by Raven duKassen

• The Ballad of Thistle's Top
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• Corlan, Oktar, Lan and Able
• Are the heroes of this fable
• Once before they trod this path
• And how return to vent their wrath
• Better skilled with knowledge shared
• The demon lord will not be spared.
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• Across the broken bridge they crept
• Path and doorway, both unkept
• Then striding proudly through the halls
• They found the goblin birthing stalls
• Then the chambers of man
• From a local, wealthy, clan.
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• Then the baying hounds from hell,
• With fearful, frightful, echoed yell.
• The battle raged both long and hard
• As they battled passed this fearsome guard.
• Though ants and flame and mighty arm
• Kept the heroes safe from harm.
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• Then in the cells a wicked find
• A halfling captive, was confined
• Broken, beaten, nearly dead
• Her clothing ripped, and bare a shred
• But tender care, the party gave
• And offered help to this ex-slave
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• Then deep inside that cursed isle
• Our heroes moved in single file
• Another, came up from behind,
• Robyn, with a single mind,
• Joined the small, rampaging throng
• Became a part of heroes song.
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• Chamber flood from broken wall
• Birthed a monster, and close call
• Crab within a golden helm
• Threatened there to overwhelm
• Until our heroes sent its soul
• To pay its final, lifelong, toll.
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• A pile of coins called sacrifice
• So Robyn paid the asking price
• The temple, cursed in demons name
• Bore an altar all aflame
• With scarce a moment to reflect
• The demon rose, it’s rage unchecked.
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• Oktar with his powerful spell
• And Robyn used his blade to quell.
• Lan and Able sought surprise
• while Corlan conjured to chastise
• The demon fought with claw and tooth,
• But it was slain in name of truth.
• That’s what The Raven saw.
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• The battle won, the demon gone
• Our heroes left with great aplomb
• Back to Sandpoint’s Rusty Dragon
• There to lift a welcome flagon
• Hoping then for restful day
• With the chance to sing and play
• That’s what the Raven saw.

Written as a mini-saga extolling the heroic actions of the party, while clearing out a Goblin nest, just outside the town of Sandpoint