Joined: 27 February 2006 Posts: 11433 Location: My Imagination Country: Gender: Female
Okay, so I have had this story I've been writing called Dragonscar. (There is a thread where I was posting a few chapters, but will no longer post any chapters on there (I won't take those first few down, though)). It's been several years in the making. Last summer I wrote a poem for it. In a way it's a back story to when the actual story takes place. Kind of like a history written in song. Maybe as a bard would sing! An easy way to learn histories and stories back in the day, but turning it into songs!
So here it is!
(Also, the poem is titled "The Dragonscar" while the story is simply "Dragonscar" (no 'The' for the story).
In antient tales and long-told lore There is whisper of a great war Not between lord and mortal king But with dreams and dragon wing.
An immortal king, a being of old With great power with which he could mold The mind of any who slept so deep Fair dream or nightmare he could reap.
The last of his kind, he stood alone Wandering and corrupted to the bone Unlike his brothers he could not fade So of his pure self he became a shade
Darkness to his heart once of gold To greater power his soul he sold Corrupt grew his mind in corners dark Nightmares he brought, cold and stark
But he wished for more than petty dreams To rip the worlds mind apart at the seams Over people he wished to reign Many men went truly insane.
But guardians watch over the world So their mighty wings were unfurled Over sea and over land Before the king they took a stand
Dragon strong and dragon tall They would not see the world fall So dragon fire filled the sky As the battle raged on high
The King of Dreams faught hard He fled away, gravely scarred He had not lost but neither won Until a wounded dragon he came upon
He slew it in an easy stroke And stole away under his cloak A dragon scale so long and thin With power he could weild within
With this scale he would bind The power he had over mind Thus the Dragonscar was made A shining strong crymson blade
Many strong dragons fell Under the Dragonscar's mighty spell Decaying mind and rampant madness Always followed by everlasting sadness
He could not be stopped by dragon fire And so the days grew utterly dire One last hope alone would stand A thief in the night and slight of hand
Thus the Dragonscar was stolen The King of Dream's anger swollen More havoc than before he brought On mortal man and beast, distraught
But over fear and over strife The Elder dragon gave up his life His great roar shook the Earth Making all quiver by their hearth
He sealed away the King of old No power did he withold Using all his power and might The Elder dragon died that night
Sealed away in forgotten tomb So removed the world's doom Yet dragons mourned a great loss For it was at a great cost
But what happened to Dragonscar? It was not taken all too far Into the safe of a mortal king To be guarded like a precious ring
And so it is was sealed away Hoped to never again see light of day Ages passed and the young grew old Deeds became legend often told.
So songs were sung of that day That memories of the past would never fade The Dragonscar the king had gotten But such strife could never be forgotten
So remember remember the Great War So as not to repeat what happened before Of dark nightmares and dragon fire Of battles fought when days were dire
So peace fell upon the kingdoms From nightmares all had freedom We thought joy would forever reign While King of Dreams sealed he would remain
But after a long peace The strength of seal began to decrease An influence on men he made Revenge on dragons would be paid
A listener of the King of Dreams Heard the voice through the seal's seams. He hatched a plan to free his king And give him back this mighty thing.
Rare was someone who could creep Into the mortal king's strong keep This kind of man was very uncommon But listener found it within a shaman.
So deep in the night it was stolen away Under the King of Dream's sway But shamman knew who pulled the strings And would not give up this mighty thing
To its maker the Dragonscar did not return Because the shaman had concern Over the world of Elshador So the Dragonscar away was bore
Using the weapon's massive power He was gone within the hour To a world beyond that of Elshador Where Dragonscar was lost forever more
But the power of the Dragonscar Caused a madness to loudly roar Of a dragon who was far too close So into rampage madness the dragon goes
None would kill it for fear of curse Till the destruction became much worse Then mortal king that the shaman stole from to the rescue of he people he would come
In final feild and wood afar Blood was spilt and the ground charred The dragon was killed by mortal king But he did not fly on victory's wing
His life he gave to save his kingdom From thralls of madness people had freedom The king's line was cursed as Dragonbane Because a dragon had been slain
So a king fell and another rose Whom none chose to oppose But Dragonscar and King of Dreams Are lost forever, or so it seems
A great story from here can be told Of redemption and powers of old The ripple effect of the Great War And now peace there will restore
All this for the tale of a mighty thing Of a story whose plot now can spring The tale of Dragonback and Dragonbane The story of the Dragonscar now remains
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(}--{)Imagination Inspires Ideas -Zandain(}--{) Married Cloud Strife 9/17/08
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Nice poem!
My favorite kind of poetry is fantasy poetry where it actually tells a story. *thumbs up*
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