The Tale of the Lord of the Songs of the Chronicles of Heroes in the Kingdom

**AUTHOR’S NOTE: A satire on fantasy. That’s all you need to know**

PROLOGUE

Once upon a time, there used to be no concept of time, and an abysmally large concept of space. So large in fact that there was only one kingdom on one planet in one solar system in one galaxy in one cluster in one universe. And that kingdom, like all other kingdoms in the history of kingdoms, was ruled by an evil twin brother of an unusually good king who was usually tricked into a life of penal servitude by the same. In this case, the evil twin was Tim, and the good twin of the evil twin was called Draconicus. Tim was a master sorcerer. In fact he knew basic tricks like the disappearing Taj Mahal and the double bullet catch when he was 3 year old. But his true might was realized when he pulled out a rabbit from his hat on stage. In fact it is said that this was what struck fear into the very core of people’s minds and made them accept his sudden rise to royalty unopposed. But all this magic could not help him take the final step to displace his brother from the throne. One day, sheer genius overtook his mind and he tickled his brother to the dungeons, and then justified that he must have committed a crime (A direct converse of the first crime then dungeon rule, hence justified). So, Draconicus was eternally locked up, and Tim ruled. The kingdom, like all other kingdoms, awaited a savior. But since it was the only kingdom, where would he come from? And then one day…… 

If you want to know what happens next, check this space next tuesday, i.e the 1st of July

Published by Arnab Mukherjee

Words are but means to convey what the mind sees through the eye, and I am a mere messenger who brings to you the musings of his mind, a mind that likes to observe, a mind that wants to observe everything that can be observed, a mind that wants to perceive life as something new in each and every avenue it finds.

4 thoughts on “The Tale of the Lord of the Songs of the Chronicles of Heroes in the Kingdom

  1. Which twin do I represent? Did my life play role in inspiring you to bring in the concept of twin or is it the age old Bollywood? 😛
    Btw Interesting start, waiting for more surprises 🙂

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    1. Not Bollywood, the age old plot line across all fictional stories. Well, everything around me inspires me to write everything I write, more or less. 🙂

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