[Intro — Female Radio Voice, Low Bass and Static] This is Titans Maw Radio. Splitstone Ford. Rexor is advancing from the west. Bastion holds the eastern bank. And if you're wondering where Morrow is— Watch the water. [Instrumental Intro — Heavy Bass Riff, Floor Toms, Guitars Enter] [Verse 1 — Rexor, Gritty Male Lead] I came down through the leaning pines, With hungry shadows at my heels. One narrow ford between the banks— Let's see how solid stone can feel. Bastion stood beyond the foam, His horns already pointing low. I told him, “Move. We're coming through.” He answered, “Then you'll come through me.” [Pre-Chorus — Bastion, Deep Male Vocal] There are smaller feet behind this line. You don't get past because you're loud. I've got no throne for you to take— Just ground I'm standing on right now. [Chorus — Morrow, Powerful Female Lead] No king owns the river! No roar can turn the tide! You can shake the earth beneath us— You don't choose who stands aside! Bring your teeth against the current, Bring your thunder to the shore— This water knows no master, And it's heard your kind before! [Instrumental — Thrash Riff, Double-Kick Acceleration] [Verse 2 — Bastion, Forceful Male Lead] He hit the shallows like a landslide, I met his weight beneath the spray. My horn caught Rexor's left shoulder— Still he would not turn away. He drove me back against the gravel, I dug in hard and held my ground. Then from the track behind my flank, I heard that heavy club come round. [Verse 3 — Rampart, Rough Female Lead] They tried the narrow eastern track, I turned my armour to the rush. One swing against the leading charge Sent his flankers scrambling through the brush. “Bastion, hold! I've got this side!” The next wave gathered in the reeds. I planted all four feet again— And hoped he'd heard the strain in me. [Radio Break — Morrow, Controlled Female Voice] Rexor's second wave is waiting on the western bank. They need the deeper channel to get around the defence. That's unfortunate. I'm in it. [Instrumental Battle — Extended Twin-Guitar Solo, Bass Counter-Riff] [Drum Break — Rolling Toms into Half-Time] [Bridge — Morrow, Low Female Lead, Doom Groove] I took the channel at his back, His second wave stayed on the bank. He looked from horn to rising sail— His followers would come no farther. He backed out slowly, facing east, One shoulder dark against the sun. I let him reach the western stones. A wounded king is still a dangerous one. [Rexor — Low, Spoken] This isn't over. [Morrow — Quiet, Spoken] Then learn the crossing. [Final Chorus — Morrow Lead, Male and Female Responses] No king owns the river! [All — No king!] No roar can turn the tide! You can shake the earth beneath us— You don't choose who stands aside! Bring your teeth against the current, Bring your thunder to the shore— This water knows no master, And it's heard your kind before! [Outro Riff — Heavy Guitar and Bass in Unison] [Outro — Morrow, Radio Voice] Eastern bank: Bastion and Rampart. Western ridge: Rexor, wounded and withdrawing. Deep channel: still occupied. The ford remains contested. Don't mistake a quiet bank for peace. This is Titans Maw Radio. Keep listening.
