Tower of the Elephant

In the Zamorian City of Thieves Arenjun
Came and wandered all kinds of fortune seekers
All lips whispered at midnight there in the taverns
With fear the name of yara, the dark sorcerer

How many tales about the spellcaster's tower
Holding the secret of a priceless treasure?
The heart of the elephant was the jewel's name
Above all dreams was the value of this gem

What heart really was in these walls?
Beating in ramparts of stone
How many sins in this bastion?

More tales than grains in the sand
The rumours would never end
As long as the tower would stand

So many have tried
To steal the heart, that you hide
Oh you, tower of the elephant

No thief had ever came back alive from this place
Which did not frighten the young treasure hunter
At night the bold cimmerian came to the fortress
Teaming there with Taurus the famed prince of burglars

What heart really was in those walls?
Beating in ramparts of stone
How many sins in this bastion?

More tales than grains in the sand
The rumors would never end
As long as the tower would stand

So many have tried
To steal the heart, that you hide
Oh you, the cursed monument

And there began the dangers
Crocodiles in rivers
Reaching the tower's garden
To find it guarded by lions

After an epic skirmish
Against the starving beasts
They could then proceed at last
To ascend the spire of their wish

Taurus was first to enter
In the vault, no welcome
But his death through the venom
Of a giant horse-sized spider

The horrible arachnid
Would soon pay for its deed
Crushed under a treasure chest
But who could guess how would end the quest?

Help me, said the weird creature
The young barbarian found, struck by awe
Kill me, said Yara's prisoner
Elephant headed thing, full of sorrow

My blood spill it there on the stone
In the precious gem I will reborn
The mage will be thrown in my shrine
And for eons of revenge, he will be mine

He just won this pride
To free the heart that you hide
Oh you, tower of the elephant