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| image = Book Tome W Image.png | | image = Book Tome W Image.png | ||
| icon = Book Tome W Item Icon.png | | icon = Book Tome W Item Icon.png | ||
| description = '''The Elf Song''' is a common [[Books|Book]]. It contains the lyrics to the Song of Balduran. | | description = '''The Elf Song''' is a common [[Books|Book]]. It contains the lyrics to the Song of Balduran. | ||
| quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | | quote = This book is redolent with the enticing smell of paper and ink. | ||
| book text = O, sing a song of Balduran<br/> | | book text = | ||
O, sing a song of Balduran<br/> | |||
Who founded Baldur's Gate.<br/> | Who founded Baldur's Gate.<br/> | ||
Empire golden built on trade,<br/> | Empire golden built on trade,<br/> | ||
Could not avert his fate.<br/> | Could not avert his fate.<br/> | ||
When three, though dead, assailed his port<br/> | When three, though dead, assailed his port<br/> | ||
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Succumbed as threat from nether years<br/> | Succumbed as threat from nether years<br/> | ||
Arose to conquer all.<br/> | Arose to conquer all.<br/> | ||
Now hope is gone, or so it seems<br/> | Now hope is gone, or so it seems<br/> | ||
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New cards are drawn, new hands are played<br/> | New cards are drawn, new hands are played<br/> | ||
Newcomers place a bet.<br/> | Newcomers place a bet.<br/> | ||
A knave, a wizard, devil, gith:<br/> | A knave, a wizard, devil, gith:<br/> | ||
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And Baldur's fate now turns upon<br/> | And Baldur's fate now turns upon<br/> | ||
The whims of fortune's few...<br/> | The whims of fortune's few...<br/> | ||
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* Inside a Rosewood Desk, when you rent a room at [[Elfsong Tavern]]. {{Coords|-1572|800}} | * Inside a Rosewood Desk, when you rent a room at [[Elfsong Tavern]]. {{Coords|-1572|800}} | ||
| notes = * These are song lyrics that match actual vocals used by in-game music. If the player rents a room from [[Elfsong Tavern]], the background music has | | notes = | ||
* These are song lyrics that match actual vocals used by in-game music. If the player rents a room from [[Elfsong Tavern]], the background music has a vocalist singing these exact lyrics. Another book item referring to [[Elfsong Tavern]] mentions a "disembodied singing voice" potentially meant as a joke referencing this fact. | |||
* The specific lyrics of 'a knave, a wizard, devil, gith' could be a reference to specific [[Origin]] characters. | * The specific lyrics of 'a knave, a wizard, devil, gith' could be a reference to specific [[Origin]] characters. | ||
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