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XV
“Prelude to War”
420 AD. Sung before times of battle.
Hymn to the god of war, Ashnu.
Lead: “Songs of old give us strength to fight.
The god of war will ride when the north wind blows.”
All: “We raise our swords and drink tonight.”
Lead: “We ask the divine general to lend us his might.
Our cry for battle will weaken our foes.”
All: “Songs of old give us strength to fight.”
Lead: “We’ll lay waste to the land, a mortal blight.
On nights gone cold, blood will paint the snow.”
All: “We raise our swords and drink tonight.”
Lead: “Our enemies will fear us, with faces gone white.
Born to battle, swords and steel is all we know.”
All: “Songs of old give us strength to fight.”
Lead: “And if we are slain, we hope to see the light.
War drums will send us off. To the victory hall, Savrasara we’ll go.”
All: “We raise our swords and drink tonight.”
Lead: “In this world and the next, we live to smite.
The fires of the Forge will never burn low.”
All: “Songs of old give us strength to fight.
We raise our swords and drink tonight.”
End of hymn. Found in the ruins of the Altais.