Skywind - Blatta Hateria - Female Imperial

Skywind - Eraldil - Female Bosmer

A Guild Wars 2 tribute song inspired by and based off of this post: http://gamer-redr.tumblr.com/post/123261966723/fiercy-and-stronger-little-charr-sleeping

Original melody written by me and orchestrated by @john-robert-matz

Lyrics adapted and written by me.

Thanks to @ArenaNet for creating Guild Wars 2.

Lyrics: 

Fierce and strong my little Charr,
How I wonder what you are.
Iron, Ash, or Blood you’ll choose,
Whichever way, you cannot lose.
 
Sleep has come my little Charr,
Far away with the Fahrar.
Running ‘round with swords and bows,
Hunting traitors, killing ghosts.
 
You will grow my little Charr,
And I will watch you from afar.
Perhaps someday destiny
Will bring you back to fight with me.
 
You will travel through the night,
An endless wave of foes to fight.
You must know you’re not alone
With your warband you are home.
 
Fierce and strong my little charr,
Sleeping under this same star.
Close your eyes and breathe the night
And think of me with the first light.


Guild Wars 2 - A Charr Lullaby

A Guild Wars 2 tribute song inspired by the exile and displacement of the Norn.

Listen to the first in the GW2 series here: https://soundcloud.com/thornheart/guild-wars-2-a-charr-lullaby

Original melody written by me and @john-robert-matz and orchestrated by him as well.

Lyrics written by me.

Thanks to @ArenaNet for creating Guild Wars 2.

Apologies to the people of Iceland for mutilating their language.


Lyrics:

Gone are the mountains and towering peaks
No more, no more
We are sundered from them

Gone are the brooks and bubbling creeks
No more, no more
We are sundered from them

Gone are the halls and hearths of home
No more, no more
We are sundered from them

Gone are the places of our father’s bones
No more, no more
We are sundered from them

ís sker hjarta þínu eins og sársauka hníf, 
en við munum aldrei sjá heimili okkar

(Ice pierces your heart like the pain of a knife,
but we’ll never see our homes)

We are sundered from them


Gone are the shrines and temples of old
No more, no more
We are sundered from them

Gone are our legends and the stories we told
No more, no more 
We are sundered from them

Gone are the spirits down into the mists
No more, no more
We are sundered from them

Lost are our homelands in the Dragon’s cold fist
Forever more 
We are sundered from them

ís sker hjarta þínu eins og sársauka hníf, 
en við munum aldrei sjá heimili okkar

We are sundered from them

We are sundered from them



Notes:  While the Norn are generally a hopeful people and canonically most of them believe they will someday defeat Jormag and take back the Far Shiverpeaks, as a writer I wanted to explore what the underside of that looked like.  For a race with such strong connections to the past, how would they feel about the loss of their ancestral home?  On long cold nights around a fire, where is hope then?  

Enjoy the despair~

Guild Wars 2 - Lament For The Shiverpeaks

A Guild Wars 2 tribute song inspired by the Sylvari and the Pale Tree.

Music written and orchestrated by @john-robert-matz

Lyrics written by me.

Performed by me.

Thanks to @ArenaNet for creating Guild Wars 2.


Lyrics:

Dream
The pale tree
Watches over you

Dream 
And sleep
‘Neath my boughs

The night out there is dark
And horrors surround you
But here you’re safe and warm
I will stay by your side

So dream
For the pale tree 
Watches over you

Dream
Feel the breeze 
Soft and light

When the path to you seems lost
And hope is uncertain
Just listen for my voice
I will show you the way

The dawn still waits for you
Beyond the horizon
Turn to face the glow
And follow the sun

But for now

Dream
As the pale tree watches over you

Dream
You are safe here tonight


Guild Wars 2 - Song Of The Pale Tree

A Guild Wars 2 tribute song inspired by the fall of the human kingdoms, the absence of the Six Gods, and the decline of Kryta.

Listen to the first in the GW2 series here: Thornheart – Guild-wars-2-a-charr-lullaby

Original melody written by me and @john-robert-matz and orchestrated by him as well.

Lyrics written by me.

Performed by me.

Thanks to @ArenaNet for creating Guild Wars 2.

Lyrics:

The light is fading
Our time comes to an end
Like a dimming sunset
A lamp lost round a bend

Our cities once golden
Spires glint in the sun
All have fallen to shadow
Our day here is done

The gods are still quiet
We’ve been left here alone
To dwindle in darkness
And fight on our own

But you will endure
You will reach to the last
Long after we’ve crumbled
And our glories are passed.

A single reminder
Of a place that’s now gone
Of the greatest of heroes 
This world’s ever known

And if someday you hear them
Like a wind through the trees
Our silent guardians
Fall to your knees

Shield your eyes…

Look up to the skies…

And Kryta shall be reborn.




Guild Wars 2 - Prayer For A New Day

A Guild Wars 2 tribute song inspired by Golemancy, the Eternal Alchemy, and the fine line many Asura walk between brilliance and madness.

Listen to the first in the GW2 series here: https://soundcloud.com/thornheart/guild-wars-2-a-charr-lullaby

Original melody written by me and @john-robert-matz and orchestrated by him as well.

Lyrics written by me.

Performed by me.

Thanks to @ArenaNet for creating Guild Wars 2.

Lyrics:

Magic, science 
There’s only this left 
Complex antinomics -
A duel to the death
 
Rules were made
for only this:
To be bent and broken

How can they,
silence me,
when I haven’t spoken?

Backed into the wall
the dark is falling fast,
Forced to make a choice
Now the die is cast

Who says I can’t 
Stack the deck
In my favor

Time has come to watch me conquer
 

So
Rise my friends
With this tiny spark of life
 
And
Fight my friends
Push aside this tide of night
 
My brilliance in your metal hands
The time has come for you to stand
So open up
And meet your maker.
 
Elusive calculations
Beyond what they can see
Dancing in the infinite
Eternal alchemy
 
Who says our lives
Are just 
Points of data

We were made to last forever

So
Rise my friends
With this tiny spark of life
 
And
Fight my friends
Push aside this tide of night
 
My brilliance in your metal hands
The time has come for you to stand
So open up
And meet your maker
Open up
And meet your maker
Open up
And meet your maker
Now.



(Note: We had fun playing around with something more upbeat and ended up with something very different than our previous songs.  I hope you enjoy!)

Guild Wars 2 - Requiem For A Golemancer

An in-universe song for a recent D&D campaign.

D&D Harvest Song

A Guild Wars 2 tribute song about the life- and loss- of the beloved Sylvari Firstborn, Trahearne. 

(Headphones recommended) 

Made in collaboration with roderickvonhogshipping.tumblr.com, @john-robert-matz, and Chris Garden.

Lyrics based on the poem by roderickvonhogshipping.tumblr.com, and adapted by me.

Original melody written by me and @john-robert-matz and orchestrated by him as well.

Irish Whistle performed by Chris Garden

Sung by me.

Thanks to @ArenaNet for creating Guild Wars 2.

Lyrics:

Walk the lonely paths of Orr,
forget the scent of grass,
the gentle breeze and sweet sunbeams 
now things of distant past. 

Walk the lonely paths of Orr,
forget the warmth of light,
the soothing rain that eased your pain
now stings you in its plight.

Walk the lonely paths of Orr,
The answers still unknown;
to heal a land, dead and unmanned 
you lose the paths of home. 


But though the horrors linger
You put them all to bed
Corruption’s own harbinger
“They are not stars,”  you said. 


Walk the paths of Maguuma,
the heart of all your fears,
you are defied by once allied; 
the Pact betrayal sears. 

Walk the paths of Maguuma,
forget the shine of night,
those hopeful stars; once close, now far, 
shadowed by Dragon’s might.   

Walk the paths of Maguuma,
From dusk to night, dark climbs,
you shall be numb to Dragon’s hum, 
Now dusk is night, 'tis time. 


And though the horrors linger
You put them all to bed
The Dragon’s own harbinger
“Now strike me down,” you said. 


Walk the path of distant dreams,
Recall the warmth of sun,
Mend your seams in dreaming streams, 
Let your burdens be done. 

Walk the path of distant dreams,
lay down the weight of years
and drift beneath that peaceful sleep, 
Now is our time of tears.

Walk the path of distant dreams,
You do not go unmourned,
Lamenting songs to you belong,
Farewell, dearest Firstborn. 


For though the horrors linger
Please rest your weary head
You were our hope-bringer
Now I’ll be in your stead. 


Please rest your weary head.

Guild Wars 2 - Farewell To The Firstborn

A Guild Wars 2 tribute song about the life- and loss- of the beloved Sylvari Firstborn, Trahearne.

(Headphones recommended)

Made in collaboration with roderickvonhogshipping.tumblr.com, @john-robert-matz, and Chris Garden.

Lyrics based on the poem by roderickvonhogshipping.tumblr.com, and adapted by me.

Original melody written by me and @john-robert-matz and orchestrated by him as well.

Irish Whistle performed by Chris Garden

Sung by me.

Thanks to @ArenaNet for creating Guild Wars 2.

Lyrics:

Walk the lonely paths of Orr,
forget the scent of grass,
the gentle breeze and sweet sunbeams 
now things of distant past.

Walk the lonely paths of Orr,
forget the warmth of light,
the soothing rain that eased your pain
now stings you in its plight.

Walk the lonely paths of Orr,
The answers still unknown;
to heal a land, dead and unmanned 
you lose the paths of home.

But though the horrors linger
You put them all to bed
Corruption’s own harbinger
“They are not stars,” you said.

Walk the paths of Maguuma,
the heart of all your fears,
you are defied by once allied; 
the Pact betrayal sears.

Walk the paths of Maguuma,
forget the shine of night,
those hopeful stars; once close, now far, 
shadowed by Dragon’s might.

Walk the paths of Maguuma,
From dusk to night, dark climbs,
you shall be numb to Dragon’s hum, 
Now dusk is night, 'tis time.

And though the horrors linger
You put them all to bed
The Dragon’s own harbinger
“Now strike me down,” you said.

Walk the path of distant dreams,
Recall the warmth of sun,
Mend your seams in dreaming streams, 
Let your burdens be done.

Walk the path of distant dreams,
lay down the weight of years
and drift beneath that peaceful sleep, 
Now is our time of tears.

Walk the path of distant dreams,
You do not go unmourned,
Lamenting songs to you belong,
Farewell, dearest Firstborn.

For though the horrors linger
Please rest your weary head
You were our hope-bringer
Now I’ll be in your stead.

Please rest your weary head.

Guild Wars 2 - Farewell To The Firstborn (High Quality)

The video game appreciation and fandom-content creation Soundcloud account of voice actress Kaite Brandt.

Professional Soundcloud can be found at:  https://soundcloud.com/katiematz

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