Nice work Noddle!
This animation has some very cool style. It was well thought out, and the imagery was very dramatic, even if the graphics and animation themselves were a bit simplistic. That is definately allowable though, being that this is only your second animation. The animation was very well synched with the music, which helped complete the dark feeling of lonelyness. The only thing I thought was a bit weird, was how the sword randomly appeared out of nowhere. As for the m bird, I actually felt that it was fitting when put into the context of the entire graphical style. :D Keep up with the nice work. You should look into spending more time on all the small graphical details, and then more people will appreciate the great style and plot you have to offer.