| Air: Merlin’s Chalice Book One of the Children of Avalon Trilogy by Merilyn Wolfe |
| Merlin’s Prophecy Ten score years shall darkness helm The vessel of King Arthur’s realm, Wending through time’s storm-tossed sea To ground upon this prophecy. This shadowed epoch shall conclude By the might of the seventh brood. Of Avalon, the children three Will restore right and harmony. Hark ye to the Lady’s line! The sixth of seventh will assign Herself to perish with the wind, Helping to save all mankind. Seven of seven will blaze A path through time’s dark’ning haze. Her heirs will be the ones to heal, And renew sorcery’s appeal. The seventh from my own blood Will ride the crest of magic flood. Blending with the powers’ peak, He will bring the peace we seek. But the mightiest in the land Will be She - who by her hand Condemned me to my earthen tomb. She will see her talents bloom. Her growing might will presage The dawning of the golden age. Unmatched power shall wield she - Unprecedented sorcery. But Avalon’s child will not fail To discover my stony grail. Then one, wielding the power of three, The greatest earthly force will be. My power will render her accursed, Unless the trio all die first. Or she will be, I prophesy, Destroyed by one and children three. |
