At the request of Sir Targon, here are the lyrics to the song performed by Sir Deagon and myself at this year's winter court.
The Battle of 1012
(Music inspired by: the Age of Oppression by Jeremy Soule, from the game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - lyrics inspired by: Malukah)
We drink to the gods, and our kin dead and gone
For the hour of the Lion is now nearly come
We'll drive out the empire, from the land that we own
With our swords and our spears we will take back our home
All hail King Hubert, you are the most wise
In your great honor we face our demise
We're the children of Haldorf, and we’ll fight all our lives
The day Lionshold beckons is the day all of us die
This frozen land is ours, and we'll see it wiped clean
Of the scourge that has shattered our hopes and our dreams
The time fast approaches, when our freedom we claim
No rest will we have ‘till the enemy’s slain
All hail King Hubert, you are the most wise
In your great honor we face our demise
We're the children of Haldorf, and we’ll fight all our lives
The day Lionshold beckons is the day all of us die
Outnumbered we were, in the foothills that day
When the armies amassed we thought there was no way
But fast held the Lions, our shields formed a wall
Through Hell we were led our ranks never did fall
All hail King Hubert, you are the most wise
In your great honor we face our demise
We're the children of Haldorf, and we’ll fight all our lives
The day Lionshold beckons is the day all of us die
In a flash it was over, the whole war we’d won
We were all left to wonder as to what was to come
The scenes of the carnage are burnt in our minds
Though freedom was found there it cost many lives
*Interlude*
All hail King Hubert, you are the most wise
In your great honor we face our demise
We're the children of Haldorf, and we’ll fight all our lives
The day Lionshold beckons is the day all of us die
We drink to the gods, and our kin dead and gone
For the hour of the Lion is now clearly come
By: Alexander Rosenthal-Rashi & Julien Charlebois January 2014