The Ballad of Marion Blew (7) Ash Boy

The ash boy, is called Askeladden

He speaks of resilience, treachery, and humility

For he was forsaken, by his own blood, and succumbed to submission

His older brothers relinquished him to the stables, deeming him not fit to save the princess

But no more will he suffer in the hands of nepotism 

As he is now emancipated

He conquered adversity with wit, where his siblings had failed

Outsmarted the dragons, and saved the princess 

It was foretold in his dream, the turquoise stone would assist

It gleamed in his minds eye, and in his wake he went out.. into the field

He harvested the stone, from wet soil, with his own weathered hands

And has now passed on the stone, to Marion in distress 

To restore the balance, diffuse the hysteria surrounding the holy note...

Gifted with this exquisite rock, Marion makes haste into the dreary wet and dark expanse of the field

Large strides are made, and imprinted in the dirt, the march is on...