#villainscomplex

Most tales begin with once upon a time.

This one begins with a bird, small and fleeting as it is, framed against a molten sky. This story begins with a boy and the fate that awaits him; but first and foremost, it begins with a bird.

Nobody pays the little creature any mind as it swoops down over the grasslands surrounding the kingdom. It’s an inconspicuous creature, no larger than a sparrow, flight path sure and true as an arrow. Against the sprawling world below, the bird is but a speck.