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Found in the following locations: Karthwasten Caves, Tarnwasel Palace Ruins Karthwasten, Cassius Manor Karthwasten, Cassius Manor, Top Floor Karthwasten, Sjoor's House

Songs of the Ghost Sea Reaver Clans

Compiled by Johannes Silvanus,
Chairman of the Committee for the Transposition of Indigenous Oral Traditions, Imperial University

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Volume Three

[Note from the author: This final song concerns the introduction of time into Mundus, and depicts Shor in his capacity as a wily trickster god - one who could extend the kalpa but for his betrayal and death. It is notable for its interesting blend of pre-Return totemism with an Old Empire understanding of the Nordic mythic cycle. For a summary of this scholarly framework, please consult Elonwe of Lillandril's inestimable volume "Cultural Eras of the Nords".]

So far does shrewd Shor, fox-furred
Seek goodness for his salt-flecked scions
That even [autarch] Alduin, despot dragon,
Sleeps fitfully, slumbers fearfully

But, bright bushed, shrewd Shor
Deepens the dragon's dozing
And boasts "Only the foxy god of Men
Can keep the world-hall standing"

Witnessed by the wild clan
Shrewd Shor seized the dragon's tail
And lashed tight the worthy world-hall
Weaving with time the waiting world

Revealing to none his secret schemes, Shor settled against the wolf
As hawk and moth upwards circled
And the Children fought and fucked
Knowing themselves safe by shrewd Shor's shift

But woe! Foul elves, unnatural, exist
Sneaking snake, wicked woodsman
Hating the hall, creation of the clan
Stirring the dragon, seeking death

And in deepest darkness, craven creatures
Cut cords and fastened the father of all
Secure to Sovngarde's shorebound keel
Drowning dead in the starlit surf of Sky

So did shrewd Shor, fine father
Die disgraced by dragon-doomed demons
The eternal world ended by envious elves
And mighty Man made mortal once more

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