"Tonight," Elias rasped, his voice a low vibration that seemed to come from the floorboards themselves, "we sing of the Iron Queen and the Silk Thief."
Elias was a Ballad Singer, one of the few who still carried the "long-songs"—tales that lasted an hour and held the history of a kingdom in their verses. The Ballad Singer
For a long minute, no one moved. No one reached for their ale. "Tonight," Elias rasped, his voice a low vibration