A Moment of Light

(a Bard’s song of Northern Gilenthrope)

A wizard’s spell in a moment of light

Awoke Dragon sleeper from his dark dreams

A Bronze Dragon who would peel back the night

A Dragon who would rise to be King

Atop the world the Dragon King

Sat in temples he did not know

And hymns of darkness he did sing

Prayers for the blackness light to show.

In mounds of wealth the Dragon King

Sat digging for a bit of gold

But darkness did not show a thing

But dark silence and fear and cold.

Then Leer appeared in a moment of light

He waked all the sleepers from their dark dreams

He healed all the pain and he broke the night

He filled all the darkness with pure sunbeams

“Dragon King receive this quest

Find Revelations Old and New

In this search you will find no rest

Till you rise beyond the blue.

Yes, seek and you shall always find

But search in places I shall show

You’ll find light for your blinded mind

A truth inside you did not know.”

The Dragon King in a moment of light

Awoke to see far beyond his dark dreams

The source of brilliance to break through the night

But a source still veiled in clouds so it seems.

For there were letters scribed in gold

On pages made of iv’ry white

In tongues used by the folk of old

That had long fallen to the night.

For one who read this ancient speech

Faeries, Dwarves and Elves he sought

And though there was much that they could teach

There was still much that they knew not.

Then they emerged in a moment of light

Gate-Keepers emerged from legends and dreams

They spoke the tongue that was lost in night

They showed the sweet life with which the light teems

Scholars and sages flocked to teach.

Peasants and mages flocked to learn.

Clerics arose an Overseer led each.

In Purest light the world did burn.

But darkness lived and darkness schemed.

The Dark Ones hated all this light

And a great battle was, it was deemed

Would return the world to night

They would wage war to end this constant light

They would return the sleepers to their dreams

Then they could arise with wrath and rule the night.

They could again be gods and be kings.

Battle began and crushed the world

But it still could not crush the light

Despite the shadows that were hurled

Only parts of Tyre were night.

Part for darkness; Part for the Sun

Never again shall darkness reign

This age of Chaos was begun

More darkness comes darkness that stains

Always somewhere is a moment of light

That wakes sleepers from their darkest dreams

And bright stars arise in the darkest nights

Like the gold that is brought from muddy streams.