Talk:Silvyrfrost

I have an OLD piece of Bardic History passed on from the times of Siryn. It's been in my files since 2001. Not sure how to add it so I'm leaving it in discussion.

The History of True Song related to an anonymous bard by Silvyrfrost

You say, "This is the History of "True Song" as related to me by Silvyrfrost."

"Around one thousand years ago, before the Dragon Priests overthrew their leader and became the dark force they are now. Before the Bard guild was mostly destroyed, there where many strong and proud bards that roamed the land seeing to the soul of the people."

"During this time there was a dwarven holt deep in the Dragonspire Mountains that was famous for the quality of its work. Unfortunatly, fame sometimes brings attention that is unwanted."

"A dark necromancer raised an evil army and sent it surround the holt. The army of undead was great and the entire mountain was surrounded by fiends, spirits, and great monstors of darkness. All that tried to leave where killed swiftly. Now the time of year was winter and the trade routes where closed until the thaw of spring so help would be long in comming.""

"The Dwarven holt was nestled fast in a mountain, with gates that where strongly made so the defenders where able to stop the initial asaults. But the toil of their dead rose because the undead seemed able to always slip in a few of their kinds. And everyone slept with weapons nearby."

"A troupe of bards had come to spend the winter with the Dwarves and where trapped inside also. During that time the powers of a bard where greater than they are now because of the losses from the slaughter of most of our guild. They worked long and hard and discovered a way, to wrap a song around themselves and walk through the enemy. "

"This small troupe of eight bards could hide themselves but not their tracks so at dawn the enemy saw that someone had left the holt and sent the faster elements of their army to pursue. The bards having slipped through the army still had to face a few weeks of treachous travel through the snow filled passes. "

"They saw the pursuers comming from behind, and each time they would draw close. One would stay behind and call up dreadful illusions with song to slow the undead. "

"Eventually, only two bards where left having left their food and supplies behind to travel faster. They finally made it to the Southern Trade route, where some traders helped them. They spread the news far and wide and a great army of dwarves came togather and dug their way to the holt. After the two armies battled for a few days, the army of the undead was defeated and the holt freed."

"The dwarves of the holt extremly greatful for the sacrifice of the bards, they gathered the best ores, and craftsment, and created twenty weapons of extreme beauty for the guild. Each weapon was given its, own name and some have whispered magic. "

"If one survived the thousand years, it is likely that others out there are seeking to come back to the hands of bards also."