One of Mercedes Lackey's songs about her stories, Send in the Silver Gryphons as performed here is hilariously bombastic.
Quote:Bad news is coming by to call;Bad times are here.Bad guys are smashing through the wall;Time to know fear.Bad dreams are cruising like a shark,Bad as can be.Bad things are laughing in the dark:Nowhere to flee.Since this song is referring to a specific peacekeeping/paramilitary organization, the obvious power would be to conjure a simulacrum of a generic member of that august corps.
It's time to make a stand; it's time to pay the cost!The reaper's scythe is keening in!Situation desperate, the day is all but lost!There's just one chance you have to win:
Send in the Silver Gryphons!
No way of levelling the odds,No hope to win.No use in calling on the gods:They've got you pinned.No time to make another plan,No breath to shout.No strength to make a final stand:Luck has run out.
Your life is on the line, the blade is at your chest!It's time to play the game to win!Call back the amateurs, it's time to send the best!Call us, or call your next-of-kin!
Send in the Silver Gryphons!
Bad news is coming by to call;Bad times are here.Bad guys are smashing through the wall;Time to know fear.Hard folks make sure the job is done;Hard as the stone.Hard fights can still be fought and won:You're not alone.
Gryphons fight causes that are lost;Gryphons defend.Gryphons don't try to count the cost;You can depend onGryphons: as smart as they are tough!Gryphons don't rest!Gryphons: when good is not enough,Send in the best!
Send the Gryphons.
Send the Silver Gryphons!Send in the Silver Gryphons![[more call-and-response in this vein]
Gryphons!