The Hero's Downfall

The Hero's Downfall is a popular song in King's Promise. The bard, Fiero played the song often during his tenure at Madame Gernwilde's House of Leisure in Bogworth. He plays the first verse and chorus to the party during Chapter 3.2 in a carriage ride. He then plays a reprise with adapted lyrics specifically for him and Idyllwyl after the defeat of Sosian.

Lyrics

(Verse 1)

Once there was a mighty fine hero named Laila

She slayed a hydra by the beach one day

When she spied a handsome fisherman waist-deep in the water glistening from the sea spray

He smiled at her and she waved back

And he beckoned her to join beside

Then using her heart instead of her brain

The laws of attraction can make you insane

She forgot to remove her breastplate sank and died.

And lust makes fools out of heroes

Lust makes fools of us all

Never mind the dread hydra

Lust was the hero's downfall

(Verse 2)

I'll tell you the tale of a queen called Lucia

And the knight who was sweet on her

Knowing her love of a rare sort of pelt, he wished to win her heart with a manticore fur

He set foot, but didn't know

The manticores had all died out

After a year, the queen lost hope

At the tail end of her rope

She knocked her boots with some other lout

So lust makes fools out of heroes

Lust makes fools of us all

Never mind the manticore

Lust was the hero's downfall

(Fiero's Lyrics)

Once there was a sad young bard named Fiero

Who left his friend when just a boy

And he banked on his looks just to survive, but never once did it bring him joy.

Then one day he found his friend

Who'd blossomed into a handsome man

And he had embarked on an important quest

'Cause all through life, he'd been the best

But Fiero hoped he'd change his plan

'Cause love makes fools out of heroes

Love makes fools of us all

Stay with me, Idyllwyl

(Fiero didn't have a last line)

Idyllwyl's suggestion:

Together we shall fall (in love)

Kelber Ornie's Suggestion:

Love is the hooker's downfall.