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The Sack of Havenreach
Literature
Author	Unknown
Genre	Poetry

Latest revision as of 19:50, 31 December 2023

“The Sack of Havenreach” is a old Hedrylli Glorification Song, passed down via word-of-mouth from singers and shamans for over two hundred years before being written down upon Ellador|Hedryll]]'s absorption into the Regalian Empire. This particular tune tells the tale of a great host’s largest raid in Ithania, on the modern-day capital of the Ithanian Sovereignty. While having no noted original author, most credit is gifted to the warrior poets that served in the raiding on that day. Of course, with multiple authors and two hundred years worth of telling, each account of the poem differs, though most of the time only slightly. Many historians conclude that the poem is a symbol of the Velheim's long history raiding overseas, pillaging, and looting neighboring kingdoms.

The Sack of Havenreach

Waves soothed the balmy sand,

Ships smother the dead shore,

Warriors from far come for war,

With godly blessing they march,

A city of riches in the morning horizon.

With dawn came the calls of fear,

A city’s gate closed to the warriors,

With the north treader’s call,

The wall did form,

Shield brothers in rank.

Quarrels did rain down,

The besieged taking action,

The fluttering of the bow,

With heavy hands the wall fell,

The northman’s charge led the way.

No longer had the siege waited,

With walls on the ground the traders yielded,

Havenreach was stripped to ash,

Many a men fell in a fortnight,

Under the North Treaders command,

The range was a paradise no more.

Many a man had earned his honor,

Many had earned their wealth,

Many had perished on the field,

And many returned to home.

Trivia

The poem itself is still despised in Ithania to this day.
There are some that believe this entire supposed incident is a fiction. Instead, they propose the event that actually took place was a minor attack on a village close to the city, one the Ithanians dramatized into a devastating assault on their grand settlement, which then reflected back to the Velheim who puffed their chests and took full credit for it.

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Writers	Cain_et_Abel
Processors	HydraLana, Scribbe, PonyoWantHam

Last Editor	HydraLana on 12/31/2023.

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+“The Sack of Havenreach” is a old Hedrylli Glorification Song, passed down via word-of-mouth from singers and shamans for over two hundred years before being written down upon Ellador|Hedryll]]'s absorption into the [[Regalian Empire]]. This particular tune tells the tale of a great host’s largest raid in [[Ithania]], on the modern-day capital of the [[List_of_Major_Nations_and_States#Sovereign_Ithania|Ithanian Sovereignty]]. While having no noted original author, most credit is gifted to the warrior poets that served in the raiding on that day. Of course, with multiple authors and two hundred years worth of telling, each account of the poem differs, though most of the time only slightly. Many historians conclude that the poem is a symbol of the [[Velheim]]'s long history raiding overseas, pillaging, and looting neighboring kingdoms.
-==History==
-“The Sack of Havenreach” is a old Hedrylli Glorification Song, passed down via word-of-mouth from Skalds and shamans for over two hundred years.This particular tune tells the tale of the Grand Host’s largest raid in [[Ithania]], on the coastal city of [[Ithania#La_Port.C3.A9e_du_Paradis|La Portée du Paradis]] or “Havenreach” to most other cultures. While having no noted original author, most credit is gifted to the warrior poets that served in the raiding on that day. Of course, with multiple authors and two hundred years worth of telling, each account of the poem differs, though most of the time only slightly. Many historians conclude that the poem is a symbol of the [[Kingdom of Hedryll]] and the Grand Host’s history raiding overseas, pillaging, and looting neighboring kingdoms.
 ==The Sack of Havenreach==
-‘Waves soothed the balmy sand,
+:Waves soothed the balmy sand,
-‘Ships smother the dead shore,
+:Ships smother the dead shore,
-‘Warriors from far come for war,
+:Warriors from far come for war,
-‘with Bashtur’s blessing they march,
+:With godly blessing they march,
-‘A city of riches in the morning horizon.
+:A city of riches in the morning horizon.
-‘With dawn came the calls of fear,
+:With dawn came the calls of fear,
-‘A city’s gate closed to the warriors,
+:A city’s gate closed to the warriors,
-‘With the north treader’s call,
+:With the north treader’s call,
-‘The wall did form,
+:The wall did form,
-‘Shield brothers in rank.
+:Shield brothers in rank.
-‘Quarrels did rain down,
+:Quarrels did rain down,
-‘The besieged taking action,
+:The besieged taking action,
-‘The fluttering of the bow,
+:The fluttering of the bow,
-‘With heavy hands the wall fell,
+:With heavy hands the wall fell,
-‘The northman’s charge led the way.
+:The northman’s charge led the way.
-‘No longer had the siege waited,
+:No longer had the siege waited,
-‘With walls on the ground the traders yielded,
+:With walls on the ground the traders yielded,
-‘Havenreach was stripped to ash,
+:Havenreach was stripped to ash,
-‘Many a men fell in a fortnight,
+:Many a men fell in a fortnight,
-‘Under the North Treaders command,
+:Under the North Treaders command,
-‘The range was a paradise no more.
+:The range was a paradise no more.
-‘Many a man had earned his honor,
+:Many a man had earned his honor,
-‘Many had earned their wealth,
+:Many had earned their wealth,
-‘Many had perished on the field,
+:Many had perished on the field,
-‘And many returned to home.
+:And many returned to home.
 ==Trivia==
-*The poem itself is still despised in [[Ithania]] to this day. Many Principalities have outright banned the song.
+*The poem itself is still despised in Ithania to this day.
-*When teaching students about [[Northern Culture]] or poetry, this poem is often read first, along with [[Greenface]].
+*There are some that believe this entire supposed incident is a fiction. Instead, they propose the event that actually took place was a minor attack on a village close to the city, one the Ithanians dramatized into a devastating assault on their grand settlement, which then reflected back to the Velheim who puffed their chests and took full credit for it.
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-[[category: Literature]] [[category: Poetry]]