File:The Burning Banner - Theme of The Garnet Crown

Track 21 on the album Shanties & Songs of Aldrayon. Lyrics below... The Garnet Crown: Book 1 in the Crimson Plumes series. Available now on Amazon and Amazon Kindle.

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Lyrics:

Good Veldrenyk lend an ear! The time of Shadow is nigh. The harbours have a new fear: shrouded strangers passing by.

These sightings have grown thricefold from the south coast to the north. Many a sailor has told of the evil coming forth.

Cloaked-and-hooded wanderers bestow a banner aflame. Perchance Shadow conjurers do threaten our Great Forge Chain.

Chorus: Dralrenyk dust off your swords and may ye wary be! Syndvoldren might come forwards anytime now!

First the prince of Sigildren received the eerie guest, who had left him the omen during Velmidara’s fest.

Those who fled what is now stones all speak of the Shadow flame that within three days had grown ere a sudden attack came.

A forge-city has fallen. A link in the chain is weak. The king himself crestfallen of war and death now speaks.

Chorus: Dralrenyk dust off your swords and may ye wary be! Syndvoldren might come forwards anytime now!

Next the princess of Ashkrest received the Shadow flame and what did after the fest had reoccured all the same.

’Tis said the princess had warned that the omen gives three days. The banner in flames adorned counts the hours with its blaze.

Alas, Duke Volring says so that Prince Darius has seen the preternatural glow of the burning banner green.

Chorus: Dralrenyk dust off your swords and may ye wary be! Syndvoldren might come forwards anytime now!

Our prince proclaims sorcery is once more pounding our gates. Alas! Our grim history may soon become our fates.

“This be a sorcerer’s flame,” Prince Darius had declared. “Our city will fall the same if we are not all prepared

Volring, what of the bearer who brought this unwelcome sign?” The duke looked up in terror and what he said chilled the spine.

Chorus: Dralrenyk dust off your swords and may ye wary be! Syndvoldren might come forwards anytime now!

“Naught a word he spoke,” duke said of this man as cold as ice. His eyes were piercing and red Volring clicked his tongue twice. (Click click!)

The 12 keepers all shivered but Prince Darius stood bold. “Woe to who hath delivered, this attack hath been foretold!”

“Come now chief commander, Let us swift prepare for war! We have until this banner burns alight and writhes no more!”

Chorus: Dralrenyk dust off your swords and may ye wary be! Syndvoldren might come forwards anytime now!

“Let all of us gifted folk take up our casts and blades! Let us our mana invoke to dispel these shadow-raids!”

My sons, shadow is hither, let us test what ye have learned! Us gifted shall not wither ere the sorcerer is burned!”

And so to war we all go gifted and giftless alike, haunted by the banner’s glow that anticipates the strike.

Chorus: Dralrenyk dust off your swords and may ye wary be! Syndvoldren might come forwards anytime now!

“Take up the hammer and sword, ye of this glorious age, lest Zaldyan remain lord and ye rot within his cage!”

Eerie Shadow flames consume but in Malyveld have faith! Yea, a banner bringeth doom and we may all become wraiths.

Though despair not, Veldrenykfor the anvil hath grown hot! Raise the hammer, bold and quick or in shackles ye shall rot!

Raise the hammer, bold and quick and defy Zaldyan’s plot!