Key: D
Introduction:
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Fifty thousand men were sent to do the will of one.
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His claim was phrased quite simply, though he never voiced it loud,
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I am he, the chosen one.
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In his name they could slaughter, for his name they could die.
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Though many there were believed in him, still more were sure he lied,
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But they'll fight the battle on.
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Then one whose faith had died
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Fled back up the mountainside,
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But before the top was made,
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A misplaced footfall made him stray
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From the path prepared for him.
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Off of the mountain,
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On to a wilderness of ice.
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This unexpected vision made them stand and shake with fear,
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But nothing was his fright compared with those who saw him appear.
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Terror filled their minds with awe.
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Simple were the folk who lived
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Upon this frozen wave.
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So not surprising was their thought,
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This is he, gods chosen one,
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Who's come to save us from
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All our oppressors.
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We shall be kings on this world.
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Follow me!
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I'll play the game you want me,
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Until I find a way back home.
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Follow me!
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I give you strength inside you,
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Courage to win your battles
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No, no, no, this can't go on,
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This will be all that I fled from.
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Let me rest for a while.
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He walked into a valley,
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All alone.
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There he talked with water, and then with the vine.
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They leave me no choice
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I must lead them to glory or most likely to death.
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They travelled cross the plateau of ice, up to its edge.
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Then they crossed a mountain range and saw the final plain.
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Still he urged the people on.
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Then, on a distant slope,
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He observed one without hope
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Flee back up the mountainside.
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He thought he recognised him by his walk,
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And by the way he fell,
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And by the way he
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Stood up, and vanished into air.