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Here is a list of songs and poems encountered in the story. Not to confuse with [[Songs]] used as [[Skills]]

==Songs==

===The Brothers of Serendipitous Meetings===

==== <u>Verse 1:</u> ====
<blockquote>''“The night’s been long and the bodies are wet,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But don’t you fret; be quick and ain’t not a guard who’ll be upset''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''The good folk are rising, and we’re off to our beds,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''The smart thieves away with the loot and the slow ones are dead.”''</blockquote>

==== <u>Verse 2:</u> <ref>[https://wanderinginn.com/2021/02/14/8-07-l/ Chapter 8.07 L]</ref> ====
<blockquote>''“The rich man awakes and his goods are gone,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''The wise man doesn’t ask, and looks at the ones who yawn;''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But says not a word from dusk till dawn.”''</blockquote>



===Dwarven Marching Song===



<blockquote>''We marched from Deríthal to where hammers call''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''On the anvil or ‘gainst our foes, swinging as we laugh''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''The tall folk only want one thing: Dwarven steel and craft!''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''We’ll humor them with quartz and mithril spall''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''For I know not pyrite’s shine from Grasgil’s pall!''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Still I’ll march and laugh for all my days''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But when Grandfather calls I’ll march once more''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And go back home to stone forevermore.''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''My grandfather forged a shawl for me to wear''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''It was made of gems and sixteen span''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Ne’er a uglier sight on sea nor land!”''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''It would not break and it would not tear''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I gave it to a traveller for them to bear.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Two centuries later I saw it one last time''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''A Human [Queen] wore it as a shawl''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And I laughed all the way out her halls!”''</blockquote>



===Dwarven Smithing Song===



<blockquote>''Look, now, and recall my tale!''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I forged in the greatest fire I have known.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Yet my tools were unbroken!''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I feared no flame! Remember that, metal!''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Know who made you, who wrought you—''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''For there is no substance I cannot tame!''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''As I turn you into purity, by my hammer, by my craft,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>Remember my name!</blockquote>


===Song of Bloodtear===



<blockquote>''We sailed under flags of no quarter. We took no prisoners.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''A storm at our backs. Blood in the water, blood in the sky.''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''The bodies filled the decks. We fought until we died.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''No mercy, no regrets, aye.''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''No surrender, no mercy, no regrets to be had. ''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Waters gone red, skies gone black.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Fearless all; we’ve ever been damned.''</blockquote>



===Song of Land's Farewell===


<blockquote>''I slipped off the deck, and there I drowned''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Now I will never leave her''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''We left land to be born at sea''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And we’ll never truly leave her.''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''I gave one eye into the deep''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And I will never leave her''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I breathe water in my sleep''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''So I will never leave her.''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''My family wept upon the land''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I wish that I could leave her''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I left half my heart on sand''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Yet I will never leave her.''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''“My soul never shall surface from below''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''I shall never leave her.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''As I walk on land, half sinks below''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And I shall never leave her.''</blockquote>



===Tribute to the Bandit Lord===


<blockquote>''Raise a glass for a murderer, a thief and a knave.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''A [Bandit], a [Pirate]’s gone to their deserved grave.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Now listen, for their seat’s open for another bastard’s ass''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''One of twelve the world over, the rarest noble’s class.''</blockquote>



<blockquote>''Someone’s met the headman’s axe or gotten their just reward''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Laugh if you hated them or go searching for their hoard''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Spit upon their graves or swear they’ll be avenged''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''If you care not at all, go on your merry way and laugh.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But first—”''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''—raise a fucking glass.''</blockquote>



===A Goblin's Song===


<blockquote>''This is a Goblin song,''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''You don’t know it, so don’t bother singing along''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''From Baleros to Chandrar to Izril, north and south''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''You’d never believe it if it didn’t come from Goblin mouth.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But it’s true; we sing and laugh and smile and weep''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And we’re proud and wise and foolish and meek''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''So if it’s a Goblin’s ears you seek—''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Remember, you call us monsters, but we sing and speak.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''We broke the moths of Liscor’s dungeon and held the breach''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And we fought the Raskghar in the deeps''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''We took arms against brother fighting the Goblin Lord''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''For an [Innkeeper]’s tears and no reward''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''And died to Drake spear and Human sword.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''We fought for you, we monsters green''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''We can rhyme (we’re more than we seem!),''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''So if you seek us in our hidden homes and quiet dens''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Come as people, come as friends''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Or come as you always have, to be our end.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''But remember this day; you’ll never forget''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''You heard a Goblin song''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''We’re not all dead yet.''</blockquote>



===Izril's Homecoming===


<blockquote>''I have roamed from every shore…''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''To Giant’s peaks, from the Kraken’s nests…''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''Seeking a place to call my home.''</blockquote>

<blockquote>''To call my rest…''</blockquote>


==Poems==


===Pyrite on Rags===

''The wretched few gather;''

''Under her command.''

''Her back they follow after;''

''She alone knows the plan:''

''To live and strive and struggle;''

''And claim a Goblin’s land.''

''So we fight and travel;''

''Until our final stand.''



===Pyrite on War===

''Ah, how red, how red''

''The living and the dead''

''Dying here with blue sky''

''Far overhead.''

''Painful.''

''Yet for my people living and dead,''

''Until my last drop is shed,''

''I’ll dye my hands this crimson red.''

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