Norden had always wanted to become a bard.
But after studying with his teacher for a while, he realized that the bar for becoming a bard seemed impossibly high.
"A bard is an all-purpose profession! You have to be able to do everything other people can do, and everything they can't! If you can't split a mountain with a sword or divide the sea with a punch, what kind of bard are you? How else could a bard protect himself while traveling the world?!" That was his teacher's lesson.
"But, teacher, I can't do that."
"Yes, you can. You only think you can't because your imagination is too limited."
"All right, then. I'll give it a try."
And so Norden began working toward becoming the kind of bard his teacher had described.
