[Walking into a tempest of ice]

Khaas: Where are we Iras?
Iras: Near to the doorway of hell...
Dargor: Can you? can you see?
Tarish: No, but we must press on... What is that?
Khaas: Howling... It's coming from everywhere!
Iras: Naroth... Run!

[Running fast, chased by the Naroth, they face the avalanche]

All together: What's that? The ground...!
Khaas: It's an avalanche!
Tarish: No, hold on! Help me!

Dargor: Are there any injured? Are you well, my friend?
Iras: Yes?

Dargor: Iras...?
Iras: The lonely mountain... and behind it the secret place
Prepare for what lies behind those icy rocks

Brivido amaro or piega il fiero volto
Tersa paura al suo levar l'occhio si' stanco
Fredda visione dal mondo dimenticata
Antica porta ch'al morto sol al vero mal conduce

Har-Kuun!

Seven black towers tearing the skies
Seven the guardians of the underworld's night
Archways of dark stone, mad gothic maze
Unholy fortress built on anger and hate

Over majestic peaks
We hail the fallen kings
Great warriors born to win
Celestial blazing steel

Millions of swords and shields
Flaming the coldest wind
Dark gate, primordial sin
Black legends now revealed

solo.

Transcending vision
Ancestral madness
Chaos and oblivion
Gateway to hell

Transcending vision
Ancestral madness
Chaos and oblivion
Gateway to hell

All'ignoto va il lor sguardo
Piange il cuore il negato
Nell'oblio di un rimpianto
Sferza l'ombra il suo passato

Ruins of mighty evil
Asking for new splendor
Cosmic hell's dominion
Nekron's resurrection

Ruins of mighty evil
Asking for new splendor
Cosmic hell's dominion
Nekron's resurrection

Burn the skies of gods and angels
Flames of force divine
The great call of shining Heavens
Storms the walls of Kron

The ancient fires of Har-Kuun
The ancient fires of Har-Kuun
Har-Kuun, Har-Kuun

[Chorus]
Illuminati sumus
Adhus divinitus
Praedito maledictum
Infernus rex foedus
Hibernus tempus anni
Ventorum furia
Obscuritas naturae
Aeterna tenebra

Illuminati sumus
Adhus divinitus
Praedito maledictum
Infernus rex foedus
Hibernus tempus anni
Ventorum furia
Obscuritas naturae
Aeterna tenebra

Eterno fuoco ancor vivo ed or pulsante
Pietra opaca di ruvido spento riflesso
Morte, tormento, rovina di sangue ed odio
Pena, dolore, o gotico cuor di lamento e pianto

Har-Kuun!

Sad tales forgotten, mysterious for most
Now are revealing all their dangerous words
Another dark entrance, another dark gate
True gothic nightmare, an infernal descent

[Refrain]
Over majestic peaks
We hail the fallen kings
Great warriors born to win
Celestial blazing steel

Millions of swords and shields
Flaming the coldest wind
Dark gate, primordial sin
Black legends now revealed

[Solo]

Infinite shadows
Cosmic damnation
Dark reign of terror
Evil reborn

Infinite shadows
Cosmic damnation
Dark reign of terror
Evil reborn

Nel suo infido lamento
Un segreto ferma il passo
Se nel calice e' versato
Rima el sangue del dannato

Ruins of mighty evil
Asking for new splendor
Cosmic hell's dominion
Nekron's resurrection

Ruins of mighty evil
Asking for new splendor
Cosmic hell's dominion
Nekron's resurrection

Burn the skies of gods and angels
Flames of force divine
The great call of shining Heavens
Storms the walls of Kron

The ancient fires of Har-Kuun
The ancient fires of Har-Kuun
Har-Kuun, Har-Kuun

[Chorus] 2x
[Refrain]

Iras:
What many believed was only a legend
Was now lying in front of me...
There it was... Erian's book of the holy angels
The testament of all the Heavens... beckoning to me
A black dragon made of stone stood guard over it
Threatening with outstretched wings?
As I drew closer my heart pounded
But I cast off my fear and in the next instant
I opened the book?

King Uriel:
What Erian had written 5.000 years before
Was now finally before their eyes

[Suddenly Tarish raises a knife to Iras' throat]

Dargor: Elf of the caves!
Khaas: Tarish, what in God's name are you doing?
Iras: You? insane? fool!
Tarish: I do what must be done?!
Dargor: Let him go!
Tarish: Give me the book and I will spare the life of this old wizard!
Lothen: Traitor?
Iras: He knows not what he's doing!
Tarish: I know very well what I am doing? Hand it to me!
Give it to me or he will die!
Khaas: All right? Take the book but let Iras go!
Iras: Nooo?!

[In the next instant Khaas and Dargor attack Tarish]

Iras: Take it from him!
Tarish: Fools?! This belongs to the Black Order?!
Dargor: Leave it? leave it!
Khaas: Ahhh? I'm bleeding!
Lothen: Help him!
Iras: Do not let him escape? Go after him! We must have the book
Dargor: I will return with it!

Iras:
As I lay wounded?
An incredible pain shooting through my head
I saw Dargor struggling with Tarish? he won!
But before dying, the elf king was able
To tear some pages out of Erian's book
Then everything turned to black?

Cuore dal triste fato
Difetto di lealta'
Ch'or la neve nasconde dia'
Sana la sua ferita
L'ombra di un'entita'
Che a nuova luce convergera'

[Chorus]
Neve scendi e sciogli al sol
Il mio peccato nel tuo candor
Neve scendi e sciogli al sol
Il mio peccato nel tuo candor
Nel tuo candor

Candida vibrazione
Lume d'eternita'
Arde nell'aere la tua unicita'
Scorgo nel tuo pallore
Ultima verita'
Rea di sacra omerta'

[Chorus]

[Solo]

[Chorus] 2x

Over majestic peaks
We hail the fallen kings
Great warriors born to win
Celestial blazing steel

Millions of swords and shields
Flaming the coldest wind
Dark gate, primordial sin
Black legends now revealed

Legend revealed!

Tarish, your blood colored the snow
Why old friend, did you choose the lie?
May your soul now rest in peace
And still ascend to Heaven's glare

Erian's words in our hands
May dry the angels' frozen tears
I feel the way is still so long
This neverending tale will unfold
Will unfold

[Chorus]
Old sacred wisdom
Great hope for all men
For countless kingdoms
For the whole known world

Spirits of winter, lead our way
Between the dangers of this cold land
These ancient pages can not be lost
The glory of Heavens clearly revealed

Sinister voices trapped in the wind
It's following us, dark creeping Har-Kuun
Silent snowfall, spare our lives
The hardest journey still has not began
Has not began

[Chorus]

[Solo]

A new fate for gods and angels
Shines in our hands
The lost words of raging Heavens
Storms the walls of Kron

The ancient fires of Har-Kuun
The ancient fires of Har-Kuun
Har-Kuun, Har-Kuun

Illuminati sumus
Adhus divinitus
Praedito maledictum
Infernus rex foedus
Hibernus tempus anni
Ventorum furia
Obscuritas naturae
Aeterna tenebra

Illuminati sumus
Adhus divinitus
Praedito maledictum
Infernus rex foedus
Hibernus tempus anni
Ventorum furia
Obscuritas naturae
Aeterna tenebra

Iras:
When I regained consciousness, I could see Dargor
And around him a mantel of snow
Oh, friends of the beloved lands? We had survived
Though racked with pain I called for the precious magic book
I opened it and immediately realized how lucky we were
Only a few pages were missing
Those glorious words written by an angel
Were there before my mortal eyes
This was a sight I had lived my whole life
Hoping one day to see?

King Uriel:
All the divine wisdom of the angels
Was contained in those ancient pages
Tired and weary they came upon the village of Nairin
On the eastern side of the White Mountains
Home to the little elves? There they could rest
And Iras, after being cured by the elves' magic arts
Could finally examine the mysteries of Erian's work
But what he discovered in doing so, he never expected
Erian's words were not only completely clear
But they were tragic and prophetic as well
A revelation of angels?

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