Songs of the World

Music of Verod

Bardic songs written for this world, eventually, sing along with the lyrics as they play.

The Songbook

Songs

A growing collection, now with karaoke-style lyrics. Click "Show Lyrics" under any track and the words light up in time with the song.

Corvan Ashcroft's Version

The Ruby Star

Three brothers, mischief, magic, and song

Three brothers who quest against wrong

Three brothers who fight from afar

Three brothers who'll die to protect the star

The Ruby Star, set to have twenty sides

The Ruby Star, worth more than anyone's pride

Set to have powers beyond belief

Those who touch and survive shall find relief

Though the powers received are set to be great

You mustn't touch unless you understand the weight

To understand the star complete

Three brothers, mischief, magic, and song

Three brothers who quest against wrong

Three brothers who fight from afar

Three brothers who'll die to protect the star

To share knowledge you found on your own

Is to bring death upon the brothers' throne

The greatest secret must be kept

For knot-wind bestowed upon the star will mean certain death

Three brothers, mischief, magic, and song

Three brothers who quest against wrong

Three brothers who fight from afar

Three brothers who'll die to protect the star

The Ruby Star, set to have twenty sides

The Ruby Star, worth more than anyone's pride

Set to have powers beyond belief

Those who touch and survive shall find relief

Though the powers received are set to be great

You mustn't touch unless you understand the weight

To understand the star complete

Timed against a longer mix than this recording, the last several lines may run past the track's end. Flagged for Bob to confirm which file these timestamps actually belong to.

Wyn Ashcroft's Version

The Ruby Star

Three brothers, mischief, magic, and song

Three brothers who quest against wrong

Three brothers who fight from afar

Three brothers who'll die to protect the star

The Ruby Star, set to have twenty sides

The Ruby Star, worth more than anyone's pride

Set to have powers beyond belief

Those who touch and survive shall find relief

Though the powers received are set to be great

You mustn't touch unless you understand the weight

To understand the star complete

Three brothers, mischief, magic, and song

Three brothers who quest against wrong

Three brothers who fight from afar

Three brothers who'll die to protect the star

To share knowledge you found on your own

Is to bring death upon the brothers' throne

The greatest secret must be kept

For knot-wind bestowed upon the star will mean certain death

Death

Will mean certain death

Death

Worth more than anyone's pride

The middle brother's tavern-rowdy take on the same ballad.

Talen Ashcroft's Version

The Ruby Star

The youngest brother's rougher, more recent recording. No timestamped lyrics yet for this specific take.

A Ballad of Menboko

Where the Gutters Run Deep

Where the gutters run deep and the stone starts to sweat

There's blood in the drains and the debt ain't met

With moss on our leathers and knives in our teeth

We crawl where you sleep, we strike from underneath

Your lords eat gold while our kin chew bone

But we carve our claims in the roots of stone

We don't need gates, we don't need keys

We got claws and crawl spaces and city disease

So sleep while you can on your high, clean bed

The gutters run deep, and the deep ones tread

A Ballad of Menboko

When Flesh Becomes Stone

When flesh became fortress and bone became wall

And teeth marched in silence to swallow us all

They rose from the ash where the black stone breaks

For shadows, no names, no past, no stakes

A hammer, a flame, a song, a lie

Each bullet on the stone and none asked why

Through ribs like bridges and skulls like shields

They carved the thing down in the corn-blind fields

It fell not from blade, nor bolt, nor bell

But from fire in hearts that remembered hell

And when the corpse giant sank to sleep

The Rockbasher said, "The stone runs deep"

The story of the Flesh Colossus that broke against Menboko's wall, and the battle where Sir Quith Abinor earned the name Rockbasher.

Shadows Beneath Citavas Port

Ballad of the Trapdoor Fools

As sung by Corin Vashtal

In South Citavas

where shadows creep,

They found ol’ Lasker neck-deep in sleep.

A glyph on the wall,

a spider-carved throat,

And a map in his belt with a chapel of note.

Three Roof Runners burst in,

ready to slice,

But met their end ‘fore they could strike twice.

No locals they,

just distant crew,

Our heroes made sure none withdrew.

One trap,

One glyph,

Too close to death,

One trap,

One glyph,

Hold your breath.

A bribe to a local,

some charm and some gold,

Revealed the next thread in this mystery bold.

They crept through the streets

without raising a sound,

Till Nanoc the Strong stomped the manhole down.

The chapel stood quiet,

all broken and black,

Till Mythanna poked where the pews had a crack.

“Aha!” said the elf,

but a snap and a “YEOW!”

The trap bit back.

He’s limping now.

One trap,

One glyph,

Too close to death,

One trap,

One glyph,

Hold your breath.

Full-Screen Mode

Karaoke Mode

Any song with timed lyrics has a "Karaoke Mode" button under its player, opens a full-screen scrolling lyric view: gold for what's coming, red for the line to sing now. Songs without timestamps yet (like Talen Ashcroft's rougher take) will get the button once they have timing data.

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