PENGUIN BOOKS
FOREWORD
THERE WAS A PROUD AND NOBLE STAG,
HE SERVED HER LONG, HE SERVED HER WELL,
KING PERIS'S MEN WERE DUTY BOUND,
FOR THOSE WITH ARMS AND POTENT CHARMS
THE STAG LED ON FROM NIGHT TO DAWN,
THE GUARDS HAVE FLED; THEIR TRUSTING LAND
"FOR EVERY WRAITH WHO BREAKS HIS FAITH
"THE SHADOWS IN THE WOODS ARE PLAIN
"TAS!"
PALADINE BADE HIM STAND. "THE TIME IS NOW, GARRICK."
THUS HUMA, KNIGHT OF SOLAMNIA,
"THE RED SUN HAS RISEN
THAT WHICH HINDERS HEALING
THAT WHICH HINDERS LOVING!
ONE
YOUR ONE TRUE LOVE'S A SAILING SHIP
I EXPECT I COULD EXPLAIN IT BETTER OVER HERE
YOU THINK WE DRESS UP TO KILL HOGS?
OH WHERE THE NORTH WALL IS CRUMBLING,
THREE
FREE FROM THE SMOTHERING CLOUDS OF WAR
