I travel through the cold harsh land I know as home Searching for the man who has taken my love away He took her head in front of me and claims to be my kin This bastard of a lying breed will die by my hand He will fall I travel north across the sea in search of revenge Nothing will stand in my way on this quest Out from the ship far away I can see A village which my man has told is home to the bastard We murder all I look upon the land to see if he is here Out in the distance I see a figure flee I kick in the door to the biggest house I find that he has left his love to die I take his love from the house and hold her hostage My mind flashes back to the moment he took her I can feel in my bones that I will avenge my love And make this man feel what I had felt that day We meet upon a hill and I kill his wife I let out my battle cry and charge at the man I put my sword straight through his heart When he drops down I grab my hammer I pummel his head into the ground Nothing but splattered brains are left now

Northmen march on foreign land Swords in hand and song in their hearts Hundred men have traveled far To attack the home of the French We approach upon the gate and prepare the ram The door falls and we flood the streets Killing all and raping all we see We come onto the Christian house of prayer The doors open and we slaughter all The French inside all cry They plead for their lives It falls upon deaf ears I take the leaders head I take the severed head Drop it on the table We take the golden cross And spare no person here We move onto the gates up the hill Slay the guards protecting royalty We fight on through, to the throne room And lay waste to the French ruler As we leave we set ablaze the whole town

My scouts have seen in the fields men marching on He says that they are men of god from another land They march onto our homes with bad intent They wish to turn us away from our gods Men approach through the fields All men be ready to fight Swords unsheathed arrows nocked We will send them to their god I call up to the gods above for their will If we die we ask of them to give a good death We wait for what seems to be hours or maybe more Ready for when the men approach to fight till death They ram the door we hold for now Archers shoot and slay their men Another hit the door breaks free They charge in and slay our men They outnumber us three to one Many fall and die today They breach the walls and run throughout Our town killing all They kill all of our families Sparing no man woman or kid They lay waste in the name of their god And leave nothing but death Our brave men in great numbers fall We are outmatched in every way Why would the gods leave us to this fate Left to die or believe in a false god A darkened cloud appears above all of our heads The sun is completely covered from sight The rain starts to fall with a great might Thunder and lightning crash with great sound A man at the site of the thunder strike joins the fight With a great hammer in hand he pummels men in to earth below With the strength of a god he turns the tide for us His hammer is the same as the one around all of our necks The hammer of the god Thor known as Mjolnir So then the gods have heard our prayers and answered them To help win this fight against these men

I have been left for dead and betrayed by the son of Caesar When I returned to my farmland home only death could be found I swore on the grave of my slain family that I would find revenge Be that revenge comes to true form in this life or the next My name is Maximus Father to a murdered son Husband to a murdered wife I will have my vengeance Sold as a slave made to fight for coin Less than a man in the eyes of all I fight and kill all of my opponents Granted am I to entertain Caesar We are sent to re-enact a battle in the arena I devise a plan to turn the tides and to win this fight Caesars son was full of rage when his fight was not won The crowd adores me and my men because we made a fool of him We devise a plan to over throw the tyrant The men I once led in the north are ready The secret plan of mine will surely work on this day But as I ready myself I find I have been betrayed When the plan was to begin I find my servant is dead Hung by the neck in a tree with the tyrant at his feet He claims that all of my men are dead and left unburied A declaration is made that I will battle this man As I prepare to face this mortal foe of mine I am stabbed in the chest and am mortally wounded The battle starts and we are fighting on uneven terms The crowd is going insane and I make my first swipe I kill my foe with his own blade through his neck With my dying breath I order the release of my men And bring forth the wishes of my emperor There was a dream of Rome which now shall be realized

On foreign soil we wage our fight praising one eyed god We traveled far through Ægir’s sea with many dragon ships A westward raid we have begun coming through the night Among the men is our king Kristoffer the Red North men attack destroying all killing without remorse Swinging swords and smashing skulls chanting battle cries The village burns throughout the night a sign for what’s to come The Asa men cry out loud it’s only just begun The warfare builds with many men fighting side by side We skirmish till the break of dawn with many fallen men The broken land charred and crisp defiled by our steel Countless towns and many men shall fall at our knees Twelve moons pass when we return to the dragon ships With our prize the men are all ready to return We load the ships full of gold enough to make us kings Crowns and cups a foreign cross all to be sold To east we sail the dragon ships cut through the sea A storm begins to brew ahead which we cannot avoid Thunderous waves cover the boats sinking two of them We press on through the raging sea determined to return The ravens fly to guide our way back to Asa Bay We dock our ships prepare for one last test of will We gather all of our take journey the mountain side To reach our home we must embark to climb the fjords

Raise your horns and let us feast on this night Odin rides above our heads on Sleipnir We rejoice and drink and sing all through the night A great time is had by all and we drink lots of beer Everyone is drinking beer and filling their horns We have gone through many kegs on this night We praise the gods and have a laugh everyone is drunk A great time is had by all and we drink lots of beer

We gather on our dragon ships ready to depart A hundred men or maybe more to begin a conquest We sail across the stormy seas for what seems like an eternity Hoping to find new land which we can rule Our ship cuts through the treacherous water On we go to discover New land to settle and to take as our own We pray that Ægir grants us passage To our right one of the ships begins to fall to the sea We hear the screams of those on board crying out for help Nothing can be done for them their fate is sealed The seas have become vicious and a storm has begun Four ships now remain from what was twenty The sea has claimed her victory over our clan The sky cannot be seen at all nothing but the dark My one ship is all that’s left I know my time has come Many men fall overboard and others try to swim They are fools for they don’t see nothing can be done The gods have turned their backs on us they’ve left us to die I am all that’s left on board our last dragon ship Far away I hear a sound a great and thunderous crash The sounds of swords and hammers clash and many battle cries But all around I cannot see land anywhere in sight The sea begins to swallow me as I die alone With the little strength I have I think of my kin And how they will never know what has happened here My son who is only five years old will never be around for me to hold in my arms ever again With my final thought I curse the gods up above Why would the let us die when we praised all them The icy water fills my lungs and I begin to sink My life has been cut too short never to be found

The Vala had once foretold the coming of an age Where brother fights his own blood and lines end disgraced An age when the gods will turn their backs on mankind And all will end with blood and bones scattered across the land Fimbulvetr has come and gone a sign of the end The gods will fight all shall die in darkness we descend Then the wolf shall swallow whole the sun and the moon And all worlds will fall into the ever darkened nights The skies will be set ablaze the only sight to see And then begins as prophesied the war to end all wars The giants march on to the gates of Asgard All of those in hall up high ready to defend The battle claims the life of all Gods and men lie on the ground The bloodshed can be heard and seen From the worlds below The einherjar are deep in fight Vígríðr is stained in blood The giants are pushing forth To the ends of the earth --------------------------------------------------- The sun turns black, earth sinks in the sea The hot stars down from heaven are whirled Fierce grows the steam and the life feeding flame Till fire leaps high about the heavens itself Now Garm howls loud before Gnipahellir The fetters will burst and the wolf run free Much do I know and more can see Of the fate of the gods the mighty in fight --------------------------------------------------- The warfare starts to take its toll Fall the gods from either side With a crashing sound above The heavens begin to fall The heavens begin to fall Odin is swallowed whole by the wolf Fenrir Thor and the great serpent fight to the end Freyr wages war with the Jötunn Surtr Surtr swings the mighty sword and Freyr is no more The sun turns black and then the earths sink into the sea The heavens are engulfed with flames lighting up the sky There are no stars to be seen in this final night All has come as foretold nothing will remain The gods are dead the worlds destroyed but somehow there is hope The earth begins to rise out from the oceans it was in Now the sun returns to the sky overhead Light shines through out the land illuminating The earth is now covered in grass and in trees A rebirth has happened here in the aftermath The gods reborn now convene and discuss this earth The hall of gold reappears and is now restored Baldr has been reborn and he looks to the sky And goes to the gods above in their golden hall --------------------------------------------------- And thus comes to pass The saga foretold by the ancient seers Who see all that is, was, and is to be The Twilight of the Gods The end of days The rebirth of the world And the gods that rule over it Völuspá ---------------------------------------------------