The Elephant Stables

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Vijayanagara, 1520. You were a junior clerk in the fodder accounts. Then a palm-leaf order with your name on it made you Deputy Keeper of the Royal Elephant Stables, by mistake, one month before the great Mahanavami festival. The head keeper forgets everything except elephants. The festival elephant hates parades. And the king will be watching.

workplace comedyNew

~117–119 pages · 12 chapters · 3 endings · 25K paths

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