5. “The Heart of the Skaal”

[Verse 1]
Through snowdrifts deep and pine-shrouded skies,
I walk the path where the old gods rise
Far from Frostmoth’s crumbling gate,
To the Skaal who heed the winds of fate.

[Verse 2]
No scrolls, no coins, no Empire’s chain,
They speak to trees, to wolf and rain.
Their wisdom carved in bone and bark,
Their gods are wild, their rites are stark.

[Chorus] (chant-style, with gang vocals)
Honor the All-Maker!
Honor the land!
Fire and frost, from spirit and hand!
Not bound to thrones, not ruled by gold —
The Skaal remember what the Empire sold.

[Bridge] (folk melody layered over tremolo guitar)
“Balance,” they say, “is the breath of the world,”
“Disrupt it, and doom shall be unfurled.”
They look at me with wary eyes —
A stranger forged in foreign lies.

[Verse 3]
No legion helm can earn their trust,
No soldier’s vow, no oath unjust.
Only through nature, blood, and soul
Can one be made truly whole.

[Chorus]
Honor the All-Maker!
Honor the land!
Stone and beast obey His hand!
They fear not blade nor foreign creed —
For the Skaal walk where the spirits lead.

[bridge] (clean vocals, slow fade)
I stood in the wind as they named me “Outlander,”
The wolf stared back, the flame did not falter.
Their hearts are carved from the glacier’s breath...
The Skaal — unbroken — in life and in death.

[Chorus / doubled speed]
Honor the All-Maker!
Honor the land!
Stone and beast obey His hand!
They fear not blade nor foreign creed —
For the Skaal walk where the spirits lead.

Honor the All-Maker!
Honor the land!
Stone and beast obey His hand!
They fear not blade nor foreign creed —
For the Skaal walk where the spirits lead.