Several Aralis players have started to create some Filk for the LARP - changing the words of known and popular songs to create Aralis-themed tunes. At the request of several players, the songs adapted for Aralis have been gathered below:

Stockade on the Island

On a dark desert island
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of the tulips
Risin' up through the air

Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There they stood in the doorway
And they exposed undead
I thought I was gonna get attacked
But they welcomed me instead

Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
Thought I heard them say

"Welcome to the Stockade on the Island
What a lovely place
What a lovely place
What a lovely face.

There's plenty of bunks in the Stockade on the Island
Look, your stuff was here
Look your stuff was here
Before you appeared"

Their minds are defin'tly twisted
They're working towards different ends
They've got lots of pretty, pretty swords
That they call friends

How they fight in the courtyard
Sweat autumn sweat
Some fight to remember
Some fight to forget

So I asked the Lieutenant
"How the hell do I leave?"
And he said, "We haven't had that option here
Since Exali 15."

And still those voices were callin' from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

"Welcome to the Stockade on the Island
What a lovely place
What a lovely place
What a lovely face

They're livin' it up on the Stockade on the Island
What a nice surprise
What a nice surprise
When the dead don't rise"

Sitting round the table
Everyone making nice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here
Of the God's device"

And in the module building
G'randi gather with the priests
They stab it with their spells and swords
But they just can't kill the Beast

Last thing I remember
I was headin' for the shore
I had to find a passage back
to place I was before

"Relax," said the Spider
We are programmed to receive
You can check out any time you like
But the web won't let you leave..."

Get Me Off This Island

Get me off this island!
Get me out of this vale!
Every five minutes we get attacked,
And if I die then I just come right back.
So it's kill, kill, kill all the spiders and kill, kill, kill the undead.
Killing one, two, three, blow you're dead-- and back through that gate.
(repeats)

Shuyoshi's Song

wohhhhhhh
Garandi Demon hunter
From the clan of Death
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

wohhhhhhh
you say that you serve Renshi.
why do hate you undead?
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

eeeyahyahha x3

wohhhhhhh
Garandi Demon hunter
from the clan of Death
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

wohhhhhhh
You don't know your history
about the clan of Life
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

eeeyahyahha x3

wohhhhhhh
Garandi Demon Hunter
from the clan of Death
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

wohhhhhhh
you've seen every mystery
beyond Elgin's gate.
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

eeeyahyahha x3

wohhhhhhh
Garandi Demon hunter
From the clan of Death
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

wohhhhhhh
you say that you serve Renshi.
why do hate you undead?
Shuu-yoooshiiiii

We Get Cut Down

We'll be singing, When we're recycling
We'll be singing

We get cut down but we get up again
You're never going to keep us down
We get cut down but we get up again
You're never going to keep us down
We get cut down but we get up again
You're never going to keep us down

Crunching the night away
Crunching the night away

Resist a fear effect
Resist a will effect
Resist a fire effect
Resist a paralyze

We sing the songs that remind us of the goblin times
We sing the songs that remind us of the spider times:

"Oh Bone Demon, Bone Demon, Bone Demon"

(Chorus Repeat)

Master of the Vale

welcome m'sieur, please settle in
for once you're here you won't leave again.
this island here, it's got a curse.
dying is bad, but living is worse.
seldom do you find, a host of his kind.
a long forgotten god with an axe to grind.

master of the vale, doling out the death.
you'll be sure to slander him with your last breath.
brought here by the gale, ship taken by storm.
trapped here with odd dreams that take up solid form.
now you wonder why you're left here, being stranded is not nice.
here to stop the dark god or just as a sacrifice?

master of the vale's got it in for you.
he won't let you be until he's drained you through.
blood will flow like wine at the spider gate,
guardians will fester while we all debate.
it's hard to pick your true companions, hard to tell who is your friend
and if you're picking wrong you're sure to know it in the end.

master of the vale, trapped here for all time,
he'd sell out his mother for a sea glass dime.
spiders live to kill, serpents love to trade
goblins play their games about the jokes they've made.
everybody fears the dark god, even if they have sold out,
just don't speak his name aloud if you don't have the clout.

enter, good sir, your luggage arrived,
though your ship's gone and the crew has all died.
please have a seat, try to relax.
we'll fill you in, 'fore the spider attacks.
here your goose is cooked, can't sail with the tide
we're trapped here with a god who will tan your hide.

undead by the swarm, elementals too.
demons out to find a way to run you through.
spirits come in droves, those we never lack.
if you fin'lly pass on you will come right back.
try to get used to not sleeping, till the very crack of dawn
then wake up again to fight more of the dark one's spawn.

some of us can heal, fixing this and that.
fighters get a workout till they lay you flat.
summon what you can from the the other planes
rituals to help us through the harder strains.
westerners despise garandi, the garandi hate them back
after we have fought each other the undead attack.

master of the vale, trapped here for all time,
he'd sell out his mother for a sea glass dime.
spiders live to kill, serpents love to trade
goblins play their games about the jokes they've made.
everybody fears the dark god, even if they have sold out,
with all of these dangers, you'll learn what true fear's about.

i used to dream that i'd live at my ease
but on this vale, i can't do what i please.

master of the vale, throws a hissy fit
in his eye's your worth no more than spider spit.
quite the cunning god, gets inside your head
twists your fears and weaknesses until you've bled.
what a cruel trick of nature, stranded here without a sail.
got to find a way to get the hell out of this vale.

master of the vale, trapped here for all time,
he'd sell out his mother for a sea glass dime.
spiders live to kill, serpents love to trade
goblins play the games about the jokes they've made.
everybody fear the dark god, even if you have sold out,
all the shipwrecked run from death-
run until you're out of breath!
all the shipwrecked run from death when they hear spiders shout.

Jump In The Brine (Shake, Shake, Tenora)

My girl's name is Tenora
I tell you friends, I adore her
And when she dances, oh brother!
She's a hurricane in all kinds of weather

(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Tenora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Tenora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Tenora, work your body line
Work, work, work, Tenora, work it all the time

You can talk of Fehari
Yoren, Gartek, or Renshi
Tenora's dance has more title
You jump on the foredeck
Hold on to de gunwale!

(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Rock your body, child!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Somebody, help me!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Whoa!

Shake, shake, shake, Tenora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Tenora, shake it all the time (Whoa)
Work, work, work, Tenora, work your body line (Yep)
Work, work, work, Tenora, work it all the time

Tenora, she's a sensation
The reason for navigation
And fellas, you got to watch it
When she wind up, she bottom, she go like a gale hit!

(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Hoist those masts a leetle higher!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Humpin' jiminy!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Whoa oh oh oh!

[break]

Shake, shake, shake, Tenora
Shake your body line
Work, work, work, Tenora
Work it all the time
Dance, dance, dance, Tenora
Dance it all the time
Work, work, work, Tenora
Work it all the time

Tenora dances Calypso
Left to right is de tempo
And when she gets the sensation
She go up in the air, come down in the ocean

(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Somebody, help me!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) OK, I believe you!
(Jump in de brine, rock your body in time) Whooooa!

Shake, shake, shake, Tenora, shake your body line
Shake, shake, shake, Tenora, shake it all the time
Work, work, work, Tenora!!

Let It Be

Kanoa sings:
When I have become a demon
Shuyoshi says death comes for me
but violence aids the spider: let it be.
and when we're "stunned by dreaming"
he is lying right in front of me
and oh, I could deathstrike him: let it be.
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
violence frees the dark one: let it be.

Rajashar sings:
And when the Ruzician empire
and the clan of Death agree
there should be no more killing: let it be
For though we should raise the undead
and they make the gods their enemies
killing each other only: sets him free
sets him free, sets him free,
sets him free, sets him free,
yeah this is the vale of Talos, certainly

Ra'id sings: And when the night has fallen
the undead rise and they come for me
rise until tomorrow: there's no sleep
I wake to the sounds of battle:
the spiders have begun their seige
throwing packet arrows: that miss me
that miss me, that miss we
that miss he, that miss she
all those packet arrows just miss me

Tariq sings:
let it be, let it be
let it be, let it be
violence aids the dark one: let it be.

Nobody's Side

What's going on around me
Is barely making sense
I need some explanation fast
And those those darn Garandi
Are just so god damn dense
And I don't see how we can last
I feel I need a change of cast.

Maybe I'm on nobody's side

And then they give me reasons
To justify each move
Genocide's what they'll achieve
They'll only free the Dark God
I really disapprove
Are they really so naive?
And with this web we'll never leave!

Everybody's fighting the fight
But nobody's in the right
Nobody's on nobody's side.

Learn we're on the Dark God's vale
Pray we will somehow prevail

Nobody's on nobody's side

The one I killed this morning
Keeps coming back once more
Though I have my fair share of woe

No one here ever stays dead

It's all but all-out war
There's nothing certain left to know
And how the cracks begin to show

Never trust a promise or plan
Take time, meditate when you can

Nobody's on nobody's side
Never stay too long out at night
Never break the peace, be polite
Nobody's on nobody's side

Never take a spider's advice
Never let a goblin fool you twice
Nobody's on nobody's side
Everybody's fighting the fight
But nobody's in the right
Nobody's on nobody's side

Never summon creatures of Void
We can only hope it was destroyed
Nobody's on nobody's side
Never throw a magic by curse
Don't forget the bad will get worse
Nobody's on nobody's side

Never be the first to believe
Never be the last to deceive
Nobody's on nobody's side
Never trust a promise or plan
Take time, meditate when you can
Nobody's on nobody's side

Roll Your Leg Over

If all the young laddies were healthy Virenni
I’d suck out their essence just like a Moreni

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If I were a bloodthirsty Garandi Commander
I’d look for a woman to be goose to my gander

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

But if I were Shuyoshi instead of Takura
I’d sleep with my sister because she’s just purah

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all the young laddies were priests of Leorin
They’d bring the rope and we’d go explorin’

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all the young laddies were priests of Greymeir
They’d come in my dreams and I could just lay there

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all the young laddies were priests of Chiteng
I’d inspect their equipment and find the best bang

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all the young laddies were Xerinus Priests
I’d test out the water and then tour the deeps.

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all the young lassies were priests of Rhianna
They'd raise the boys up, and then order them on-a

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all the young laddies were Talos Priests
I'd open their gates and see what gets released

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If a man comes to me with cup, coin, sword and wand
I’d try each in turn and see how he responds

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all the young lassies were alchemist druids,
They'd revitalize men with all the right fluids.

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

If all of us lassies were ritual components,
There'd be more debate about just who should own us...

Roll you leg over and roll your leg over
Roll your leg over, it’s better that way

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