Men of courage, men of strength!
Come and join my swordband!
Coursing over the great sea black!
Setting sail to the eastern lands!
Men of the sword and the axe!
Wield your iron on my commands!
Row at the oars, all at once!
Riches will run through our hands!
Raiders of the north,
feared by all!
Plunderers of Wilderland,
Cast from our homes!
Men of fury, men of rage!
Show your mettle with the blade!
Give them nightmares that never fade!
The memory of us like fire's blaze!
Setting out, earning fame!
Dark men's hoards gleam all the same!
Land the ship, over the keel!
To crush Svertingjar beneath our heels!
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Long we have waited!
To fight till the death!
We've picked up our weapons!
To wage battle far away!
With our leader yelling in anger
our spirits howl like beasts
woken from a restless slumber
awaken with bloodthirsty glee
Splitters of skulls
Breakers of bones
Throttlers of gorges
Slitters of throats
The houses are burning,
corpsemeat is baking,
while we drink beer and mead,
while we sing of our gruesome deeds!
Fear and pain unknown to us,
less even is peace.
We only love endless turmoil,
and woman's touch!
Blood stains the ground,
Only wind dares make a sound,
Those unwilling to die,
In all directions fly!
Our hearts cold as ice,
the chief blows victory's horn!
The svertingjar beaten,
having felt our iron's scorn!
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Mountains grey I have seen,
I have traveled over the dreadful seas,
I have survived through the worst,
to slake my lasting bloodthirst,
Look me in the eyes
empty of love, like sunless skies,
I share Men's Gift in my stride,
Bloody the trail, leaking from my boots.
I can not lie, deep is the cavern,
where my blackened heart,
beats a grim tune,
Till I meet my own doom.
An entire life of bloodshed,
red-stained silver in my hands,
the smell of burning rooftops in my nostrils,
and the stink of the dead.
Can you sense, I do not care?
At the dead, lying before my feet,
There's a predator to be seen,
from the depths of my glare.
I have bile, laying on my mind,
the cries of the fearful, make me smile,
The goddesses weep at my onslaught,
Till I get paid my due in this life.
I am the one that cuts the thread,
of your existence on this earth,
It does not matter,
man, woman or child!
- On Bjorstein
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Wandering in the murky wood,
walked a man by day, but a beast by night,
When twilight came and the moon,
made him hungry and feral his mood,
When darkness came to his mind,
urges began to stir his limbs,
Eyes would stand far and wide,
teeth gleamed in the cloud-dimmed light.
Deep is the night,
lingering in his heart.
From within the Murky Wood,
He came with a want for blood!
Fire was in his eyes!
Foaming at the mouth!
Drooping his wet tongue!
There would be killing tonight!
"WAOUUU!!!"
This danger from the north,
made lame with fright his prey,
in his hands he wielded death!
His ravenous hunger,
demanding nourishment with meat!
The silence of night,
ripped apart by screams!
"AAAH!"
Victims of him were found,
mercilessly slain,
beneath the glaring eye of the moon,
his crimes gave him no shame.
with his hands red-stained,
he'd feed on his price,
by bestial fury gained,
the man from the wilds!
- On Forstrang
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Styrk was a man hailing from Wilderland,
Cunning was his mind and itching were his hands!
Raised with stories of six princes bold,
Gave thought of glory and bathing in streams of gold!
He'd gather the youths, set sail to foreign shores!
A swift adventurous cruise, woe to ancestral foes!
Before he even had the chance, fate had decreed,
That he must avenge his young niece!
The mother clamored with red hot tears,
Her brother would send the monster far from here,
But our man had other plans in mind,
Resolving the issue with the first weapon he would find,
He found the abuser alone in a yurt,
declaring how he reveled in her hurt,
Such behavior belongs to the realm of the Orc,
And ended his life with his fists and a fork,
Not long after, chieftain sent him on his way,
Till he made amends, till unfair debt was paid!
According to some now the man is dead,
Yet still he wakes in many a maiden's bed!
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Uxinn is what my mother had me named,
it was after the first thing as a babe that I ate!
Others call me brute, monster and a fool,
This not my want, that my mashed nose so often drools!
But call me not a man soft in the head,
I'll butt you down till you're bruised and red!
For wit I care not, I trust in the power of my arm!
Better not challenge me if you dislike being harmed!
Many I have sent flying off their feet!
Svertings, Northmen, once a raging snow beast!
Fors, Bjor and Styrk are all the friends that I need!
To share drink, laughter with an occasional fist-born-beat!
I am Uxinn, champion of the wrestling art!
Like a battering ram, with the deadliness of Forstrang's farts!
I am Uxinn the champion that his foes wrecks!
Maybe one day you'll have the honor to feel how my arm squeezes shut your neck!
Hahaha!
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Wyrms are racing from the horizon,
Splitting the waves of the raging sea
High their heads cruel and horned,
buckling up, carrying their deadly progeny
Teeth grin their malice,
Enjoying the danger they're in,
Many are this malice,
to eat gold, silver and gems!
In spite of boredom, hunger and pain,
there's cause for grim roaring,
From the nearing shores the resound of wails,
Wide mindless eyes, the prey beholding!
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Forward! Forward!
Over the seas!
Forward! Forward!
With courage in our hearts x2
The day passes,
the mist fades away,
the port vanishes from sight!
We traverse new waters,
a new adventure this journey,
our fates remains mystery!
We look for battle,
Women and beer,
Searching for eternal fame!
Honour to the gods,
who's foes,
we'll reward,
with crimson death!
Forward! Forward!
Over the seas!
Forward! Forward!
With courage in our hearts x2
The sails are a bowl,
catching the western wind,
the horizon hides our fates!
We sacrificed a fowl,
so our snake may swim,
slicing through the waves!
The salty spray in our faces,
fills us with joy,
as we skate over waves,
towards our goal,
we will fly,
the gods will be pleased!
Far from home,
overseas,
in red evening's glow,
the northern stars,
guide our path,
leading to our fates! x4
Forward! Forward!
Over the seas!
Forward! Forward!
With courage in our hearts x2
