Whistler

I know that many of you…or some of you…(one of you?) has been wondering where the heck I’ve been. Well, I heard the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VMSGrY-IlU
and thought that it would serve as a good venue to explain where I’ve been—so here’s my song
“The Bard who hasn’t returned,” (aka “Why Halflings should avoid the Higher Vortex.”)

Let me tell you the story
Of a Bard name of Whistler
On a tragic and fateful day
He put a fly pill in ...

This is a contract song. I will perform it in the guild tonight if I can.


The Prince’s Hound

Whistler takes his lyre and plays:
A plink kaplink a plink plink plink, a plink kaplink a plink
A plink kaplink katwang kaplink, katwang kaplink kaplink
Katwang kaplink katwang kaplink kaplink katwang kaplink,
Katwang kaplink katwang kaplink, a plink a plink-plink-plink.

He sings:
A young prince from distant lands had ...

I’ve been neglecting this blog for quite a while, so I thought it was time to put up a post.

Rather than do anything that required real thought, I figured I’d just take a look at what other bards are out there. The following is a list of bards and their ‘whois’ (as of today, January 18, 2011,) that Kylor and me came up with. If you have a bard that is not on the list, please feel free to add yourself.

I’ve arranged the list in order of level, and have further notes ...

Written for a bard review, but unable to find any reviewers, i finally ended up performing this today for what audience i could find-a solitary nexian.

The Book of Nash, a hymn

[the noviciate should use both a drum and bell of doom to signify tempo changes throughout the hymn]

Come one come all Hail the Lord,
Whose wrath on the world has poured,
Sing in one voice and one chord,
Praise Nash whom the world hath Gored.

...

Even although i'd finished my hometown quest, writing songs for all the hometowns on the north continent, it didn't seem fair that there there weren't songs for the other towns, so i scratched away halfheartedly at a couple others, such as my unfinished song about a thief in Nydia (Lock Robster) and a reggae tune about the Isle. One that I had more than half written was a sea chantey (for Rowengard/the rowen docks) when we recieved notice that Darkclaw was retiring.
That gave me some incentive ...