The Ways Long Past

What do you seek, young mind of ignorance,
On this book hoard gaze with reverence,
Honor these pages
Honor the sages
Honor in mind all the ways long past
Kept in this vault is creation’s history
Kept in this vault are Dwarven secrets
How wilt thou measure them?
How wilt thou treasure them?
How wilt thou live all the ways long past?
Told in these tomes are tales of Tormingar
Binder of book and scribe of saga
Tales of far history
Tales of marred mystery
Tales of the dark in the ways long past.
Tales of the blood spilt to build our kingdom
Tales of the heroes strong in courage,
Stains on the garment
Stains on the parchment
Stains red and black of the ways long past.
Scrolls of the Dwarven forge and armory
Scrolls of the stone road, vast and glowing
Cities of symmetry
Cities of industry
Cities of stone wind in ways long past
Myth of the golden pool of Oron,
Smith of the diamond, Boic Bravesoul,
Days of antiquity
Days of iniquity
Days good and ill forged the ways long past
Search for the runes of rites and rituals
Search for the rooms now safe and secret
Knowledge is binding
Knowledge worth finding
Knowledge of life and the ways long past.