THE BALLAD OF KALYAN: SMOKE AND SHADOW

He was a phantom, his name uttered with reverence. Kalyan, they called him. A legend of the smoke. His stories were spun by the firelight, tales of ruthlessness and manipulation. Some said he was a curse, others a mere man lost in darkness. The truth, like the smoke that perpetually surrounded him, remained an elusive mystery. He haunted our drea