My Northern Hero

'My Northern Hero' (북방의 영웅) is a 1984 Quebecois song sung by Quebecois singer Ava Sherlock. While various forms of the song's tune and lyrics have existed over history, with earliest record dating back to the 1800s, the modern form of this song was written in 1984 by alto Ava Sherlock, who composed and recorded the song written by her husband, Equinox Hill singer-songwriter Wade Nam-McGuinness. Set during the late 1800s, the Koreano-Gaelic island was seeing massive emigrations to mainland Quebec, usually in Songak or Acadie province, and at various parts of the then-Shingoryeoite Empire as sailors and merchants, the lyrics feature a fictional woman who is waiting for his beloved, whose ship is presumed to be capsized and thus lost in the waters of Blood Sea. While the song was originally written in the English language, one of two common languages of communication in the province, Sherlock and her colleagues have since sung the songs in various renditions, which are also made available in Korean (both Standardised and Inteachanian dialects), Gaelic, and French.

While it saw relatively little commercial success in the early days, the song would quickly find fame in 1987 when the ultras of St. John's Arsenal, the 'Frente Tricolor' (삼색기 전선, 三色旗 戰線), adopted the song for the Equinox Hill side's entrance chant into the pitch. practice that continues into this day and age. As the Equinox Hill side would experience a resurgence in the subsequent years, most notably highlighted with eight titles league titles and a Challengers Cup (in those days Globe Cup) semifinals run in the next half-century, the song became a particular fixture for those of the Arsenal fans who feel a sense of nostalgia with the club's heydays under hall-of-fame manager Kurt Hlasek continue. To this day, the song is sung at the entrance of the home side at their home stadium, Blue Point Stadium, and could be heard by Arsenal fans on a select number of away matches.

The song would also see popularised use outside of domestic football, as in the decades since it would become a highly-beloved, popular anthem for the Inteachan and Quebecois sport supporters, who have since sung this song for Inteachanian clubs or the Quebecois national team. This movement has particularly taken off in the past decade, with the official retirement of Camelia (Haley's Song) from national team circulation under the wishes of the original singer's family, and the Quebecois national anthem generally considered to be too solemn in nature. In the May of 2056, one month ahead of the Independent Athletes from Quebec's participation in the World Cup 92, the Royal Quebecois Football Association (RQFA) officially declared 'My Northern Hero' as the official entrance anthem of the Quebecois national football team.