By Wyn Roth

• Oh, I'll tell ye a tale that's not so old
• A tale of the brave, the proud and the bold.
• The tale of the dragon who eyes bright glowed,
• The Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
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• Yes, the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
• Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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• 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
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• So the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
• Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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• 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
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• Did the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
• Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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• 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.
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• For the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
• Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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• 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
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• By the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
• Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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• 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
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• Flew the Dragon who lived in the sewers-O.
• Fol-de-rol-de rolo-o
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• 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.
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• 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!

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.