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Something Fierce
01:27
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2. |
Plight of the Knights
03:41
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The mood ranges from fear to rage
As Garth and Wade take to the stage
To address the concerns of Bristolites
To help them find sleep at night
"People missing, dangerous fights
Shadow gangs, covens flex their might
Magic ones move subtly
Yet Wade and I have several in custody:
"The witches who started the barracks fire
A shady mage with whom they likely conspired
Other thugs- many with powers obscene
We'll unearth their agendas and intervene
Today Wade and I leave for Eredet
To assess yet another threat
Our men will step in should trouble arise
Till then keep an eye on the off-colored eyes"
A man cries out "those types should be detained!"
Glaring at Phoebe whose color is drained
Garth's mouth curls into the slightest smirk
Riza rises, she won't allow this to work
"What of the white-robed cult?
Why no mention of them?"
The crowd becomes unnerved, the climate grim
"They exist, but are no threat"
A woman asks "the same cult that we'll never forget?"
Garth says "this is why they weren't mentioned
Likely not, so let's avoid that tension"
Riza asks "and what about
The white robe that laid you out?"
Garth's fists clench tight
"You're Ghael's little rogue, right?"
"Right now I'm off the clock"
"So you just came to prod and squawk
“Hark! I fight for our king
Diversion is all your lot brings
No witch will cause trouble here
Not from the north, nor from near
“Not little brats, nor top shelf
Not even Ghael herself
If to provoke is why you're here
Then do what rogues do and disappear"
Satisfied, Riza does just that
She made her mark, she won't stay to chew fat
Wade stands, Garth nods and sits
"There are some puzzle pieces that don't yet fit
Do not panic over hearsay
We disclosed what we know for sure today
“We are investigating, focused on protection
The path curves, but justice is our sole direction
If the Novis is back, we are prepared for that
Things are unclear today, but that is a fact"
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3. |
Opportunity Makes Amends
03:10
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A ragtag bandit crew lies in wait in old ruins
Hardly akin to friends, their shaky union begins
Two ex Shifting Sands
Stamped with brands of red hands
If again they cross that man
They won’t get another chance
Two cousins lean and meager
Not seeming mean and eager
And a kobold with a new flame
Hoping here he can intrigue her
Five lives, a sole goal
Frayed fates forming one whole
The ends justify the means
So just make do and make ends meet
The kobold is green in scale and skill
Also with envy too
His flame fancies those who live fiercely
So that’s what he’ll do
The two kin have been deep in
Swore to never sin again
But grandfather’s fallen further
Sink or swim, make amends
They say “Yo, Romeo
You ought to go before this blows
Your stones alone will pay for days”
He stays, he already knows
The ex Shifting Sands are much more collected
Their motives simpler, they are unaffected
“The wealthy often traverse this desert
To buy rare things from the mines
So with our blades drawn we will wait, covert
Ambush any passersby
And for plan b, should there be need
I’ve got an old trick up my sleeve..”
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4. |
Nature of the Beast
04:01
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Garth and his trusted troops
Hike the Kharusurahk
To take stock of Mayor Locke
A skilled soldier himself
Scattered the Shifting Sand
Saw bandits banned from his homeland
The brutal battle twenty years ago
It left the mines collapsed
And townsfolk with nowhere to go
With little to go round, many stole to survive
The thickest thieves were the ones to thrive
Till Locke ran them away, was elected to stay
He strives to revive the mines
And town to this very day
Garth vents his woes to Wade
The might White Robe displayed
Triggers bitter tirades
Brings to mind Percival
Their skills both surgical
White Robe less merciful
“That he is alive, it makes me sick
We sleep near to that lunatic
I should have crushed him under my boot
My power should be absolute
At least his cultists are floundering
Without the control that he brings”
The band sets up camp for the night
Shining bright in the fire’s light
Necessary to best the cold
But in the blackness rather bold
Suddenly a massive beast appears
Ten feet of pure muscle stomps near
Skin made of stone and bone overgrown
Piercing through patches of dark fur
The King’s Right Hand charges in alone
Unarmed and donning no armor
Garth grapples the boulderbeast
Glares up for eye contact
Rams his shoulder forward
Swings up for a sharp impact
Garth bursts the beast’s left eye
The freed claw tears his back
Finally he is pressed prone
By a savage counterattack
Huge canines thrust for his neck
But the bite is blocked
Both press with all their might
But enter a deadlock
An arrow pierces the skull
The beast flees, its rampage dulled
Garth shouts a primal roar
“I’m fierce enough for more!”
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5. |
Ransack / Payback
05:00
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Garth’s troops cross a stone bridge over a chasm
Marks that the thieves would never have fathomed
From old ruins they emerge, with weapons drawn
But almost all find their enthusiasm gone
The ex Shifting Sands are prepared to stand
One holds their backup plan in hand
But the other three would prefer to flee
But the creature is pinched and starts to scream
All present seize up - save for the ex Sands
Spared the raw anguish by enchanted bands
No concern for their unprepared allies
Garth can’t act upon the rage in his eyes
“Is this what our kingdom has become?
I will never succumb to this scum”
They claim the soldiers’ money and weapons too
They joke and gloat as they do
“Would his hammer be too unwieldy?”
“Only one way to know, I guess we’ll see”
The ex Shifting Sands approach the King’s Right Hand
Who stiffly topples forward just as he planned
His immense weight crushes the tiny beast
Freed from paralysis, restraint released
Garth leaves the creature’s keeper
With no chance to beg
With bare hands his skull is crushed like an egg
Returns Wade’s bow and says
“Let no one get away”
Promptly bludgeons one cousin
The other is left in dismay
Drops to his knees and pleads and screams
Garth offs the other ex Sand
Who thought up this scheme
Wade pins the fleeing kobold
To a stone wall by his tail
A calculated shot, the restraint set to fail
The kobold drops his tail, runs as hard as he can
Wade points Garth’s focus to the begging man
But Garth sees the fleeing reptile
And he hurls his weapon
Not a direct hit but still he is undone
Wade had seen the fear in his eyes
Tried to grant a chance for life
Now hearing a cousin’s cries
Wade talks down his fierce ally
Soldiers will escort him back
The sole remnant of this attack
The rest settle for the night
Garth gleams in the day’s last light
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6. |
In Tooth and Claw
02:22
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One moment no hint
The next instant a heavy sprint
It followed, seething within
The boulderbeast charges again
Arrow broken, still in its skin
Garth meets the beast with a sour glee
No one shall help, by his own decree
Still Wade watches vigilantly
As the foes let loose dissonant screams
Claws find flesh, but Garth scoffs
Bends then rends the claws clean off
A savage bite claims two fingers
Still Garth’s bloodlust lingers
A feral fight to survive
A drive from deep inside
Garth is seeing red
The red glow of the fire
Garth is seeing red
Spilled out from both fighters
Finally the foes press together
Push with all that they have left
Garth stomps the beast’s right leg
It falls despite its greater heft
Mettle broken, accepting death
Garth raises a nearby boulder
Above his wounded shoulder
Beats the beast down to its scruff
“I am fierce enough!”
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7. |
Just Deserts
04:45
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Garth drifts back to sleep
Back to thirteen
These same sands decades ago
Darkened by the grand shadow
Of his father, who brought him here
To stamp out the scion’s fear
What the soldier would call sparring
Had caused plenty of scarring
“You will exceed all your peers
You will learn to be more fierce”
Body sore and bruised from days of his abuse
Spirit worn down, nothing left to let loose
The chains were locked
Garth found a heavy stone key
And then swiftly shattered his father’s knee
Then without pause also his face
An injury he couldn’t erase
The soldier left blind and bleeding out
But still alive enough to shout
Garth tried to drag his father back
For help before he faded to black
But his fortitude had all been spent
On his father’s discontent
“Too weak to have killed me
Too weak to save me too
Look what I get for for wasting my time training you
You always were too soft
Tried to fix you for years
I should have known that you would never be fierce
You will never be fierce”
Then a savage beast drew near
Smelled the blood, smelled the fear
Garth ran away from the boulderbeast
And the awful sounds of the feast
He died fighting for his son
Or so his eulogy begun
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