Rest Now, O' Golden Knight

 In this serene and shaded golden grove, with delicate harp, a knight bejeweled in runic armor, rests under a golden tree, fretfully wounded, in his last moments alive. For those who don’t know, the Golden Knight is a myth and legend in the world of Tearmint. He is often referenced in war ballads or songs for bringing the first piece of peace to Tearmint for an age. Wearing shimmering golden armor, with a sharp golden sword, golden tassels upon his gallant steed, golden gloves, golden helmet, and even golden eyes and long hair, was a man who had fought in the battle of the Penitent Skrill Wars 4,1200 years ago against the Aturans. He was known as the Golden Knight. He rarely spoke, smiled, laughed, and took his honor and duty to the bone. Respected and renown for his exceptional skills in swordsmanship and horse riding, a blessed knight under Rannish flags, he solely splayed 2,568 men alone throughout the period of a nine year war, and always came out unscathed. It was said by Elden tales and ancient stories that his blade could never break, nor mar, nor scar, nor can the basket hilt shatter, and it was forged by the very rocks of the Stormwahl. They say it was so sharp, it could cut a man with simply looking at the blades gleam alone. His armor mended and crafted by the Shaldish, it can withstand denting from the strongest hammer. Toward the end of the war, a married man retiring and desiring peace within the land, he goes to halt the Aturans from storming the capital of TarVintas. Though he succeeds, he is mortally wounded before he can make it back home, and hobbling to a golden grassy grove, slumps under a shining tree in the evening, recalling how much of his life he wasted due to war. Appreciating the beauty of nature, good drink, a good trusting horse, and a good wife, he slowly dies thinking what would have happened if he never became a knight.

From Album: Tales of a Time Before Volume II

Type: Single Song

Instrument: Harp

Length: 10 min

Genre: Ballad\Sad\Fantasy\Epic

File Type: MP4 

Composer and Lyricist: Jack Buie