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In those days, there was a magician who could cast a spell on a candle and link that candle to the life of a single person.\\xa0 So long as the candle burned, there was hope.

Those families who had the means engaged the magician to cast this spell when husbands and sons went off to battle.\\xa0 So long as the candle burned, their loved one was still alive.\\xa0 The highest winds would not snuff out the flame.\\xa0 But even on a quiet night, if the soldier died, so too would the flame on the candle die.\\xa0 Those families would know of their loss long before word came to them from the battlefield.

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So long as the enchanted candle burned, Vesta\\u2019s husband was still alive.\\xa0 But the flame died and she mourned.\\xa0 Then, one day, the flame reignited.

Find out how and why in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genres: Fantasy

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CREDITS

Story: \\u201cThe Merchant and the Magician\\u201d Copyright \\xa9 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

\\u201cMysterious Trip-Hop Lounge Beat\\u201d by Digital Emotions

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Music by ROZKOL

\\u201cGo then, there are other worlds than these\\u201d

\\u201cAmbient I-IV\\u201d

\\u201cFever Dream\\u201d

\\u201cThe World Has Moved On\\u201d

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Music by TRG Banks

\\u201cLake in the woods\\u201d

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Music by Komiku

\\u201cWhere you hear the prayer (McGuffin theme)\\u201d

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Music by Lee Rosevere

\\u201cBaldachin\\u201d

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Music by ROZKOL and Lee Rosevere is licensed under CC BY 4.0

Music by Komiku and TRG Banks is licensed under CC0 1.0 Universal License

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