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Ballad of the Red Moon War

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Ballad of the Red Moon War

by Razia

 

 

The red moon lights the sky

Trembling earth's warning unheeded

Till the shrill of a sleeper's cry

o AWAKENED! o

 

What tragic call to arms

Gargoyles swarmed from Vermor Castle

Luxin's soldiers shouted alarms

 

Goblins too; all darkness' host

Oger's midst the titanium mine

The demons of Tahraji's savage coast

 

Portland threatened, then overrun!

Till brave warriors make their stand

And when we thought all had been won...

 

Cave Trolls strike the crystal cave!

The slaughter of miners, innocents all

Made many a mournful grave

 

The warriors of the dwarven valley

Three invasions did repel

And then....

Mortos' grand finale!

 

Kilaran Fields became a Hell

Of Chimeran Wolves all running free

Blood and fangs of darkness' spell

 

Do not forget the fighters, brave or coward

Do not forget the innocents who fell

Do not forget the victims, devoured

Do not forget, though all is well

 

Though all the monsters are as before

And the sky is beautiful clear

Yet be on guard

For darkness favors war

And Mortos still holds influence here

 

 

 

As I sung it at the beam's bonfire 07-07-0003

Edited by Roja

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Very nice ballad. I really enjoyed it. I am writing a poem on the war myself from a rivan point of view and was looking for the right thing to call this war and think you have named it just the right thing. Will refer to it as the red moon war myself if you do not mind.:P

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I really like your style, Razia. :) I'm presuming you're deliberately writing it in that way, since it's a ballad.

 

There's only one thing to change:

"Luxin's Soldier's shouterd alarms" --> "Luxin's soldiers shouted alarms"

 

But the thing about "shouterd" may sound better, even though it's not a real word. If this was deliberate on your part, then we'll leave the shouterd in. But the "soldiers" would still have to change, though.

 

-Lyn-

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I'm not one to make purposeful grammar and spelling errors like those. Thanks for the catch, changes made and sorry it took so long. I was on a bit of a hiatus.

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Right. Okay, stamped ready for conversion to XML. We'll publish this in the usual WSC and PL libraries. (And maybe a scroll lying somewhere in KF, if someone can find one, please...). Actually, this would be best in bot-bard form. Are any of the bards still around and working?

 

-Lyn-

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Converted to XML. Trying to get in touch with mihaim to gain access to a test server in order for us to do just that. Test to make sure we are getting things right. I went into map editor and looked around KF, found books--but no scrolls.

Edited by Quinticus

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Browsed KF as well...no scrolls I could find. However there will be an inside map added for one of the towers. Inside is a paper . The paper is a news paper but I'm sure that could work somehow.

 

Edit: Lyanna, you keep saying WSC and PL libraries but don't forget you have the Tirnwood house of records and the Magic School library too :brooding:

Edited by Lord_Vermor

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One more thing...

 

Killaren Fields became a Hell

 

Its spelled Kilaran Fields. You may want to change that before making it a book.

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TG magic school I wanted to keep for "academic" records, like "On the Properties of Ethereal Matter Units", religious texts, documents, etc.

 

Tirnwood would feature more race-specific lore and perhaps certain stories about skills. I'm keeping it as a backup.

 

WSC and PL are for general reading, focusing more on biographies, histories and poetry (which are pretty much all that have been written, so far).

 

-Lyn-

 

P.S. *slaps forehead* I can't believe I missed Kilaran...

Edited by Lyanna

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Can you provide coordinates? i don't know that i'll need them, but whomever does the .def files prolly will.

 

Thanks by the way, i appreciate it. I'm sure razia will too!

 

Oh BTW I used this as the test book for the test server today on the local side. It looked spectacular. The fonts on the paper (it wasn't a book background) looked awesome!

Edited by Quinticus

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I didn't want this subforum to have nothing in it. It looked pitiful and we looked lazy! Now we just look less lazy.

 

Here's the first book that is COMPLETELY ready according to everything i know.

 

 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> 
<book title="Ballad of the Red Moon War">
<page>
<title>Ballad of the Red Moon War</title> 
<author>Razia</author>
<text>
The red moon lights the sky
Trembling earth's warning unheeded
Till the shrill of a sleeper's cry
O AWAKENED! O

What tragic call to arms
Gargoyles swarmed from Vermor Castle
Luxin's soldiers shouted alarms

Goblins too; all darkness' host
Ogres 'midst the titanium mine
The demons of Tahraji's savage coast

Portland threatened, then overrun!
Till brave warriors make their stand
And when we thought all had been won...

Cave Trolls strike the Crystal Cave!
The slaughter of miners, innocents all
Made many a mournful grave

The warriors of the dwarven valley
Three invasions did repel
And then....
Mortos' grand finale!

Kilaran Fields became a Hell
Of Chimeran Wolves all running free
Blood and fangs of darkness' spell

Do not forget the fighters, brave or coward
Do not forget the innocents who fell
Do not forget the victims, devoured
Do not forget, though all is well

Though all the monsters are as before
And the sky is beautiful clear
Yet be on guard 
For darkness favors war
And Mortos still holds influence here
</text>
</page>
 </book>

 

[book]
book_id: 1 
title: Ballad of the Red Moon War
type: 2
[local]
 filename: books/Ballad_of_the_Red_Moon_War.xml
[/local]
[/book]

Ingame locations: Kilaran Field (68, 56)[1000], Portland Insides (18, 150)[1065], Whitestone Insides (200, 61)[579]

Edited by Quinticus

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