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-By: Axon
+By: Shanshan
-Posted on: March 29, 2011
+Posted on: March 30, 2011
-<pre>To far off land I cast my sight
+<pre>(Inspired by the statue of Maran La'Saen in Shallam and performed on the
-From torpid desert, listless light
+occasion of the 300th Anniversary of Lord Pentharian's ascension.)
-Did fall and wane and tremble still
-This iron heart, this iron will
+"Speak always with truth, justice, and mercy"
-That stands with triumph at the head
+The powerful voice of our High Priest.
-At Peshwar's mouth, in Sapience stead
+Seldom clothed in Basilican shadows,
-Was cursed, called and fell replete
+Waxen pale, he faces east.
-With glory, streaming, golden heat
+Beneath its soaring spires and angels,
-Alas, fair city, perfect jewel
+Creation's marble Seraph stands
-A soul of silver, clean and cruel
+Beside the Zaphar river wild,
-Will cut with haste, pull down the shroud
+A gleaming mace proud in his hands.
-Of darkened mountain, screamed aloud
-Oh Shallam, lo, thy name is blessed!
+Falling on his gold-veined cheek,
-To rise above, to be professed!
+A single braid, carved unique.
-With light and love strike down the hate
+His eyes with grace and wisdom speak,
-The streameth now from Mhaldor's gate
+"Noble Vizier, your Virtue keep."
-And purify the land of blood
-The weeps from wounds in poisoned mud
+Patriarch of Angels serene,
-Where sword had pierced the tainted hide
+Two score years, he served the Guild.
-Cast down Shaitan, in darkness blind
+How could this marble, fair figurine
-To fall beneath the waves of time
+Begin to hold his wisdom distilled.
-Be kissed by silence, frozen rime
+Sultan gracious, Shallam united,
-And always standing, flaming domes
+Crown of Ithmia's ally became.
-Will steal the sunlight, warrior's home
+Jewel of the East, you shone not blighted
-The ever rising Jewel of the East
+By turmoil and treason, under his name.
-In the name of Good, an endless feast</pre>
+Sahart's legacy, you'll uphold,
+The northern heretics will fold,
+Darkness and Evil gain no foothold,
+This La'Saen's legacy, lasting two-fold.
+Such greatness could not linger here,
+The Prime Material Plane too small.
+His destiny, grasped with no fear:
+To Lord Deucalion went his bold call.
+On churning clouds, Maran's spirit rises.
+No sermon but this could teach us why
+Divine limitations defy sacrifices.
+Face twisting in sorrow, His tears fill the sky.
+A final gasp, the priest's death betrays,
+Below that moon's malevolent phase
+Attracting One's benevolent gaze
+Whose ears received the sound, in praise.
+Boiling earth and seas, then peace.
+Balance and Twilight shed Their essence
+To one for whom life had to cease.
+Ourania blessed him with iridescence;
+The ultimate favour, no truer be.
+Creation summed could not match the roar
+That heralded fair the Logos' decree:
+Deserving, He'll rouse as Maran no more.
+Though this Divine is born of none,
+The Father of Lies will call Him son.
+Thus with His golden reign begun,
+Pentharian, the Righteous, arise!
+Imbued with mortal memories clear,
+Bathed in soft Cerulean light,
+The fire of goodness within His stare,
+The essence of Valour within mortal sight.
+Hearest Thee the sound of rejoicing?
+Elysia welcomes their new Father home,
+Praises and worship each paladin voicing,
+Prayers for His ears in every priest's tome.
+Forget we not his legacy mortal,
+For Honour lives in each Shallam heart.
+This statue graven is Maran immortal;
+Immortal Pentharian, his fate from the start.</pre>
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