NOTE: This edition is signed by the author, wrapped in brown paper, hand-sealed with wax, and includes a custom bookmark. Each copy is packed and shipped by the author — not a warehouse. Perfect as a gift or collector’s copy. El'Mindeeya Do'Katal is, on the surface, a "simple" wandering Elven minstrel. Though she has many secrets, she enjoys the simplicity of traveling around the world and entertaining crowds, though this has not always been the case. Orphaned as a baby during the greatest "natural" disaster the world has ever known, Deeya, as her friends call her, was raised outside of Elven society. In the century since her birth, she has witnessed the worst and best of mankind first hand. She has witnessed the worst and best of herself as well . . . . Yet on this night, as she sings upon the stage, she has a no clue that she will soon be tested and pushed beyond her limit. In this, the Suite of Seduction, Lost Love, and Revenge, the Emerald Bard will have to face demons, her own and literal ones, as her bonds of loyalty are tested, those to her own secrets, her own morality, and her own heart. The Ballad of the Emerald Bard, the Opus Collections, is a series of collections of short stories about the Emerald Bard, her friends, and her world. Opus 01 consists of three connecting stories, that represent an introduction to the character of El'Mindeeya Do'Katal and the world in which she exists. Some of the stories collected within were available in other locations on the internet (most notably The Brainless Nod) yet had to be edited for content and size. Collected here are the full length, fully connected together, and sometimes R-rated materials. Opus 01 contains: The Concerto about the Deal at the Crossroads A Symphony of Old Debts The Sonata of Buried Secrets