…Another there is I must employ, The world to save or to destroy…
…Yet the light must enter the darkest lair So to banish the lurking shadows there…
[Rilfar] From the fire of creation, by Irna made, When her deepest foundations had been laid [Turarel] The Earthwrought Sword - whither came this hour, When the Unforged fell unto Vorda's power? [Tara] From Carrak to Delfield lies desolation, In bitter thralldom, the Dwarven nation. [Nergalin] In the grasp of Arnen, Vordan possessed, Lightcatcher endures its darkest test. [Aerial] The dwarves built a tower for Arnen's throne, of serpentine light, black diamond and stone [Dinach] All living things cower and are grieved by this site of gloom, of Vorda conceived [Orla] Who, then, can challenge this power severe, One whom even the Guardians fear? [ Rilfar] This task falls to one of mortal birth, For the Unforged belongs unto the earth. Events did not pass the way I intended, Yet by whose hand can this be amended?
[Treal - unheard by the other Guardians] The good Dwarf though wounded lives now afar The sword's fate no longer on Mordaar Mentor to one who now roams the earth scarred The lost one, my secret whom I guard
At the turn of the year, when no moon shone, A wanderer lost of a race unknown Sought out the Watcher, in his evil Tower, Voicing a challenge to his ominous power:
[The Lost One] Fell-born son of darksome Shalda, I bear the flame of Lightsome Malda! By long roads I come, to free this fair land, And the Sword you have taken, Vordan Hand!
The Seye'Lahn approached, a giant and strong, In each hand a sword, black-shadowed and long. An ancient bastion, unbeatable, bold, Arnen gave voice through the darkness and cold:
[Arnen & Vordan] By the Sword Earthwrought, and by Shadow-Bound, Your bones will lie deep underground. You are a fool to defy Vorda's design On the Sword Unforged - it is mine!
As Unforged met the wanderer's eyes, voice in his mind did arise:
[Negankerdak] Along dark paths, foundations shaken, Ten thousand lives I have thus taken, Yet honor true I would rather see, In your hand, Lost One, my destiny. But in me lies a doom twofold, As edges twain does my form hold: For evil will no more hold sway, Yet two shall fall on my last day.
From the dawn of time it had been intended, When the Lost One's eyes had apprehended The Lightcatcher's blade, a new light it caught, Reflecting the fire of the moon that was not, Blinding the Watcher, his foul grip it burned, And to the Lost One's hand Negankerdak turned. Yet Arnen, by the dark Vordan driven, Lunged forward, and the radiance was riven, By Shadow-Bound's lash on Negankerdak, In maelstrom fury no eye could track.
The clash of black diamond and maligned steel Shook tower and earth like a thunder peal. But naught could dispel Negankerdak's light, In the hand of the one who held it by right.
With luminous power unparalleled, The Lost One in victory his opponent felled. Shadow-Bound vanquished, Arnen defeated, The Vordan oppressor in fear retreated.Teksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
