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====== The Ballad of Thistle's Top ======
<color #c8bfe7>by Raven duKassen</color>

  * __The Ballad of Thistle's Top__
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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.
  * -
  * 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