Skáld of the Ash (Kala-Vra)

[Intro]

[Single Deep, Low Drone of Throat Singing][Haunting, Scraping Tagelharpa Solo Intro Melody][Heavy Frame Drums Enter Like Marching Bootsteps][Verse 1 - The Peasant's Toll][Drums and Tagelharpa Only – Dark and Primitive]The shadow of the dragon wings covers the sun,The lords demand the iron tax before the day is done.We starve within the mud-brick huts, our clothing torn and thin,While royal banners catch the wind where the high towers begin.I hold your hand in secret dread beneath the stone and sky,A romance born in poverty where broken kings will die.[Chorus - The Ancient Chant][Full Epic Choir Explodes In Fictional High-Fantasy Language][Anvils and Iron Axes Clanging on the Beat]Kala-vra! Kala-vra! Haldor-vane om mor!(Translation: Iron turns to ash! The dragon takes the throne!)Sol-vrahn, kovar-mor, valka till the end!(Translation: High blood, low blood, we bleed into the dirt!)The banners burn, the shields smash,The kingdom falls to iron, gold, and ash![Drop / Ritual Dance Section][Massive Tribal Frame Drums and War-Horns Take Over][Rhythmic, Grunt-Like Viking Chants: "HAH! HUH! HAH! HUH!"][Tagelharpa Plays a Fast, Driving Battle Melody][Verse 2 - The Forbidden Romance][Drums Drop to a Low, Ominous Pounding - Choir Whispers in Background]They locked you in the citadel behind the iron gate,A royal maid condemned to love an outlaw bound to hate.No gold can buy our freedom now, the arrows start to rain,The sky is split with fire and blood, the battlefield of pain.The granary is burning down, the dragon roars above,We perish in the ruins of a broken, primitive love.[Chorus - The Ancient Chant][Full Epic Choir Back At Maximum Volume][Horns and Clanging Weapons Intensify]Kala-vra! Kala-vra! Haldor-vane om mor!Sol-vrahn, kovar-mor, valka till the end!The banners burn, the shields smash,The kingdom falls to iron, gold, and ash![Bridge][All Drums and Choir Suddenly Cut Out][Only a Haunting, Solitary Female Vocal Vocalizes a Melancholy Fantasy Melody](Spoken Word – Deep, Gritty Viking Voice, heavily reverbed)Galdur-vane... loki-mor.The gold is melted.The towers are fallen.Only the ash remains.[Outro][War Drums Return for a Final, Slow, Heavy Marching Out][Male Choir Deeply Chants "Kala-vra" on Every Second Drum Beat]Kala-vra...Kala-vra...[Sound of a Massive Wooden Horn Blowing Once into the Distance][A Final, Heavy Frame Drum Hit Rings Out and Fades][End]