Symphony for the Starscourge
Childhood promise made,
but by duty denied
when the kind little fool
sought to free the stars in the sky.
His sister went to make way
with the art of her blade
and the curse of rot.
Did this scare Radahn? NOT!
They met at the field
with the glints of their blades.
The Rot-god said, “Yield!”
The Starscourge said, “Nay!”
Oh, what horror displayed
on the field that dark day
with knights clashing swords!
But did they feel remorse?
Their leader road in front,
fighting by their side along.
He taught them real honor,
and with a smile they screamed, “FOR RADAHN!”
Yes, the most beautiful sight in Caelid
was how those soldiers fought,
and ironic the crimson flower
through which Malenia bloomed her rot.
A sickly disease
eating all from the inside,
but even this affliction
could not cause Radahn to die!
He was indeed in a sickly state
and had surely lost his mind,
but Malenia was fought off
and his soldiers had time to cry.
Still among the strongest
in his weakened state,
but a soldier must keep their promise,
and their general deserves a better fate.
Gather the strongest to beat him!
Gather them in plentiful!
A worthy competition,
The Radahn Festival!
‘Til the end our general!
Honor us and be strong!
It is a privilege to fight you
Starscourge Radahn!
(I don’t usually make stuff for things I’m a fan of, but, recently I just beat Elden Ring for the first time and I was inspired to do something special for this character in specific. Elden Ring is a fantastic game, and I wish I had the courage to play it sooner. It’s actually a bit embarrassing, but, I got this game a while back, but I never touched it because I saw clips of this boss online and I thought that I was not built for that, that that’s just something I could not bring myself to beat or achieve. Well, after a while of trying to avoid spoilers or watching much gameplay from my favorite youtubers, when I did get the courage to play this game recently after a friend of mine brought it up, I eventually did get to Starscourge Radahn, and when I faced him, my mind just changed I went into this mindset I haven’t been in…at all I think. It was a sort of, pre-determined sense of accomplishment, a sense of determination that I would achieve something and that there was nothing in the way of achieving what I wanted while at the same time feeling myself working towards that goal. Believe it or not, in this mindset, first try first time ever playing the game, I beat Starscourge Radahn and I felt a sense of achievement I’ve never felt before, a sense of accomplishment and a sense of fulfillment that I’ve been lacking all of a sudden gifted upon me as a special sort of reward in itself for just completing this task. Every step of playing Elden Ring was just magical, it’s a fantastic game, and I never really saw myself beating let alone being good at a Fromsoft videogame which I guess, being someone who’s never actually played it before, by its reputation can seem kinda scary. This only made every success and every victory all the more fulfilling, but even now, my words don’t do it justice. This is a fantastic game with beautiful lore, I’d highly recommend playing it if you can (videogames are becoming an expensive hobby), and never forget, every defeat is a lesson and every victory is a triumph. Thank you for my triumph, Starscourge Radahn.)