SONG III — MARCH THROUGH THE DEMONWEB (Troy) Vel'karis is dead, but the Web stretches onward. Every strand beneath our feet hums with the will of the Spider Queen. Somewhere ahead waits Lolth herself. Veilleux Company... forward. (Thorgrim) Aye. Into the giant spider nest. Just where I always wanted to spend my evening. (Old Ben) If I survive this place, I'm never leaving a tavern again. The pathways wind through endless darkness. Beneath them the Abyss yawns without end. Faces trapped in the stone scream for mercy as the Company marches deeper. (Annie) The souls below... they're still alive... (Brawll) Then we keep moving. We cannot help them if we fall. (Troy) One step. One battle. One victory at a time. (All Voices) March through the Demonweb Fire in our veins tonight March through the Demonweb Steel and courage be our light Hold together Hold the line Face the darkness One last time The fog thickens. Eight red eyes appear above them. (Druna) Phase spiders! The creatures blink in and out of existence, striking from impossible angles. Eric vanishes into shadow and reappears behind one. Druna's runes ignite silver blue. Thorgrim smashes another from the bridge. Brawll grabs one by its legs and hurls it screaming into the Abyss. (Old Ben) That never stops being funny. The Web trembles beneath their feet. A hunting party of driders descends from above, poisoned arrows raining through the darkness. (Druna) Shields up! Take the captain! Troy deflects venom with storm charged steel. Eric cuts webs from the air. Druna duels the captain blade to blade. Thorgrim headbutts a drider off the bridge. (Thorgrim) Gravity remains undefeated! (All Voices) March through the Demonweb Fire in our veins tonight March through the Demonweb Steel and courage be our light Hold together Hold the line Face the darkness One last time The pathway opens into a chamber the size of a kingdom. Spider eggs fill the walls. Silk cocoons hang from the ceiling. Thousands of creatures crawl beneath the shadows. (Annie) By the Light... (Old Ben) Nope. (Brawll) Burn it. The Company charges. Druna becomes a storm of silver steel. Troy's lightning tears through silk. Thorgrim's hammer shatters eggs by the hundreds. Eric moves like living shadow. Brawll crashes through the swarm like a siege engine. The breeding pit burns. (Troy) Look around you! This is why we fight. Every world caught in this Web. Every soul chained by fear. Tonight we cut another strand. (Druna) The darkness is endless only to those who stop walking. (Annie) No one fights alone. (Brawll) No one falls alone. (Thorgrim) And if anyone does fall, I'm throwing them back up. (Old Ben) That's not how falling works. (Thorgrim) Details. (All Voices) March through the Demonweb Fire in our veins tonight March through the Demonweb Steel and courage be our light Hold together Hold the line Face the darkness One last time The Web suddenly goes silent. A tear opens in reality. Yochlol handmaidens emerge from living silk, their forms shifting between beauty and nightmare. (Eric) The demon sees them. It wants blood. (Troy) Then tell it to wait its turn. The battle erupts. Venom flies. Claws tear through stone. The Web shakes beneath the fury. Eric nearly loses control. (Whispering Demon Voice) Let me out... (Eric) No. I choose my own fate. The shadows explode around him as he drives forward beside his friends. (Brawll) THAT'S IT! (Troy) COMPANY! WITH ME! The final charge begins. Druna's blades blaze like stars. Thorgrim laughs as he charges three demons alone. Old Ben somehow survives everything. Annie's light keeps the wounded standing. Eric's shadows tear through silk and nightmare. Brawll crushes monsters beneath his fists. Far ahead, through the fog... A palace of black silk rises above the Abyss. Eight shadows move upon a distant throne. The Spider Queen waits. (Troy) Tomorrow we face a goddess. (Druna) Then tomorrow she learns who we are. (All Voices) March through the Demonweb Fire in our veins tonight March through the Demonweb Steel and courage be our light Hold together Hold the line Through the darkness Through the fire March through the Demonweb March through the Demonweb For tomorrow we make war on gods. The Web falls silent. The Company marches on.
