Nom's Saga
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| Told by | Koark |
| Additional Script | Seen-Script |
| Page | p240 |
Nom's Saga is the third story told by Koark in Order of Tales. He tells it in the depths of Stonepalm to King Pronomb, after the Blackbirds have destroyed the Hornèds' library. It concerns the origin of the kingdom of the Hornèds-of-the-Palm.
Nom's Saga
Burnt black was the sky in the age of
Vurcarre. Burrows in the wide plains
were home to the Hornèds.
Gramat Holedweller, son of
Gramat Rockturner, was their king.
Each night over the plain flew
Vurcarre, a screeching, whirling
serpent; a thing of claws and smoke.
It's eight arms destroyed what they
touched, and it took many lives.
The serpent dwelt far north, in
lands frightening to the Hornèds-
of-the-plain, in the midst of five
peaks: a great hand of stone. No
Hornèd would confront Vurcarre.
In this time was born a Hornèd
named Nom, unruly and sharp-
spoken. Never did he belong in
the plains. In his youth he saw
Vurcarre, and vowed to kill it.
Nom forged swords and axes
for the Hornèds-of-the-plain to
use, and he gathered three score
and four Hornèds to make the
journey north.
But the king forbade their
campaign, and Nom's warriors
were arrested and held in the
burrows. The serpent must not be
provoked, said Gramat.
That night Vurcarre came, tearing
at the earth in a great rage. And
the guards were eaten, and King
Gramat was wounded, and
Nom's warriors escaped.
They set off after the serpent.
The land grew rocky, and Nom
felt at home. At last, the sixty-
five came to the five peaks, the
Stone Palm.
There slept Vurcarre, having
eaten its fill. And the Hornèds
approached, and they stabbed it
deeply with their swords.
And Vurcarre was frightened to
see Hornèds in its very home,
and for this it fled, bleeding
blackness and howling.
Nom named himself king of the
Hornèds-of-the-Palm, and from
him are descended all of the
Stone Palm's kings. A town of
stone was built there.
And the serpent did not
return, knowing that the Palm
now belonged to the Hornèds,
its foes.
Seen Script
The script in the tale reads as follows:
Page 240: "Nom's Saga", "King Gramat"
Page 241: "Nom vows"
Page 242: "Gramat forbids"
Page 243: "Nom departs"
Page 245: "King Nom"
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