"Ale for Tales" Tavern Tales and songs.

[jaycol]

       Due to a temporary setback to our Thursday "Ale for Tales" event, I opened this thread. I have heard many tales and songs in game and I feel many are rather good and should be shared. Not to mention the fact that it helps to expand one's creativity. If you have a short Tavern tale to tell or a song to share. Lets hear it. I would hate to see a good thing lost in the PS files of a few players who may one day move on. When they can be shared to inspire another, and enjoyed by others.

[Anumesa]

* Anumesa smiles and steps up

"There once was miner,
referred to as weird,
because of his unnaturally long red beard,
he said he cared not a bit,
and mined through the years,
though sometimes the comments,
would draw a few tears,
though one day this miner,
beard unnaturally long,
was busily mining,
when he heard a song,
he looked up and gasped,
as he blinked his wide eyes,
for there standing tall,
was a monstrous surprise,
a bloodthirsty Ulbernaut,
a claw to his chest,
was singing his heart out,
he bested the best,
then our dear friend the miner,
he looked all around,
and heard yet another familiar sound,
the miners were laughing,
at this fearsome beast,
and our red bearded miner,
liked this not in the least,
so he dropped down his pick,
and greeted the monster,
he told him of his past,
and vowed it should go on no longer,
together they teamed,
and scattered the crowd,
then the Ulbernaut turned,
and to our miner he bowed,
and that is my tale,
for happily they lived on,
the ulbernaut and the miner,
together in song"

[jaycol]

   A Maiden's Tear

  "A maiden shed a single tear
      her love was off to war
      T'was for his life, that she did fear
      As the tear fell towards the floor"

     "Been, but a day since they been wed
      when the urgent callin' came
      he was picked among the rest
      Fore, as of age he came"

     "The night before their love was filled
       fear in the shadows hid
       her beatin' heart could not be stilled
       as he kissed her wantin' lips"

     "Now she is here, alone to dwell
      within' the battles sight
      It raged on outside the walls
      an' long into the night"

     "In sudden pain her heart had stopped
      She had fallin' to her knees
      she knew her lover's body dropped
      among those in melee"

     "Her tear it fell to open palm
      it never reached the ground
      before her stood a figure calm
      Oh! great Talad lookin' down"

     "He closed hand around her tear
      aglow with crystal light
      reachin' out he quenched her fear
      she bathed within his might"

     "A smile passed upon his lips
      she felt stir within her womb
      She clenched the gift that he did give
      her warrior had come home"

[jaycol]

   Among the Crowd 

 "Together they mixed among the crowd,
       a gathering joined within a cloud,
       to act upon a cause that's just,
       the argument was put to rest,
       no challenge left among the dead.
       Where victor's stood,
       "we're Just" they said.
       But, in the silence,
       some doubt was left."

[Anumesa]

* Anumesa applauds and buys Jaycol an ale

"The darkness fell complete and still
The night the cutthroats came
They stole among the shadowed halls
To threaten and to maim"

"She watched them come through tear filled lids
And clung to her bag of gold
Her husband had given it to her
A ring hid in its folds"

"In it was laid a ruby
Sweeter than any prose
Her husband had given it to her
Because she was his rose"

"He had gone away to the next town
Only the night before
She feared he would return too late
The man that she adored"

"She hid her bag close to her breast
And a tiny dagger drew
She grimly clung to its cold steel
They were coming, this she knew"

"They finally entered her small house
And were heard upon the stair
She hid inside the closet
Fear upon her cheeks so fair"

"Twas not long before they found her
And dragged her to her feet
She slashed at them with her dagger
But none, their end did meet"

"They took one glance at her fair face
And ran her through with sword
She gasped, her world began to fade
As downstairs approached her Lord"

"He climbed the stairs like one posessed
And battled to her side
Yet once he slew the many men
He bent his head and cried"

"She lay upon the floor so still
Her hair to her face did cling
In her right hand lay the dagger
Upon her left there lay the ring"

"He roared his mighty anguish
And tears betrayed his living hell
He drew his silver broadsword
And upon its length he fell"

"Their house burned down that very night
And melted into soot
Yet from the coals a great tree sprung
With roses at its foot"

[jaycol]

  Come's a Maiden Dancing

  " Comes a maiden dancing,
        behold the love,
        that gleams in her eyes,
        as she spins,
        swirling, swirling,"
    
      "no music is heard,
       she dances only to the beat of her heart,
       flushing the color to her lips,
       making her face aglow,
       a smile of such warmth,
       as she spins,
       swirling, swirling,"

      "comes a maiden dancing,
       love has found her heart,
       and she knows it,
       so she shows it,
       her joy is shared,
       displayed in her movements,
       as she spins,
       swirling, swirling,"

      "her breasts heave,
       as she draws breath,
       her hair streaming,
       as she spins,
       swirling, swirling."

[Anumesa]

Ok heres a story for ya

There once was a Ylian named...well actuallly i cant remember his name, but thats not important anyways. So anyways there was this Ylian and he was not the brightest lad to ever walk the streets of Hydlaa. He was a heavyset sort of guy, and was best suited to mindless tasks such as mining, or tossing rocks. One day he was lifting a particularily heavy rock to toss off a cliff (why he was doing this i havent the faintest clue) when something caught his eye. A faint gleam had appeared on the horizon and then vanished, just as suddenly as it had appeared. Now, being rather dense, our friend the Ylian was immediately fascinated by the shiny light (not surprisingly) and after several minutes contemplation, decided to try to find it. He traveled over several mountains and through a lake or two (or possibly three, its hard to say), before he finally reached the point that to his best knowledge, the ight had appeared from. Well he looked around for a bit and finding nothing, decided to leave. Just as he was turning, he saw the gleam again and this time he saw where it was. It was a small shiny piece of what looked like metal and it was hanging from a very shaggy looking bush. He walked over and tugged on it a couple times (simoltaneously wondering why there were load roars of anger piercing the air). Well finally he pulled it free and discovered to his dismay that he was holding a dagger in his hands. He puzzled over this new development for several minutes and he just might have figured out what it was doing there when suddenly the shaggy bush sat down and our poor Ylian was smooshed. The angry Tefusang stood back up and turned several times, trying to figure out what happened...not noticing the flattened figure on the ground, it turned and trotted back into the woods...

[Anumesa]

* Anumesa thinks a minute, starting to run out of ideas 

"Oh what a sight that i have seen
My heart it beats
My head it spins

"A Warrior so brave and true
He fights for me
He dies for me

"Together we will always be
Two hearts in love
Two hearts in love

[jaycol]

  Another Chore  

 "I loved you, or so I thought,
      you loved or so you said,
      our love was only physical,
      like the making of a bed,
      another chore needed done,"

     "A moment's passion,
       a holiday meal,
       tender caress's,
       compliments of preparation,
       our love being stated,
       the table is cleared,
       another chore needed done,

      "like laundry to be hidden,
       disregarded out of sight,
       piling up until it's needed,
       until time can be made,
       to perform out of necessity,
       another chore completed."    
      

[jaycol]

  Everything in you

   " Loving you was everything,
       I've ever wanted to do,
       there's nothing else to live for,
       I have everything in you."

     " Inside your embrace,
       the dreams fade away,
       disappearing in the mist,
       no wishes to be made."
      
     " I watch you sometimes,
       with a child's expectations,
        breathless from the view,
        seeing beyond imagination."

     " Tomorrow brings another dream,
        on the moment that I wake,
        hearing your heart beat next to me,
        and every breath you take."

     " I can feel you near me,
       no matter where you are,
       knowing always that you will be,
       the beating of my heart."
      

[Anumesa]

That day i took a mighty leap
From the Eagles Head so tall
I vowed that i would do it
And not be scared at all

The initial jump was thrilling
And through the air i flew
Though as the rocks approached me
I saw impending doom

Though i guess that luck was on my side
For my end was not that day
My shirt caught on a jagged rock
And through the air i swayed

I climbed back up to Eagles Head
My eyes shining bright and true
For i knew nothing would compare
To that afternoon i flew

[Duraza]

[I love short stories..]

Once there was a grumpy old dwarf that loved to make money. Out of ever dwarf in his village he was the greediest of the village. Every day and every night he would mine gold and make tria.

That was his life.
He had no lady dwarf for his wife.
Never ate with sugar, only spice.
And was never ever nice.

Then one day he met a curious young Xacha. The Xacha stared at him day after day, and for a while the dwarf ignored him until one day he had to ask, "Why don't you do something else?" The Xacha, with foolish curiosity, asked "Sir dwarf why do you dig all the day and all the night? Don't you have something else to do?" The dwarf grumply answered,

This is my life.
I have no lady for my wife.
I hate sugar, only use spice.
And I hate being nice.

After that the dwarf returned to digging and for a while the Xacha left him alone. Then one day he came back and said to the dwarf, "Sir I think I've found an answer to all your problems." The dwarf laughed but turned around and said, "Go ahead. Humor me." The Xacha nodded then spoke,

I have found you a life.
A lady waits in your house to be your wife.
She carries a sack of sugar and threw away your spice.
So now you have no choice but to be nice.

Well of course Mr. Dwarf wasn't too happy about this young Xacha trying to help him. So he responed,

Go find another a life.
That lady won't last a week being my wife.
I hate sugar which is why I use spice.
And its people like you that keep me from being nice.

Moral of the story, never talk to a dwarf thats not drunk.

[jaycol]

* Jaycol laughs and refilll's Anumesa's ale.
                              * An ale for you Duraza


From the stonebreaker's song book.
     One with the Rock


     " I been digging dat rock,
       since the day I was born,
       I'll be digging dat rock,
       long after I'm gone."

     " Momma says ain't no reason to be dead,
       when ye one with the rock."

     " the day be too bright,
       when the light shines down,
       a dwarf was meant,
       to be underground."

     " Momma said ain't no reason to be dead,
       when ye one with the rock."



    

[Anumesa]

* Anumesa claps for everyone

"There once was a mighty fisherman,
whose line flew right and true,
he traveled all across the land,
seeking fish anew"

"One foggy day he set his line,
and left it out to wait,
he hoped to catch a fish or two
whilst he sought out more bait"

"Quite sadly for our fisherman,
his little line was lost,
a giant fish took hold of it,
and round and round it tossed"

"Our fisherman ran back to find,
his line run to the deep,
so he took a giant breath,
and dived in, his line to seek"

"He found the fish and caught him 'round,
his slimy scaly waist,
he swam back to the surface
with most unnatural haste"

"Once on the land he huffed puffed,
yet no matter how hard he'd try,
he could not unhook the mighty fish,
who promptly spit him in the eye"

"The fisherman he stood up quick
 and he let out a mighty roar,
and now at least as far's i know,
he dont like to fish no more"

[Illysia]

Dwarves...

Tis a curious creature these
that often one meets with ease.
Loyal and true without a doubt,
yet prone to fights long drawn out.
Rest they will with ale a plenty
then work hard to serve the many.
Argue and bicker with friend and foe,
But trustworthy their friends well know.
should you happen a friend to keep
that is a dwarf, of which I speak.
A good friend you'll no doubt have,
but they will drive you truly mad!



Gold...

Gold is a good thing I am told,
But it seems make people very bold.
They think that money will get them by
If they buy low and then sell high.
But a warning to those that think this way
A storm is coming and woe be the day.
When money is scarce and pockets are tight
And people stretch tria with all of their might.
Then what will you do with no one to buy?
You'll sit in your house and wail and cry!