Bardolo, an ambitious storyteller, wants to became the protagonist of the series, replacing Essilo, a loony bard, protagonist of its own adventure, astute as the one who burns violins to sell the ashes.

These bards are loony people. Sticking a label to a storyteller's tale is a damned scrape and a real waste of time. This is not due to lack of desire: it is only impossible to explain-without-telling the accidents of a band of idlers that argue with their cunning that are in credit with trouble and help poor people with such a muddle-headed plan that if it was not funny, nobody would understand it is a genius idea. It is a fairy tale where the bad guys take it in turns with the good ones, an adventure in a time that does not even exist. It is the story of everyday people who, to be credible, seem to be invented but for God's sake, not in good faith, but in order to make fun of those who ignore the problem's true aspect. This is unfortunately a bard's story. And beware of the fact that bards cheat.—Stefano Farolfi