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Artwork by
N.C. Wyeth

Bold Bertilak, Bester of Boars

from Nimueh's Gift

September 6th, 2021
13 tracks
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Bold Bertilak, Bester of Boars
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Bold Bertilak, Bester of Boars
Elyvilon
No, I seek no battle, I assure you truly: Those about me in this hall are but beardless children. If I were locked in my armour on a great horse, No one here could match me with their feeble powers. Therefore, I ask of the court a Christmas game...
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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).