Ode from the Mountains of Bothzak-L'elan Vital

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[00:00.00]Ode From The Mountains Of Bothzak - L'elan Vital
[00:14.43]Once in a land of darkness--long ago--when all the
[00:20.09]Earth was covered in darkness and shadow under a spell
[00:24.97]Of an evil sorceress witch
[00:27.86]The people cried for deliverance
[00:31.91]And no child was born for many a long year
[00:42.65]Out of the mountains of Bothzak a hero did answer their
[00:46.11]Call: riding forth upon his stalwart steed
[00:51.91]Brandishing the heirloom of his house: the jewel encrusted claymore
[01:09.61]Forth he rode into the night
[01:11.44]Slaying foes great and small
[01:13.97]And all evil did flee before this valiant hero and
[01:18.49]The might of the jewel-encrusted claymore
[01:25.81]At last the hero came to the evil witch's realm and
[01:29.08]Lo he looked upon the barren wasteland: frozen and
[01:32.98]Dry where no life could take hold
[01:38.55]And with his claymore he smote the witch's minions
[01:42.73]And at long last stood face to face with her
[01:48.73]And he did run her through with his claymore
[01:51.80]Piercing the soft flesh beneath the witch's callous exterior
[01:54.67]She gave a cry of pain and--yet it seemed to all that
[02:07.55]Did witness--possibly a cry of ecstasy
[02:09.06]As well And behold impossibly he saw that she was
[02:18.49]Unharmed and fair now to look upon
[02:23.56]The skies of the land opened upon the Earth and life began to blood anew
[02:33.53]She looked upon him and said
[02:35.74]"Oh most valiant of heroes
[02:36.86]Thou hast delivered me from a fate worse than death
[02:43.09]Verily I beseech you wilt thou pierce me with thy
[02:47.04]Jewel-encrusted claymore once more
[02:48.67]" And so he did and all the land rejoiced