**Verse 1** In a hollow carved by frost and fear Where the cold wind cuts and the nights bite clear A village swayed in the winter’s moan With walls of sticks and rope alone The undead came with hollow eyes Dragging moonlight from the skies And through the mist the Smolkrs came With pounding paws and eyes aflame **Chorus** Oh, OldWizzard, hear our cry The fires fade, the rivers dry Through the cold and the endless dread Through the undead and the Smolkr’s tread Your magic’s the only light we know In the land of ice and shadow’s glow They came at night when the moon was thin With snarling teeth and a hunger within They tore through rope and shattered bins Spilling grain where the cold wind spins With jaws like hammers they bit through store Dragging meat and bread to their lairs once more And in that hunger, wild and black The people prayed OldWizzard back **Chorus** Oh, OldWizzard, hear our cry The fires fade, the rivers dry Through the cold and the endless dread Through the undead and the Smolkr’s tread Your magic’s the only light we know In the land of ice and shadow’s glow **Verse 3** The undead sang their mournful hymn Bones like knives in the midnight dim Yet from the tavern’s creaking floor OldWizzard stepped once more With a magical word and a staff held high He split the storm from the iron sky He bound the rope, made timbers stand And drove the Smolkrs from the land **Bridge** But power’s price is always steep It’s a promise he still must keep For though the Smolkrs slink away They’ll be back another day **Verse 4** Now the undead shun the village gate And Smolkrs slink to meet their fate The winters still bite, the nights still moan But no one here will face it alone For by the fire in the swaying hall OldWizzard answers every call And when the stars blink cold and thin He whispers, “The fight’s not done… begin.” Oh, OldWizzard, hear our cry The fires fade, the rivers dry Through the cold and the endless dread Through the undead and the Smolkr’s tread
