Ending 4: Suho "The Skywalker"
The Well of Emerald WatersThis is part of a multi-post. Please be sure you've read from "The Fade" before continuing.
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The following song was pieced together somewhere near the end of the Dragon Age, 9:45, sometimes under the name "The Skywalker" which would be later added to the ending of A Compendium of Stories in the Dragon Age. Its origins thus place it within the realm of possibility that Suho, a dwarf of Orzammar, is the true hero of the Well of Emerald Waters, a legend and certainly a place thought lost to our times. Little is known about the hero himself, practically nothing about his origins, why he left Orzammar, or how he became mixed up with so many other personages whose names became famous for their contributions towards discovering (and then losing) the location of the well. But as for this mystery, herein follows the song.
A great hero he
That dwarf from Orzammar
Who lived underground
In the lap of luxury
Great wealth he should have known
From birth until he died
Yet he died a pauper's death
Covered with flowers grown
Of the knight he did well love
And was well loved in return
They say was no real knight
But an assassin from above
And they met before the pool
That terrible ancient place
Where Suho gave his life
His friends to save, oh fool
But his memory lives on
In the lives he freely saved
For he granted them their wishes
Even after he was gone
For Kyungsoo, his first friend
A cure he did achieve
He made him not so grey
But alive with much to tend
And for Xiumin, evil mage
Suho took away his shame
And his guilt and all his grief
Let him live without his rage
But for Minseok, he could not
His every wish achieve
For this mage's wish was just
That all evil should be fought
And the well was evil still
From its origin, its core
It resisted and it took
Suho's life, his dreams, his will
So many heroes mourn
Brave Suho, for his courage
For the sacrifice he made
By his life, his body torn
Now remember this forever
And all magic do avoid
Though it may give gifts aplenty
For price though it will sever
Dear Suho, noble lord
Will his name be sung for ages
In the taverns, bars, and brothels
Where all list'ners ne'er be bored
~ This heroic song was probably first sung around 9:40 in Redcliffe Tavern by the bard Joon Young. Though, due that to that minstrel's atrocious voice, the song quickly fell out of favor. Fortunately though for its titular hero, the song was heard yet again near ten years later in Denerim and became a favorite for young mothers to sing to their babies, usually as a teaching instrument about the evils of all magic. Many seem to forget that its hero was a dwarf or that dwarves cannot do magic, but such details never figure with songs anyways, so who actually cares.
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