The Prophecy of the Thanes

The Breaking of the Balance is a calamitous event in Ara. However, hope lies in an ancient, near forgotten prophecy that predicts a key group of people, the Thanes of Order, will arise to seal the break in the balance.
So far, the prophecy that has been heard is below. It is not known if more exists than this - but this part of the prophecy was retained in the oral wisdom of the Storm Crones , as it refers to a risk to the Beleghast of Belegond.
Balance Broke But Dark Betrays
In War That First Formed Night And Day
A God Was Slain, Unfaced Devours
The World Will See It’s Final Hours
To Seal The Breach, Undo The Crime
Thanes of Balance Ride the Winds of Time


Debt of Blood and King of Stone,
The One That Gambles All Alone
Balance is Lost But Deserts Roar
With an Exile Crowned with Tooth and Claw
The Singer Seeks with Hammer Lost
But Beleghast Will Pay The Cost

It has been interpreted that the first stanza refers to the events of the The Birth of the Gods and the World and the The War of the Energies.
This includes the recently discovered information of by the Thanes of Order that Ara was built from the dead God of Chaos, Kek; the imprisoning of Oloch following the War of the Energies and the breaking of that prison in Ornblake, witnessed by some of the Thanes.
The second stanza has been interpreted as a cryptic reference, referring to those who will rise to be Thanes. Currently, this is how it is interpreted with the current Thanic line-up:
Debt of Blood - Jed Kingsdown: Debt-born of the House of Kingsdown and a blood-hunter of the Crimson Order
King of Stone - Petryan Thodor: 'Petryan' translates as 'little king of the rock' as he was found, orphaned in a burned village, protected underneath a stone trough

The One that Gambles All Alone - Gamble: Originally named Talia, Gamble gained her name from her gambling habit
Deserts Roar - Rhobur Toziros: A former soldier from Alagria
An Exile Crowned - Lavanel Daenorin: An elven princess in exile
Tooth and Claw - Apollo: Lavanel's beast companion
The Singer Seeks - Arpeggio: A bard who was seeking his lost sister
Hammer Lost - Karnak Ironbone: She lost her hammer and was not happy about it. Also, later lost her arm...

The Darkest Timeline

During the events of the Darkest Timeline, Gamble discovered her name, "Talia" written in Takode on a wall next to a metal gate engraved with heiroglyphs. Using the knowledge they had accumulated in their travles, the Thanes translated the gate to discover that it was a stanza of the Prophecy describing the events of the Darkest Timeline. Upon being translated, the gate opened revealling the full Prophecy written in psychic text, appearing as if written in the reader's own handwriting. The full text was as follows:

Balance Broke But Dark Betrays
In War That First Formed Night And Day
A God Was Slain, Unfaced Devours
The World Will See It’s Final Hours
To Seal The Breach, Undo The Crime
Thanes of Balance Ride the Winds of Time

Where Balance birthed begins the end
The break that Thanes are tasked to mend
A Pirate’s Scheme and Balance’s Name
A Brass Breath from a Desert Claim
The Singer's Lute, the Lonely Bow
But Ax of Balance soon must go.

The Balance Cracked, the Price of Life
The Order Unfurls the Dagger of Strife
The Canine Thief, the False Accused
But yet this Gamble Is Not Refused
The Dragon Flight, the White's Despair
But Balance's Order Shall Be Fair

Debt of Blood and King of Stone,
The One That Gambles All Alone
Balance is Lost But Deserts Roar
With an Exile Crowned with Tooth and Claw
The Singer Seeks with Hammer Lost
But Beleghast Will Pay The Cost

A stitch in time will save a Tear,
A crystal storm inside a lair
The Throne of Sky Will Hold the Key
An oath is sworn into the Sea
The Golden Voice shall silent fall
The Strife is felt by one, and all

Balance Shattered, Evil Rises
The Fickle Queen of Seas Surprises
Though Noble Bows and Crossbows Brave
The Flame shall wend its path away
The Ashen Monk, unbalanced slight
Aid of Diviner’s Future Light

The Fortune Teller's Mystic Gaze
And Russet Fist Street Urchin Craves
The Pirate's Horn to Call the Waves
The Ring of Darkness That no death knows
The Ring of Light That Blinds the Foes

The Hammer that will Break the Bones
At home within a roaming Shell
The Hoard of Lost Treasures to Tell
The Old God’s Eye shall also Dwell
Its sight shall find, when put in place
The water Ring’s faint Arcane Trace
As Silver Dies, A Final Race

The Lord of Mire, Behold the Woe
The Singer Sought, Hammer in Town
A Sacrifice of Metal Feather
Reflected Rescue brings together
Their loyalties most sorely tested
On them a pending war is rested.

A King of Rock and Queen of Sea
Exile and Singer, Broken Free
Though a Debt of Blood is claimed
Their Legacy is Honoured, Unstained
Lost Metal Bones as Panthers Roar
Restoration, Milagon's Shore.

A Fateful Choice, A Final Stand
The City Saved by Thanic Hand.
As a ship now sets the Tide
A city safe and Foes Subside
The Key of Light and Choices made
The Rift now Closes, Demons Fade

Twisted Paths of Trickster’s Maze
Peaceful Clarity, Ash-Cloaked Raised
Sewn in Dark was Crossbow’s Fate
The Ancient’s way, Through Mountain Gate
Lost Souls Found, the dead shall walk
Beneath the ground, the pondlings talk.

When Earth is found a second time
Fate may choose a different line
A Bargain Claimed, To Foe Unseen
The Gambler’s Trade is not in dream
The pirate thief alone shall brave,
Cruel dark seas of Umberlee's wave.

Thanes of Order shall ride the wind,
To lands of snakes and lizards kin,
Where darkness lurks and balance bends,
To drive the world to chaos’ ends.
Ascend the Spire, Reborn at Dawn
To Save the World from Chaos Spawn

The bard that sings of broken dreams,
The blood hunter's bow that sorrow reams.
The monk of ash, the feline friend,
The wood elf princess that will defend,
The half-orc with a metal hand,
To beat the Clock to final stand.

The Sword of Light, The Scythe of Dark
To Rebalance Both Will Make a Mark
The Herald, Standing at The Gate
Shall Close The Breach, Or Seal our Fate
Rings Of Elements, All Six Held Strong
In Stone of Time, Rebalancing To Right The Wrong

The Two, One Blood, One Spirit Bound
The World Awaits Their Final Sound
The Balance of Words Will Change the Sky
A Future Comes With One Last Try
The Singer's Voice Is Heard Once More
A New Dawn Breaks, A New Age Dawns

The Sun Will Shine, Again The Night
Balance Restored, The World aright
The Herald’s Shadow Cast Away
The Six Thanes of Order, Held at Bay
The Balance Is Restored, for now a Peace
The World of Ara, Again Released