Oath Bound

"Sit now there, and look out upon the lands where evil and despair shall come upon those whom thou lovest. Thou hast dared to mock me, and to question the power of Melkor, Master of the fates of Arda. Therefore with my eyes thou shalt see, and with my ears thou shalt hear and never shalt thou move from this place until all is fullfilled unto its bitter end."

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 25, 2025

In autumn when the wind and sea Rejoice to live and laugh to be And scarce the blast that curbs the tree And bids before it quail and flee In winter when years when the years burn low As fire wherein no firebrands glow And winds disappear as they blow The stormy wings of snow Refrain: The hearts of western elves burn bright With joy that mocks the spring To hear all heaven's keen clarions ring Music, that bites the spirit, sing And wind by night in northern lands Arose, and Lord it cried And drove the ships from ancient strands Across the streaming tide

Submitted by Grave666 — Apr 25, 2025

Brus-kuluz taurzur bûrzu tiil-ob Hush-ob dhurum agh ufum dhurum Tor Vautu brus-troguz Urgai-u gukh dûmp agh tiimor Talaan-u rûk-ir tor urûk Nauru-ir agh kragoru nûrsu grishûrz Nork-ulu furtun agh goth Mordor-ob bot-tuk Ghaash agh akûl - Nazgûl skoiz Mirdautas vras! Karn ghaamp agh nût Shaut Manwë quiinubat gukh [English translation:] Dark have been my dreams of late Of secret doubt and secret fear A thousand years have passed away To lay down doom and terror To north ride on, a thousand orcs On wolves with giant bloody fangs They take the storm and power Of Mordor through the world Fire and Ice, the Nazgûl fly It is a good day to kill! (Painted) red is Earth and sky Even Manwë will bow down

Submitted by Corpse Defiler — Apr 25, 2025

Rivers of fire, the dead of night In winter lying cold and white Upon the plain burst forth and high. The red was mirrored in the sky. From Hithlum's walls they saw the fire, The steam and smoke in spire on spire Leap up, till in confusion vast The stars were choked. And so it past Refrain: There trumpets sang both long and loud, And challenge rang unto the cloud That lay on Morgoth's northern tower, While Morgoth redeemed for his hour. Choir: Might and glory flowing for a changing dawn Ancient power reveals from an iron crown Clear and cold and shining so far and bright Crush the world in one clash of your blinding light

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025

To north, to north there lay the land of dread Dungorthin, where all ways were dead In hills, in hills of shadow bleak and cold Beyond was deadly nighshades hold To south, to south the wide earth unexplored To west, to west the ancient ocean roared To east, to east in peaks of blue were piled The mountains of the outer world Refrain: Unsailed and shoreless, wide and wild To east in peaks of blue were piled In silence folded, mist enfurled The mountains of the outer world Beyond the tangled, woodland shade Thorn and thicket grove and glade Whose brooding boughs with magic hung Were ancient when the world was young

Submitted by Pestilence — Apr 25, 2025

The wind is cold and heavy And storms are in the sky Our path across the nordland Goes higher and more high To left the sea we came from To right the white hills with no tree The wind is growing colder And shivering are we We drag with stiffening fingers Our swords and up the hill The path is steep and tangled But leads to battles still Dor Firn-i-Guinar Refrain: Farewell now mountain vale and plain Farewell now wind and frost and rain And mist and cloud and heavens air Ye star and moon so blinding fair Farewell now blade and bloom and grass That see the changing season pass Farewell sweet earth and northern sky Forever blessed but here we die Dor Firn-i-Guinar

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 25, 2025

A king there was in days of the old Ere men yet walked upon the mould His power was reared in caverns shade His hand was over glen and glade His shields were shining as the moon His lances keen of steel were hewn Of silver grey his crown was wrought The starlight in his banners caught Refrain: And silver thrilled his trumpets long Beneath the stars in challenge strong Enchantment did his realm enfold Where might and glory wealth untold Sample spoken by Fëanor: "I say that we will go on, and this doom I add.."

Submitted by Sexy Gargoyle — Apr 25, 2025

Where forest stream went through the wood and silent all the stens there stood of tall trees, moveless, hanging dark with mottled shadows on their bark. No moon is there, no voice, no sound of beating heart; a sigh profound. Once in each age, as each age dies, alone is heard. Far, far it lies. As faint as deepest sleeper's breath an echo came as cold as death. Long are the paths of shadow made where no foot's print is ever laid. No moon is there, no voice, no sound of beating heart; a sigh profound. Once in each age, as each age dies, alone is heard. Far, far it lies. Upon the plain, there rushed forth and high shadows at dead end of night and mirrored in the sky far, far away, beyond might of day. And there lay the land of the dead of mortal cold decay. The Land of Waiting, where the Dead sit in their thought's shadow, by no moon lit.

Submitted by Celtic Frost — Apr 25, 2025