Here is some "art" for the game. :)

Post by **Becephalus** » May 16th, 2007, 1:10 pm

Isar was a mighty elf warrior who had a map named after him for his exploits. At work I was musing over writing a Wesnoth poem and so I wrote one about his later adventures.

"Last Stand of the Birchwood Band"

A golden sun, a bloody field.
The Orcish host refused to yield.

Hundreds had we slain that day.
Trolls as well, while we were fey.

But now the day is grinding on,
and greater hosts menace yon.

The vim and vigor of expected glory,
wanes and ebbs as fates turn gory.

Captain Fawyn slain whilst sol did set.
His child and wife I never met.

On the left our treefriends burned.
On our right the flank was turned.

The mortal men had finally fled.
Their leaders left behind for dead.

An elder shaman atop a hill,
gave her foes a mighty chill.

As she fell Isar did groan,
For truly now our band was lone.

â€œOnward!â€ he cried,
And hence we hied.
For what ends,
had our best died?

A fen, a stream?
The eldersâ€™ dream?
Quickly these words,
had lost their gleam.

Across the glen we sang and slew,
and reddened blades could scarcely hew,
the tide foes,
through which flew.

Then Amor lay stricken,
as goblins thickened,

Whilst fair Urandel the sad,
went slowly mad.

Our band was broken,
except a token,
round mighty Isar's blade.

Yet even heroes are bound to fall,
when duty makes them heed a call,
Not for justice or the right,
but for ambition in us all.

Their courage spent,
their clothing rent,
the sharpest steel,
was slowly bent.

Tonight's a night,
shall live in lore.
Brave Isar's banner,
flies no more.

theotherhiveking · Post by **theotherhiveking** » May 16th, 2007, 2:24 pm

omg, COOL this should be included in the wiki

Darn Penguin · Post by **Darn Penguin** » May 16th, 2007, 3:06 pm

Yeah, if you get hit with inspiration, go ahead and add it to the "Wesnothian Poetry" page on the Wiki.

Speaking of poetry, I have a little something I made up that some of you may find amusing.

Here's a little protest song popular among the Northerners

a popular Orc band wrote: Don't want to be a Wesnothian idiot!
I'd kill them all if we weren't paid by Asheviere!
And can you smell their tasty flesh boiling?
Take my fists and skull-crush the loyalists!

Welcome to a new kind of warfare;
Bring your swords down like you don't care!
If we send waves of goblins, we'll be okay!
...

That's all I have so far.

Post by **Maeglin Dubh** » May 16th, 2007, 5:27 pm

WHYYYYY DOOOO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE ORCS!!!!
WHYYYYY DOOOO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE ORCS!!!!
THEY ALWAYS SEND THE ORCS!!!!
THEY ALWAYS SEND THE OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORCS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

theotherhiveking · Post by **theotherhiveking** » May 16th, 2007, 5:41 pm

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA

goood thats BYOB agaahahahhahaha

Darn Penguin · Post by **Darn Penguin** » May 16th, 2007, 6:25 pm

Maeglin, I knew there was a reason I liked you!

Weeksy · Post by **Weeksy** » May 16th, 2007, 10:24 pm

A land that's old
A dream that's strange
Home destroyed
Future changed...

I can still see the clothes we wore and the undead horde
And the desert floor and the day we left home for a dangerous tour of Wesnoth!
There was Kalenz and me, it's true and the stories we knew and the mem'ries of you
And a worn out man, and a sword in my hand so I could work it through

Lonely Wesnothian nights
Can make you hungry for the air of somewhere new
But put me under the lights
I'd never jeopardize the trust I had with you
And I hope you found yourself another believer with a heart that's true
Someone to say to you

Hold tight, shine bright, tonight I'll be coming right home to you
Day light, stay bright, if it's alright I'll be makin' it home to you

Post by **Maeglin Dubh** » May 17th, 2007, 2:57 pm

Alright, I'm going to split the parodies to Off-Topic. So if the real Wesnothian poetry could please stand up? I don't keep up enough on pop culture to know what's a mangled modern song and what someone actually wrote for Wesnoth.

Post by **Jetrel** » May 17th, 2007, 3:02 pm

Maeglin Dubh wrote:Alright, I'm going to split the parodies to Off-Topic. So if the real Wesnothian poetry could please stand up? I don't keep up enough on pop culture to know what's a mangled modern song and what someone actually wrote for Wesnoth.

How's about we just pop this entire topic off to the User's Forum? Wesnothian poetry would be appropriate there.

Post by **Baufo** » May 17th, 2007, 3:23 pm

Becephalus wrote:Isar was a mighty elf warrior who had a map named after him for his exploits. At work I was musing over writing a Wesnoth poem and so I wrote one about his later adventures.

So he survived the battle of Isar's cross? I always though he died there.

Post by **Maeglin Dubh** » May 17th, 2007, 4:13 pm

Jetryl wrote:
Maeglin Dubh wrote:Alright, I'm going to split the parodies to Off-Topic. So if the real Wesnothian poetry could please stand up? I don't keep up enough on pop culture to know what's a mangled modern song and what someone actually wrote for Wesnoth.
How's about we just pop this entire topic off to the User's Forum? Wesnothian poetry would be appropriate there.

*waves hand dismissively*

What's mine to moderate is yours to moderate, old friend. This works just fine.

Post by **Blarumyrran** » May 17th, 2007, 4:18 pm

we, orcs, are smart and

can write haikus coz all you

need is to use seventeensyllabes arrgh dammit grrr GRRRRRR IM GONNA KILL SOMEONE!

theotherhiveking · Post by **theotherhiveking** » May 17th, 2007, 5:32 pm

exactly . u know without that the life of a orc doesnt have sense.

Post by **turin** » May 17th, 2007, 7:01 pm

Cool.

The version put on the wiki is formatted wrong - I dont' remember my wiki password, so I can't fix it myself, but someone might want to.

Me1234 · Post by **Me1234** » May 17th, 2007, 11:51 pm

Once, upon a time,
Long ago,
there was a knight,
By the name,
Of Sir Roderic.

He was kind of deaft,
And I can't spell,
Good enough,
To save,
my own bacon if it depended on it.

He went up here,
To Orcland,
Where at last,
He was killed,
By the Snowflake.

thank you, thank you. no need to applause. i know this is wierd, it wasn't supposed to make sense and it doesn't.

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