Battle of Art

Igraine:

In our proud Houses' halls

We learn to gird for war

With arms all bright with colour and with song

I stitch the banners high

You hold them forth to fly

Our standards made for Glory and for Dawn.

Your shield will hold the day

And swords will find a way

To make a Dawn that every foe shall fear

My art is honoured truth

Of Virtue's holy proof

That all our works will last a thousand years

For it's hard; true it's hard

Harder than any yet will know

To watch you march away

To know you'll face the fray

To live and die for Glory and for Dawn

Valentin:

As we ready for the foe

I need you yet to know

That glory comes in many shapes and forms

My weapons hold the line

But with no art to shine

It's empty shouts forgotten after storms

We make the Empire strong

But tales remembered long

Will build a future greater than one war

I give my word to this,

Build a cov'nant of our wish,

A Bard to show the glory through the years

For it's hard, true it's hard

Harder than you will ever know

To leave you still behind

With Virtue on your mind

To remember still for Glory and for Dawn

Both:

We are proud, together strong,

What's built will last when lives are gone,

We march on hand in hand,

The Nation takes a stand,

To know we'll live forever in the dawn.