With:	By Matthieu Morand [Guitars, Vocals]
Conducted by:	Jeff
Published:	12.05.2004
Band profile:	Elvaron
Album info:

CD1 : The Five Shires

The Five Shires tells the story of a long journey of three characters [an elf, a human and a dwarf] who will travel through shires of their agonizing world seeking Raislin, in order to avenge their own kin.

01. Prelude
It's an introductive track preparing our heroes for their journey.

02. The Kingdom Of Lerendi
In 'The Kingdom Of Lerendi', our three adventurers go through the first shire; the one of human beings. They are almost all dead and the few survivors are hopeless. That's here that the human of the group promises to bring vengeance to his race.

03. The Elves Of Alfheim
'The Elves Of Alfheim' [instrumental] represents the travel through the elfish kingdom. For their own sake, the elves live in forests and can easily hide and that is why the armies of Raislin failed to kill most of them. Our three adventurers are welcomed as brothers, a party is set in their honour.

04. The Dwarves Of Rockhome
? Then it's the depart, heading to the kingdom of dwarves. In 'The Dwarves Of Rockhome', our companions see an enslaved populace working in mines and forging weapons for Raistlin. He didn't kill them but enslaved them. The three heroes are not numerous enough to free an entire tribe and they continue to follow their path.


05. The Nothern Reaches
The following land is the one of gnomes. It's a savant race but odd; they spend their days constructing machines from which they ignore the purpose and they are always busy but never fully committed to their doings. In 'The Northern Reaches' [instrumental], our adventurers meet them and learn the success of the gnomes in fighting the warriors of Raistlin, due to their inventions and other machines that permitted to hold the enemy away.

06. The Orcs Of Thar
In 'The Orcs Of Thar', the heroes are captured by orcs; a savage and bloody race commanded by Raistlin. But due to their agility and elfish magic spells, they would eventually escape and arrive to the Palanthas tower.

07. Finale
The final is an instrumental epilogue that tells the feelings of our three characters after this exhausting episode.

08. The Tower Of Palanthas
'The Tower Of Palanthas' is about the arrival of the group to the tower of Raistlin. The surroundings are desolated and the tower spreads threatening shadows on the whole valley. Once inside the tower, they get trapped but manage to reach the laboratory of Raistlin, where a mysterious door engraved with dragons' heads is blocking their way. Through that door, our heroes see another world where a large war is on the way.

09. Beyond The Gate
In 'Beyond The Gate' they make preparations to go through the door but they hope that they will one day come back home.

10. Bloodstone Lands
'Bloodstone Lands' showcases our three adventurers and their hope and it gives them the will to continue to fight for revenge against Raistlin's armies.

11. Quest For Alifaar's Door
'The Quest For Alifaar's Door' takes the listener in this other world where chaos extends its powers. The gathering of the mages from Ravenland agree to send two warriors to find a sorcerer named Alifaar, who is about to awake a demon named Menedhen. They don't know yet that Alifaar and Raislin are the same sorcerer and that they defend the gate connecting the two worlds. After a stop at Karling's inn, our two warriors start their quest.

12. Killianor's Sight
In 'Killianor's Sight', these two warriors leave the inn and during their journey, they have to fight a party of orcs. After a rough battle, they rescue a young gnome who was kidnapped by the orcs, willing to use the gnome's invention [a very odd machine]. One of the two warriors, Maltaar, thinks about his kin, ready to be exterminated by Raistlin, and about his love Killianor.

13. The Rope
'The Rope' is a different song because it is not part of the story. It's a tribute to a friend of ours who passed away.

CD2 : The Call Of The Black Dragon
It's in that song that all the characters meet, the ones from Krynn and the ones from Ravenland. We are introduced to Colwin of Thylia, the other warrior accompanying Maltaar. He is a fallen king, ousted from his kingdom by Alifaar. Alifaar knows that these warriors meet with the common goal to kill him? So he prepares his armies, among which his army captain Refsnar, to be ready to "welcome" our heroes in the main city under siege, Warhead.

To be continued in the next Elvaron's album.