Over Halas (House Item)

Book Text
"Over Halas" by Nicholl Silverfrost of Clan MacNeacail, bard. This is an excerpt from a much larger poem that describes the Shattering, its impact on the Northlands and how even after living in the south for generations, the Northmen dream of returning home.

Though snow fell soft as silk Upon stone and street, now silent Flames and fire finished Halas Stone rains falling from the sky My father's fathers were there My mother's mothers as well Standing uncertain, outside the walls Across the sky, the moons aglow Gazing upwards, seeing the stars Breathing in the beauty of the night Then in silence, a shining spark A streak through Luclin's side Stars are simply ice in the sky Snow and ice surround Halas The lake's icy surface gleams In the reflected light of stars Across the silent, snowy hills Snow sparkles in the sun And under the stars as well The sky, streaked with silver And so they stared upwards The father of my fathers And mother of my mothers Stars across the moon like tears All now look towards Luclin Packs on shoulders strapped Sledges pulled along the trails In splendor and silence, Luclin falls Falls now on Halas stone rains Fires feasting upon our fortress Streets of stone burst beneath The fiery tears of the falling moon Orcs could not crumble her Nor gnolls gnaw at her bones Over Halas, Luclin shattered Into silver stars across the sky Sons of the fathers before us And Northland daughters wait as well For day we find our way northward For the day we rebuild our home