Tamriel Data:The Hsaarik Elegy, Book Two

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The Hsaarik Elegy, Book Two

by Goderlog the Song-Maiden

A Nordic saga memorializes the fallen

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The last death without violence belonged to AASVEIG
Age at last enacted its threat upon the veteran
She slipped gently away against the walls that still smouldered
Gazing upon a land she had never known
Her knowing was thought to be
DIS
The hands of those who loved her were many
And they piled stones to an awesome height

The earliest death on the frosted slopes about Saarthal was ORVAR
He had hastened ahead of Ysgramor’s host
Hoping to find the snowy elves, and instead
He had found their cruel spears and ragged cries
His knowing was to be
ARG
Though his lustiness sputtered and cooled
Buried in the falling snows evermore

The next to die was UNNR
In her eagerness she nearly overtook Orvar
Rushing to her demise, though she was not swift enough
Her hearth-husband soon found another, but never forgot
Her knowing then was
GRA
And her long black braids never turned
Though countless seasons did around them

[...]

The ninth death in true battle belonged to BJARNE
A sword-point pressed through his throat as he tried to stand
He had saved three Men on the crossing from Atmora
His body ravaged by the cold sea he had dragged them from
His knowing was thus
HEEDIG
And at last he could rest
Immersed forever in the cold

[...]