Jovany90
Without a doubt this album sounds just like the cover and that is incredible.
Great way to tell a story with music
Favorite track: King of the Reunited Kingdom.
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Of the Lineage of Kings
05:57
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Shards of Narsil
07:08
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Crafted during the First Age, The red and white flame.
For Elendil, the high king of Gondor,
by the knowledge of the master Dwarf Telchar of Nogrod.
A Longsword for the kings, for the fathers and for the sons.
From the forge of The famous and renown blacksmith.
Thousands of swords were wielded that day, only one vanquished the Evil.
Even broked in two pieces, it still had the power to overcome the darkness.
''Nanye AndĂşril i ne Narsil i macil Elendilo. Lercuvanten i mali Mordoreo''
''Nanye AndĂşril i ne Narsil i macil Elendilo. Lercuvanten i mali Mordoreo''
For years, the shards have slept,
passed from king's hands to another.
Red and white flame.
As heirlooms to the throne of Arnor,
chief heavenly lights and memories of sufferings from the past.
Enemies of darkness and friendships that will never return.
Red and white flame
Evil's bane, sun and moon, earth and blood
''Nanye AndĂşril i ne Narsil i macil Elendilo. Lercuvanten i mali Mordoreo''
Flame of the west, became its name
Once the elvish skills were requested.
Very bright was that sword when it was made whole again.
the light of the sun shone redly in it, and the light of the moon shone cold.
And its edge was hard and keen,
And this recent King gave it a new name.
He called it AndĂşril, the Flame of the West.
Shards from the past, bright was the sword,
when it was made whole again.
AndĂąril, the legacy of Kings
''Nanye AndĂşril i ne Narsil i macil Elendilo. Lercuvanten i mali Mordoreo''
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Her Mighty Heart
05:21
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Shieldmaiden of Rohan,
Raised by the king,
White lady of Rohan.
A Queen when she was needed,
As calm as the south breeze
and as strong as the battlements of Minas Tirith.
She was fearless and loved,
during the battle of hornburg against Isengard.
Oh mighty shield maiden of Rohan.
Oh mighty king's daughter of Rohan.
Twice she Begged to be able to fight into battle.
Twice her request was hardly refused.
In Rage, she took the sword,
she wore the armor and she rode her horse.
Appearing on the front line as if she was a man of Rohan.
Protecting the land for honor and glory.
Riding to Minas Tirith, she fought alongside the king.
Torent of slashing blades and the screeching nazgûls.
Shields smashed to smithereens and neighing horses.
Death was everywhere, war beasts never seen before.
Against the witch king of Angmar, nothing seemed possible to change the destiny of war.
Theoden, King of Rohan, was fallen
Laying mortally wounded,
prey to the witch king.
With the courage worth of ten men,
she arose and threatened the Witch-King.
"do not come between a Nazgûl and his prey"
She cleaved the head of his
fell beast.
In a burst of fury,
the king attacked
her with all his strength
and smashed his mace
on her shield,
breaking her arm
"no living man may hinder me"
"No living man am I! You look upon a woman!
Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter.
Begone if you be not deathless!
For living or dark undead, I will smite you,
if you touch him!"
With her other arm she thrusted her sword into the head of the king and killed him.
And thus fulfilling Glorfindel's prophecy a thousand years earlier at the Battle of Fornost that "not by the hand of man" would the Witch-king fall.
Would the Witch King fall.
Not by the hand of men would the witchking fall.
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To the Paths of the Dead
01:49
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The Last Alliance
07:08
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Gil-galad, Elrond, CĂrdan, Oropher,
AmdĂr, Thranduil, Elendil, Isildur,
Anárion and Durin the 4th
There was 10 commanders,
Elves, Men and Dwarves.
A battle against Sauron, the Lord of Mordor
Elves and men forged an alliance during the Second Age.
A great and powerful force like never seen before.
A great army was raised as it has already been in the past.
In direct response to these times of darkness where the shadow reigns.
And a dark Lord lurking in its tower, planning his conquest.
Coveting the mastery of Endor for over a thousand years.
Mistrustful of all the great kingdoms,
the king of Men and the High king of Elves joined to repel the forces of evil.
A force was born,
an oath was sworn.
The swords were forged
for the evil that will come forth.
A force was born,
an oath was sworn.
The swords were forged
for the evil that will come forth.
They invoked the name of Eru as a witness to the new alliance.
An Oath was sworn between the two Kings before the all high.
The forges where lit, the strategists were called.
Crafting arms and armors in their great industry.
They became so numerous that the orcs fled before them.
They grew with new elven forces and dwarf fighters.
It is in the vast plain of Dagorlad that the armies met.
A siege that lasted Seven Years.
Gil-galad and Elrond,
CĂrdan and Oropher,
AmdĂr and Thranduil,
Elendil and Isildur,
Anárion and Durin the 4th
A battle against Sauron, the Lord of Mordor.
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Hold your ground! Hold your ground!
Sons of Gondor, of Rohan, my brothers,
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me.
A day may come when the courage of men fails,
when we forsake our friends
and break all bonds of fellowship,
but it is not this day.
An hour of wolves and shattered shields,
when the age of men comes crashing down,
but it is not this day!
This day we fight!!
By all that you hold dear on this good Earth,
I bid you stand, Men of the West!!!
A long time ago,
there was a fatherless boy.
Rightful Heir of Isildur,
losing the flame of life
fighting the orcs.
The child was taken to the Elrond's palace, fed and under guard.
Hidden For a long time
his lineage was unknown.
To him and to all.
But one day, the words were told.
The Elven King revealed
the truth long forgotten.
He inherited the ring of Barahir
and the Shards of Narsil.
He was a revered man
for his great adventures.
Serving in great armies,
he was the courage of men
and a threat to the growing forces
of Sauron and his dark allies.
For only Gondor was powerful enough at that time,
to react and become a worthy enemy to mordor.
The waking of the dead men of dunharrow,
fulfilled the prophecy of Isildur and Malbeth.
"The dead would be Summoned once again to pay their debts to Gondor."
"The hands of the King are the hands of a healer,
and so shall the rightful King be known."
"The hands of the King are the hands of a healer,
and so shall the rightful King be known."
Rallied with the armies of Gondor and Rohan, they defeated the ennemies.
He was recognized as the legitimate heir to the throne.
He was the healer King, he would take care of the people that were abandoned for so long.
"The hands of the King are the hands of a healer,
and so shall the rightful king be known."
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I have seen the dragons fly
I have heard a thousand cry
A shadow roaming the sky
When the winds were not so cold
And the land was not so bold
And the world was not just a song
Fly, fly, amidst the mountains
And the treasures that they contain
A bird aside looking just like a fly
I have seen the dragons fly
I have heard a thousand cry
A shadow wandering the sky
Time flies, and passing by
And dragons are put aside
Stories hidden in the books
I have seen the dragons fly
I have heard a thousand cry
A shadow roaming the sky
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