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Artwork by
N.C. Wyeth

Quarry of the Menhir Carver

from Nimueh's Gift

September 6th, 2021
13 tracks
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Quarry of the Menhir Carver
Elyvilon
Down the dusty road he walks, winged helmet light in hand. In the warm dawn light he strides past the bard's lofty home and through the gates beyond. As he draws near, above the birdsong begins to rise the faint and contented whistling of the Menhir carver, punctuated by the judicious strikes of his chisel. A tune that went something like this...
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A clarion horn calls. Rich in timbre it be, and mirthful in deed. The cry of a noble soul yearning for the righting of wrongs, the seizing of glories, the finding of peace. The great ringing of unfathomable trumpets, wreathed in the deepest fog, the most sacrosanct of truths hidden within us all. It resonates in every beast of the field and in every bird of the heavens, and truly, in the hearts of all.

Go now! Strike out and find its tune! For art thou not strong of sinew and stout of heart? Find it in the gleaming sword held aloft o'er the waves, in the tranquility of a bucolic expanse, in the levity of a companion's embrace, in the shimmering golden eternities locked within the light that streams through the boughs of the trees. Go now and become! Go now and ascend! Go now and find yourself, wherever you may be. For there in the most unlikely of places, if you let yourself listen, you may just hear its song.

Credits

All tracks written and performed on synthesizer by Elyvilon.
Mixed and mastered by Tristan Feilla in collaboration with Mark Stewart and Barrow Hoard Records. Cover design by Tristan Feilla, utilizing N.C. Wyeth's "The Green Knight Preparing to Battle Sir Beaumains" (ca 1922).