While the compiling of both the script and novel of “Scars” are proceeding I decided it was time to show you how the people of Ker looked upon the events that are unfolding during the “time of no kings.” This piece is very interesting because each line of every stanza has the exact number of syllables as the same line in the next stanza.
His Brother King
By Bendarik of Laakseyd
Long he rode
Burned with hate,
What has stirred his heart in war
At the turn of years?
One hundred knights and one hundred spears
To slay his brother King.
Iron and wood
Stood unused,
Why was the watch not forewarned
By the cry of fright?
A shade of darkness passing in light
Betrays his brother King.
Empty thrones
Full of pain,
Where have gone the still young Kings
Their lands left to wane?
The war does not stop when he has gone
To mourn his brother King.
It is clear that the first two stanzas are speaking directly of Ethian and his betrayal of Galvant, the third stanza can only be speaking of Galvant and his departure from Leyen shortly after he sent Ethian into exile. Being unaware of all of the events involved in this sudden departure, Bendarik could only see the sorrow of friendship lost as a possibility for driving Galvant into self-imposed exile in the middle of a demanding war.
Very Good, I could feel the distress