The Battle for Holquinne

from The Wretched Tyrant by Mara

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A city once full of splendor
Now reduced to rubble and ash
Tattered flags wave in the wind
The city now statueless.

Shields at the ready
Armor glinting in the sun
Catapults move into position
The time for war has come

Fighting to reclaim their homeland
Their helms mask their anxiety
Slowly trudging through the battlefield
to meet an uncertain fate.

Dark mages and the undead
Winged beasts of malevolent spawn
Emerge onto the battlefield
The Dark Lord’s army!!

Set ablaze at the flick of their hand
Screams of burning men can be heard from afar
Asphyxiated from across the land.
Under powered, they’ve already lost this war

Black skinned beasts encircle the skies
With wings that eclipse the sun
Breathing black fire of plague and death
Caught in the blast, they’ll wither to ash

Warriors of the sword are no match for the arcane
Years of training could not prepare them
Limbs and organs strewn across the ground
Their brothers in arms lay dead

Maimed, Slaughtered, Crushed x2
Burned, Dismembered, Slayed x2

Amidst the flurry of bloodshed
A white clad knight rises
Using deadly sorcery and blade
He slays the undead with ease.

Standing in the tower
the tyrant glimpses
A warrior of considerable power
For a moment their gazes meet.

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from The Wretched Tyrant, released January 27, 2017

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