An elven traveler grants a king a priceless power in return for an equally priceless treasure. Genre: Fairy Tale

Excerpt:The elven traveler leaned closer and whispered to the girl. "What kind of life can he give you? Closed off and cloistered? Stuffed into corsets? I can give you a life of mischief and adventure."

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: King Midian and His Glove of Gold This episode landed on PROMPTS. Finish the sentence, "I wish I could…" was the prompt I used to inspire this story. Find more stories and episodes that revisit previous stories here: Year of Prompts.

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Music:"Elves" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Intro)"Compass" by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Outro)"Abstract Vision #5" by ANDREW SITKOV (Outro)

Music by NICHOLAS JEUDY (Dark Fantasy Studio)"Scroll of the wind walker""Elves""Faeries""A story of gold""Illusions""Compass""Winter guild""White river""Seasons""Lonely day""Written in stones""Fight with king""The plan"

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 MarketSound effects from AudioJungle and GameDevMarketChanges made to the musical tracks? Just cropping of some to align with my narration. Fun fact: Nicholas Jeudy has a track called "Midian." But it didn't fit this episode. It's a scary one. Maybe for one of October's episodes?

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. At center, the standing figure of a young woman made of gold, facing left in three-quarters profile, with right arm outstretched in front of her, left arm bent to the side, and mouth parted. Another woman, in left profile facing left, has fallen to her knees and has her arms wrapped around the golden woman, head bent, eyes closed, and mouth hanging open. They are in a field or a garden of lavender and daisies. A few flowers at the margins appear golden. The daylight sky overhead is full of wispy clouds. Watermark of "Storyfeather" along the golden woman's outstretched arm.