Lyrics: Why does the ground below tremble? Why does the night seem so strange? The wind is a messenger telling The world of a wonderful change What is that light in the darkness, Brighter than any I'd seen? A Grove-born Companion has risen, And she's Chosen our future Queen! Chosen one, stand straight and tall--The time for confusion is past Chosen one, you've heard the Call, which makes you a Herald, at last. I dressed in the first light of morning, As if for a king's envoy And then I went up to the palace, The bearer of tidings of joy I sought out the Queen in her chambers And knelt down by her ivory chair My eyes shone with fire as I told her That her crown was assured of an heir! Chosen one, stand straight and tall--The time for confusion is past Chosen one, you've heard the Call, which makes you a Herald, at last. At dinner that night, the court gathered To see if the rumors were true I waited with her I had guided, For what her Companion would do The Queen rose to make her announcement To all who were gathered around All eyes turned upon the young Chosen As she stood and accepted her crown! Chosen one, stand straight and tall--The time for confusion is past Chosen one, you've heard the Call, which makes you a Herald, at last. Chosen one, stand straight and tall--Your child hood is finally past Chosen one, you've shown them all, you are a Herald at last, at last You are a Herald, at last! - Chosen One, by Mercedes Lackey Lyrics from valdemar.fandom.com/wiki/Chosen_One
@ARP7777777 You're welcome! I can hardly wait to get the CD! Another song on it that I can barely wait to hear is Her Father's Eyes (I think that's the name). It's my favorite of all the poems in the books. It's so emotionally wrenching. I really get emotionally involved in these books. My favorite series are Lackeys, Maccaffrey's Pern, M.Z. Bradley's Darkover, C. Asaro's Ruby Dynasty & Katherine Kerr's Deverry. I might have forgotten something, not sure.
the song is about Elspeth being chosen by Gwenna (who is grove born Like Roland) Grove born only happens usually only with Queens Own companion. Elspeths companion is special like Talia's. Elspeth its revealed later on that Elspeth is Vanyels great X10 granddaughter. Technically Elspeth is the first herald Mage after a very long time i think they say its in over 300 years. its Talia accounting the tail..
+Debbie Cromwell from which child? he had at least 3 children , he was gay but willing to sire children with/for his friends . one was even his friend, the queen at the time. ok his children really only knew him as an uncle but geneticly they were his.
+bethany smith King Randale was sterile, possibly linked to his unknown illness. In order to preserve his right to rule, he never married his lifebond, Healer Shavri to maintain the possibility of an Alliance Marriage to resolve the Karsite Border Wars and his sterility was kept a secret from the court. Vanyel was Randale's and Shavri's most trusted friend and the King wanted an heir to be sired by an honourable man. Van impregnated Shavri at the King's request and became the biological father of Herald Queen Jisa. Before the Last Herald Mage left to battle Leareth on the Northen Pass, Jisa confronted Vanyel about her suspicions that he was her father. He relented and told her the whole truth so she vowed to carry the secret to her death. The royal lineage of Vanyel's blood is referenced a few times in subsequent books, since Vanyel had distinguishing silver eyes: Herald Queen Selenay and her second & third children had silver eyes too which was at that time regarded as a royal trait.
Thank you! I think that's the one I'm waiting for. I ordered it. Well, that's good. So now I know that I will eventually get it. That's wonderful! I love music--that and books. I have almost 5000 songs on my computer. I collect music from everywhere, a lot of Chinese music, my favorite singer being Fei-yu-ching, the greatest Chinese singer ever. I'm still trying to pick out 3000 songs or so to put on my ipod. Difficult!
@madihwa Not sure exactly who sings tha particular song but here is the website and a listing of the cast/singers. it's available at mercedes lackey's website under music, blasted youtube won't let me post the link.
@ARP7777777 Hmm, I know how you feel... However, I know there is a TON of fanart out there on DA, I use it alot... after of course I ask the respective makers. It doesn't have to be exact, but so long as they vaguely fit the theme, who cares? :D
@ARP7777777 (or anyone else who knows the answer) Do you know who sings Sun and Shadow: Meeting (Shadowdancer)? The song that starts--She dances in the shadows...... Another listener & I are wondering. We can't come to a decision. I think it's a woman singing in a very low voice. Thank you
Usually the queen would be the first one to know about the heir- what with the whole popping out of her vagina thing. Guess things are done differently here...
To follow up on Colin Moore's reply: There was a foreign plot to keep the girl off the throne by making sure her character was unfit to ever be selected as a Herald. Talia gets chosen and trains the girl up to be worthy, and now what many have hoped for has happened.
@@farrynshadowflame6032 the Companions where created so the Kingdom would not be ruled by a evil King or Queen. Companion's will not choose a evil person to become a Herald
If only these CDs were being produced.
This song always brings me near weeping.
The writing really captures what the Heralds are all about, to me at least. Hope and Beauty.
This song brought tears to my eyes--and then I immediately went and bought the CD.
Lyrics:
Why does the ground below tremble?
Why does the night seem so strange?
The wind is a messenger telling
The world of a wonderful change
What is that light in the darkness,
Brighter than any I'd seen?
A Grove-born Companion has risen,
And she's Chosen our future Queen!
Chosen one, stand straight and tall--The time for confusion is past
Chosen one, you've heard the Call, which makes you a Herald, at last.
I dressed in the first light of morning,
As if for a king's envoy
And then I went up to the palace,
The bearer of tidings of joy
I sought out the Queen in her chambers
And knelt down by her ivory chair
My eyes shone with fire as I told her
That her crown was assured of an heir!
Chosen one, stand straight and tall--The time for confusion is past
Chosen one, you've heard the Call, which makes you a Herald, at last.
At dinner that night, the court gathered
To see if the rumors were true
I waited with her I had guided,
For what her Companion would do
The Queen rose to make her announcement
To all who were gathered around
All eyes turned upon the young Chosen
As she stood and accepted her crown!
Chosen one, stand straight and tall--The time for confusion is past
Chosen one, you've heard the Call, which makes you a Herald, at last.
Chosen one, stand straight and tall--Your child hood is finally past
Chosen one, you've shown them all, you are a Herald at last, at last
You are a Herald, at last!
- Chosen One, by Mercedes Lackey
Lyrics from valdemar.fandom.com/wiki/Chosen_One
@ARP7777777
You're welcome! I can hardly wait to get the CD! Another song on it that I can barely wait to hear is Her Father's Eyes (I think that's the name). It's my favorite of all the poems in the books. It's so emotionally wrenching. I really get emotionally involved in these books. My favorite series are Lackeys, Maccaffrey's Pern, M.Z. Bradley's Darkover, C. Asaro's Ruby Dynasty & Katherine Kerr's Deverry. I might have forgotten something, not sure.
madihwa dragonriders of Pern or Harpers?
the song is about Elspeth being chosen by Gwenna (who is grove born Like Roland) Grove born only happens usually only with Queens Own companion. Elspeths companion is special like Talia's. Elspeth its revealed later on that Elspeth is Vanyels great X10 granddaughter. Technically Elspeth is the first herald Mage after a very long time i think they say its in over 300 years. its Talia accounting the tail..
+Debbie Cromwell
from which child? he had at least 3 children , he was gay but willing to sire children with/for his friends . one was even his friend, the queen at the time. ok his children really only knew him as an uncle but geneticly they were his.
+bethany smith
King Randale was sterile, possibly linked to his unknown illness. In order to preserve his right to rule, he never married his lifebond, Healer Shavri to maintain the possibility of an Alliance Marriage to resolve the Karsite Border Wars and his sterility was kept a secret from the court. Vanyel was Randale's and Shavri's most trusted friend and the King wanted an heir to be sired by an honourable man. Van impregnated Shavri at the King's request and became the biological father of Herald Queen Jisa. Before the Last Herald Mage left to battle Leareth on the Northen Pass, Jisa confronted Vanyel about her suspicions that he was her father. He relented and told her the whole truth so she vowed to carry the secret to her death.
The royal lineage of Vanyel's blood is referenced a few times in subsequent books, since Vanyel had distinguishing silver eyes: Herald Queen Selenay and her second & third children had silver eyes too which was at that time regarded as a royal trait.
+bethany smith i think jisa who was daughter to shavri
Jisa was Shavris daughter sired by vanyel .
I understand that Grove Born Companions are very rare and only work with the King or Queen's own Herald.
Thank you! I think that's the one I'm waiting for. I ordered it. Well, that's good. So now I know that I will eventually get it. That's wonderful! I love music--that and books. I have almost 5000 songs on my computer. I collect music from everywhere, a lot of Chinese music, my favorite singer being Fei-yu-ching, the greatest Chinese singer ever. I'm still trying to pick out 3000 songs or so to put on my ipod. Difficult!
@pumphandle37 You're right that it's about Elspeth, but I believe it is written from Talia's pint of view
@ARP7777777 Ahh. Always fun to find a new recourse for, well, almost anything art-related.
Little did Talia know, dear Elspeth would never become queen...
By her own choice.
@madihwa
Not sure exactly who sings tha particular song but here is the website and a listing of the cast/singers.
it's available at mercedes lackey's website under music, blasted youtube won't let me post the link.
The main singer is Ernie Mansfield, but the person who sings Selenay is indeed Misty Lackey :D
It's not actually from HHH; it's from Lovers, Lore and Loss, song #3.
@ARP7777777 Hmm, I know how you feel... However, I know there is a TON of fanart out there on DA, I use it alot... after of course I ask the respective makers. It doesn't have to be exact, but so long as they vaguely fit the theme, who cares? :D
lyrics????? Somebody?
@ARP7777777
(or anyone else who knows the answer)
Do you know who sings Sun and Shadow: Meeting (Shadowdancer)? The song that starts--She dances in the shadows...... Another listener & I are wondering. We can't come to a decision. I think it's a woman singing in a very low voice. Thank you
I couldn't say specifically who is singing, but the group sounds like Golden Bough.
I have a problem. I bought Heralds Harpers and Havoc and this song wasn't on it. What's going on?
@madihwa It's a duet between a man and a woman
@safirefenyx I don't think so, Leslie Fish has a lower voice than this woman, and the guitar doesn't sound quite right
Usually the queen would be the first one to know about the heir- what with the whole popping out of her vagina thing. Guess things are done differently here...
Geordin Soucie In Valdemar the heir MUST by law be a herald, see Arrows Flight by Mercedes Lackey.
To follow up on Colin Moore's reply:
There was a foreign plot to keep the girl off the throne by making sure her character was unfit to ever be selected as a Herald. Talia gets chosen and trains the girl up to be worthy, and now what many have hoped for has happened.
And in order to be a herald, they must be Chosen by one of the spirit-horses of Valdemar, called Companions.
@@farrynshadowflame6032 the Companions where created so the Kingdom would not be ruled by a evil King or Queen.
Companion's will not choose a evil person to become a Herald
Mercedes Lackey is a legend in her own mind. Her books and songs are trash.