[Acording to the Roman storyteller Jordanes,

the Gothic Tribes gatheres unter the flag of their leader Berik.

From their Motherland up in the North they sailed away with three

ships to invade the christian Rome like pagan crusaders.

The crew on the three ships were ancestors of three legendary

Gothic tribes calles Ostrogoths, Visigoths and Gepids.

The christian Rome empire feared the Goths and monks

identified the Goths with Gog, a heathen chief mentioned the Bible.

The Gothic king Theoderik founded his kingdom in Italy year 488 CE.

Althoug the aristocracy of Italy and Spain often claimed their heritage

back to the Goth the word gothic was later assciated with darkness

and paganism. The Gothic god was Wotan or -odin and his spear

insired fear and terror. During the Romanticism the Gothic art

was revalued and become synonyme with art and inspiration.

The renaissance of the Gothic spirit have made the

three ships of Berik sail once again.]

[Leitmotif of the Gothic Army]

Jordanes told us the story.

Yes, of Berik!

[Berik, the Gothic King:]

„Gather all the Ostrogoths

And Visigoths!

Ride like an arctic storm

Across the world!“

[Leitmotif of the Gothic Army]

Gather all the Gothic tribes, all the sons of Berik

On three ships you sail away on a pagan crusade

Tyrants of the christian world fear you more than their God

Theoderik, gothic King: „Gog iste gothus est“

The flashing spear of the sublime

Is flying in the air

Like the fear of the divine

The goths are everywhere

[Leitmotif of the Gothic Army]