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 <color #c8bfe7>By Wyn Roth</color>
-Oh, I'll tell ye a tale that's not so old
+  * Oh, I'll tell ye a tale that's not so old
-A tale of the brave, the proud and the bold.
+  * A tale of the brave, the proud and the bold.
-The tale of the dragon who eyes bright glowed,
+  * The tale of the dragon who eyes bright glowed,
-The Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * The Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * -
+  * Yes, the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
+  * -
+  * Oh, once the zoo kept beasts that thought
+  * With no concern for if they ought
+  * Until the queen with sympathy
+  * Did speak the words that set them free
+  * Their keepers groaned and grumbled loud
+  * But swore an oath they’d not be cowed
+  * -
+  * So the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
+  * -
+  * The unbowed keepers went neath ground
+  * With dragon’s egg that they had found
+  * They raised the young, til mother came
+  * And put an end to their mad game
+  * She raised her young, in filth and grime
+  * And hunted in the woods, part-time
+  * -
+  * Did the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
+  * -
+  * Poor Wilric rode the dragon’s mouth,
+  * Toward the city, flying south
+  * With Roths and Jackson giving chase
+  * Were hot of foot and red of face
+  * As Claire sends warning to the gate
+  * In hope the troopers won’t be late.
+  * -
+  * For the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
+  * -
+  * Thence deep beneath the city fair
+  * Where few remember, fewer dare.
+  * Did Kezra, Heath and Jackson face
+  * The mother dragon in her base.
+  * The Dragon’s winning, Kezra falls
+  * But Gedd the Ranger’s standing tall
+  * -
+  * By the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
+  * -
+  * His sword at ready, primed to strike,
+  * He saved the youngling from the spike.
+  * Then speaking freely with the dam
+  * Negotiated cunning plan.
+  * The dragons leave the city free
+  * Took wing to forests by the sea
+  * -
+  * Flew the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
+  * -
+  * Youngling did come of age that day
+  * As he beheld the bloody fray.
+  * He chose his name to honour Gedd
+  * T'was Roth, he chose – that thoroughbred,
+  * Gedd and his siblings did respond,
+  * And with tattoos they sealed the bond.
+  * -
+  * T'was young Roth who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
+  * T'was the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
+  * Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o!
-Yes, the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
-Oh, once the zoo kept beasts that thought
+Wyn and his siblings helped to defeat a dragon living in the sewers of the city of Valerez, this how the dragon got his name - and the Roths got their tattoos.
-With no concern for if they ought
-Until the queen with sympathy
-Did speak the words that set them free
-Their keepers groaned and grumbled loud
-But swore an oath they’d not be cowed
-So the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
-The unbowed keepers went neath ground
-With dragon’s egg that they had found
-They raised the young, til mother came
-And put an end to their mad game
-She raised her young, in filth and grime
-And hunted in the woods, part-time
-Did the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
-Poor Wilric rode the dragon’s mouth,
-Toward the city, flying south
-With Roths and Jackson giving chase
-Were hot of foot and red of face
-As Claire sends warning to the gate
-In hope the troopers won’t be late.
-For the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
-Thence deep beneath the city fair
-Where few remember, fewer dare.
-Did Kezra, Heath and Jackson face
-The mother dragon in her base.
-The Dragon’s winning, Kezra falls
-But Gedd the Ranger’s standing tall
-By the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
-His sword at ready, primed to strike,
-He saved the youngling from the spike.
-Then speaking freely with the dam
-Negotiated cunning plan.
-The dragons leave the city free
-Took wing to forests by the sea
-Flew the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
-Youngling did come of age that day
-As he beheld the bloody fray.
-He chose his name to honour Gedd
-T'was Roth, he chose – that thoroughbred,
-Gedd and his siblings did respond,
-And with tattoos they sealed the bond.
-T'was young Roth who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
-T'was the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
-Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o!
-After Wyn  and his siblings helped to defeat a dragon living in the sewers of the city of Valerez.