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These are the events of the final moments of the gate battle, Pennsic 38 (AS 44.) This poem was written in kvithuhattr, an old Norse style, by Grim the Skald
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 |
© 2009 Dan Marsh
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