THE BALLAD OF KALYAN: SMOKE AND SHADOW

He was a shadow, his name uttered with reverence. Kalyan, they called him. A demon of the smoke. His stories were spun by the firelight, tales of brilliance and control. Some said he was a curse, others a mere man driven to extremes. The truth, like the smoke that perpetually surrounded him, remained unseen and unknowable. He walked among us The