If I bring you the story of the world,
the Muses bring you its soul.

What I and the storytellers have painted on panels and carved into manuscripts,
the Muses have filled with emotion and transformed into music.

We spent countless nights together, my tales and their voices,
some of my dearest memories.

What I could not express in a thousand words,
they wove into a single note.

Let yourself be enchanted by their art,
as I have been.

“Everything was nothing but nothing is not”

Prologue