Mar 6, 2026
The story is told of how nine
little gods came to be honored at a feast where they dared not show
their faces.
Genre:
Mythology
Excerpt:
The new
mortal-made masks were so fantastical and magical that they could
not easily be distinguished from the masks of the gods.
A few called it
blasphemy.
(For we humans can be fools
this way, don’t you agree? Seeking and seeking for wonder, and
fearing it when we find it.)
The Wheel of Fiction
Turns. What did it land on this
time?
Each Season 9 story
follows a theme chosen by the Wheel of Fiction. Thirteen spokes.
Eight are the themes from previous seasons. One is “Turn Again.”
One is a wild card. And three are covered in question marks and
will be revealed when the wheel lands on them.
See a story trailer and a
(satisfying) video of the wheel turning here: Nine Gods in Masquerade
This episode landed on a mystery spoke that was
revealed to be MUSIC. I rambled through my music and found a track
that inspired this story.
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CREDITS
Story: “Nine
Gods in Masquerade” Copyright © 2022
by Nila L. Patel
Narration,
Episode Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
“Medieval fiesta”
by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro)
“Donjon
keeper (bonus track)” by NICHOLAS JEUDY
(Outro)
“Haven” by NICHOLAS JEUDY
(Outro)
“Abstract Vision #5” by ANDREW
SITKOV (Outro)
Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark
Fantasy Studio)
“Oinions”
“Oinions (second
part)”
“Sand of time (bonus
track)”
“City of
magic”
“Joy”
“Dragon style”
“Donjon
monster”
“Donjon keeper (bonus
track)”
“The
harbor”
“Snake
charmer”
“Jesters
dance”
“In the
shadows”
“Shadows and
flames”
“Haven”
“Medieval fiesta”
All tracks are part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.
Music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov is licensed from
GameDev Market
Changes made to the
musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my
narration.
Find more music by Nicholas Jeudy and Andrew Sitkov at
gamedevmarket.net
Find more stories by Nila at storyfeather.com
Episode Art
Description:
Digital drawing.
An empty masquerade mask facing forward with several asymmetrical
elements. At center bridge of nose, a seashell motif. At left of
image the top corner of the mask appears to be burning in a
sparkling flame, and part of the mask appears to be vaporizing. At
bottom is a small chainmail section from which there hangs a row of
teardrop pieces dangling from thin strings. Within each eye hole is
a star-filled sky motif. The right eye hole is framed with a tiled
or scaled border. The left eye is surrounded by a vine motif. At
right of image a feather and wing motif drops from the bottom of
the mask. Along the side and extending up in a branching tree. A
few leaves sprout from a few branches. Two flowers are set beside
the tree and above the left eye. A dragonfly-like insect is perched
at the base of the tree with two insect wings extending out and two
feathers emerging from the bottom. Watermark of “Storyfeather”
along bottom edge below right eyehole.