The Prophecy
The following prophecy was orated by Nissa as she was in a vision meditation.
- In days beyond recall
- Of Karthus-men who thrive,
- Above the rock-teeth tall
- Dwelt wyrms of power five.
- They summoned forth their Mother
- With arcane powers old;
- She birthed from rock another
- Wyrm-egg jet and cold.
They took the Stone to hide Deep in Skyrend’s heart; Until the Seed of Pride Would split the shell apart.
They sought the Dwarves to bring The Wyrm-seed to their home; But Iron-Fisted King Refused to yield the Stone.
The Wyrms laid down their wrath, The Under-Dark unleashed Into the Dwarven-paths The Darkness of The Deeps.
The Iron King was ended, The Dwarven Empire fell; Few Clans there could be mended, Few dwarves remained to tell.
But ships from sea-foam rose; The North-men came to aid! In the caves in coves Hid they their ships they made.
Their desperation driving Put madness in their souls; And in the Nest arriving Brought down the mountain whole.
The Wyrms’ wails had hovered To continents afar: The Stone forever covered In caves marked by The Star.
The Eastern rays broke forth, Vesuva’s Spear beshone On the Men from the North In graves so far from home.
Elves and Dwarves and Men With Halflings and the Gnomes Magicked the Wyrms and then Made those rocks their homes.
The Lady’s Light was seen From on the mountain’s side; She drove the Dark between With nowhere left to hide.
The Wyrm-egg lies within The bosom of the Earth. It yearns the Seed of Kin To demonstrate its worth.
The life of Wyrm awaits The time for it to hatch; Too clever are the Fates To show the Seed to match.
The day will come too soon When patient Dark returns In waning harvest moon To make the Karthus burn.
When the land begins to darken And the tears of Skyrend fall, In the sky for all to hearken Thuderclaps from dwarven call.
Gathered Darkness to the Light, Gathered elven princess pale, Gathered elf-friend forest-might, In the deepening gale.
The harvest moon will shine And traitor friend to foe Will forge the Weapon’s Spine To darkness all shall go.
And in the deepening black The saviors will arrive Entering Skyrend crack To never leave alive.
The Darkness will return To claim its final form; Forever shall all yearn The Light that kept them warm.
