TheokinsJ
Troubadour
In my fantasy world I thought it might be a cool idea to create a small poem/song, not only as some fun entertainment and world building, but also to tell the lore of my world to the reader without it seeming obvious that I'm spoon-feeding them information. Basically my main character is feasting in a mead hall and she hears a song being sung by a bard that dates back thousands of years and tells the story of one of her ancestors- I thought this might be a cool way to sort of let the reader in on some information about the history of the world and it not be too over-the-top. I have tried studying some poems/songs from Tolkien's work and I'm interested to know if any of you would know any other books where the authors have created their own songs or if you have any information on how to go about doing this.