May 12, 2023
Every year on her birthday, the daughter of a mage receives a key that unlocks a different world in her enchanted triptych.
Genre: Fairy Tale, Fantasy
Excerpt:
When I was born, a clever
mage, who was also my mother, made for me a triptych: three panels,
attached in a row by hinges, depicting paintings of our home. The
middle panel depicted our capital city, where we lived. The left
panel depicted my mother, her hands raised as if in the casting of
a spell. The right panel depicted the Arx, the great tower of
knowledge where mages learned their trade. The flanking panels were
each half the width of the middle one, so they could be folded
inward, and the image could be hidden. And strangely, my mother had
built a lock into the triptych. Once folded, the triptych could be
secured. I did not know why it would need to be locked. There were
no secret or blasphemous things depicted in the paintings, as far
as I knew.
What’s the Word (that inspired the
story)?
Triptych: (Fine arts.) A set of three panels or
compartments side by side, bearing pictures, carvings, or the like.
(source: dictionary.com)
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Story: “The Magic
Triptych” Copyright © 2019 by Nila L. Patel
Narration, Episode
Art, Editing, and Production: Nila L. Patel
Music:
“Trip-Hop
Lounge Abstract Background” by Digital
Emotions (Intro/Outro)
Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy
Studio)*
“A new day begins”
“Peacefull place”
“Imagine”
“The village”
“Oinions”
“Into wild lands”
“City”
“Emblem”
“Shadow forest”
“Home”
“Immortals”
“Oinions (second part)”
*These tracks were part of a music and sound effects bundles I purchased from Humble Bundle and sourced from GameDev Market.
Music by Nicholas Jeudy is licensed from
GameDev Market
Sound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarket
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Episode Art Description: Digital drawing. A collage made of three panels, the center one being square and bigger than the two rectangles that flank it, which are of equal size to each other. From left to right, a long stem flower with six petals and two long leaves running alongside the stem; the front half of a turtle swimming at right, and strands of seaweed and fish swimming behind the turtle; and the bright silhouette of a tall tower with several openings and protruding sections, and the silhouettes of trees on either side.