The Merchant and the Magician

Published: Sept. 13, 2019, 7:31 a.m.

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.  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.  So long as the candle burned, their loved one was still alive.  The highest winds would not snuff out the flame.  But even on a quiet night, if the soldier died, so too would the flame on the candle die.  Those families would know of their loss long before word came to them from the battlefield.

 

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

Find out how and why in this episode of Storyfeather.

Genres: Fantasy

 

CREDITS

Story: “The Merchant and the Magician” Copyright © 2015 by Nila L. Patel

Music:

“Mysterious Trip-Hop Lounge Beat” by Digital Emotions

 

Music by ROZKOL

“Go then, there are other worlds than these

Ambient I-IV

Fever Dream

The World Has Moved On

 

Music by TRG Banks

Lake in the woods

 

Music by Komiku

Where you hear the prayer (McGuffin theme)

 

Music by Lee Rosevere

Baldachin

 

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

 

Find more music by Digital_Emotions at audiojungle.net
Find more music ROZKOL, Lee Rosevere, TRG Banks, and Komiku at freemusicarchive.org
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com