This guy. The decidedly anonymous bawdy bard is a man who seems to have it all: more ale and wenches than a hedonistic degenerate knows what to do with. All is well in his world – at least when he rolls into Io’s Breath, a frozen city on the edge of the kingdom of his birth.

When a commission for a fancy new lute leads the bawdy bard into a meeting with the Duke of Io’s Breath, the bard’s silver tongue and carefree attitude gets him selected for the job of a lifetime. In the shadow of an impending war, the foul-mouthed musician must decide whether the lure of position and riches is worth dredging up his past.

As the memories – and identity – of a life he left behind come rushing back, the bard treks across the land to meet his destiny. Is his musical magic strong enough to put diplomatic end to a war before it’s even begun? And what of the battle that rages within? Can our man in fancy tights deal with demons of days gone by with a song and a dance?

Hold on to your floppy feathered hats.

"The Bawdy Bard: A Gutter Sonata"

by Andrew Marc Rowe