Act 1
Scene 1
Kirkwall Kirkwall
(A map of Kirkwall, like the one used to navigate in the game. The icons for Lowtown, Hightown, Darktown, and the Gallows are large and can be pushed open or shut like windows. When the chorus sings, every window should be open and everyone leaning out. Otherwise, only the person singing will lean out their window, all the others will be shut)
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
The City of Chains
This city is tinder
On the flint of change
(Noble leans out of the Hightown window)
Noble:
It's always day
As the nobles say
Life is easy
Up here in Hightown
.
Take a seat
At the viscount's feet
Gold rules the streets
Up here in Hightown
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
There are nobles to greet
A facade to maintain
When you walk through the streets
of the City of Chains
Kirkwall
(Merchant leans out of the Lowtown window)
Merchant:
If you're breathing the dust
If your fortune's a bust
You'll fit in with us
Here in Lowtown
.
In the alleyways
You can make your way
For dishonest pay
Here in Lowtown
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
The City of Chains
From night to day
Your fortune can change
In the deadly game you play
in the City of Chains
Kirkwall
(Mage leans out of the Gallows window)
Mage:
All of the mages
Secure in our cages
Our books have no pages
Here in the Gallows
.
Once a slave prison
Now we're all locked within
They say magic is a sin
Here in the Gallows
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
The City of Chains
Magic is poison
Mages never change
They're not safe within
The City of Chains
Kirkwall
(Refugee leans out of the Darktown window)
Refugee:
If you've got nothing
And not a single friend
You'll end up squatting
Down here in Darktown
.
There's not a single light
No reason to put up a fight
Better get used to the night
Down here in Darktown
Chorus:
Kirkwall Kirkwall
The City of Chains
It's black and white
They'll always be the same
Keep them out of the light
Under the City of Chains
Kirkwall
.
Kirkwall Kirkwall
They rise and they fall
In the City of Chains
There's room for us all
On the precipice of change
.
Leap!
.
It is only when you fall
That you will find
whether or not you can fly
Above the walls
of the City of Chains
Kirkwall!
(The map goes dark. Refugees and Lirene gather along the stage)
Lirene:
Even in Darktown
there's hope to be found
There is kindness
Even beneath this town
.
In the depths look
For the lantern lit
If you have need enough
Anders will be within
Refugee 1:
That healer with
Those kind blue eyes
Helped me when I
Gave birth to my child
Refugee 2:
I thought I was going to
Die of that cough
But in a flash of blue
Magic it stopped
Refugee 3:
I have nothing
I could not pay him
He told me some things
Mean more than sovereigns
Refugee 4:
I've never seen a man
Who carried more sorrows
But he never stops
Caring for our woes
Refugees and Lirene:
Even in Darktown
There is hope to be found
There is kindness
Even beneath this town
.
In the depths
Look for the lantern lit
If you have need enough
Anders will be within