The Epic Poem of Fahn and Uhl

The Epic Poem of Fahn and Uhl

  Upon the shores o'er cliff and cave,
Of the Sea of Lidreau, a crashing wave,
Salt and surf spray upon the trees, 
The cool wind whistles through the leaves,
A tabor beat upon the breeze,
The clouds in the sky look o'er the land.
   
From watery depths a beast did hail,
A firey tongue wound round its tail,
An eye of opal braced with scales,
Sword-like were its massive nails,
Which scratched and clawed the cliffs,
As the beast ascended to the land.
   
A stocky man of gnarled skin,
Drank all day and night of gin,
Nearly by this shore did dwell,
Fahn his name for all to tell,
Did see this monster wake from by the rocks,
And fell in fear to the sea soaked land.
  
A brother 'mongst his monstrous kin,
Name of Uhl did see herein,
This beast arise and drew his sword,
From his smoke filled den of stench abhorred,
Thrust it to the scaly beast,
Who tossed him to the land.
Fahn and Uhl saw the beast as it slew,
A nearby town of fisherman new,
Houses burned by pillars of fire,
Women and children swallowed by montrous mire,
Cast off previous deeds of evil,
And made haste to the monster, weapon in hand.
  
Fishermen of the town, knowing of these gnarled men,
And their many deeds of evil towards the very land,
Did expel them for fear of pillage and burn,
But Uhl and Fahn did have a plan, to aid them in return,
They launched mightily upon the beast,
And proud and strong were they to battle there.
  
Evading fire, tooth, and claw,
Did they plunge into the beast's maw,
Their swords did flash and flail in spite,
Blood glinting in the morning's light,
The beasts life drained slowly away,
Soaking full the rocky sea-side land.
  
Those of the town did laugh and sing with glee,
Seeing Uhl and Fahl, those they did despise,
Greatest of their gratitude, and friendship was bestowed,
Upon these who henceforth were to be mortally owed,
Now as those of the village were they,
No longer monsters to be slain.
   
        -- Kiris Fyrann
           Poet of Var Bandor