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Along a road in Hardorn, the place called Stony Tor
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A fearful band of farmers flees karsite border war
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A frighted band of farmers, their children and their wives
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Seek refuge from a tyrant who wants more than just their lives
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Now up rides Herald Vanyel "Why then such haste" says he
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Now who is it persuing,who's anger do you flee?
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You are all of Hardorn why seek you Valdemar?
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Is Festil no protection nor bide all his men too far?
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Oh Vanyel, Herald Vanyel, We flee now for our lives
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Lord Nedran would enslave us, our childeren and our wives
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He'd give our souls to demons, our bodies to his men
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King Festil has not heeded or he happens not to ken
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Now up speaks Herald Vanyel,"The border is not far"
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But you are all fo Hardorn, and not of Valdemar
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You are not Rendale's people can call not on his throne
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But damned if I will see you left so helpless on your own
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So forth goes Herald Vanyel, and onward does he ride
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On Stony Tor he waits then, Yfandes at his side
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With Nedran's men approaching, he calls out from on high
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You shall not pass, Lord Nedran, nay I shall not let you by
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Now only Herald Vanyel stands blocking Nedran's way
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Now who are you, fool nothing, that dares to tell me nay
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Now up speaks Herald Vanyel, his voice like brittle glass
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The Herald Mage called Vanyel and says I you shall not pass
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Now there stands great Lord Nedran, behind him forty men
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With wizard there beside him, he pales and speaks again
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So you are Herald Vanyel this place is not your land
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So heed me Herald Vanyel and now turn aside your hand
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Let be I'll give you silver and I shall give you gold
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And I shall give you jewels fair that sparkle bright and bold
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And I shall give you pearls, all treasures of the sea
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If you will turn aside here leaving these poor fools to me
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What need have I of silver with sweet Yfandes here
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And all the gold I cherish is sunlight bright and clear
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The only jewel I treasure's a bright and shining star
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I protect all helpless not just those of Valdemar
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Now I shall give you beauty, women slaves and men
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And I shall give you power you'll never see again
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And I shall give you mansions and I shall give you land
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If you will turn aside this day, aside and hold you hand
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Now beauty held in bondage is beauty that is lost
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And land and mansions blood bought come too high at the cost
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The power I have already, all power is a jade
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So turn ye back Lord Nedran if of me you are afraid
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Lord Nedran backs his stailion, his wizard he comes nigh
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Prepare youself bold Vanyel, for you shall surely die
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The wizard calls his demons, the demons he commands
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And Vanyel, Herald Vanyel only raises empty hands
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The wizard calls his demons, the sky above turns black
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The demons strike at Vanyel, he stands and holds them back
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The demons strike at Vanyel, they strike and hurt him sore
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But Vanyel stands defiantly to raise his hands once more
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The sky itself desends now, upon bare Stony Tor
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Now hides the awful battle, the watchers see no more
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The wizard shouts in triuph, too soon he vents his mirth
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For Vanyel calls the lightning down and smites him to the earth
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The clouds of black have lifted and there on barren ground
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Stands Vanyel, hurt yet victor, the demons tied and bound
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He looks down at Lord Nedran, his eyes grow cold and bleak
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Now I shall give you Nedran all the power that you seek
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Vanyel frees the demons and Nedran screams with fear
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He sets them on the Karsites who first had broght them here
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He sets them on the Karsites and on the Karsite land
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They look down on Lord Nedran and they do not stay there hand
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Vanyel calls the farmers, "Go tell you near and far"
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How thus are served the tyrants who would take Valdemar
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I am the bane of demons, their quarry I defend
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Thus Herals serve a foeman and thus Herald save a friend