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'Behold my handmaiden, Salmissra. Her have I touched and
exalted. And she shall be queen over thee and have dominion, and
her voice shall be my voice, and thou shall call her name eternal, for
I am with her - even as with thee unto the end of days.'
- All praise to eternal Salmissra, handmaiden of ISSA
II. Spake
Then eternal Salmissra, Queen of the Serpent People, saying:
(The remainder of the fragment has been lost.)
* This is typical of the Nyissan character, and the addition of the hundreds of
narcotics
available to them enabled us to posit an alien culture with no correspondence to
any on
this world. It is reasonable for them to be the way they are. Their society has
echoes of the
Egyptian, but only slight ones.
HYMN TO CHALDAN
NOTE:This is the famous War-hymn of the Asturian Arends believed to
have been composed sometime early in the second millennium. While
there exist Mimbrate and Wacite hymns of similar tenor, this particular
piece most universally captures the spirit of Arendia, and despite its
Asturian origin it is widely sung in Mimbrate chapels even to this day.
Historical research indicates that it was also popular in Wacune before
those people were obliterated during the Arendian Civil Wars.
Honor, Glory and Dominion be thine, 0 Chaldan.
Grant, Divine Lord, Victory unto thy Servants.
See, 0 our God, how we adore Thee.
Smite, Great Judge, the Wicked and Unjust.
Chastise our Foes. Consume them with Fire.
Scourge hhnhim who has despite unto us.
Blessed be the Name of Chaldan
Power, Might, and Empire be thine, 0 Chaldan.
Bless, Warrior God, the Weapons of thy Children.
Gird us, Great One, in Armor impenetrable.
Hear, Blessed Chaldan, our Lament for the Fallen.
Comfort us in our Bereavement.
Revenge us upon our Enemies.
Blessed be the name of Chaldan.
Wisdom, Honor, Eternal Worship be thine, 0 Chaldan.
Give, 0 our God, courage for the battle.
Hearken, Divinity' unto our War-Prayer.
Sustain, Magnificence, our just Cause.
Punish him who speaks slightingly to us.
Blessed be the name of Chaldan.
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