Skull Throne ARC Contest: Drinking Song

Posted by Meg

The entries to the Skull Throne ARC Contest keep pouring in! Kat sends in her lyrics for a new drinking song to be introduced at every inn in Thesa.

Here’s what she says about her entry:

My humble entry – a song for jongleurs. Simple, repetitive, easy for beer drinking tavern crowds to sing along.

And the song:

The Warded Man

 

He left his home to face the night

He conquers darkness with his light

He scours the demons from our land

The Deliverer the Warded Man

 

He came to us from humble roots

But grew to fill a hero’s boots

He steeled his heart he trained his hand

To become the Warded Man

 

He sought out  knowledge old and lost 

And with his blood he paid the cost

He learned the lore as he searched the land 

To become the Warded Man

 

He journeyed long and traveled far

Til he came to the place of Sharak Ka

He joined the battle in the sand

To become the Warded Man

 

Side by side they cleansed the night

The only stranger allowed to fight 

Friend of the King at his right hand

To become the Warded Man

 

And still he hunted far away

For secrets of an elder day

Til he returned ancient spear in hand

Discovered by the Warded Man

  

The spear clove dark with blazing light

The King claimed it as ancestral right 

“I shall not give what you demand”

So said the Warded Man

 

The king in anger ambush laid

With evil friendship he repaid

And left him to die in the scorching sand

He betrayed the Warded Man

  

Each day he burned in the fearsome light 

And fought the demons in the night

He marked his skin with his own hand 

To become the Warded Man

 

And warded now in his entire

He fought the demons wood and fire

Air and rock fell to his hand

And the spear of the Warded man

 

With warded axe and scythe and hoe

He taught the folk of Cutter’s Hollow 

To fight the dark and take a stand

At the side of the Warded Man

 

Now they gather in the night

Men and women to bravely fight

Gone from common folk to deadly band

All thanks to the Warded Man

 

He left his home to face the night 

He conquers darkness with his light 

He scours the demons from our land

The Deliverer the Warded Man

Love it! Thanks for entering, Kat. I can totally Gared singing this one with gusto.

The Skull Throne will be released in March in the U.S./U.K. with translations to follow. Pre-order the U.S. edition from Random House today.

Posted on January 9, 2015 at 3:00 pm by Hannah
Filed under Contests, Fan Art, Fans, Meg, Skull Throne, Skull Throne ARC
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