Lead Male (Troy): righteous, powerful, overly confident, deep heroic tone Secondary Male (Eric): slightly darker, sharper, slightly higher Female Choir: angelic, layered, soaring I am Troy of the Isle, Paladin of the Light, Sword of Valorn blazing, cutting shadows from the night. And this beside me, silent as a whisper in the dark, Is Eric the Ruthless, whose dagger never misses its mark. He walks the edge of evil, but his loyalty runs deep, He guards me in the shadows while the gods watch as I sleep. We climbed the Barrier Peaks where the cold winds roar, Past shattered keeps and bones on the floor. The Grand Duke’s warning echoed through the stone, Strange beasts rising from the great unknown. My holy blade gleamed with fireproof light, Eric slipped into darkness, hungry for the fight. Brothers in the dark where the metal mountains rise, One sworn to heaven, one born of silent lies. Through steel‑lined halls where the lost world sleeps, We fight as one in the Barrier Peaks. The metal door hissed open with a cold blue glow, A ship from distant stars buried deep below. Robots stirred awake with a hum and a glare, Vegepygmies crawled from shadows, spores thick in the air. Eric rolled a perfect twenty, turning ambush into flight, While I charged like thunder, holy blade burning bright. But deeper in the corridors the drums began to pound, A massive tribe of vegepygmies rose up from the ground. Eric’s dagger flew, every throw a perfect strike, Exploding arrows lit the dark like fire in the night. And I seized one creature with my giant‑strength hands, Ripped it clean in half as its tribe broke ranks and ran. Invisible steps on a silent floor, Eric slips past death like he’s done before. Coda at his side, massive and wild, A shadow‑born wolf guarding death’s own child. Fire and faith, steel and deceit, Two brothers walking where worlds collide and meet. Exploding arrows lighting up the deep, As we carve our fate in the Barrier Peaks. In the hydroponic jungle where strange vines creep, A scorpion‑thing descended from the shadows deep. Its venom burned like fire, Eric fell to his knees, Breathing slow, fading fast, like a dying breeze. I struck the beast down, but his pulse grew faint, My brother slipping away like a half‑spoken prayer. Then the air grew warm with a shimmering glow, Leaves swirling softly in the cold ship’s flow. Annie the Druid stepped from emerald light, Her hands raised high to challenge death’s bite. Nature’s power surged through her gentle command, Healing Eric’s wounds with a touch of her hand. Eric opened his eyes as the poison lost its hold, Strength returning slowly like a story retold. Annie whispered softly, her voice calm and true, I am always with you, my love, then vanished from view. But the ship began to tremble as darkness closed in tight, I staggered to one knee, drained from endless fight. Metal beasts surrounded me, their shadows growing long, My holy blade lay silent, no strength left in my song. Then a thunderclap shattered the cold steel air, A blaze of silver lightning tore the darkness bare. Maral the Sorceress stepped through the blinding white, Her eyes burning brighter than the stars of night. She knelt beside me, her voice fierce and true, Is this how you honor all the Veilleuxs before you? You must RISE and FIGHT, she cried with fire in her breath, Stand tall, my love, defy the jaws of death. I give you the strength of a Storm Giant’s hand. A flash of light exploded, shaking all the land. The enemies screamed, blinded by the blast, As I rose like thunder, unbroken at last. RISE! RISE! RISE! (angelic voices lifting through the sky) RISE! RISE! RISE! (heaven calling me to fight) RISE! RISE! RISE! (lifting me higher and higher) My armor blazed with holy fire, brighter than the sun, The Sword of Valorn roared as if the war had just begun. Storm‑born power surged through every vein, A titan awakened, breaking every chain. I raised my blade and charged into the light, Shouting with fury, FOR VALORN!!! as I rejoined the fight. Through radiation storms and vegepygmy swarms, Past broken labs and alien forms, We reached the core where the ship still dreamed, A dying machine with a will that screamed. Eric’s arrows burst like a newborn storm, And I struck true, my holy blade reborn. Brothers unbroken, forged in fire and steel, One heart of mercy, one heart that will not kneel. From the stars’ lost tomb to the mountain’s peaks, Our legend echoes — the Brothers of the Barrier Peaks. Troy of the Isle, blessed by the Light, Eric the Ruthless, shadow‑born knight. Good and evil walking side by side, Two brothers bound — no force can divide.
