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<blockquote data-quote="lyle.spade" data-source="post: 7770179" data-attributes="member: 30042"><p>To add to my case that Metal is for RPGs, please see below the lyrics to Judas Priest's "The Sentinel," from their "Defenders of the Faith" album.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Along deserted avenues</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Steam begins to rise</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">The figures primed and ready</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Prepared for quick surprise</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">He's watchin' for a sign</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">His life is on the line</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Dogs whine in the alleys</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Smoke is on the wind</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">From deep inside its empty shell</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">A cathedral bell begins to toll</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">A storm begins to grow</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Sworn to avenge</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Condemn to Hell</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Tempt not the blade</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">All fear the Sentinel</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Amidst the upturned burned-out cars</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">The challengers await</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">And in their fists clutch iron bars</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">With which to seal his fate</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Across his chest is scabbards rest</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">The rows of throwing knives</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Whose razor points in challenged tests</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Have finished many lives</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Now facing one another</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">The stand-off eats at time</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Then all at once a silence falls</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">As the bell ceases its chime</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Upon this sign the challengers</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">With shrieks and cries rush forth</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">The knives fly out like bullets</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Upon their deadly course</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Screams of pain and agony</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Rent the silent air</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Amidst the dying bodies</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Blood runs everywhere</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">The figure stands expressionless</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Impassive and alone</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Unmoved by this victory</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">And the seeds of death he's sown</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Sworn to avenge</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Condemn to Hell</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">Tempt not the blade</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">All fear the Sentinel</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444"><span style="font-family: 'system-ui'">I used this a few years ago as inspiration for a Big Bad guarding an important site in a DnD game.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lyle.spade, post: 7770179, member: 30042"] To add to my case that Metal is for RPGs, please see below the lyrics to Judas Priest's "The Sentinel," from their "Defenders of the Faith" album. [COLOR=#444444][FONT=system-ui]Along deserted avenues Steam begins to rise The figures primed and ready Prepared for quick surprise He's watchin' for a sign His life is on the line Dogs whine in the alleys Smoke is on the wind From deep inside its empty shell A cathedral bell begins to toll A storm begins to grow Sworn to avenge Condemn to Hell Tempt not the blade All fear the Sentinel[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT=system-ui]Amidst the upturned burned-out cars The challengers await And in their fists clutch iron bars With which to seal his fate Across his chest is scabbards rest The rows of throwing knives Whose razor points in challenged tests Have finished many lives[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT=system-ui]Now facing one another The stand-off eats at time Then all at once a silence falls As the bell ceases its chime Upon this sign the challengers With shrieks and cries rush forth The knives fly out like bullets Upon their deadly course Screams of pain and agony Rent the silent air Amidst the dying bodies Blood runs everywhere The figure stands expressionless Impassive and alone Unmoved by this victory And the seeds of death he's sown[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#444444][FONT=system-ui]Sworn to avenge Condemn to Hell Tempt not the blade All fear the Sentinel I used this a few years ago as inspiration for a Big Bad guarding an important site in a DnD game.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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