Lyrics: Oathbound

Chorus:
Bonds of blood and bonds of steel
Bonds of god-fire and of need,
Bonds that only we to feel
Bonds of word and bonds of deed,
Bonds we took – and knew the cost
Bonds we swore without mistake
Bonds that give more than we lost,
Bonds that grant more than they take

Tarma:
Kal’endral, Sword-Sworn, I,
To my Star-Eyed Goddess bound,
With my pledge would vengeance buy
But far more than vengeance found
Now with steel and iron will
Serve my Lady and my Clan
All my pleasure in my skill–
Never more with any man

Kethry:
Bound am I by my own will
Never to misuse my power
Never to pervert my skill
To the pleasures of an hour
With this blade that I now wear
Came another bound indeed–
While her arcane gifts I share
I am bound to woman’s need

Tarma:
And by blood-oath we are bound
Held by more than mortal bands
For the vow we swore was crowned
By god-fires upon our hands

Kethry:
You are more than shield-sib now
We are bound, and yet are free
So I make one final vow–
That your Clan shall live through me