Chapter 7

The Ash Hymnal

also called The Gravesinger's Record

A fragmentary transcription of Asheni burial songs, recorded by Nali Gravesinger without the Ash-Father's knowledge.

Of the barrow the tribes say: it is not a door, it is a wound. Of the Wright's Shard they say: it is not a gift, it is a debt. Three verses survive; the fourth is sung only at the moment a gravesinger dies.

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