Posted by Meg
The entries to the Skull Throne ARC Contest keep pouring in! Kat sends in her lyrics for a new drinking song to be introduced at every inn in Thesa.
Here’s what she says about her entry:
My humble entry – a song for jongleurs. Simple, repetitive, easy for beer drinking tavern crowds to sing along.
And the song:
The Warded Man
He left his home to face the night
He conquers darkness with his light
He scours the demons from our land
The Deliverer the Warded Man
He came to us from humble roots
But grew to fill a hero’s boots
He steeled his heart he trained his hand
To become the Warded Man
He sought out knowledge old and lost
And with his blood he paid the cost
He learned the lore as he searched the land
To become the Warded Man
He journeyed long and traveled far
Til he came to the place of Sharak Ka
He joined the battle in the sand
To become the Warded Man
Side by side they cleansed the night
The only stranger allowed to fight
Friend of the King at his right hand
To become the Warded Man
And still he hunted far away
For secrets of an elder day
Til he returned ancient spear in hand
Discovered by the Warded Man
The spear clove dark with blazing light
The King claimed it as ancestral right
“I shall not give what you demand”
So said the Warded Man
The king in anger ambush laid
With evil friendship he repaid
And left him to die in the scorching sand
He betrayed the Warded Man
Each day he burned in the fearsome light
And fought the demons in the night
He marked his skin with his own hand
To become the Warded Man
And warded now in his entire
He fought the demons wood and fire
Air and rock fell to his hand
And the spear of the Warded man
With warded axe and scythe and hoe
He taught the folk of Cutter’s Hollow
To fight the dark and take a stand
At the side of the Warded Man
Now they gather in the night
Men and women to bravely fight
Gone from common folk to deadly band
All thanks to the Warded Man
He left his home to face the night
He conquers darkness with his light
He scours the demons from our land
The Deliverer the Warded Man
Love it! Thanks for entering, Kat. I can totally Gared singing this one with gusto.
The Skull Throne will be released in March in the U.S./U.K. with translations to follow. Pre-order the U.S. edition from Random House today.
Posted on January 9, 2015 at 3:00 pm by Hannah
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