Oath of the Dark Chivalry

by Castle Zagyx

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imaschnabeltier So hard to choose a song from this album! Each track is unique, but everything is very harmonious and mastered. To listen without moderation to fully enjoy all the musical richness. Favorite track: Or (An Ancient Bas-Relief Covered by Moss).

johnlordswood Incredible epic atmospheres, every track is amazing in this album, a wide variety of instruments and beautifully moods well controlled. Let yourself be carried away by this exceptional journey whose artist brings his own personal vision of the genre. Favorite track: Cinnabar (Aileen, the Winged Warrior).

barleybase The atmosphere is set right from the beginning. There are so many rich layers on this journey. Something new to discover with every listen. At moments boisterous and bombastic and at others solemn and contemplative. This is an outstanding release that is worth many, many listens. Favorite track: Cendrée (Pale Riders under a Gibbous Moon).

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1.	Buff (The Measure. Oaths Sworn among the Trees) 04:29	buy track
2.	Cendrée (Pale Riders under a Gibbous Moon) 03:14	buy track
3.	Gules (The Dream-Quest of Fortress Nolkur) 03:02	buy track
4.	Sable (Blue Flame Funeral Pyres Burning at Night) 04:19	buy track
5.	Purpure (A Wizard Hideout in the Bluff) 04:11	buy track
6.	Sanguine (Six Spectral Men-At-Arms at the Summit of Mount Almor) 04:22	buy track
7.	Sinople (Temple of the Will-O'-Wisps) 04:15	buy track
8.	Cinnabar (Aileen, the Winged Warrior) 04:28	buy track
9.	Argent (Barbagula, the Spined Demon-Knight) 03:42	buy track
10.	Or (An Ancient Bas-Relief Covered by Moss) 05:25	buy track
11.	Azure (Kendon, the Horned Overlord) 03:51	buy track
12.	Murrey (A Wreath of Black Bryony and Sleeping Nightshade) 04:47	buy track
13.	Carnation (Bucknard, the Sellsword Captain) 03:14	buy track
14.	Vert (Tales of Forbidden Wizardry) 03:23	buy track

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Traveler, welcome back to Ertbe, the vast land of the eternal war cycle. This time you have reached the northern shores of Ymriar, the White Kingdom, a place whose ancient magnificence can still be seen in the ruined castles, fortresses and strongholds conquered by forest and snow.

Ymriar is the ancestral home of the Black Knighthood, and their Order, now fragmented into seven factions, is still dedicated to hunting down Sadara warlocks, defending the Kingdom borders, and recovering the relics of Mastor, the legendary black knight who founded the Order and created the Measure (the set of philosophical and spiritual laws that members must observe).

The Black Knighthood has a long tradition of esoteric practices, dream quests through drugs, ritual sacrifices and pacts with demons. Mastor is still remembered and revered as a mighty warlock, and not a few knights have died tragically and romantically while searching for a magical item, carrying out a geas command, or trying to subdue a monster. Other knights have fallen into more prosaic practices, such as theft or looting (the so-called robber knights).

The Black Knighthood participates against Sadara in the military campaigns of the War of the Murdered Lady, having aligned themselves with the Cerulean Sea League and its barbarian lords. The Order Farauts (heralds and messengers) ride wyverns, and barbarian hosts fight side by side with the heavy cavalry and the yeomen.

Don't let your legs tremble when you witness the swift and graceful charge of the knights dressed in black spiked armor. You will hear the heavy hoofbeats of bloodshot-eyed stallions, and the pristine note of the war horn deep in the night. In the coming fall, if the knights manage to besiege the Sadara Marble Cathedral, the Persevant will raise his battle hammer and the First Psalm of Nolkur's Prophecy will begin.

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released June 16, 2022

Recorded, arranged, mixed and mastered by J. Arkham at Tyr Studios in the spring of 2022.

Inspired by the Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft, A Dreamer’s Tales by Lord Dunsany, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, and The Face in the Frost by John Bellairs.

Cover: Igor Mugerza
Logo: Vojtěch Doubek

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