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Revision as of 11:36, 29 September 2010
These are the events of the final moments of the gate battle, Pennsic 38 (AS 44)
1. The best tales | tell of a few | |
Men who stand | ‘gainst many foes | |
And yield not. | I offer you | |
The word fame | of five who stood | |
2. At one gate | in a great wall | |
That parted | the Pennsic field | |
Fierce tygers | tore the Dragon | |
Who charged back | breaking the line. | |
3. Cleftland’s spears | split the East-line | |
Dark Moon’s swords | drove in after | |
When the charge | wounded the East | |
Five tygers | in fight remained | |
4. White and green | wore four of these – | |
Blazon of | their bold household [1] | |
Noble Karl, | quiet but fierce, | |
Billy Fish | with blazing sword, | |
5. Constantine | of Kingly blood [2] | |
At his side | eager Durkin. | |
The fifth man, | a famed master: | |
Duke Randall | the Dark Spearman | |
6. Tyger’s kin, | enclosed by foes, | |
Stood bravely, | braced ‘gainst the horde. | |
Bold Gunnar, | Battle-maker, | |
Hailed the five | fierce defenders | |
7. “If you men | yield us the Gate, | |
We’ll offer | you honor in | |
Single fights. | Defer to us | |
You’ll not fall | ‘gainst fruitless odds.” | |
8. Courage showed | Karl Meerstapa | |
He hailed back | “To hell with that! | |
We’ll not yield | without combat | |
We’ll fight you | to own this gate.” | |
9 .Gunnar laughed | and loudly said | |
“Well spoken.” | He spurred his men | |
Forward to | the five tygers | |
Great but brief | battle followed. | |
10. Though these five | fell to a man | |
They fought ‘till | their final breath | |
Eager they | to Odin went | |
Val-Hall’s field | they fight in now |
Footnotes
- ↑ These are the colors of Duchy Von Drachenklaue
- ↑ Constantine is the son of Lucan von Drachenklaue, who has been King of the East 7 times