edinoro narration by Stanislav Mikhailov & Alexey Rumin
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There once was a land of plenty,
which stretched far and wide
Its King decided to go forth
and discover the remote corners of his realm
He found a mountain,
which was taller and greater
than it seemed at first
The King built himself a castle
from a part of the mountain’s body
Then he travelled on
and discovered a great wood,
which he gave his royal name
And further he rode,
and discovered another wood,
wherein dwelled the Amazons
But then
he was halted by an Evil Wizard,
who turned the King into a stone
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This stone image of the King
has survived even to our days
He left behind a daughter,
a girl of beauty and skill
For instance,
it was she who made this map
She wanted to complete the castle frescoes,
only one of which was finished by her father
But they were a people lacking in imagination,
and could not portray things they had never seen
So to paint the glory and wealth of her land,
the Princess had to retrace the King’s footsteps
First the Princess travelled to the mountain,
where she found the oracle,
who used to be entrapped in the mountain
back in the times when it was bigger
As a gratitude to the Princess’s father the King
for setting him free,
the oracle presented the Princess
with a newborn unicorn
This event is depicted on the Princesses first fresco.
Unfortunately, it is also the one least well preserved
It is located to the right of the only fresco
the King himself had the time to complete —
the one that shows the royal family’s violet banner
This standard was now reinforced
with a little flag on the castle rooftop,
put there by the Princess
to honour the baby Unicorn
Contrary to what the Oracle told the Princess,
the baby Unicorn never grew in size.
It turned out he was a dwarf pony.
But it was too late to complain,
because the Oracle had left the lands
The sun,
as it was setting down,
told the Princess where to go next
The Keeper of the Wood
refused to bow to her rule
And it was then
that the Pony Unicorn
revealed his power
All your foes are pale with fright,
Pony, Pony! Lead the fight!
Make your enemies beware
Of your dread unblinking stare,
Make regret the very hour
When they saw your knightly power,
For their own unholy sake
Pony, Pony, do them make
Flee the crimson tide of war
As they never did before
Spread around you fear and bring
Vict’ry to the child of King.
Thanks to this peaceful demonstration of force,
the wood was added to the Princesses domain
The Keeper, beeing deeply impressed,
joined the Princess in her quest
This alliance is shown on a magnificent and lively fresco
The Keeper brought with him the knowledge
of the cardinal directions,
which allowed to shed more light on the map
North was opposite the sun
It was an important discovery.
But the Princess needed achievements, not knowledge
In the north,
slightly to the west of the forest of the Amazon,
they discovered the wood of the Fierce Boar
But the Princess was not yet finished
Another great thing
she was about to find
was the Eerie Sea
There in the Sea
was clearly something very important
and mysterious,
Because the coastline was heavily guarded
by enchanted birds
And the Keeper, who led the assault,
was struck down by their catatonic fear attack
The Pony Unicorn returned with an intelligence report
The Keeper could still be saved,
even though he was paralysed
The birds scared everyone,
and themselves were afraid of nothing.
However, their presence along the coastline
was noticeably lower near the Boar’s wood
Fierce Boar possessed a Staff of Power
which added five points to strength.
The birds tried to avoid it
The only thing to match it
was the Sandals of the Amazon,
who dwelt nearby
So the Princess decided to go straight
Sudden attack brought her an admirable victory
With a fatality
Where goes the Princess? What searches for?
For shreds of ancient sacred lore?
Or does the conquest, piece by piece,
Allow her soul to thrive in peace?
Shall not she meet her father’s Doom?
In sullen stone to be entombed,
Perhaps she goes to meet her end
Deep down inside uncharted land…
Did she spring forth from Amazon,
Whose shoes will help her to go on?
Some say so. And while others guess,
The Princess moves and makes progress.
The Fierce Boar, alarmed by the noise,
was ready to stand his ground
However
he was clearly not ready to meet his match
The Boar was still breathing
when the princess took the wooden Staff of Power
from his claws
They laid waste to both Western forests
The exit to the Eerie Sea was bought, but at a dear cost
The Keeper was regained
The Princess awakened him
Tired of bearing two such strong artifacts at once,
she decided to let the Keeper,
whose past career was closely tied to lumber,
take custody of the Staff
And he thereby was upgraded to a Druid
The Princess took careful note of her acquisitions
The Eerie Sea obeyed her
It turned out the timber from the Boar’s Wood
was perfectly suited for shipbuilding
The painting of the Wood was the first
on the West castle wall
While the sandals,
seen here against her father’s flag,
Completed the frescoes on the East wall
Two slots still remained empty
Then the Princess again left the castle
for the Boar Wood,
And they brought in more Wood of Power
To build a shipyard
Where the headquarters moved the same evening
The Eerie Sea was, as always, restless
when the ship set forth
to explore its far reaches and mysteries
Leaving behind their home turf
And soon the ship sailed out of sight
As for those on board, around them,
as far as eye could see,
stretched the waters of the Eerie Sea
After two days of journey they discovered an island
The ship ledger says
that when they entered the harbour
there was a great storm,
and the deck was flooded repeatedly
Having disembarked,
the Princess and the Druid left the Pony
to guard the ship,
and themselves
only relying on the power of their artifacts,
ventured forth into the island
In the middle of the island
they installed the Princess’s banner
The Evil Wizard hurried from his birch grove
to confront them
Well prepared they thought
But they were defeated
utterly
The Pony Unicorn was the last hope
During the farewell supper they served a mass
for the Druid
The Princess showed where she was attacked
by the Evil Wizard
And the Pony Unicorn charged with all his fierceness
And soon returned with a report of a triumphant victory
Which was instantly reflected in the castle paintings
The map was opened now in its entirety
The Father’s fresco gallery was completed
And the Princess asked
if it could always be like that
And it was like that
Always