The Bardic Academy (A Bard Without A Star, Book 3) - Plot & Excerpts
The Firbolg, who had reappeared when he stopped playing, watched him with amusement. When he paused because he was too angry to think, or when his throat was too dry to speak anymore, they would call out helpful suggestions to get him going again. When his anger finally passed, he began to play, and to think. The first thing he thought about was breaking the Compact. The magic bound the dead tightly, but he realized quickly that only the diligence of the living kept it going. The first question he asked King Anghos was, “How did you keep the Compact when Cathbar overthrew the bards?” “He didn’t get rid of all the bards,” Anghos said. “He knew what he needed to do to maintain order, and one of those things was keeping the Compact.” “But towards the end, in Third Bardic War, he deliberately threw the country into chaos,” Fidgen said. “Did someone keep the Compact then?” Anghos nodded. “Canvan, the faithful. For fifty years he and only he would fulfill the Compact, starting in those dark days when Cathbar fought Amergin, and continuing to his death.”
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