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Date Posted: 09:08:43 07/27/00 Thu
Author: Christopher L Blanchett
Subject: Princess Katina

This poem belongs to an array of poems that Startime and I are creating at the Bridge, we are attempting to write a fantasy saga using only poetry to tell the story, please feel free to contribute or email me for a synopsis...

...Introducing the Princess Katina

Not 24 annuals old, she was considered young
To be of age to hold such high office.
In this strange land, children of Kings
Did not assume power until much later.
A woman of strength, Amazonian in looks
She was known throughout Ansalon for her beauty
She had long Golden hair
With beautiful blue eyes
Her vision would enrapture
Many suitors did come to win her heart
But the seat of power was their true ambition.

Honour and integrity were her companions
As she undertook her duties
No betrayal could she entertain
And under her rule
No children suffered
She was truly loved by the people.
But Katrina's heart was heavy,
For her heart belonged to another.
A Knight of the Realm from another Clan
She knew she would not be permitted to marry.

And so, fearing the King's wrath,
Katina and her love set out under a cloak of darkness
And entered into lands unknown.
But their hearts remained always in Ansalon.
She carried with her, The Staff of Teer-Sha
Wrapped tightly in cloth of blue satin
This was the Third weapon of Man
From the powerful Goddess of Healing.
With this staff all injuries made
Could it's healing powers cure.
Laid upon bruised flesh, rendered by swords
It held magic to cleanse and to pure.

As they travelled they became aware
Of a strange and deathly palour
that befell the land.
She knew that something was wrong,
And so to Ansalon they turned their hearts
To return to where they belonged.
They were conscious of Evil consuming the land
The billowing smoke on the horizon told them
That the Tribes of Man were under siege
Katina and her Knight wore coats of steel
As they made haste back to the battle.

They were too late,
as the horror that greeted their eyes
Met them at the brow of a hill
That overlooked the entire valley
Ansalon was burning!
The very earth was ablaze
And it's Tribes were scattered to the four winds
Or else lay on the field - dead where they fell.
A few pockets of resistance remained
Fighting ogres of the most abominable kind
A sadly they were losing ground.

Princess Katina and her trusty Knight
Surged from the hill
To join the Fight
This battle for life itself
that the Tribes had to win
She knew in her heart that Ansalon was gone.
Even as she laid bare the flesh of her first enemy
She knew she would have to gather together
as much of the Clans that she could muster
And retreat from this home that she had always loved
Leave Ansalon forever!

~ to be continued ~

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