[Intro - Distant drums, ethereal choir, single horn call. Then EXPLOSIVE ORCHESTRA.]
[Ancient, powerful voice]
Before the Guild... before the Code...
There was a pact... I was the first.
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[Verse 1 - Epic orchestral]
In the age before the Guild, before the first stone wall
When Wyverians and humans heeded nature's call
The world was raw and untamed, monsters ruled the land
And those who walked could barely make a stand
I was born beneath the shadow of a Fatalis's wing
I watched it burn our villages and heard our elders sing
Their death songs to the heavens, begging gods to intervene
But no gods came—only me, with nothing but a dream
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[Pre-Chorus - Building]
No gods! Only me!
The first hunter—standing in the flood!
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[Chorus - Massive, triumphant]
THE COVENANT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST HUNTER!
THE COVENANT WAS FORGED IN THE FIRE OF THE BLACK DRAGON'S SUNDER!
HUMAN AND WYVERIAN, STANDING SIDE BY SIDE!
THE COVENANT WAS BORN THE DAY WE STOOD AND DID NOT HIDE!
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[Verse 2 - Continuing]
I walked into the valley where the Rathalos made its nest
No weapon but a sharpened bone, no armor on my chest
The beast descended, fire blazing, talons bared to kill
I dove and stabbed—I would not bend the will
Of nature or destiny—I was not prey, but hunter
The Rathalos fell that day, and I became the founder
Of a sacred trust between the ones who walk and those who fly
The covenant would never die
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[Pre-Chorus 2]
One bone! One blade!
The first hunter—never to fade!
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[Chorus]
THE COVENANT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST HUNTER!
THE COVENANT WAS FORGED IN THE FIRE OF THE BLACK DRAGON'S SUNDER!
HUMAN AND WYVERIAN, STANDING SIDE BY SIDE!
THE COVENANT WAS BORN THE DAY WE STOOD AND DID NOT HIDE!
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[Bridge - Spoken]
[Spoken]
I returned with the beast's head.
They looked at me as something new.
A hunter. The covenant was sealed.
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[Verse 3 - Powerful]
I taught them how to read the tracks, to follow blood and scent
To carve the fallen, how the flesh was meant
To feed the hungry, clothe the weak, to honor what we kill
The covenant was human will
To survive, to stand against the dark
I lit the first fire—I made the first spark
Every hunter since carries on my legacy
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[Guitar Solo - Orchestral metal, epic]
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[Final Chorus - Massive, full choir]
THE COVENANT WAS WRITTEN IN THE BLOOD OF THE FIRST HUNTER!
THE COVENANT WAS FORGED IN THE FIRE OF THE BLACK DRAGON'S SUNDER!
HUMAN AND WYVERIAN, STANDING SIDE BY SIDE!
THE COVENANT WAS BORN THE DAY WE STOOD AND DID NOT HIDE!
THE COVENANT LIVES ON! IN EVERY HUNTER'S HEART!
THE COVENANT IS ETERNAL—WE WILL NEVER PART!
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[Outro - Fading horn call]
[Ancient whisper]
I am the first... but not the last.
The covenant calls...
...will you answer?
AsheTheHyena
