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{{disambig2|sharkskin song scroll}}
{{Item
|name=sharkskin song scroll
|look=This is a Bardic scroll, enscribed with the non-magical Bard song "Hamael's Song". It must be studied to be used. If it is being read by another, no one but that person can study it.
|noun=scroll
|type=bard style
|weight=5
|appcost=375
|sourcetype=sold by
|source=The True Bard D'Or
|cost=500 Kronars
}}
=Song=
"Hamael's Song", by Joy Chanticleer.

: "'Oh Darien, my Darien, why did you go that day?
: The wind was gusting, waves were white, the sky a steely gray.
: The storm that broke that evening was the worst any recalls.
: Your ship was lost that day, my love, a victim of the squalls.
: Now here I sit, waiting for news, a-weeping grievously.
: And as I wait, I mutter low, invectives 'gainst the sea.'"

: "As Hamael did weep and wail, a voice did gently chide.
: As she looked up, a maid, she saw, a dolphin by her side.
: 'Your love still lives,' Eluned said, 'though deep beneath the sea.
: A mermaid's hand stole him from you, yet you can set him free.
: If you would gain his freedom, then three things will you need:
: A ship to sail, a net of hair, and a heart which holds no greed.'"

: "'When next Xibar is waxing full, then at the peak of tide,
: Sail your ship to Lomark's reef, and cast your net o'er side.
: Thrice must you cast, and pull your net, a'fishing against death.
: Then search your haul to find the box that holds your Darien's breath.
: Remember to look with your heart, and keep your love in mind,
: For if you look with avarice, the sea, your love shall bind.'"

: "Then suddenly a light appeared, shimmering across the sand,
: And when it dimmed the maid had gone as if she'd ne'er been.
: So hope was born for Hamael as homeward she did run
: To shear her hair and weave a net as fine as spiders spun.
: And days did pass as Hamael wove, Xibar waxing every eve
: Till finally the moon was full, and she stood up to leave."

: "Then in a ship of strong green wood she sailed to Lomark's reef,
: And thrice she cast her net to steal her love back from a thief.
: The first cast brought a golden chest which gleamed in the moonlight.
: The second brought ten oysters up with shining pearls inside.
: The third cast brought a single shell a snail had cut loose
: As each did bide upon the deck, Hamael tried to choose."

: "'A golden chest may glitter bright,' said Hamael to herself,
: 'But none may breathe within such thing, not Human, Dwarf or Elf.
: And pearls, while lovely to behold, are solid, through and through.
: No place have they for breath to hold, they're worthless to me too.
: A seashell, though, held to the ear echoes the wind so soft.'
: So Hamael picked the snail's shell up and held it there aloft."

: "And then she flung it to the deck to shatter it and free
: The breath of her love, held within, to steal him from the sea.
: A golden light appeared on deck, too blinding to behold
: And when it dimmed her love was there, shivering with cold.
: Then close she held him as they sailed, returning to the shore...."

You smile and wink as you sing:

: "And though they lived for fifty years, they went to sea no more."

{{Cat|Song Scrolls}}

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CARAAMON at 05:20, 28 August 2013