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<DIV>Once more I must ask you to cross post this as the messengers I have left have begun calling me many horrible names, and eying weapons, for sending them running time and again through miles of zombie infested land.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Brothers and Sisters at Arms</DIV>
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<DIV>Many people have inquired of me, asking for the story of how Hrafn came to be the Zombie-king, and then be put into the role of leader of the Devil's army.</DIV>
<DIV>But alas the story is long and heartbreaking and I could not stand to tell of his infection with the foul (spelled right) humors that caused his metamorphosis into a creature of evil. My heart being too heavy to tell the tale, my dearest, most magnificent wife suggested I hire a bard to do it for me, and allocated me funding for the project. </DIV>
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<DIV>So here is the result, with some artistic license taken.</DIV>
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<DIV><U>The Devil Went Down to Gothic</U></DIV>
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<DIV>The devil went down to Gothic </DIV>
<DIV>he was lookin for soul to steal</DIV>
<DIV>he was in a bind </DIV>
<DIV>cause he was way behind </DIV>
<DIV>and he was willing to make a deal</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>when he came upon this young Yarl</DIV>
<DIV>working with a hammer and fightin hard</DIV>
<DIV>and the devil jumped up on hay bail</DIV>
<DIV>and said boy let me tell you what</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I bet you didn't know it</DIV>
<DIV>but I'm a hammer fighter too</DIV>
<DIV>and if you care to take a dare I'll make a bet with you</DIV>
<DIV>now you swing a pretty mean hammer boy </DIV>
<DIV>but give the devil his due</DIV>
<DIV>I'll bet a hammer of gold </DIV>
<DIV>against your soul</DIV>
<DIV>cause I think I'm better than you</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>that Yarl said my names Hrafn </DIV>
<DIV>and it might be a sin</DIV>
<DIV>but I'll take your bet</DIV>
<DIV>and your gonna regret</DIV>
<DIV>cause I'm the best there's ever been</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><EM>chorus</EM></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Hrafn tighten up your gear and and swing your hammer hard</DIV>
<DIV>cause hells broke loose at Gothic and the devil leads the charge</DIV>
<DIV>if you win you get the shiny hammer made of gold</DIV>
<DIV>but if you lose the devil gets your soul</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>the devil pulled his hammer </DIV>
<DIV>and said boy lets start this show</DIV>
<DIV>and fire flew from his nostrils as he limbered up to throw</DIV>
<DIV>Then he through a shot</DIV>
<DIV>and it made an evil hiss</DIV>
<DIV>and a fist of zombies joined in</DIV>
<DIV>cause the devil swung a miss</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>when the first pass finished</DIV>
<DIV>Hrafn said your pretty good old son</DIV>
<DIV>just tighten up your d right there </DIV>
<DIV>or this fights already done</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>he said form a shield wall run boys run</DIV>
<DIV>the devils on the border of toward the rising sun</DIV>
<DIV>zombies in the west lands crown should know</DIV>
<DIV>hammer and anvil </DIV>
<DIV>go boys go</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>the devil cocked his head </DIV>
<DIV>because he knew he'd be beat</DIV>
<DIV>so he heaved that golden hammer </DIV>
<DIV>toward the ground and Hrafn's feet. </DIV>
<DIV>Hrafn said "devil that was low, and ya hit me right in the shin.</DIV>
<DIV>I'll yank your card you son of a b#$%h, cause only losers cheat to win".</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>and he screamed form a shield wall run boys run
<DIV>the devils on the border of toward the rising sun</DIV>
<DIV>zombies in the west lands crown should know</DIV>
<DIV>hammer and anvil </DIV>
<DIV>go boys go.</DIV></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> Thus was Noble Hrafns soul taken and the legions of the doomed unleashed.( well kinda anyway)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Yours in Service</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Damon Xanthus</DIV>
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