So sorry..
Back to the song:
First of course, just the music composition itself. Once again, you bring back the beautiful war drums, flute, and choirs. This choir sounds slightly different to me... obviously the ones that do the warcry, but the heavenly one too. I'm not sure if they are, for I get to listen to all of these songs less and less until glorious spring arrives. The war drums are once again phenomenal and add the immortal feel to the "Dead's Witness". Especially where they reenter the song after the windchimes. Which brings me to the windchimes...They seem a little to...ugh...cant think of a proper way to describe them..they give the right feel I think you're going for in the song, but seem kind of toneless to me..I'm not sure, but I love their effect on the song (which ill go into later). The strings: I see less of these in this song, which is kind of a nice break from your other songs, I guess TOO many strings would make the "Dead's Witness" seem gentle..but not in a manner a beast would be in.
THE STORY! Time for the fun part = P.
As we go into the song, our heros keep hearing rumors about an untamable, unkillable beast that lives upon a local mountain (local to the infinately tall castle in the "These Angels of War" story). They believe this beast will have some interesting information, or gaurding some interesting information from them that is very important to their cause. As they set off, they see this mountain, shadowed in a mystic fog, and oracle-like feeling. They arrive at the base of the mountain and start up. It is a journey, not without it's difficulties. They reach the summit, exhausted from climbing, fighting, and just plain surviving, for they have been traveling for what seems like ages now. They notice no cave, or any other monster-dwelling cavern, but almost a stairway to heaven, for this summit was only an illusion. They countinue up, and arrive at the top, immediately facing a beast of mounsterous proportions. The wind beats against them as they stand, looking straight into the returned stare of the beast (chimes). They begin to have a feeling not new to them as the Witness looms over them...fear. They had come to far to lose another friend to an immortal beast, too far to lose hope...They charge the beast all at once and swing with fatal qualities...but the dead's witness stands still, and as the weapons strike him, is unmoved. Like the mountain itself it is unmovable. Behind it however lies a temple. They then figure that the goal shall not be slaying the beast, as they are used to, but getting into the temple and out alive. With a sudden movement they dash in all differnt directions, but with an unseen movement, the witness strikes them all back onto their backs. Now seeing a problem with their tactics, they sit, and meditate. They here a voice, (the one of the wise old man's from "These Angels of War"). Being calmed by this presence, our heros walk towards the beast, weaponless, and walk right past, unopposed. Now entering the temple they fight a holy room of white marble, with only a tombstone on a small patch of grass. They read it,
"The man, the beast, the evil.
They are one in the same.
Wisdom, power, Hatred.
Fear but one of them.
For if your fear each of them.
You shall not get far."
On atop this stone lay a sword, embued within it not only a remarkably unuasual symbol....It was glowing with majesty, pulsing with power, and shrouded in dark mystery. They grab the sword, and turn to eachother saying,
"Funny, the answer to the puzzle we just completed was the reward for completing it. Plus this sword of easily seen great value." Remarks one. As they exit the temple the fog had effectively turned black, the beast red eyed, and the feel evil. They now stare at the beast in a new light, in every since of the term. They reach to their sides for their weapons to find none, they had left all of them on the other side of the beast, all but the Sword of the 3.
Well, that was fun, but this song isn't quite enough of a battle feel to go further, (plus im running out of ideas).
