The Colddrake
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ย. 2024
- Young Vanyel once awakened from, a dream of death and fear.
If he should choose to be a mage, his doom would then draw near,
Of future filled with suffering was all that he could see
And so he made a choice to leave k'Treva there then flee.
Into the winter's bitter cold he hurried on that day,
His mind was numbed and chilled and he could scarcely find his way.
When pondering his haste made choice he thought then to return,
But a magic cry for mercy made his frozen spirit burn.
Silver and amethyst the Colddrake hunts for prey,
Its glowing eyes can hypnotize and steal your soul away.
He caught the cry of magic then and followed it where is led,
And all the while a helpless anguish echoed in his head.
He came upon a holding in a sheltered forest vale,
Destroyed in ruthless fury by a monster cold and pale.
A woman and her children huddled near the Colddrake's maw.
Her husband lay in shreds beneath an unforgiving claw.
The beast entranced her victims neither looking left nor right,
She knew full well the peasants had no way to run or fight.
Silver and amethyst the Colddrake hunts for prey,
Its glowing eyes can hypnotize and steal your soul away.
Then suddenly a man stepped fourth, a pitch fork in his hand,
As if alone he'd face the beast, and bravely take a stand.
Though old and frail he could not bear to watch his kinfolk die,
He was the only chance they had, and he was bound to try.
The old man thrust his weapon deep into the Coldrakes side,
He knew his life was forfeit and there was no where to hide.
As Vanyel watched, the monster killed the farmer where he stood.
Distraction broke the calling as the old man knew it would.
Silver and amethyst the Colddrake hunts for prey,
Its glowing eyes can hypnotize and steal your soul away.
From hiding then did Vanyel spring, rage forcing his attack.
He shielded all the peasants and he forced the monster back.
With magic drawn from hidden nodes, he flung the Colddrake high
And watch it's broken body plummet from the winter sky.
Courage of the simple folk can move a man to tears,
Or give him strength to face a foe and conquer all his fears.
So Vanyel made a choice that day, he never would regret;
A farmer taught a lesson that the mage could not forget.
Silver and amethyst the Colddrake hunts for prey,
Its glowing eyes can hypnotize and steal your soul away.
Silver and cardinal lay on the snow that day,
For young Vanyel unfroze his spell and chose the mage's way.
I havent heard this song in years and years - I havent cried over a song in nearly that long. Thank you.
I had a chance to listen to this song while I read the relevant passage in Magic's pawn. That was awesome.
i cried all through the first book ... with mercedes lackey i find you tend to feel emotionally for the charactors...
Leaving my mark on a lonely old video. I don't know enough about the series the song is based off of, but reading these older comments leads me to believe that it's much older that 15 years, crazy. ❤
It just occurred to me. The 'banjo-esque' plucking, maybe lute plucking?, at the start has a strong rustic simplicity (to modern ears) which fits the old man inspiring courage in the (to be) great Vanyel.
I love this song! I haven't been this affected by a song in YEARS.
You've got really nice voice ;) I'm reading now Magic's Promise after going though Magic's Pawn and well... I wasn't crying, but laughing ;) I'm not cruel and I understand how much Vanyel was suffering after losing Tylendel, but it was way to much emotional to me. Anyway, the books are still great ;)
Vanyel is i think the best character ever. And then Skandranon... but I was really into the Owlflight series too....
But 'Lendel and Vanyel... I still get teary thinkin about it
read the deed of paksenarrion, by elizabeth moon. it is the only comparable thing to mercedes lackey's work. i cried throughout the book, it seems in a way the its like tarma and mags both, but absolutly different.
there are worse pricess to pay than ones life...far worse. A life costs nothing, but a mind? Ah, now a mind costs one and all, friend and foe. What price?
Happy for you Xelios. They are wonderful.
Oh I know! LOL
I couldnt stand Jarvis' guts...not until I was older did I really understand his whole purpose and his explanation in Magics Promise.
Right now Alberich's tale is at the top of my list. I guess its because the whole tale is from the point of view of someone older, who had no prior experience with Valdemar. Make it more approachable for those of us who've been in fantasy/scifi for years. :)
That is an awesome story. These songs are so freaking inspirational. I might actually get some writing done soon.
@Ravenholdt1 Well, she WAS a woman. He is now a man, Alexander James Adams. (The 21st century is an interesting and fast-moving time to live in!)
thanks could not remember the new Name. knew about the change
Lovely. I'd not heard this before.
I read this trilogy about 19 years ago, and yes, I cried too all through Magic's Price.
Tragic goodness.
Suggest Time Lord Trilogy by Louise Cooper for others interested, as well.
First book is Initiate.
Yes, but if you actually bother to read through the books and realize in what mental state Van was, at that moment... I mean he already lost half of his soul...
I cried practically during all of "Magics Pawn".
well this sure brings tears to my eyes
i loved the song and the book!!!
Such a good song.
At this part of Magics Pawn right now. Had to stop reading to come listen to this!
Religion0 I cried during all of Magic's Price. Especially Stefen's death scene.
That was a happy death, though, but I totally understand why you were crying.
+Religion0 I want to know why the heck they had to forget about Stefan! Everyone remembers Vanyel but no one remembers Stefan! Then again no one remembers "Lendel. But I mean, that Herald just forgot about him! Old man in the woods! Even the Companions, what the hay! (Just finished reading that part, so doesn't have a full clue. FYI)
It's been a while since I've read the books, but I believe he was forgotten as a Bard who wrote songs of true magic and probably of Vanyel. Valdemar had to forget that magery really existed.
The Bards remember Stefen. Bards remember him as one of their great composers. The books focus on Heralds and Companions. With the focus on Heralds, we don't see or hear that much of Bardic or Healer training. Even when the focus is on a Heraldic Trainee, we see bits and fragments of training. Bards study music. Unless something is relevant to the music, it's forgotten until biographers write it down. How much do you know about the private life of your favorite composers? Do you know who wrote your favorite songs? Or just who sung them? Remember, Valdemar does not have recording equipment. The best they have is written song books.
Unless I had really interested in or had some reason to research Beethoven or Mozart or whoever, I only know one or two bits about their life and some of their music.
The herald who left Stefan in the woods, his Companion *made* him forget.
Mags FTW!
wheres creature of the wood i need to find the vid
This song reminds me of a 2 characters in a book im working on,one of whom is ironically, an ice dragon. however the difference in my story is she is the hero. not the villain "she saves her friend's village from a fire demon"
Stephen Scazzafavo I'd be interested in reading that!
I understand Van earned his whites by dealing with the ice Dragon? and fighting the mage who to murdered Tie's twin brother
difficulty
in Owlknight you meet a Cold Drake
it has thick Ice Armor...
how did the Farmer manage to hurt the Drake?
He rolled a natural 20
Vanyel faced a queen Colddrake they don't have that armor
Nothing says the farmer actually hurt the Colddrake, just that he distracted it by taking a pitchfork and thrusting into the Colddrake's side so he probably just hit the armour.
+SpellBound Prince yes they do have the armor it was even thicker than the one we meet in OwlKnight.
I have yet to read the books bit how armor works is you can either be protected or move- joints tend to have weak points if the user intends to use them. Also, ice is not that strong... so piercing it might only require reasonable strength- though the farmer probably didn’t seriously hurt it, merely pierce some of its armor.
@izabelka24 You mean Heather Alexander? (She's a woman.) lol
Marmonery Because young Vanyel was a self-centered wimp. He needed motivation.
Marmonery
Yes, but remember that although he has a lot of power, he doesn't quite know how to control it. All of the times up to this point where he has used it it has been fueled by emotion. "Rage forcing his attack". But it is partially, in your words, a "dick move". A major theme in the book is Vanyel evolution from a self-pitying wimp to someone who serves the kingdom regardless of peril. He goes to his death because he knows he's the only one who can do anything. Hmm... I just realized there's a parallel between this situation and his death... The old man represents future Vanyel, sacrificing himself for those he loves...
Ali S. In fairness, at least in the song, isn't he caught up by the Colddrake too? "Distraction broke the calling, as the old man knew it would", after all. Partly the old man distracting the Colddrake, but also his actions distracting Vanyel from what it was doing.
+Marmonery Actually Vanyel thinks the same thing after the event and I just want to point out that Colddrakes are extremely resistant to the effects of magic and without the rage invoked by the old mans death to bolster the power of his magic he probably would not have killed it but died trying but Vanyel also almost died after killing it because of the incalculable amount of power he was wielding
+outermosttoe No he isn't entranced by the Colddrake because if a Colddrake is not aware of your presence it can not hold you as it is not the literal gaze of the beast that holds you but the creature's mind magic it just so happens that it can't effect you with its powers without direct eye contact
@@alis.5564 yup yeah good idea to piss that guy off, lets do that
@izabelka24 God, that wasn't you singing. I've just found out that's Alexander Heather. Epic fail ;)
Right - was corrected earlier. *G* Thanks, though.
Not anymore she isn't.
In the 4th line of the lyrics, I think it's "k'Treva vale", not "k'Treva there'
Why didn't Vanyel come and save the day BEFORE that old man died? He just watched....
I think that was fairly evident in the lyrics: he was young and afraid of death and pain. Seeing the old man die crystallized his duty. He had the power to stop the creature, that he did not do so sooner lead to the death of the old man and was as if Vanyel himself had condemned the man to die.
It's explained in the book. Vanyel got the clearing and pretty much froze. He realized that he didn't actually know what he was doing or what he could do (he was pretty much completely untrained in his powers at that point), and nobody else knew he there so they proceeded to try to handle the situation as best they could. The whole scene takes place over the span of a few minutes, and all the adults who were actually out hunting the drakes only show up hours later. As Starwind - one of the leaders of the k'Treva vale settlement - points out when they arrive and Vanyel confides that he is a coward, Vanyel was indecisive which isn't unexpected. Decisiveness comes with experience, and he "[had] precious little of that."
Shock I guess
o3o This is so neat to see a SONG written after what actually happens in the book. Mercedes Lackey is a good novel-writer as well as a poetry-writer. I wish the song / music was more interesting, though, to match the lyrics. And the voice of whoever is singing sounds kind of bland. =/ I can imagine this sounding really pretty and epic if the music was more dynamic with a better singer.