The Flute Prince
Young Prince Súrr was a happy boy, playing his flute all day with joy.
Young Prince Súrr lost his father and mother, not playing his flute as the days grow longer.
Young Prince Súrr dies playing his flute, only the wind whispers his final tune.
Children in eastern Telamirein easily remembers Prince Súrr and his flute only because of the old tale that both they and bards can sing and tell. Many versions exist, the longer ones recall events during the prince's childhood and his relation to his parents. They try to fixate upon both the happiness and the tragic reality of the life that the prince had and how quickly a life can change and be lost. In some Orfordsmen's versions, it is meaner and lines point out how the prince did nothing and was weak as a person.
Historical Basis
The history of Kyrkas is not very well known in detail outside of noble, scholarly circles and even outside of eastern Telamirein itself. Prince Súrr's fate, however, is well-known because of what happened to him. Similar to how Karakand's young king and the last Hestandi king is remembered, the tragic tale of cruelty and the fault of war have inspired these kinds of tales and songs. The fall of Kyrkas is never romanticised but more put into the perspective of a dying man, or in this case, a child.
Many of Prince Súrr's childhood events referenced, however, are speculated to be fiction and made up for the differing intents of the tale. There is little written evidence found by the people who have tried to look into the events, as Kyrians are reluctant to retell its fall for outsiders even so many centuries later.
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