Battle of Evermore and Ride the Dragon

Yes, I am one of those gamers, letting the music of  Blue Oyster Cult, Rush, and Led Zeppelin heavily influence and inspire my thinking. 

Listening to music tonight makes me want to participate in a campaign that ends in Led Zeppelin's Battle of Evermore.

If nothing else, some fine inspiration for bardic magic items in the hurdy-gurdy and three-necked guitar.

From the lyrics, it suggests Middle-Earth with the line 'the ringwraiths ride in black.'  But really, the song is the capstone to an epic campaign, ending with a full-scale war against dire odds (again, a Middle-Earth comparison with the Fields of Pelennor), ideally with the PCs on the winning side - be they aggressor or defender. If nothing else, it would provide me all the justification I need to finally use those mass combat rules in the Companion set. 

The C in BECMI games

In fact, I imagine a blending of Battle of Evermore with Manowar's Ride the Dragon would be somehow even more epic.  If you are unaware of Manowar, or at least this song, here you go.

Manowar songs are made for fan-made videos using footage from Game of Thrones, Vikings, 300, and Lord of the Rings

The catch with this dream (beyond reliable scheduling and players) is that this is decidedly a predetermined ending, win or lose.  

And I don't like those, because predetermined endings mean lots of predetermined actions building up to that point.  Which is what books are for, not role-playing games.

Still, it would be quite the ride getting there.  Maybe one day.