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The Allfather Departs
02:41
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The norns three
At the well of fate
Hearing the words and weaving the web
Now Odin seeks what they will say
Traveling to Yggdrasil to find out what has gone wrong
Allfather goes to the tree, on his lips a song
Where are the warriors fallen new
Something is not quite right
Grimnir goes seeking the word of the spinners
Traveling on Sleipnir by night
Sensing imbalance
And leaving Asgard
Warriors fallen cannot be foresaken
Odin's next journey now starts
On to the well
Beneath the leaves
To consult the norns about what has gone wrong
At the base of the world tree
Traveling through realms, prepared to fight
Spear and runes are in hand
On goes the Allfather to seek the norns' land
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Whispers from branch to trunk
Stirring the passions of all
Word of imbalance, a third half emerged
An actor overseeing the fall
Splitting the slain away from Asgard
Warriors robbed of reward
Now comes the time to reclaim the lost
For this, the rumors did serve
The norns have spoken, word has come down
The time to act approaches us now
Trouble has risen for warriors true
Allfather guide them to battles new
Valhalla or Fólkvangr, Odin or Freyja
Meddling has cut off the way
Journey again to make this right
Opponents will know fear this day
Knowledge is gained, spear is in hand
The strands of fate have been spun
With thought and memory providing insight
Until the day is won
Seeking the truth, guiding the fallen
The task of Ymir's slayer
To find valkyries' targets and halt perpetration
Freeing the strong einherjar
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Through roots as light
Descending again
Ancient magic, runes and strife
Allfather must make this right
Yggdrasil, door to realms many
Vast are its roots down to Helheim
Chosen path to face foes plenty
Runic wisdom guiding to the end
Imbalance to make right
Once more through
Aesir speed aiding approach
One eye to the task at hand
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An Icy Reception
05:43
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Home to death, all is dark
Loki offspring, perpetual sorrow
Landscape bleak, daughter's realm
What root has blackened, whence does it seek
Entrance cold, the stench of decay
The master has broken the einherjars' way
Tipping the balance for heralding days of Ragnarok
Fallen low, seeking new prey
Violating the oath taken that day
Preparing the realm for time when monsters have come
Looking across the endless death
And seeing darkened fate of men
Chilling thought, borne of low realm
Though crowing is heard not this day
But Ragnarok comes soon and we shall be prepared
Daughter of Loki, warrior theft
For this she must be undone
Now the Allfather surveys the land of dead
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What Mischief of Hel?
02:19
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Einherjar, army of one
Those who stand alone
Barred from Valhalla by Loki's offspring on her throne
Motives for end times
Taken to Helheim
But now Odin's come to set you off to your reward
Allfather's army, strong and true
Swords ever at their sides
When enemies rise to oppose Aesir
They will fight for grim One-Eye
Odin's army, strong and brave
Never afraid to die
When monsters seek to end Aesir
They will fight in the end times
Free the army of one
Now we slay hordes in our path
To leave this place of death
Allfather and the einherjar, their foes shall not yet rest
To return to Valhalla to feast and fight
Until the end times come
Odin and the einherjar, their work is not yet done
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Garmr Howls
04:18
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Hound of Hel guarding the gates
Waiting to rip flesh from bone
When in its realm life is at stake
Entering the demon dog's home
Howling a death cry, preceding a downfall
Murder upon its breath
Guarding the offspring, tearing its victims
Upon demon daughter's command
I've seen such beasts in my time
But the hound is vicious as any
Its howl sends chill up the spine
And the bodies of its victims plenty
Garmr guards the gate to Helheim
Blood soaked fangs laid bare
Sending terror through intruders
Howling fills the air
Loosening life from hosting flesh
Delight for the demon hound
But Odin's might clears the way
A path through its lair is found
On to the end, toward the goal
Freeing those to their reward
Slaying undead, defeating the hound
Cutting through Hel's ghoulish horde
Allfather sees and Allfather knows
Spear enters demonic form
Helheim is weakening, as is the master
As minions' blood flows warm
Death to enemies of One-Eyed Grimnir
Wielder of wisdom and runes
Now comes the time of confrontation
To gift Hel her high Aesir wounds
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Summoning of Draugr
06:11
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Runic circle summons undead
Etched into the ground
Hel resorts to Midgard's fallen
A shambling army is found
Those interred improper
Rising once again
Brought to Helheim under a spell
To face a second end
Defiled, forced to fight their kin
Clashing with the rotting draugr, the einherjar shall win
Desecrate, Hel's desperation brought these
To stand against their brothers, to try to force them to their knees
Blackened visage, ripped and torn
Falling from their bones
All fallen in Midgard
Some fighting for their homes
But all at last were not set right
Their graves would not suffice
Now they rise through Hel's runes
Flesh as cold as ice
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An End in Sight
05:54
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An end in sight
Storming to the gate
Time to reclaim what was lost
Now to make right
Back to Asgard
And leave Hel to her betrayal cost
Slashing and hacking all those in our path
No time to delay our leave
Back to Valhalla to drink and to fight
And set right the norns' fated weave
Pounding our foes to dust one by one
Hel's horde of minions has paid
Now we move on to leave this dark place
Her own downward fate she has made
Einherjar and the Allfather are leaving
But the master herself yet waits
A showdown is certain but the end is near
With all in our path laid to waste
Raise horns to the Allfather
Hel now appears
With anger burning bright
Odin readies spear and runes
The final battle of the day now comes
The einherjar shall make it through
Thought and memory
Ravens hold high
Allfather prepares to attack
A clashing of figures to tremble Midgard
Opponents will all be set back
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Sigil and Steel
03:40
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As Hel blocks the way
Odin stands his ground
Gungnir bites into foe's flesh
The runes, they have been cast
The final obstacle is in our path
Clashing steel ringing through the air
Odin's army, legion
Lending strength to his
To cast the opponent down
Sigils lending defense, an eye on each move
As Hel crashes to the ground
Fighting for the einherjar, to guide them to their feast
Might of the Allfather slaying undead man and beast
A final showdown with the host, stabbing and biting
Until his army is set free Odin will not stop fighting
Now the way is open
The army leaves Helheim
To return to mighty Valhalla
Through towering Yggdrasil, across realms vast
To once again prepare for Ragnarok
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Valhalla Returned
01:41
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