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This Sunday, Irovetti threw everything he had at the capital of Cambia. Westport (formerly known as Fort Drelev) was attacked by the Pitax Horde, the Catspaw Marauders, the First Flight of Wyverns and a 500-mand mercenary army from Mivon who wanted to take down a Swordlord upstart whose very presence as a ruler was an affront. With them, they had three siege engines to bring down the wall, the watchtower, the garrisson and the castle.
The final phase of the battle saw the Westport Defenders and Happ's Riders rip the Mivon Mercenaries and the Pitax Horde to shreds, but at the cost of both regiments. Happs Bydon himself was killed.
But a small adventuring party (who has been mentioned in Kingdom Events) made a stand by a wall and there, the group's Pathfinder Bard inspired courage with his horn. The result was a song that somehow found voice throughout the breached city.
I had prepared it beforehand, and half an hour before my players arrived, the lyrics came to me. A note: Cambia is Lawful Good in alignment. The main deity is Abadar, but Erastil also has a strong following. The author of the lyrics worships Calistria, apparently, and Cambia has many beehives, which help the country's BP.
This is the tune. There's a bit of an introduction, but lyrics should begin at 0:43. The two lines B-piece lyrics start at 2:13.
And here are the lyrics:
In forest by lake and through hills I will roam
To find and defend that which I call my home
A beacon of order! A promise of wealth!
Oh Cambia, give my family health
From flower to flower the blessed bee goes
And brings golden riches that keep us from woe
The stag’s in the meadow and the key’s in the lock.
Oh Cambia in you we place our stock.
[instrumental]
So help me get into my armour and let me gather my arms,
For I will die and fight and suffer to keep my loved ones from harm!
[instrumental]
And stand man and woman, yea stand up as one!
For through our community wars will be won.
We fight and if needed we give our lives here.
Oh Cambia, your name lives through the years!