Demons Bane

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