Welcome Noble
Thanes!!
Welcome Noble
Thanes!!
Ahh,.. you have decided to stay. Now that you have
settled in, come join us in our story-telling. Listen if you will of tales
of brave warriors and kings; of how they defeated and conquered
their enemy. Listen of the virtues and of the spoils of war. Come sit with me
and listen as our scops sing their tales. Look. Here comes one now and by the look of him
he has a story to tell. Let us listen:
“Hear ye Hear ye… Oh noble thanes, lend me your ears; for I have a great tale to tell, the greatest
tale you will ever hear, the greatest of them all. Listen carefully as I tell you a tale of a young warrior,
strong and mighty, brave and true. Listen as I tell of his adventures, of his struggle with unimaginable
creatures of the dark. His name is known throughout the Danish lands and his stories are told over many
seas. I have many a tale to tell of him, however, tonight my memory leaves me – it must be the strength of
this great mead. Tonight I will tell you of one of his many adventures – his struggle with a wretched
monster in a dark cave. This monster is the mother of a creature whom our hero had triumphantly
defeated; they call her
Grendel’s mother. This story has two versions, both of which I will tell. Now gatheraround noble thanes and listen as I tell you of a tale of
the chronicles of the hero they call – Beowulf."
