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Heathen & the Half-Breed
03:21
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Waking from my nightly hell
I wipe the sweat from my brow
The horrors of the past come to life
Never resting and never home
I wake and see them suffer
How much must an innocence endure?
Lost a daughter and my love
Died to lure me to death
After I escaped the headsman’s axe
Still I’m haunted in my dreams
The faces of betrayers
Soon they’ll come, this day I run no more
Crashing steel and piercing screams
The Guards, The Prince, The King, The Queen
Slaughtered by Holy Golden Knights
In the Architect’s benevolent light
Highest Father had his plans
Framed for the deaths that broke this land
Valeia bound in holy law
Heathen is the name I bore
Zealots scream and Zealots cry
Punishment is death by fire
Burned to purify my Heathen soul
Without hope, but with no fear
I turn and face the pyre
May these flames return me to the lost
Crashing steel and piercing screams
The Guards, The Prince, The King, The Queen
Slaughtered by Holy Golden Knights
In the Architect’s benevolent light
Highest Father had his plans
Framed for the deaths that broke this land
Valeia bound in holy law
Heathen is the name I bore.
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2. |
The Cradle of Life
04:01
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Whirling and burning, chaos wracks the surface
Water and fire, blasting in a furnace
The magma boils, from the core below
Lava expelled, ash falls like snow
From the ash that’s fallen darkness ensues
Blocking out the sun and causing rock to cool
Plants start sprouting, their roots take hold
Bursting through the clouds to escape the dark and cold
The world’s formation from volcanic soil
A Cradle of Life, from the meagre to the royal
After many years life begins to bloom
Ages after the last lava plume
The land falls quiet and changes take place
Creatures taking part in life’s great race
Hundreds of myrs pass, the world has taken shape
Life’s circle turning on a green landscape
Deep beneath the ocean thermal vents blow
Volatile gasses and sulphur down below
Predators and prey, the world harmonised
Soon to be discorded, the world humanised
A cradle for all, destined to burn
A war of horrors and no lessons learned
Hundreds of thousands killed, both man and beast
The land to be reclaimed, by the raging seas
Unflinching beliefs engulf all in strife
The relentless Aagen and the righteous Archite
This war to be fought, of who is wrong or right
Man and lands destruction in a cataclysmic fight.
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Isle of Serpents
03:18
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Masters of the wind and waves
Clans of mighty Aagen braves
Warring chiefs, the serpents kin
Weakness is the worst of sins
Send forth the ships, to foreign lands
For the gold and the glory they’ll die by our hands
Home of the ruthless, driven and strong
The faith of the serpents the ancestors gods
Beings of fire, water and sky
Far to the south, the preachers do hail
The Architect’s word no more than a tale
Kneeling to Chieftains, The Holy Men speak
The faith of the Serpents, The Aagen will keep
Rage it fills the Aagen lords
Curse their weaker foreign god
Preachers slaughtered where they stand
Aagenfell, The Serpents Land
Burn out their eyes, cut out their tongues
Send The Holy Men home one limb by one
Word reached The Father high on his throne
He summoned The Titan, a general well known
Crusade for glory, the heathens will die
Far to the south The Gold Legions form
The Architect’s word, they answer the call
Conquer the Isle, enslave them all
The Isle of Serpents, The Aagen’s no more
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The Way of Fire
04:49
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Outnumbered they fought with zeal
To Halt The Archite come to make them kneel
Armoured pilgrims all around
Temple of The Mother, keeper of Aagen souls
Shattered stone and mortar, remains of the sacred site
Earth trembles with anger, ash turns the day to night
Wrath of The Mother drives The Aagen to the sea
Way of Fire punishes all those that can bleed
Breaking down Baalinsol’s walls
The Archite forces storm their halls
Flames rise from below
Baalinsol in it’s death throes
Shattered stone and mortar, remains of the sacred site
Earth trembles with anger, ash turns the day to night
Wrath of The Mother drives The Aagen to the sea
Way of Fire punishes all those that can bleed
Archites flee from the Old God’s rage
Magma flows and the embers glow
Aagen scream, feel The Old God’s pain
Crush them all, heed the mothers call
As the Aagen fortress splits
The last of them are set adrift
Unworthy of your mothers love
Prove yourselves in wars to come
Shattered stone and mortar, remains of the sacred site
Earth trembles with anger, ash turns the day to night
Wrath of The Mother drives The Aagen to the sea
Way of Fire punishes all those that can bleed
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Children of the Old Gods
04:24
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Forced to flee from their homes never to return
The Aagen drift endlessly, no purpose, they’re lost
Among the scarred and battered a man stood strong and tall
Eldred Baines the first, saviour of them all
Cast aside, left to die, people of the waves
Abandoned by the gods they loved, tormented and ashamed
A call to arms all able, we strike in Mother’s name
The temples of The Archite are going up in flames
Slayer of The Titan, stronger than them all
Eldred’s will unbending, all answer to his call
To The Archite border The Aagen horde set sail
To break The Holy City, a quest they cannot fail
Cast aside, left to die, people of the waves
Abandoned by the gods they loved, tormented and ashamed
A call to arms all able, we strike in Mother’s name
The temples of The Archite are going up in flames
As the moon arises one still and silent eve
Eldred hears a gentle call and rises to his feet
Stepping on the deck he sees a silver form
Goddess of the sea, Serpent of the storm
Visions flash before his eyes, of water, wood and stone
Of luscious land, of paradise, The Aagen coming home
Burn The Archite temples, The Father on his throne
This home The Gods will grant you, as King you will be known
Aagen blades pierce the hearts of Holy Men and slaves
All who stand before them, who dare to bar the way
The temple burns in silence, The Archite people slain
Eldred Baines the saviour, first King of his name
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Across the Boiling Sea
04:08
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On they sailed, the Aagen fleet, triumphant and renewed
None could see the coming storm
Water hissed, beneath the ships, thick fog filled the air
All were filled with terror and despair
Spirits rose up, from the depths of the sea
Made them cry, made them bleed
Far across the Boiling Sea
A land of wealth, of Dwarven greed
We voyage to this place unknown
The Aagen fleet is coming home
Look beyond the boiling sea
Embrace the skies, the stars we need
Ocean graves await us all
Scalding death, the king will fall
Panicked men drew their swords, screamed their battle cry
Seeing demons in their kin
Some ships burned, madmen laughed
Leaving none alive, no end to be seen
Spirits rose up, from the depths of the sea
Made them cry, made them bleed
The king stood tall and called the gods
“Send the winds lest all be lost!”
Far across the Boiling Sea
A land of wealth, of Dwarven greed
We voyage to this place unknown
The Aagen fleet is coming home
Look beyond the boiling sea
Embrace the skies, the stars we need
Ocean graves await us all
Scalding death, the king will fall
Cursed sea bubbled with black air so stained
Breaking the minds of the brave men that came
Slaughtered each other or leapt from the mast
Tortured, tormented by ghosts of the past
Screaming and crying, broken and torn
Crumbling in the dark, right ‘fore the dawn
Then their salvation blew in from the east
On went their ships and the suffering ceased
Far across the Boiling Sea
A land of wealth, of dwarven greed
We voyage to this place unknown
The Aagen fleet is coming home
Now, beyond the boiling sea
Embrace the skies for those that bleed
Ocean graves for those that fell
We sail on far from this hell
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7. |
A Binding of Sea & Stone
03:41
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Binding of sea, binding of stone
Forging a power that no one has known
No longer Aagen, the wild is tamed
The kingdom of Eldrand lives on in your name
The King of The Aagen, the mountains he sieged
Breaking The Einar, their courage and steel
The Stone Sovereign bent, buckled and bowed
An Aagen king wore their Einar crown
Binding of sea, binding of stone
Forging a power that no one has known
No longer Aagen, the wild is tamed
The kingdom of Eldrand lives on in your name
New banners fly, Serpent an Axe
A union of cultures, an undying pact
Centuries onward the old world will fade
Eldred the First, his name will remain
Dragon and Spirit united at last
A new faith is born abandon the past
Water and Earth bound in the flames
Historic war, iron and pain
Our lands are battered salted and torn
From his new palace new oaths are sworn
“I swear to all gods of Earth, Sea and Sky
This nation will rise long after I die!”
Killers and preachers, beggars and teachers
All know the legend of Eldred the first
Some kings won fame, but none quite the same
As Eldred the First of His name
Killers and preachers, beggars and teachers
All know the triumph of Eldred the first
None as commanding, no idol standing
Like Eldred the First of His Name
Binding of sea, binding of stone
Forging a power that no one has known
No longer Aagen, the wild is tamed
The kingdom of Eldrand lives on in your name
New banners fly, Serpent and Axe
A union of cultures, an undying pact
Centuries onward the old world will fade
Eldred the First, his name will remain
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I’ve travelled far, wide have I roamed
With my axe and shield there’s no shore unknown
In shady old taverns we dwell while on shore
Where mead fills our bellies and our beds with whores
Sit by the fire, bring life to your bones
The cold sea is bitter when so far from home
So fill your cup sailor we leave here at dawn
Last drink before sunrise then it’s into the storm
Come heed my warning not all is as seems
Pirates are treacherous, with gold our eyes gleam
The captain will tempt you with stories of wealth
But remember my words lad, this life can be hell
Sit by the fire, sing songs and tell tales
Of adventure and conquest, of black hearts and sails
So fill your cup sailor we leave here at dawn
Last drink before sunrise then we pillage some more
Witness our crimes
Thieving and slaying
Burning ships, raping wives
We bear the black sails, from the cannons lead flies
Free the madness within us
Then everyone dies
Sit by the fire, bring life to your bones
The cold sea is bitter when so far from home
So fill your cup sailor we leave here at dawn
Last drink before sunrise then it’s into the storm
Sit by the fire, sing songs and tell tales
Of adventure and conquest, of black hearts and sails
So fill your cup sailor we leave here at dawn
Last drink before sunrise then we pillage some more
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9. |
Stormstrider
03:28
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Blood-thirsty offspring of giants and orcs
The beast-men of far Nordenvaar
Crossed on the ice in the mid-winter's chill
To claim north lands from our king.
Roaring, bashing
Crooked teeth gnashing
Norfyr the scourge of the gods.
Raping, impaling
Eldraani failing
to hold back the terrible horde.
Hail, Stormstrider
Chosen of the Sky
Ascend, your time has come
Hear our cries.
Loose, the lightning bolts
Call the winds to war
See the frozen north
Ripped from the shore.
Eldraani forces campaign in the south
Bringing Arosi to heel
The people, abandoned, were eaten or slain
Enslaved like beasts to be tamed.
Torn by their pain
Spurred by their need
One brave man fought back alone.
His power was lifted
The Sky Serpent gifted
The power to master the storm.
Hail, Stormstrider
Chosen of the Sky
Ascend, your time has come
Hear our cries.
Loose, the lightning bolts
Call the winds to war
See the frozen north
Ripped from the shore.
Wielding the power of serpents
Stormstrider fought all as one
Unleashing the terror and wrath of the gods
The Norfyr conquest undone.
Sensing the ice bridge had weakened
From the thunderous feet of the horde
He brought all his might, crashing from high
And severed the North from our shore.
Hail, Stormstrider
Chosen of the Sky
Ascend, your time has come
Hear our cries.
Loose, the lightning bolts
Call the winds to war
See the frozen north
Ripped from the shore.
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10. |
The Spear of Arostoft
04:17
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Led by Beren Ironborn
Eldraani banners soared
Marching, charging
Freymarsh heard their roar
Ogre clans united
A warlord strong and brave
Watching, waiting
They’ll send him to his grave
Beren marched his forces to the Ogre’s final keep
For the elder council lay within
Their lives for lasting peace
Led by Beren Ironborn
Eldraani banners soared
Marching, charging
Freymarsh heard their roar
Ogre clans united
A warlord strong and brave
Watching, waiting
They’ll send him to his grave
Warriors defending their gates and towers strong
Beren’s men surround them
They’ll starve ‘fore winters gone
Word spread far and wide
Of the siege of Hok-Tah-Yol
The mountains whispered to Beren’s ears
“Brace for the coming storm”
All other marsh-folk not caught in the siege
Took up their axe on reptilian steeds
Gathered in numbers of thrice Beren’s force
And attacked from the west, east and the north
Beren surrounded, attacked from all sides
Ordered his archers to set earth alight
Rained flaming arrows igniting the pitch
Allowing the vanguard to push for the bridge
Gates are broken, beasts are slain
Ogre’s blood it falls like rain
Beren burns the Elder’s halls
The fighting marsh-folk heard their calls
He stands before them, spear raised high
The beasts would kneel or all would die
Beren found both wealth and fame
The Spear of Arostoft his name
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