The Ode

The Ode To The City , sometimes referred to as "The Last Chant of The Begone Empire" or simply "The Ode", is a popular folklore song known since millennia and passed down through all the generations of Citizens. Some believe its origins to be older than The City itself, as it has appeared in the life of every citizen that ever lived in some form or another. For this strange ubiquity, The Ode is considered almost universally to be the most known song in the History Of The City. 
In The City's Mythos, The Ode is said to be have been sung by The Emperor as his last words to The Empire and his loved ones, especially The Empress and their children, after taking her to The Altar and locking himself behind the towering marble doors of The Royal Crypt, protecting her from the Curse of Aurumia and preventing her from permanently dying thanks to the power of advanced Stasis Technology. 
== Mythos ==
" When descending into the depths of the royal antechamber, his thoughts went inevitably on what his last words would be. The pain he was bearing in that precise moment was something unimaginable, far beyond the comprehension of what a living being should experience. And yet he stood there, carrying the now dying body of his beloved Empress, after seeing his children brutally murdered in front of him by the one who he once considered the center of his life, no less. He thought about the empire, his family and his people. The women and the children who could have had the brightest future under his reign, the very people that in the same moment were being executed in masses and dragged through the streets, living unimaginable pain. His loyal soldiers where ready to die for him at any moment and would have gladly given their lives in the name of The Empire, defending their home. But there was nothing to defend to begin with, for the atrocities and horrors committed that day were too unspeakable. May You Rest In Peace, Piuma. "
== English Version ==
====== " Ode, Ode to my Kin, ======
====== Ode, Ode to those Within, ======
====== Ode to those who Never Bend, ======
====== Ode to those who Know no Fear. ======
====== The City will Always be, ======
====== Tomb, Shelter, and Truth to see, ======
====== The City will Always be, ======
====== Tomb, Shelter, and Truth to see. ======
====== Ode, Ode to my Kin, ======
====== Ode, Ode to those Within, ======
====== Ode to those who Know no Fear, ======
====== Ode to those who Shed a Tear. ======
====== The City will Always be, ======
====== Tomb, Shelter, and Truth to see, ======
====== The City will Always be, ======
====== If we but Awaken and Believe. ======
====== The City will Always be... ======
====== ...If we but Awaken and Believe. " ======
== Original (Italian) Ver. ==
====== " Ode, Ode ai Figli Miei, ======
====== Ode, Ode a chi Vorrei, ======
====== Ode a chi non Vuol Cader, ======
====== Ode a chi Paur non ha. ======
====== La Città Sempre sarà ======
====== Tomba, Casa e Verità ======
====== La Città Sempre sarà ======
====== Tomba, Casa e Verità. ======
====== Ode, Ode ai Figli Miei, ======
====== Ode, Ode a chi Vorrei, ======
====== Ode a chi Paur non ha ======
====== Ode a chi Sangue Versò. ======
====== La Città sempre sarà ======
====== Tomba, Casa e Verità ======
====== La Città Sempre sarà ======
====== Se Ella Non Si Sveglierà. ======
====== La Città Sempre sarà... ======
====== ... Se Ella Non Si Sveglierà. " ======
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