Ye Ballad of Mherren Halfblood

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Ye Ballad of Mherren Halfblood

By Kenneth ye Skald

Verse 1

I sing thee of Mherren, a fearsome Akrin,
Who did grow up a loner and outcast;
He brawled with his peers, who were vicious and mean,
And who shunned him because he was half-cast.

Chorus 1

But Mherren ne’er wept and Mherren ne’er cried;
He nurtured the anger that built up inside!
He could have been noble, he could have been good,
But instead did a deal with a demon.

Verse 2

Now Golak, the chief of the Tor’ug Orc tribe
Could see strength in the stubborn, scarred foundling;
So sent him away to realise his own mind,
But young Mherren felt wounded and hounded.

Chorus 1

Verse 3

So Mherren did wander the wildlands of Yore,
He stole and he hunted and foraged;
The few folk he met ran or cowered indoors,
Or passed out, leaving Mherren discouraged.

Chorus 1

Verse 4

One dark day, when Mherren was morose and forlorn,
In the mountains he found a fane, frozen;
He prayed at the altar and he was reborn
As the Demogorgon’s Warlock Chosen.

Chorus 2

(Now) Mherren found purpose and Mherren found pride;
He nurtured the evil that built up inside!
He could have been noble, he could have been good,
But instead did a deal with a demon.

Verse 5

His Lord granted sorceries foul and profane,
And a shape-changing Quasit familiar;
In return, Mherren promised that he would obtain
A vile, blasphemous tome of great power.

Chorus 2

Verse 6

Then one fateful day Mherren met with a band
Of unlikely and misfit adventurers;
With Wereleopard Rogue Mherren wanders the lands,
Along with Druid and amateur Conjurer.

Chorus 3

(But) Mherren’s dark secret he ne’er did confide;
He nurtures the evil that builds up inside!
He could still be noble, he could still be good;
He must choose ‘twixt his friends and The Demon.