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Behold the King of Elvenkind

His Majesty’s approaching our stunned company

And watching our confusion with a sad smile

“I see strange times bring strangers together

So, welcome back, our brothers lost and found”

He told us the Elves had known some Men before

Who’d entered their realm to settle in the north

Friends they’d been, sharing passion for the arts

And love for the earth that keeps us all alive

But as the years went by

The human minds

Got bored and tired

Of peaceful life

With heavy hearts

We said good bye

These friends of ours

Had proven far from wise

Those with short lives cannot really see

The value of what has lasted here for centuries

Blinded by their mutual mindless hate

They will never truly understand

Will we ever understand?

We, the Men today, are not like those the elves recall

In their poetry and songs from the ancient times

“Where the ego rules, there the old wisdom’s forgotten

No sense remains, no respect for nature, for life”

And now all those tribes of Men they used to know

Appear to be dying in their pointless wars

These creatures escaping from their northern homes

Appear to have nowhere to live anymore

Thus, my friends

I must leave

As it seems

My realm bleeds

A foolish war’s on

Come with me

You will see

With your own

Eyes what they have done

Those with short lives cannot really see

The value of what has lasted here for centuries

Blinded by their mutual mindless hate

They will never truly understand

Will we ever understand?

So here we are on the road

With the king’s brotherhood

Wandering, discovering

The hidden elven world

Their time is slowly passing

They’re not to remain for long

Yet we will stay to retell

What we’ve seen and heard

Let’s go