The Zeramin Game
"It was a treacherous year... The year of a tale Told only in legend No one to rule No law of the land The threat of diplomatic Chaos is ever more imminent What is to become of this Imperiled world? Who will unearth the secrets Beneath the shadow of Zera? This is the story of... The Zeramin Game!"
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
(<em>Instrumental</em>)
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 18, 2026
Far across the universe Deep into the unknown There was a world called Xia Forgotten and alone This is the story told Of how a perfect world Could go from unity to disarray And no one knows Of how it all began This is the land of Xia Where there's no telling what the future has in store We've waited 700 years or maybe more to find out why Why every hope is fading away We carry on but we're living day to day There is no promise of redemption In The Land of Xia 700 years ago Thе planet's fate was sealеd A spell cast on history So that nothing was revealed But there's a prophecy For just one man to be A mighty warrior to save us all But no one knows Of who this man could be This is the land of Xia Where there's no telling what the future has in store We've waited 700 years or maybe more to find out why Why every hope is fading away We carry on but we're living day to day There is no promise of redemption In The Land of Xia "Centuries of uncertainty, wonder and fear Just one claim to power unjustly seized By the dreaded and loathsome fiends The Pirates of the Seas!"
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
Nobody knows The terrors of this dreadful place Beyond the clouds Where just the bravest go But never to return Will Zera stay a secret Till the end of time Seasons, they change But Zera remains A place of darkness Consigned to the past Its name now an obscenity to speak aloud Its curse is stronger Than ever before Far across the ocean Out of sight and mind There's an island full of mystery No clue what is hidden inside But there's a thousand deadly reasons Not to go anywhere near It's everything that you fear! Hidden in Zera's Shadow Where nobody dares to go Hundreds of fallen heroes Who marched into the unknown They knew of the terrible terrors But dead men tell no tales The secrets of this evil place Remain forever veiled Someone's living in the shadows Rescuing the secrets That were struck from history But no one else can see That he could find The answers that could still Set them free Coming and going For weeks at a time On a quest to uncover the truth The only one who dares To stand upon the shores And face his nightmares! In his hour of darkness Searching for the light It's become this old man's destiny To learn and stand up and fight But still those thousand deadly reasons Not to go anywhere near Will stand in his way Till he discovers what is here Hidden in Zera's Shadow Where nobody dares to go Hundreds of fallen heroes Who marched into the unknown They knew of the terrible terrors But dead men tell no tales The secrets of this evil place Remain forever veiled Though in the end When the legends are tales no more Will come a story never told before Some day when the chosen one arrives We will be free Saga begun Who is the chosen one Hear us pray Come what may Some day soon It will be no more "And so, the prophecies remain as legend One mysterious traveller Our only hope Fowlen's his name And Zera's his game A man with untold stories of his own But unbeknown to all There lives another A boy longing to prove himself a man His dreams riddled With the forbidden place A boy whose destiny awaits..." Hidden in Zera's Shadow Where nobody dares to go Hundreds of fallen heroes Who marched into the unknown They knew of the terrible terrors But dead men tell no tales The secrets of this evil place Remain forever veiled
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
Till now I've lived a life of mediocrity But no one sees what I can see I know that there's a reason I was born into this world The hero in my dreams could he be me I've learned many things that I am no supposed to know This knowledge is forbidden but I can't just let it go When there's a mystery An unexpected void in history Now is the time to rise above the others And to resurrect the past And journey towards the forbidden skies Some day soon we'll sail across the ocean Some day soon we will go down in history We'll explore into the unknown And our names will be carved in stone Once our mettle has been shown We will be worthy Shame and disappointment is all I'm ever told I'm the one with whom they say the maker slipped and broke the mould I've tried and tried again to be a son, to make him proud But I just can't get my head out of the clouds Fowlen thinks that he's the only one who knows the way But little does he know that we've been watching Every day he goes away We know just what's been leading him astray Now is the time to rise And journey towards the forbidden skies Some day soon we'll sail across the ocean Some day soon we will go down in history We'll explore into the unknown And our names will be carved in stone Once our mettle has been shown We will be worthy Some day soon we'll sail across the ocean Some day soon we will go down in history We'll explore into the unknown And our names will be carved in stone With our hope and faith alone We'll end this story Once our mettle has been shown We will be worthy
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
As time passes by In a world that's full of wonder The past still hidden under A spell cast long ago Lived a boy and his friend Always dreaming of the answer Should they stay or should they go To this place so far away (Ah) There's a voice that keeps calling Shadows are falling away (Ah) And when the day comes for glory The end of the story begins Come follow us Into the fray We'll spread our wings And we'll take you away Just carry on And a new day will dawn When tomorrow comes And night turns to day Through the ages of time There's a flame that keeps burning We've had enough of learning And waiting for the day You have failed to believe In our raw determination Now we go we cannot stay Our future lies so far away (Ah)There's a voice that keeps calling Shadows are falling away (Ah) And when the day comes for glory The end of the story begins Come follow us Into the fray We'll spread our wings And we'll take you away Just carry on And a new day will dawn When tomorrow comes And night turns to day Sing with us For the brave who must Carry on through The darkest of days May they profit all Of their hopes and dreams And return to glory and praise In our hearts We must all find a way To transcend and to Carry the flame Ride on to greatness And never look back And conquer The Zeramin Game Come follow us Into the fray We'll spread our wings And we'll take you away Just carry on And a new day will dawn When tomorrow comes And night turns to day Now guide our way Into the fray Just spread your wings And take us away The quest is on And a new day is dawning To Zera's shores We journey today
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
The point of no return The bargain has been set in stone There is no turning back Our home behind the stern Determination burning In our hearts as we set sail Preparing for the worst Of all our fears Moving on until An enemy appears Across the seas Weigh the anchor Hoist the sails The horizon holds our destiny And we will not Look back until we find What is hidden in the dark Take the helm and don't look back again We will become the heroes of our time The pirates of the seas Authority they seized To rule the oceans and the land Now on their ship we stand Our passage to the Island of our nightmares And our dreams Now the sun begins to fade The shadows choke The light of day Nothing left but darkness Standing in our way Across the seas Weigh the anchor Hoist the sails The horizon holds our destiny And we will not Look back until we find What is hidden in the dark Take the helm and don't look back again We will become the heroes of our time We never dreamed that we Could change our destiny We are but children of a prophecy Foretold before our time Now in the distance We can see the misty shores Where no one's ever been before And returned to tell their tale But now at last Our time has come To show the world what we can be The future generations In our hands Across the seas Weigh the anchor Hoist the sails The horizon holds our destiny And we will not Look back until we find What is hidden in the dark Take the helm and don't look back again We will become the heroes of our time
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
Standing on the shores They're not distant anymore It's a place outside of our fantasies We've never seen before Terrors everywhere Like the smell of death in the air A hellish dream so far from reality But we're determined and prepared As the lightning strikes Echo through the night Will we see the light Of another day No one else to blame For why we came Unafraid we welcome our fate As the moonlight fades And the dark cascades When the skies turn grey Overhead again Let us carry on We will be strong Through blood and fire We'll fight until the end We've arrived at Zera Standing at the mighty gates They've been locked forever Revealing nothing of its fate Does Fowlen know The secrets that await Beyond these walls We must go on With valiance It's all for one And one for all Whispers in my dreams Slowly turning into screams Stepping further into uncertainty My friend stay close to me Towering so high The gates so tall They are touching the sky My doubts and fears Ingrained in my memory But now it's time To say goodbye As the lightning strikes Echo though the night Will we see the light Of another day? Fallen warriors Watch over us And we pray You'll show us the way As the moonlight fades And the dark cascades When the skies turn grey Overhead again Let us carry on We will be strong Through blood and fire We'll fight until the end We've arrived at Zera Standing at the mighty gates They've been locked forever Revealing nothing of its fate Does Fowlen know The secrets that await Beyond these walls We must go on With valiance It's all for one And one for all
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
"Abandoned on the misty shores The pirates will go on no further Our brave young warriors stand alone in awe Of what they have condemned themselves to face But little do they know That their covert voyage has not gone unnoticed... A mysterious hooded traveller rides in quick pursuit Upon his stead Until now a man with an untold story of his own..."
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
This was not the game plan This makes no sense at all These foolish boys have no idea What lies beyond those walls This quest of theirs is futile They don't stand a chance in hell I have to stop them This is not the first time I've lived this woe before I curse the very day my son Set foot upon that shore I tried my best to save him But alas he is no more And now my life's devoted To what he was fighting for They'd facе a thousand terrors Things they have nеver known There's not a man alive who would defeat These things alone I've learned all that I can To try and formulate a plan And I won't rest until I've seen the day This place is overthrown Fowlen! He will have his revenge There's nothing that Will stop a man Who lost his only friend Fowlen! He'll fight until the end Avenging heroes One by one For Zera's time has come Riding through the darkness I pray I'm not too late Emerging through the misty haze I think I see the gates Years of preparation In my lonesome isolation The day is now the time is right To set the record straight When I stand before you Your challenge I'll accept For years I've waited for the day My promise could be kept There's no turning back for me I must fulfil my destiny The moment has arrived for me To do what must be done Fowlen! He will have his revenge There's nothing that Will stop a man Who lost his only friend Fowlen! He'll fight until the end Avenging heroes One by one For Zera's time has come Zera's time has come
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
I - Into the Fray Instrumental II - Wisdom The game has begun Only one way to run There's no turning back Through a valley of emptiness Holding the key to go on Nothing stands in our way There's a door in the distance beckoning But this is too easy I sense a curse we cannot see Then without warning An army of demons appeared Cladded in armour Each clutching a shield and a spear There's a thousand or more In between us and the door is so near But now it seems so far away There has to be a way Suddenly The answer camе to Vi For him it's clear to see That this is a test Not a battlefiеld All I see are fallen heroes Forced to fight eternally I'll set them free Sheathing the sword He had hastily drawn We have been granted The key to go on In peace let us pass Let this day be your last In this everlasting hell! "The first test they may have passed But little did they know The endless scale of what the wizards conjured Long ago" "They battled on through many tasks The fallen men had failed But youth and cunning may prevail And put to an end to a long lost tale The final games to conquer now So onward they must sail!" III - Determination No choices but to battle on Feeling that the end Is closer than before Could this be the final test Or are we imprisoned here forevermore? Battered and bruised We move on relentlessly Another door could it be This one that sets us free We beg of thee to have Mercy on our souls Climbing toward the sky To reach our destiny So desperately longing for energy Spent so long ago There's no turning back To the top is the only way But if we can't carry on Then we won't see another day If we fall we surrender it all We must hold on! IV - The Saviour We were saved and rescued In our darkest hour By a friend we never knew We had before And now we sense we stand Before the final door He wants to fight But he can carry on no more It's up to us to end this war Once and for all Reveal the secrets ever Sealed within these walls And in the end no matter If we live or die We fought the fight And saw the end With out own eyes V - The Ultimate Sacrifice "So now the brave young warriors stepped forward in the dark Ever more determined to succeed and make their mark But unbeknown to them A tragic error they have made And now the game wants justice And to make a deadly trade..." "The final test this is indeed But heed the signs you failed to read For only one can claim the prize The other must meet his demise So he game must now decide Who will live and who will die Your final path you both must choose But choose it well you've all to lose!" VI - Succession in Victory Instrumental VII - The Angels of Xia / Fowlen's Goodbye I'll never see your face again But I will always hear your voice You were my son My only friend You were my hero till the end I say goodbye Until we meet again VIII - A Worthy King "And so at last in Xia There reigns a worthy king And in that king's new kingdom The people worship him and sing..." This is the land of Xia Where there's a future free from mystery and fear A brand new era lasting 700 years and many more The blackened clouds are fading away The light shines through tomorrow brings a brand new day And in the end we have redemption in the land of Xia The land of Xia!
Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 14, 2026
(<em>Instrumental</em>)
Submitted by Celtic Frost — Jun 18, 2026