. Patel

 

Music:
Trip-Hop Lounge Abstract Background” by Digital Emotions (Intro/Outro)

 

Music by Nicholas Jeudy (Dark Fantasy Studio)*
“Joy” or “Here we go”
“Winterheart”
“Silent walk”
“Everything and more”
“Arctica”
“Medieval fiesta”

 

Music by Albert Fernandez (Audio Alchemist, Potion Studio)*
“Location Medieval Tavern Song”
“Humorous Exploration (loop)”
“Locations Happy Village (loop)”
“Exploration Cave (loop)”
“Exploration Mystery (loop)”
“Exploration Forest of Magic”

 

Music by TRG Banks
“Interchange”
“Horse ride 4”

 

*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.

 

Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Albert Fernandez is licensed from GameDev Market
Music by TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

 

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net
Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Albert Fernandez at gamedevmarket.net
Find more music by TRG Banks at freemusicarchive.org and bandcamp.com
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com

 

Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. At center, a woman stands facing left, but turned slightly forward so her face is in three-quarters profile. Her gaze looks forward. She has long loose wavy hair that almost reaches the floor. She holds one braided lock in her left hand, which is held at her side. She wears three flowers in the crown of her hair.

 

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