The Tei'kaliath battle march, as adapted from that of the old clan.
This is the tune:
http://denizt.com/interests/musics/turk ... takimi.mp3And the words go:
Here is thy army, O glorious Ill'haress
An army of the faithful, O glorious Ill'haress
Ye called us to fight, Who has offended thee?
Ye called us to fight, Who has angered thee?
They are the cursed ones, These reprobate infidels
They shall feel true shame, These reprobate infidels
They know not the Goddess, Their mothers are to blame
They shall see their mistake, Their mothers will be shamed
There is still time to repent, O impudent infidel
Seek the Goddess and repent, O impudent infidel
Thy time is near at hand, O impudent infidel
Thy wasted time is spent, O impudent infidel
And now we come for thee, Death to the infidel!
With a banner and a sword, Death to the infidel!
We have suffered thy insolence, Death to the infidel!
Now thou shalt suffer abjection, Death to the Infidel!
Goddess is greatest!, Goddess is greatest!
Tei'kaliath to victory, All shall reckon the Goddess!
Goddess is greatest!, Goddess is greatest!
Tei'kaliath to victory, All shall reckon the Goddess!
When our ancestors lived on the surface, we worshiped the fifth moon and held her to be holy. Our Queen was also the high priestess of this state religion and that ancient tradition is inherited by our current Ill'haress. This Battle march is one of the most ancient that are still known to us. It recalls the 'blood moon' ceremony when the queen in her office of high priestess of the state religion donned a red robe for the nightly prayer service and declared that enemy infidels had offended the Goddess and the faithful were to smite them mightily. The army then assembled the next morning around either the Queen or her designated Warmaster and marched off to battle singing war marches accompanied by traditional instruments.
In ancient times The instruments were the kettle drum, the snare drum, the great sistrum, the cymbals, the clarinet, and the trumpet. There were one kettle drummer, four snare drummers and five of each other type of instrument in the marching bands and the bands were traditionally composed of younglings (under 40).
The song in the link is what an ancient marching band version of the song sounded like, The current version of the song is sung in a choral arrangement and is not normally accompanied by instruments.