more poetry dribble from the mess of a story in my head. Firstly a bit of commentary from Seth(well his alter-ego anyway)that talks a bit about the political situation in the beginning of the story. As bit of an explanation on the government of Islin; It is a Monarchy (always ruled by a queen) but a new Queen is chosen every twenty years by the Joint Council made up of the heads of the Noble Houses, Guild leaders, and the High Priests of different faiths. The New Queen is always a female blood relative of the current Queen who has put in a petition to be considered. There a list of criteria that has to be met before you can even put a petition in, including three years living with the lower classes. The current Queen is ill with three years left in her term and only two have put in their petitions; the Queen's youngest cousin, Winnedell and the Queen's niece Rÿche. So when Prince Ethan's(the Queen's son) daughter Laura-Jane arrives at the University it causes a bit of a stir. there is a lot more background involving the first queen Glorianna and the founding of Islin and how the country has drifted from her vision for it but I'm still working out all the details. Like I said, it's just a big mess in my head right now...
Anyways, this would be Seth on the state of the country before Laura's arrival:
Good Morning and Welcome [Jimmy Shadow]
Good morning and welcome
To the end of an age
Islin's a powder-keg
Of political rage
Our glory is tarnished
Our values a lie
But I never believed
In live and let die
Son of a noble and a gypsy bitch
I have no patience for the lives of the rich
I had it all but I threw it away
No one's ever gonna tell me what to say
Winnedell's just a clone of the Queen
Stagnation of tradition is the name of the scene
Stick with her and watch the Monarchy rust
Nothing will change, that's what we can trust
I pity all the working class heroes
Her wardrobe alone
Will turn the treasury to zeros
Welcome to the breakdown
Watch Glorianna's vision burn to the ground
Why are we just standing idly by?
Does nobody care that we're living a lie?
Glorianna your children betrayed you
All signs agree that Islin's dream is through
We all heard the rumors of Rÿche's tragedy
But she doesn't get much sympathy from me
Poisoned honey falls from her lips
And I don't wanna be here when the mask slips
Can you hear the mission-bells ringing?
Their mournful hymns
Are all that we'll be singing
So, good morning and welcome
To the end of an age
Islin is falling
Let's throw a parade
All hope is gone
So fare thee well
Three years from now
I'll see you in hell
and now the thoughts of Ethan Mars and Kieran Drayke (Laura and Sam's fathers) on the decisions they made to try and save their country:
Father's Lament [Ethan, Kieran]
I can never ask for your forgiveness
I did what must be done
But will our hope's survival
Be worth a daughter's love?
You must be beyond dispute
When you put your paper in
For if the favored daughter rises
Islin's doomed again
A danger now is waking
And stretching in the west
And none who See now can say
If we'll survive the final test
And so I cut all ties with you
But leave you with my name
I can never be your father
Just another player in the game
My burden now I pass too you
It's weight your soul bescars
A demon on a leash
To protect the Star of Mars
Glorianna's dream is fading
And pious snakes are creeping in
Blood to blood the war is starting
Steeped in purity and sin
Don't think your heart will never fail
You won't be always in the right
And no one now can comfort you
From your terrors in the night
So keep the Star from straying
And don't think that you'll survive
You won't ever be the same again
If you make it out alive
My friend, My loyal brother
What have we doomed our children too?
We've given up our future
So Islin will make it through
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