Enjoy this reading of The Song of Kharas by Michael Williams. It was originally published in Dragons of the Dwarven Depths, The Lost Chronicles Volume 1. It was published by Wizards of the Coast on May 8th, 2007. You can pick up a copy here: https://amzn.to/3iwaeYH
The Song of Kharas
by Michael Williams
Three were the thoughts of
those in Thorbardin
In the dark after Dergoth when
the ogres danced.
One was the lost light, the
limping darkness
In the caves of the kingdom
where light crumbles.
One the despair of the
Dwarfthane Derkin
Gone to the gloom of the tower
of Glory.
One the world, weary and
wounded
Down to the deep of the
Darkling’s waters.
Under the heart of the
highland,
Under the ceiling of
stone,
Under the wane of the
world’s glory.
Home under home.
Then was Kharas among us, the
Keeper of Kings.
The Hand on the Hammer, Arm of
the Hylar.
At the gleaming gravesite of
gold and garnet
Three sons of the thane he
buried thereunder.
While Derkin saw dark upon dark
in the tunnels,
In the halls of the nation saw
nooses and knives,
killers and kingmakers came to
Kharas
With agate and amethyst, asking
allegiance.
Under the heart of the
highland,
Under the ceiling of
stone,
Under the wane of the
world’s glory.
Home under home.
But the stalwart in heart is
strong as a stone.
And bold and unbending his mind
to the better:
The Hammer of Hylar was firm in
the halls,
Denying all discord, all doubt
and division,
He turned from intrigue, from
the wild tunnels,
Out to the open, one oath
swearing
That time not treachery shall
ever tarnish
The Hammer’s return in a time of
great troubles.
Under the heart of the
highland,
Under the ceiling of
stone,
Under the wane of the
world’s glory.
Home under home.
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