[Intro] (Instrumental Solo) [Verse 1] Crawled up from the Portal's yawning mouth Five shadows stepped where the light went out Beroth, Zelprime, Grog with axe held high Arius steel, and Wizkim's cold cold eye Past rusted shields where the dust lay thick Down corridors that the world forgot They did not see the breath behind the wall Or the ear pressed flat to the cold stone hall A hidden door where the shadow bends One scout heard boots on the stone descend He ran like wind through the dark alone To warn the pack that the wolves had come [Chorus] Beware the lords beneath the stone False vampires on their stolen throne Not undead kings of ancient name Just thieves and liars all the same They stalk the dark for gold and prey Demand your coin for right of way But greed will break them hard and fast The day the heroes cross their path [Verse 2] The bandits gathered in the great high hall Beneath three kings carved into the wall Lords of old Waterdeep long since gone Condemned to watch while the years dragged on Elyndraun with his crown of stone Ruathyndar on his broken throne Onthalass stared with empty eyes While goblins scrawled on their noble hides Smelly Bottom chalked across the chin Stupid Skull scratched where the crown had been Born Toothless carved in spite and grime They pissed on glory that outlived time At their feet lay the bones of wars Broken staff and the rusted swords All the dead that had come before All the names no one spoke no more [Chorus] Beware the lords beneath the stone False vampires on their stolen throne Not undead kings of ancient name Just thieves and liars all the same They stalk the dark for gold and prey Demand your coin for right of way But greed will break them hard and fast The day the heroes cross their path [Verse 3] Uktarl Krannoc sat upon his crate Painted fangs and a cloak of faded red He called himself lord of the endless night Just a coward with a good good lie Around his table the dice did roll Doppelganger dealt the marked up soul No one saw that the cards were bent No one knew they were already spent Upon the wall the mountain stood Dwarven miners carved into the wood One small figure out of place Held the key that had waited days Zelprime saw what no eye had caught Wizkim's fingers pulled the secret loose Beroth smiled as the lock gave way None of them knew the storm would break that day [Bridge] Steel was drawn and the air went thin The Undertakers never saw it coming Grog's axe sang like a thunder crack Arius cut through the first row back Beroth's magic lit the dark entire Zelprime's arrows found the fleeing liars One by one they fell and screamed Uktarl watched and he turned to leave All his boasts turned to smoke and breath All his fangs fell out upon the death He ran for dark while his men all died The great vampire lord was just a man who lied [Chorus] The false vampires met their end No dark god came their souls to defend Just thieves in costumes ragged thin Exposed beneath the hero's grin Gold changed hands, the echoes died The halls went quiet far and wide And past the bodies on the ground The path went further further down [Outro] Remember this on level one Before the real horrors have begun The first monsters waiting in the dark Were just men hiding behind a mark No ancient curse no bloodstained throne Just greedy souls all alone And that is how the legend starts With ordinary fools and ordinary hearts