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Wassel Grove

from Ale Whores of Mercia by SYMBEL

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After some deliberation, Thane goes outside into the cold crackling forest floor with a crowd following him, watching as he approaches the old overgrown grove. King Elau stays in his chair, drinking and counting his money. People have not used this grove for some years, and many of those present feel uncomfortable. The seeress' husband, Oshere, his voice hoarse and dry from years of working hot iron in the forge, casts his commentary as the group begin their rite.

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A line of fire, flickers at mists around their knees.
A line of hoods and torches file, through the dark and twisted trees.

The trees, the forest, the trees in the forest...
...we worshipped in sacred groves...
...effigies on wooden poles...
...talking with dead souls...
...i once did this.

Scuffing through groves, that whisper old songs, and riddles to solve.
We long for the mead hall, the symbel and boast!

To walk, crackling through the soft bracken, I see what this hidden world was for ( hear the chants ) and what it meant to the heathen mind - a gateway to interaction with gods. I acknowledge my bloody past of sacrifice within these trees - it is part of us. So I return here, in modern ways - drink to the evolution, of our new heathen hearts! Woden!

( Thane talks momentarily to Cedric of his previous fears and doubts over the existence of other worlds. He now appears resolute. He must go in search of his darkest fear, and conquer it. A symbel is performed, the mead cup passed around and oaths and intentions are made before those assembled ).

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from Ale Whores of Mercia, released May 5, 2007

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