The Mournflag

All across the Marches, and indeed the Empire, those who have set themselves to the task of taking back the Mournwold have taken to wearing the Mourn Flag, be it on their cap, on the breast of their tunic to wherever. Some wear the blossom, and some a badge cast of tin, or of welt-silver or green iron, as their prosperity allows. The Mourn Flag ( or Miner's Mate) is a hardy flower that blooms year-round. It favours broken or disturbed ground, growing thick on old mine tailings, over graves, and on hillsides where there is runoff from a Green Iron vein that's broken the surface. Canny miners will look for beds of the flower, and follow them up-slope up the hill, and like as not they’ll find a spot worth mining.

Some sing it to the Marcher Hymn, "Good Walder's Progress" (music by Kathryn Wheeler), some to the old HighGuard Processional *Virtues Anthem

Lyrics by Dan Towse

A recording of this song can be found here

The Mourn Flag blooms when 'Wolder's work is done Where Green Iron's mined or Miner's laid to rest. And now the Marches' labour has begun, We'll muster every virtue, give our best,

Refrain: And if by chance we fall and come to lie Beneath the Wold, there let the Mourn Flag fly.

To free the Mourn with blood and sweat and toil And plough the Wold thrice o'er from March to Moor Each Soldier, Farmer, Alderman, all loyal Will give their all, though prosperous or poor.

Refrain

So pluck the Miners Mate and wear it's flower All you who strive to break the Jotun's Hold Till by our works and our collective power The Marches Bounds are Beaten round Mournwold.

Refrain