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<font face=1><DIV align="center">Song of Hrormir<br>
<br>
<DIV align="left">   Hrormir<br>
   Son of Hrorgar<br>
   Summoned to the Court of Vjindak,<br>
   Son of Vjinmore, King of Evensnow.<br>
      "Mighty caster of magic,<br>
   I charge thee to go to Aelfendor,<br>
   For its hoary Warriors do threaten my Land<br>
   And bring forth their cousin Demons<br>
   To terrify my People."<br>
   Hrormir<br>
   Son of Hrorgar<br>
   Heard the Words of Vjindak Evensnow.<br>
      "By Icestaff,<br>
   Surely I would help thee<br>
   But I have already a Quest to drink<br>
   Twelve Flagons of Mead in one Hour,<br>
   And then to bed four Wenches,<br>
   Twice each.<br>
   So I must with grace decline."<br>
   The King he did not smile<br>
   At Hrormir and his jolly Spirit.<br>
      "By thine Honor<br>
   Must thou aidest my Cause<br>
   For must thou takest up the Sword<br>
   Of thy Companion Darfang<br>
   Who took the Quest and failed."<br>
   Hrormir laughed.<br>
      "Now I know thou jest.<br>
   My boon Mate Darfang wouldst not fail.<br>
   There be no finer Bladesman.<br>
   If thou chargest him, he wouldst not fall."<br>
      "I did not say he fell.<br>
   He joined the Dark Kings of Aelfendor<br>
   And by doing so dishonored<br>
   Himself and thee, his Friend."<br>
<br>
   Hrormir could not believe the Words,<br>
   And yet, he knew Eversnow<br>
   Didst not lie.<br>
   So for twenty Days and three rodeth he<br>
   To the Land of Night, the Kingdom of Fear,<br>
   Where the Peasants ever carried Candles<br>
   Knowing what Evil awaiteth them<br>
   Should they stray beyond the Glow.<br>
   The Sovereigncy of three Dark Kings:<br>
   Aelfendor.<br>
   There, Torch in Hand, didst Hrormir<br>
   Pass through haunted Countryside<br>
   And frightened Villages,<br>
   And through the black Gates<br>
   Of the blacker Castle of Aelfendor.<br>
   The three Dark Kings didst sneer<br>
   At the sight of mighty Hrormir<br>
   And summoned they their Champion<br>
   Darfang the Blade.<br>
      "My boon Companion!"<br>
   Hrormir called in the Hall of Night.<br>
      "I dare not trust my Eyes,<br>
   For then I wouldst believe<br>
   That thou hast joined with Evil,<br>
   And turned thy Way from Honor<br>
   And Brotherhood!"<br>
<br>
      "Hrormir!"<br>
   Darfang the Blade didst cry.<br>
      "If thou dost not go now,<br>
   One of us must die, for I hate thee!"<br>
   But Hrormir was battle ready,<br>
   And in the echoing Halls of Night<br>
   The Blade of Darfang<br>
   And the Staff of Hrormir<br>
   Didst strike again and yet again.<br>
   Mighty Warriors and Mages both,<br>
   The boon Companions now Foes,<br>
   Shook Mundus with their War.<br>
   They might have fought for a Year<br>
   If there were Sun in Aelfendor<br>
   To mark Time,<br>
   And either Hrormir or Darfang<br>
   May verily have won.<br>
   But Hrormir saweth through the Dark<br>
   The Tears in the Eyes of his former Friend,<br>
   And then he saweth the Shadow of Darfang<br>
   Wert not his own.<br>
   And so with Icestaff, he did strike<br>
   Not Darfang, but his Shadow, which cried.<br>
      "Hold, Mortal Man!"<br>
<br>
   The Shadow becameth the Hag,<br>
   Bent and twisted, in her Cloak and Hood.<br>
   From her faceless Shadows, she hissed.<br>
      "Mortal Man called Hrormir<br>
   The Soul of thy boon Companion<br>
   Is my Plaything,<br>
   But I will take thine in trade,<br>
   For though ye both have strong Arms,<br>
   Thou hast the more clever Mind<br>
   Which my Sons the Dark Kings need<br>
   For a Champion of Aelfendor."<br>
   Hrormir the brave didst not take a Breath<br>
   Or pause before he boldly said.<br>
      "Shadowy Hag, release Darfang,<br>
   And thou mayst use me as thou will."<br>
   The Hag didst laugh and freed Darfang.<br>
      "To save thine Honor this thou hast done,<br>
   But now thou must be without Honor<br>
   Mortal Man, as the Champion<br>
   Of the Dark Kings, my Heirs of Gray Maybe,<br>
   Thou must help them divide Aelfendor,<br>
   And love me,<br>
   Thy Shadowy Hag and thy Mistress well."<br>
<br>
   For his loss of Honor,<br>
   And his dear Friend's Sacrifice,<br>
   Noble Darfang prepared to take his Dagger<br>
   And plunge it in his good Heart,<br>
   But Hrormir stayed his Brother's Hand and whispered.<br>
      "No, boon Companion,<br>
   Wait for me at the Village Banquet Hall."<br>
   And then did Darfang the Blade leave the Castle<br>
   While Hrormir took the withered Claw<br>
   Of the Hag, and pressed it to his Lips.<br>
      "Shadowy Hag, to thee I pledge<br>
   To only honor thy black Words<br>
   To turn my back on Truth<br>
   To aid thy Dark Kings' Ambition<br>
   To divide their Inheritance fairly<br>
   To love thee<br>
   To think thee beautiful."<br>
   Then to the Chamber in the Heart of Night<br>
   Hrormir and the Hag did retire<br>
   Kissed he there her wrinkled Lips<br>
   And her wrinkled, sagging Breasts,<br>
   For ten Days and Nights and three did Hrormir<br>
   And his Icestaff<br>
   Battle thus.<br>
<br>
   Then Sweet Kynareth blew honeyed Winds<br>
   O'er the Hills and Forest Glens of Aelfendor,<br>
   And the Caress of warm blooded Dibella <br>
   Coaxed the Blossoms to wanton Display<br>
   So that Aelfendor became a Garden<br>
   Of all the Senses.<br>
   The frightened Servants of the Dark Kings<br>
   Woke to find there was naught to fear<br>
   And through the once dark Streets of the Village<br>
   Came the Cries of Celebration.<br>
   In the Banquet Hall of the Village<br>
   Hrormir and his boon Companion Darfang<br>
   Embraced and drank of rich Mead.<br>
   The Shadowy Hag too was smiling,<br>
   Sleeping still in her soft Bed,<br>
   Until the morning Sun touched her naked Face<br>
   And she awoke, and saw All,<br>
   And knew All saw her.<br>
   And she cried out:<br>
      "Mortal Man!"<br>
<br>
   Night fell fast upon the Land<br>
   As the Hag flew into the Banquet Hall<br>
   Casting blackest Darkness in her Wake<br>
   But all the Celebrants still could see<br>
   Her Anger<br>
   In her monstrous Face<br>
   And they shook with Fear.<br>
   The Hag had said the Kingdom was<br>
   To be divided among her Heirs.<br>
   But Aelfendor had been kept whole<br>
   While her Children divided,<br>
   Drawn and quartered.<br>
   Hrormir was mightily amused.<br>
   He swallowed his Laughter<br>
   In his Mead,<br>
   For none should laugh outright<br>
   At the Daedra Lord Nocturnal.<br>
   Without her gray Cowl of shadowed Night,<br>
   Her hideous Face forced the Moons<br>
   To hide themselves.<br>
   Hrormir the mighty did not quail.<br>
      "Wherest be thine Hood, shadowy hag?"<br>
      "Mortal Man hast taken it from me unaware.<br>
   When I awoke, my Face unmasked,<br>
   My Kingdom cast into the Light,<br>
   My Dark King Heirs in Pieces cast,<br>
   And here, my Champion smiles.<br>
   Yet in truth, thou kept thy Promise truly,<br>
   To never keep thy Promise true."<br>
<br>
   Hrormir<br>
   Son of Hrorgar<br>
   Bowed to the Hag, his Queen.<br>
      "And evermore, <br>
   'Til thou releaseth me, will I serve thee so."<br>
      "A clever Mind in a Champion<br>
   Is a much overvalued Trait."<br>
   The Hag released Hrormir's Soul<br>
   And he released her Hood.<br>
   And so in the Light of darkest Dark,<br>
   She left Aelfendor evermore.<br>
   And after drinking twelve Flagons of Mead,<br>
   And bedding four Wenches<br>
   Twice each,<br>
   Did Darfang return to Eversnow<br>
   With Hrormir<br>
   Son of Hrorgar. <br>

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