Monday, August 19, 2013
The Troll King's Bride- An Epic Poem by Forge (Tucker Noyes)
Our heroes six set of to South,
Far North from Folkestone Hall
A mix of black, blue, white and gold
To heed the Heart Queens call,
First among them was from Folkestone
General Mestpoh, proud and bold
With an iron will and magic strong
And disposition of the old
Second in line marched a man of the Mark
General Kahlenar in gold and black
With a sword as sharp as his wit
Though little had he tact
The seneschal was third on the march
Dame Phoenix, Knight and Mage
A healer, smith, with combat spells
And wisdom of a sage
Fourth comes her apprentice Kaelkatar
A caster young but frightening
The Queens Champion Mage
Armed with spells of lightning
Fifth marched the mighty champion
The youngest of the team
Raynor Skyline stands tall and proud
And held high in esteem
Finally came the parties Queen
One who comes armed to the tooth
For Killian went and aimed to win
And hoped that to be the truth
The six set off, to the Queen of Hearts,
Traveling far to Cold Springs
A short day’s journey turned much longer
Due to beasts and nasty things
Not long after crossing into Rhiassa
The group had stopped to wait
For their fair Queen to relieve himself
Down by the rivers straights
Long had passed since Killian left
His party thought that queer
When they went to seek him out
Killian was not near
A set of tracks turned into two
Down by the rivers bed
Captured they thought, so they endeavored
To follow where they lead.
Not long did they travel until they found
A troll so foul and mean
The supporters drew arms and shouted
“Where have you taken our Queen!”
“Your puny queen, we have taken
To our mighty king,
Where she will be presented
With her marriage ring”
“For the troll kings knows a true king must
Have a bride to be
And your queen is the prettiest troll
That our king has seen.”
With that Kahlenar jumped to action
As he rolled across the ground
His sword swinging wildly to and fro
But a quarry nary found
The giant troll took his opportunity
And raised his axe on high
And brought it down upon Kahlenar
Cutting chest to thigh
But Phoenix wasted no time here
And moved to heal his ail
With a few magic words she had restored
His injuries and his maille
Again Kahlenar leapt into the fray
Piercing the trolls tough skin
And the troll fell dead in its tracks
‘Neath Kahlenars menacing grin
So forth set the supporters to a cave
Following the remaining trail
As it lead to tunnel dark and deep
As they entered the darkling veil
Through the tunnel they traversed the cave
Until they came to a chasm far and wide
A rope bridge once made a crossing
Was cut from the other side
But Mestoph stepped and with all his might
He shouted through the cave
While echoes of his mighty voice
Repeated the speech he gave
“Kurt this is nonsense
There’s places we must be
These stones above may be stubborn
But not as much as me”
The stalactites trembled at his might
And fell from the upper ridge
Down they plunged across the gorge
And formed a stony bridge
So again they traveled forward
Out of the cave they came
A second troll was waiting for them
But our heroes were too brave
“Turn back you tiny humans,
Our king will have his wedding day
There is not a thing that you can do
So you might as well turn away.
But Kael had grown tired of these trolls
And stepped up to end this dolt
With a crack of thunder and a flash of light
He hurled his lightning bolt
In a moment the troll questioned decisions
As the lightning flew through air
But all the troll had time to do
Was give a moonstruck stare
Finally they came to a mighty tower
That rose up to the clouds
The doors were sealed and barred
But a top they could hear sounds
“Puny human you will be my queen
And together shall we rule
And conquer all Rhiassa
From that short loud-mouthed fool”
Far below Raynor drew his sword
And up the tower climbed
Hearing the ceremony coming to close
As he was running out of time
“My queen I vow to care for you
And you I shall protect”
But Raynor reached to top
And exclaimed “I object!”
The troll king was quite furious
And roared and ugly roar
And brought his blade down upon Raynor
With all the strength he bore
But Raynor was quick to act
And dodged the troll kings blow
He drove his sword into the troll kings heart
And felled and mighty foe