The Language of the Dead
from Fare Thee Well Battle Winds by Fen Walker
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lyrics
The dream was forgotten the instant she awoke. A familiar voice had broken through that midnight reverie. Woja lifted her head from a bed of Vyrpa skins and saw glowing in the darkness of the room, her mother. She was dressed in the fineries of those who have passed on in noble death: a gown of silk; a shirt of glimmering mail; a silver circlet upon her brow. Her shining hands gripped the shaft of a spear, yet it bore no deadly point.
Woja slid from the bed, careful not to wake her sleeping man and son. She crossed the room and stood before the spirit of the woman she had journeyed long to inter in her well earned resting place some years ago.
“Mother,” she said in the old tongue, the dead speak.
“My star,” her mother replied with a sad smile. Her eyes shifted down to the sleeping form of Pjorlar and Daeja. “I liked that one,” she said regarding Pjorlar, “one of the few north men who had any decency. A good husband?”
“Aye, he is.”
“And the boy, Daeja is his name?”
“It is.”
“A fine name.”
“It was your father’s,” Woja said, a tear rolling down her colorless face. Her mother nodded, her expression becoming an enigmatic mix of pride and disappointment.
“You know then, that you cannot be Wanderess,” She said.
“I chose a different path,” Woja said, turning and looking at her husband and son, illuminated by guttering fire light.
“You chose the path of great jeopardy. Not just for you, but for all who dwell in our lands, for our survival now rests on your sisters shoulders, and she is of the enemy.”
“She has gone to her home. To her father,” Woja snapped. Her mother shook her head sadly.
“Oh no my love, she is here, camped on the northern shores. She has brought an army.” Woja felt her anger melt into disbelief.
“To what purpose?”
“They wish to claim these lands and their riches for themselves. Soja follows only to impress that wretch of a man I married. Aye, she has come, second only to Warmaster Kyllar.”
“Kyllar!” Woja spat.
“The people of Ur are not ready for a war. There has not been open conflict on our lands for many generations, the skill and art has been lost to us.”
“Then what is to be done?”
“Tell my sister and the council of this threat, and then you must leave those you love,” Woja’s mother said as she stepped into the shadows of the room and disappeared, “listen, for I have a task for you.”
Woja listened.
Woja slid from the bed, careful not to wake her sleeping man and son. She crossed the room and stood before the spirit of the woman she had journeyed long to inter in her well earned resting place some years ago.
“Mother,” she said in the old tongue, the dead speak.
“My star,” her mother replied with a sad smile. Her eyes shifted down to the sleeping form of Pjorlar and Daeja. “I liked that one,” she said regarding Pjorlar, “one of the few north men who had any decency. A good husband?”
“Aye, he is.”
“And the boy, Daeja is his name?”
“It is.”
“A fine name.”
“It was your father’s,” Woja said, a tear rolling down her colorless face. Her mother nodded, her expression becoming an enigmatic mix of pride and disappointment.
“You know then, that you cannot be Wanderess,” She said.
“I chose a different path,” Woja said, turning and looking at her husband and son, illuminated by guttering fire light.
“You chose the path of great jeopardy. Not just for you, but for all who dwell in our lands, for our survival now rests on your sisters shoulders, and she is of the enemy.”
“She has gone to her home. To her father,” Woja snapped. Her mother shook her head sadly.
“Oh no my love, she is here, camped on the northern shores. She has brought an army.” Woja felt her anger melt into disbelief.
“To what purpose?”
“They wish to claim these lands and their riches for themselves. Soja follows only to impress that wretch of a man I married. Aye, she has come, second only to Warmaster Kyllar.”
“Kyllar!” Woja spat.
“The people of Ur are not ready for a war. There has not been open conflict on our lands for many generations, the skill and art has been lost to us.”
“Then what is to be done?”
“Tell my sister and the council of this threat, and then you must leave those you love,” Woja’s mother said as she stepped into the shadows of the room and disappeared, “listen, for I have a task for you.”
Woja listened.
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from Fare Thee Well Battle Winds,
released November 5, 2021
Wayfarer-orchestration
Sophia Butler- Spoken Word
Wayfarer-orchestration
Sophia Butler- Spoken Word
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