THE MUSIC OF ZILZAL
Zilzal was a clever old soul, and a clever old soul was he. The gnome gathered his pipe, chalk, and fiddle. Only it was no ordinary fiddle. Zilzal had it custom made, with thick strings that produced a deep bellow. It was large, too large for even a human to play normally, and it took him a quarter of an hour just to get it down into the darkness of his basement.
By the light of the candle, Zilzal drew the ritual circle. He wrote out the equations. Within the circle, he placed a... Read more