The Survivors

The Survivors is an oral performance piece in Halfling kept and told by Nellie, a descendant of Eleanor, the halfling rogue who traveled with the Hero Carl eight hundred years ago. It is passed down orally, and recited at festivals, funerals, births, and marriages in Needle Springs.

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"Where little folk once stood, Eraname

A town now stands, precious and full of life.

Sitting in peace, blessed by light above,

With friends surrounding us, our love and joy.

The night survived, though ages it was dark,

Mad beasts and horrors, slain by heart and soul:

The man whose hand could carve a mountain,

Whose feet found solace treading 'cross the sky,

With piercing eyes of one who saw the truth,

Along with many lands and sights and stars.

The Hero Carl, whose shepherd's crook became

A blinding blade to drive the sun to shame;

His acts, so fated, shall return again

A blessing granted you, by Suzerain."