The Funeral Season
from Fare Thee Well Battle Winds by Fen Walker
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Cassette + Digital AlbumVenture into the frozen territory of Ur! Fen Walker's silvery Pro Cassette brings this epic fantasy to life with exceptional O-card packaging. A 4oz. Totem Woods candle to whisk you through the snow covered forests and the windy battlegrounds. Includes a transparent Fen Walker sticker and album art poster painted by fantasy lord Brendan Elliot!
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lyrics
They burned the bodies of the resurrected and Hegemony in great funeral pyres. Pyres burned for a week, filling the valley with ash, melting the snow and ice down to the stony ground beneath. They spent the remainder of the winter building stone barrows for the men. The women were preserved in snow, until they could be carried to the burial place of the all mothers.
Pjorlar spent the end of each day with Woja, uncovering her face of snow and stroking her hair and kissing her forehead, weeping softly. Soja would appear occasionally, watching from a distance. There was resentment against her, despite all she had done. Even as a Wanderess, she was view with some suspicion, even contempt. When he had finished his time with his wife, he would cover his her face with snow once more and set out to his camp fire.
It was early spring when Daeja arrived with Aursa. The boy was ten years old now and carried a long knife at his side. He had known of his mother’s death for some time and had no tears left for her. Together, Pjorlar and Daeja uncovered Woja from the quickly melting snow and wrapped her body in cloth, sealing the wrappings with wax. They placed her on a litter, and made their way north, with a procession of mourners.
It was on the third day when Pjorlar placed his end of the litter on the ground and shouted into the woods. He knew she had been following them for some time, too afraid to let herself be known to the procession.
“Soja, come out!” There was a long pause, and they listened to the sound of wood eels singing in the grass and rustle of new leaves. Pjorlar shook his head in defeat, picked up his end of the litter and carried on. It was wasn’t long before he felt Woja’s weight grow lighter, it had been his son’s duty to carry his mother, but it had been slow and heavy going for Pjorlar. Pjorlar looked over his should to see that Soja had take his sons place with Daeja walking close beside. She was weeping. He smiled at her and they continued. Then Pjorlar took up a song, it was a song well known to Soja. She and her sister sung it once many years ago on an occasion much like this. It had been long since Soja had sung anything but battle hymns, regardless, she added her high clear voice to Pjorlar. Together they sang.
Pjorlar spent the end of each day with Woja, uncovering her face of snow and stroking her hair and kissing her forehead, weeping softly. Soja would appear occasionally, watching from a distance. There was resentment against her, despite all she had done. Even as a Wanderess, she was view with some suspicion, even contempt. When he had finished his time with his wife, he would cover his her face with snow once more and set out to his camp fire.
It was early spring when Daeja arrived with Aursa. The boy was ten years old now and carried a long knife at his side. He had known of his mother’s death for some time and had no tears left for her. Together, Pjorlar and Daeja uncovered Woja from the quickly melting snow and wrapped her body in cloth, sealing the wrappings with wax. They placed her on a litter, and made their way north, with a procession of mourners.
It was on the third day when Pjorlar placed his end of the litter on the ground and shouted into the woods. He knew she had been following them for some time, too afraid to let herself be known to the procession.
“Soja, come out!” There was a long pause, and they listened to the sound of wood eels singing in the grass and rustle of new leaves. Pjorlar shook his head in defeat, picked up his end of the litter and carried on. It was wasn’t long before he felt Woja’s weight grow lighter, it had been his son’s duty to carry his mother, but it had been slow and heavy going for Pjorlar. Pjorlar looked over his should to see that Soja had take his sons place with Daeja walking close beside. She was weeping. He smiled at her and they continued. Then Pjorlar took up a song, it was a song well known to Soja. She and her sister sung it once many years ago on an occasion much like this. It had been long since Soja had sung anything but battle hymns, regardless, she added her high clear voice to Pjorlar. Together they sang.
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from Fare Thee Well Battle Winds,
released November 5, 2021
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