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Rated: E · Poetry · Fantasy · #2056965
A relatively long dwarven verse about the founding of their first city.
What follows is the Dwarf Verse of the Mountain. It recounts the founding of the first city in the world, Dyn-Gholos, and how the Dwarves sealed the pact they are still bound to today.
For explanation: Ogrimbal would be the first king of the Dwarves. Dyanubar is the god of mountains, and eldest of all the gods. The dwarves worshipped him, especially after their pact was sealed.
On a final note, I also want to thank the community here for their reviews and kind comments, it really cheers me up and makes me all the more motivated to finally start to write some more. Thanks! (Also, this was a verse/poem I wrote quite some time ago, so it might not be as...smoothly written as some of my other writings).

“In bitter cold we toiled away
Harsh winter snow showed us the way
Descend down into the mountain’s heart
The beauty of stone, by time not yet marred
Rise he did, Ogrimbal the Great
Southward bound we’d be, the hour late
Ogrimbal led us to a new home
Valleys a plenty, grand peak alone
Abrudnizar, the God’s will made real
Strengthened our hearts like tempered steel.”

- Verse of the Mountain, pt. I


“We dug away in caverns deep
Disturbed the mountain’s peaceful sleep
Created wonders of stone and glittering dust
Driven ever forward by our growing lust
Yet then the mountain so angrily roared
It’s anger now to great heights soared
The earth split open, sorrow played it’s game
Our race now broken, Ogrimbal reduced to shame.”

- Verse of the Mountain, pt. II


“Days now passed as time lost its meaning
The cries of sorrow remorselessly keening
Ogrimbal hidden, lost in dreams of grief
He was not to blame, our glory brief
Yet on first winter’s day Ogrimbal appeared
A bright vision in his mind was seared
The mountain was angry, Dyanubar filled with rage
A pact had to be made to usher in a new age
The Dwarves would protect all that hides in stone
Their vigil ending when last dwarf becomes bone
For this the mountains sleep a gentle sleep
Glory and peace now for the Dwarves to keep.”

- Verse of the Mountain, pt. III
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