Tavern Tale (Histories of the Vale I)

"In the year one thousand sixty-and-nine since the founding of the first kingdom, following the disastrous Hunt of the Four Princes, old king Goren the Good, second of his name, succumbed to the disease of a broken heart at the loss of his son. So it was that Grenald Dremvie, pretender to the throne, tried to seize power over all of Valendon. After four long years of civil war, the Land Bleeding was finally ended when Téobard the Restorer defeated the deceiver and ascended the throne. Thus the third kingdom was founded. Gather we now for the last time in this seventh-and-thirtieth year since those events, to bid farewell to the moons’ diminishing crescent lights, to rejoice over another harvest, and to hope for continued prosperity. Drink now, then sleep, but let not your fires burn out. May you then light those anew with the last embers of this year’s spirit. By the name of Válunn and all the other gods, in the name of our king Arvern the second, son of Teobard, and to the health of all who have gathered here. Go forth!"