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	You begin to sing "Nissa's Ride" by the famed bard Silvyrfrost.

	"Lanival's eyes were the color of gray
	Cold as the ice on the lake
	Mantled he sat on his stallion Fairstorm
	Knowing that much lay at stake.

	"Knowing that all lay at stake.

	"Mantled he sat, in a cowl of woolen silver
	And stared at the lowering sky
	Teiro's men lay across on Mereshadow's shore
	And he knew to win, men must die.

	"Knowing in war, men must die."

	"Weary he played with the plans in his mind
	Two years the war had gone
	Weary as he were his soldiers in tow
	Longing with him for spring's sun.

	"Aye, longing as all for warm sun.

	"When shining from the shadows on the back of a mare
	Came a maiden with hair toss'd wild
	Elven her features, frightened her visage
	Carrying with her a bleeding child.

	"Carrying a bleeding Human child."

	"'Water!' cried she, leaping from her steed.
	'Water and someplace inside.
	This child is dying, I've no time for formalities,
	And my Elven face I shall not hide.'

	"'No, my hated face I cannot hide!'

	"Lanival saw her to his own tent,
	Saw her heal the child with her hands
	Saw her bandage the wounds then turn to him
	So tired she hardly could stand.

	"So spent she barely could stand."

	"Lanival helped her to sit in a chair,
	Held a cup as instructed to her lips.
	And grateful she drank, and thanked him in Common,
	Then into sleep she slipped.

	"Aye, deep into sleep she slipped.

	"And when she's awoken she's seen the child's well
	And turn'd to face Lanival once more.
	'Nissa is my name,' she said to the proud one,
	'Fresh coming from Teiro's own shore.

	"'A place I shall go nevermore!'"

	"And her tale then she told, of how Teiro's men
	Captured the child and brought it to pains
	And how Teiro himself brought down the whip
	And Nissa at last intervened.

	"Nissa had no choice but to intervene!

	"'War may be war,' she said clear and sure,
	'And blood may indeed be war's fee,
	But children are not soldiers, save in dreams and play
	And children are all the same to me.

	'Whether Human or Elven they be!"

	"'Lady, you are wise,' said Lanival to her,
	'And the gods smile on such kindness indeed.
	It can be forgotten in times such as this....
	Pray, would you stay to remind me?

	'I feel there is much you may teach me.'

	"Nissa spake clear as ice and snow
	And said to Lanival plain,
	'I've secrets to tell, and I'll gladly join up,
	If you promise I need not see Teiro again!

	'If I do I shall be his bane!'"

	"So it was that the Maiden did join with his men,
	And brought Teiro to thundering shame
	The battle was fast, and Lanival won
	But many battles would happen again.

	"But none would e'er be the same.

	"For there is a new soldier who does not fight
	And she rides at Lanival's side
	On a mare of all white, in a cowl like the snow
	And she reminds him that not all must die.

	"That to fight, one must not always die."


	The song falls into silence like a winter's day.

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2009-02-24T12:59:17Z

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			You begin to sing "Nissa's Ride" by the famed bard Silvyrfrost.

			"Lanival's eyes were the color of gray
			Cold as the ice on the lake
			Mantled he sat on his stallion Fairstorm
			Knowing that much lay at stake.

			"Knowing that all lay at stake.

			"Mantled he sat, in a cowl of woolen silver
			And stared at the lowering sky
			Teiro's men lay across on Mereshadow's shore
			And he knew to win, men must die.

			"Knowing in war, men must die."

			"Weary he played with the plans in his mind
			Two years the war had gone
			Weary as he were his soldiers in tow
			Longing with him for spring's sun.

			"Aye, longing as all for warm sun.

			"When shining from the shadows on the back of a mare
			Came a maiden with hair toss'd wild
			Elven her features, frightened her visage
			Carrying with her a bleeding child.

			"Carrying a bleeding Human child."

			"'Water!' cried she, leaping from her steed.
			'Water and someplace inside.
			This child is dying, I've no time for formalities,
			And my Elven face I shall not hide.'

			"'No, my hated face I cannot hide!'

			"Lanival saw her to his own tent,
			Saw her heal the child with her hands
			Saw her bandage the wounds then turn to him
			So tired she hardly could stand.

			"So spent she barely could stand."

			"Lanival helped her to sit in a chair,
			Held a cup as instructed to her lips.
			And grateful she drank, and thanked him in Common,
			Then into sleep she slipped.

			"Aye, deep into sleep she slipped.

			"And when she's awoken she's seen the child's well
			And turn'd to face Lanival once more.
			'Nissa is my name,' she said to the proud one,
			'Fresh coming from Teiro's own shore.

			"'A place I shall go nevermore!'"

			"And her tale then she told, of how Teiro's men
			Captured the child and brought it to pains
			And how Teiro himself brought down the whip
			And Nissa at last intervened.

			"Nissa had no choice but to intervene!

			"'War may be war,' she said clear and sure,
			'And blood may indeed be war's fee,
			But children are not soldiers, save in dreams and play
			And children are all the same to me.

			'Whether Human or Elven they be!"

			"'Lady, you are wise,' said Lanival to her,
			'And the gods smile on such kindness indeed.
			It can be forgotten in times such as this....
			Pray, would you stay to remind me?

			'I feel there is much you may teach me.'

			"Nissa spake clear as ice and snow
			And said to Lanival plain,
			'I've secrets to tell, and I'll gladly join up,
			If you promise I need not see Teiro again!

			'If I do I shall be his bane!'"

			"So it was that the Maiden did join with his men,
			And brought Teiro to thundering shame
			The battle was fast, and Lanival won
			But many battles would happen again.

			"But none would e'er be the same.

			"For there is a new soldier who does not fight
			And she rides at Lanival's side
			On a mare of all white, in a cowl like the snow
			And she reminds him that not all must die.

			"That to fight, one must not always die."


			The song falls into silence like a winter's day.

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