Xun Velkyn (Huntress Song)

"Huntress Song" ist die rituelle Selbstoffenbarung einer Drow-Jägerin kurz vor einer heiligen Jagd im Namen der Spinnenkönigin Lloth. Die Geschichte spielt in der Dunkelheit des Underdark (Unterwelt). Die Jägerin spricht nicht zu Gefährten, sondern wie in einer fanatischen Zwiesprache zu ihrer Göttin. Sie beschreibt die Jagd nicht als einfachen Kampf, sondern als ein bereits gewebtes Schicksal – ein Netz, in dem die Beute gefangen ist, bevor sie überhaupt erkennt, dass sie verfolgt wird. ‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐ Story: "Huntress Song" is the ritual self-revelation of a drow huntress shortly before a sacred hunt in the name of the Spider Queen Lloth. The story unfolds in the darkness of the Underdark. The huntress does not speak to companions; instead, she addresses her goddess in a fanatical, intimate dialogue. She describes the hunt not merely as a battle, but as a destiny already woven—a web in which the prey is ensnared before it even realizes it is being pursued. ‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐---‐‐‐ [Vocal | Female | bright, razor-sharp, cold, ecstatic | ancient Drow-inspired ritual speech] [Verse I] Lloth... zhaun usstan vel'kyn... Dos pholor believe the surface hides them... Vel'uss jal... dos ssin fragile... Lloth's web reaches where light cannot. [Verse II] Dos vel'kyn walk above... Dos never hear the shadow behind... Every ssin remembers their path... Every jal returns to Lloth's will. [Verse III] Usstan's black arrows carry zhaun... Beyond the lands of the sun... Beyond forgotten borders... No distance escapes Lloth's gaze. [Verse IV] Dos flee from the dark... Yet carry darkness within... Dos believe themselves free... Only because the web waits. [Verse V] Usstan follow without haste... The hunt is chosen before the first step... The web is woven... The thread is already closed. [Verse VI] Usstan seek no glory... Only the silence of the unseen path... To walk where Lloth whispers... And never lose the scent of destiny. [Verse VII] Those who abandon pholor... Will remember the stone beneath... Every road returns... Every shadow comes home. [Verse VIII] Lloth... Zhaun usstan beneath Your endless web... Guide the hand of Your servant... Until only Your silence remains.