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Snowblood
Senior Scribe
Australia
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 Posted - 29 Aug 2009 : 14:46:18
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Dear Scribes here is a bit of doggerel about the fall of Shantel Othreier originally called The Lay of Peraphus but more commonly known by skalds and troubadours of today as "The Song of a Sundered Crown"
What do people think?
The Song of a Sundered Crown
The processions of the pretender
Paraded through the streets
Peraphus Othreier the puppet
Marching the Vyshaan drummers beat
Oblivious to the dangers
Hammering at his door
Peraphus the Pretender
The feckless Vyshaan whore
Whose dark and evil heart
Was filled with greed and lust
Could never have dreamed his mother’s realm
Would soon be ash and dust
For clan Hune and the Illithyri armies
Their souls blighted by the poison of hate
Had arrived with demons and dragons
To smash Othreier’s gates
The dusky blades of the Branded King
These knights from times of yore
Stood firm against Wendonai’s might
Loyal down to the core
Gathered on the plains of Sama
On Chionathar’s southern bank
Stood the proud and mighty Vyshaan horde
In rank upon mithral rank
A hundred thousand Vyshaan blades
Raised in grim salute
Melted to bright and shiny slag
Their voices smashed and mute
The implacable Selu’taar of Illithyr
Called down stones from the sky
A chromatic tempest of dweomer flames
Gathered from stars on high
The earth boiled and trees did scream
As forests were torn asunder
Peraphus died, disbelief on his lips
Denying his awful blunder
The Lightning flashed
The thunder roared
The rain came crashing
As down it poured
Corellon wept in pity and shame
As the bitch of the Web, she hungered
The fields of green would soon emerge
From the shards of the crown that sundered
http://phasai.deviantart.com/art/The-Song-of-a-Sundered-Crown-135149188
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Aryvandaar, Ilythiir, Arnothoi, Orva, Sarphil, Anauria/Asram/Hlondath, Uvaeren, Braceldaur, Ilodhar, Lisenaar, Imaskar, Miyeritar, Orishaar, Shantel Othrieir, Keltormir, Eaerlann, Ammarindar, Siluvanede, Sharrven, Illefarn, Ardeep, Rystal Wood, Evereska are all available here for download:http://phasai.deviantart.com/gallery/
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Brian R. James
Forgotten Realms Game Designer
USA
1098 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2009 : 17:03:52
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quote:
Originally posted by Snowblood
What do people think?
I think it's pretty awesome! |
Brian R. James - Freelance Game Designer
Follow me on Twitter @brianrjames |
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Brynweir
Senior Scribe
USA
436 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2009 : 17:16:54
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I would have to agree. Well beyond anything I could create  |
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Chosen of Moradin
Master of Realmslore
Brazil
1120 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2009 : 23:37:53
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| Very good, Snowblood! Congrats! |
Dwarf, DM, husband, and proud of this! :P
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Facebook: yuri.peixoto |
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The Sage
Procrastinator Most High
Australia
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Posted - 30 Aug 2009 : 01:21:56
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Very interesting Snowblood.
As a Realms-music fan, I can definitely appreciate the scope of this particular work. I'm already thinking about how this might sound against some sheet music. |
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bladeinAmn
Learned Scribe
199 Posts |
Posted - 06 Sep 2009 : 19:14:08
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| Excellent work Snowblood! |
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Snowblood
Senior Scribe
Australia
388 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2009 : 04:39:01
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| Thankyou fellow scribes (smiles abashed)....its part of a little piece on ancient Shantel Othreier I've got in the slow-cooker.... |
Aryvandaar, Ilythiir, Arnothoi, Orva, Sarphil, Anauria/Asram/Hlondath, Uvaeren, Braceldaur, Ilodhar, Lisenaar, Imaskar, Miyeritar, Orishaar, Shantel Othrieir, Keltormir, Eaerlann, Ammarindar, Siluvanede, Sharrven, Illefarn, Ardeep, Rystal Wood, Evereska are all available here for download:http://phasai.deviantart.com/gallery/
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Jakk
Great Reader
Canada
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Posted - 07 Sep 2009 : 04:46:02
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Very nice... far beyond my bardic skills, certainly. 
Not to derail the scroll or anything, but... how's Myth Unnohyr coming along? |
Playing in the Realms since the Old Grey Box (1987)... and *still* having fun with material published before 2008, despite the NDA'd lore.
If it's comparable in power with non-magical abilities, it's not magic. |
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Snowblood
Senior Scribe
Australia
388 Posts |
Posted - 09 Sep 2009 : 14:03:54
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| Myth Unnohyr next on list after Shantel Othreier...which just needs a new (sic) map or two...sigh....and the lay of Peraphus is included along with the back story too. |
Aryvandaar, Ilythiir, Arnothoi, Orva, Sarphil, Anauria/Asram/Hlondath, Uvaeren, Braceldaur, Ilodhar, Lisenaar, Imaskar, Miyeritar, Orishaar, Shantel Othrieir, Keltormir, Eaerlann, Ammarindar, Siluvanede, Sharrven, Illefarn, Ardeep, Rystal Wood, Evereska are all available here for download:http://phasai.deviantart.com/gallery/
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