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Purge of the Lawless
08:45
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Heedless swings the sword of justice
Quenchless is its lust
Forfeit is the caitiff's life
By inquisitor's holy writ to seal his fate
Bitter is the binding verdict
Unwieldy and dual-sided is the blade
By right of accident of power — I condemn you
By luck of the draw, turn of the cards — I condemn you
By the law of the sum of the dice — I condemn you
For desecrating what was fair — I condemn you
For corrupting what was pure — I condemn you
Dragged through the gates now thrown open as towers crumble, and chaos manifests with boundless fury...
At last in the lowborn's late hour
A feral rage in his heart to awaken
As he crosses the threshold
and lays eyes upon all that's been taken
For the chains of vengeance will not be broken
And the days of judgement once set in motion shall not cease
Choke on the rancor of thralls for the rest of your days
Now in this Imperial Dusk
Lay blood and skulls upon the scales of gold! More kindling to the fires of retributive carnage! For the hallowed purge can never err! And the innocent have nothing to fear! For the old ways are banished forever, and we are your benevolent shepherds. Hunt them down, one by one, scream their wicked names! That every traitor, every last apostate may step forward and confront his judge....
— Inspired by the short story "The Stage Show" by Mikulas Kolya
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Through the astral veil my quarry calls out to me
And memories of blunders burned shall all be
A massacre plays out every night in my sleep
Bloodstained snow, and kin shall weep
I run blind through a forest of ice
Grotesque and distorted forms defraud my eyes
I fall into the chasm below
To the depths where the humble dare not go
A darkness falls over the penitent soul
Contract fulfilled, flesh made whole
Lords of bounty, lords of wine
Architects of dark designs
By turns worshipped and despised
Patrons of the hallowed feast
Adorn me in the hunter's hides
A scent of prey on swift wind rides
A primal frenzy grips the mind
A mortal test of guile
Pass through sundown, pass through the night
Wander by the dimmest light
Carry out a timeless rite
Conquest of the game
Tumble into the deep ravine
For in the dark places no shadow is cast
Below in the depths the Will is revealed
The dreaming and waking are joined at last
Now the way leads me home
Yet I sense I march not alone
A sinister presence is ever near
Bound by a curse, we shall together roam
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The days were long
Wild beasts roamed free
We laughed and we wept
And you were bound to me
Heavy was your burden
desperate was your crime
You never could have stayed
But are mummified in time
Beyond absolution
You wither and you fade
Fleeing destiny
But never to evade
Has your light grown dim?
You are farther and farther away
Did you put your child to death?
Will you return to bury her one day?
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We Lie Alone
09:18
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Faustian wraiths, plebian clerisy
Forms of men cast in molten gold
Fidelity is heresy
No way back, eradicate the old
Seal off all retreat
Til at last the hammer falls
Realm without limits
Prison without walls
Compassion is performance
Live and die in the machine
My brother is a stranger
A merchant as my king
The lesser is the greater
Virtue is for the slave
End of the Endless
Repudiate the brave
I cannot look you in the eye
I cannot speak what we can see
How many have I silenced?
How long have I been afraid?
How many valiant deeds have I mocked to cover my own shame?
How long have I lied along with you?
You stare mesmerized by your own image, but you are alone.
In the lie we are all alone
In the lie we are all alone
In the lie we are all alone
And we are all of us damned
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Descent into uncreation's vault
To trouble and torment the sick and the lost
Calamitous masses sink into shadows by the light of my torch
And implements of ruin to tame a formless wrath
To seek you in the corridors beyond time
To molest and plunder your tomb of lament
To vanquish the silence with the choir of six thousand tymbals
Flanked by fecund zephyrs to pierce the stale air
To tread upon pools of revenant humors
And cast sallowed flesh upon the fire
Under the sign of the stag in the house of the damned
Sealed away from the world
A blessing of blight, a tenebrous trial
To reopen the way to the stars
Imminent folly and triumph of death
My gaze I affix directly before me
A blinding blaze, a crown of antlers
To unlock the crest of morning
This night I've come tame the terror from beyond the door
This night I quell the throngs of the restless dead
This night I've come to collect on an ancient debt
When sunlight streams into darkened dreams we will be united again
In the blink of an eye all eras surge past
And you will find your way back to me
Beyond the age of the axe
The world will be mended again
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Athar Aghanon Oslo, Norway
Not rebellion, but reflection.
Not darkness, but depth.
Not escapism, but awakening.
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