Onward to Glory I Go

Based on I Don Quixote from the Man of La Mancha
Lyrics by Martin Hobbs

Songs like this are very popular amongst the minstrels who accompany questing knights, who often insert the names of their own company into the song and tweak the lyrics to fit the heroic exploits of their own groups. The tune originates in the playhouses of Sarvos, but its heritage is irrelevant to the Dawnish knights. Troubadours find it a useful tool as the popular music and stirring tune can quickly inspire feelings of Pride and glory in the listeners. League cynics who suggest that the original song was a criticism of Dawnish culture are entirely ignored.

Hear me, heathens and wizards And serpents of sin! All your dastardly doings are past, For a noble endeavour is now to begin And virtue shall triumph at last!

I am Ozren de Orzel A Knight of the Empire, My destiny calls and I go, And the wild winds of fortune Will carry me onward, Whithersoever they blow. Onward to glory I go! Onward to glory I go!

I'm Starac! Yes, I'm Starac! I'll follow my Earl till the end. I'll tell all the world proudly He’s Lord Orzel! He’s my friend!

Hear me now Oh thou bleak and barbarian world, Thou art base and debauched as can be; And the knights with their banners all bravely unfurled Now hurl down their gauntlets to thee!

We are brave, Dawnish Nobles, The Knights of the Empire, Our destiny calls and we go, And the wild winds of fortune Will carry us onward, Whithersoever they blow. Onward to glory we go! Onward to glory we go!

Oh the trumpets of glory Now call us to fight, Yes, the trumpets are calling us on, And wherever we fight, Ever staunch at our sides Our Earl and companions shall be!

We are brave, Dawnish Nobles, The Knights of the Empire, Our destiny calls and we go, And the wild winds of fortune Will carry us onward, Whithersoever they blow. Onward to glory we go, Onward to glory we go!

We’re yeomen! Yes, we’re yeomen! We'll follow our nobles till the end. We'll tell all the world proudly We’re their yeoman! We’re their friends!

We are brave, Dawnish Nobles, The Knights of the Empire, Destroyers of evil are we And we’ll march to the sound Of the trumpets of glory Forever to conquer will we!