Of Damnation and Abyssal Terrors

So rang the bells of hope and healing And through all the land did they resonate Kingdoms rose, no evil concealing Nor wicked man's folly to castigate Armies grew lazy without war to wage Drinking, laughing, sporting, sleeping Truly saw they no end to this age 'Twas all the greater for the darkness creeping Whispered fears grew ever louder Bodies gone to fat began to stir As dormant forges now floundered Warriors' preparation was deterred Iron hearts trembled at the slightest shadow And martial arts once potent had been lost Spirited resistance faced a great embargo Cowering fops raising rusted swords crossed Shaking hands bore sapphire flags As cold sweat began to flow The horizon filled with clouds like rags And eldritch lightning struck aglow Across the land did the chaos mount And what came next was nightmare given form The black sky cracked and evil poured out A yawning portal spawning abyssal swarms Screaming demons and unhallowed ghosts Flooded the sky and tainted the land The defenders balked before the foul host And many fled, their posts unmanned Open slaughter was their goal And slaughter they did with otherworldly glee Crimson rivers flowed around ivory knolls And dead eyes bore witness to the bloody spree They drank from skulls filled with blood And wet their blades on all they found Innocents choked under suffocating mud And unholy blasphemies left charred mounds Yet amidst the tumult an even greater evil Descended from the portal and with him came damnation His minions cowered at his approach And burning steeds paved his way He bore the weight of power beyond reproach And all was naught before his fell gaze His cadre of elites kneeled before him And reaffirmed their black allegiance Chattering devils lingered amidst the din Eager to march as untold legions The arch-demon brought forth a sinister orb Its purpose the harvest of human souls He raised it high and spoke words warped And glimmer it did with ethereal cold His retinue trembled as silent energies built Crackling in the air and staining the earth So it was that all those killed Were snatched from the ether and locked in berth The screams of thousands echoed through the void And from the sphere flowed to the portal Muscled knights cheered with blades deployed As the light gave form to a serpent abnormal The Great Beast roared, and they answered its call A dozen pronged heads bellowing at once It descended from the portal, and the angels balked For now the voice of doom had sung

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026

Blackness filled the skies And the tainted earth split Before an ocean of lifeless eyes And the yawning of a red pit So it was that the Great Beast arrived Glimmering, shivering, laughing, seething Bearing the weight of impending demise Ethereal fire its unholy breathing Assembled legions cackled and screamed Raising bloody hands and weeping with joy Feverishly bellowing their blackened creed Witnessing fruition of the unhallowed ploy Amidst a forest of blades they sang Bloody hymns and foul salutations And they let hang the dead as they Declared their plot to unmake creation And yet as they cried of the end Hundreds died in a moment's span The sky broke once again And the angels descended upon them Bright hammers broke their swords And fight they did with fury and craft On ivory wings, flanked by his wards Their leader charged the arch-demon and with him clashed

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026

Night swallows shadows black Disguising a butcher knife’s flash Plotting and scheming my revenge attack His earthly presence I will turn to ash Riding through the forest Torch and blade in hand A torrent of screams, a howling chorus Such is the object of my twisted plan Upon that fell house I sprang And through smashed door invaded My vengeance declared with bared fangs And their deaths fated Gasoline sealed the windows Revenge through fire conceived My wife’s betrayal made zero My brother with a skull cleaved (Solo) Away from the burning house I rode Adulterous conspiracy now undone As the pyre raged and their blood flowed My lust for murder was hardly overcome As for what was next, I could not tell But in the distance, torchlight glimmered Presenting new targets on my path to hell Advance deliberate as my thirst simmered

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026

Tension wracked the killer Denial became acceptance Her blood-flow now a river And grinning marked foul remembrance Images flash, reality blurred Perceived through a cracked lens Broken was the consciousness slurred Compelling him only to cleanse Rushing wind, shining moon Looming trees and splattered blood Winter chill, smothering gloom Flash of steel then carnal flood Thundering hooves filled the air Furious exit now enabled Churning soil said beware Of my crime most unfabled Ivory mask split in twine Crimson pool my twisted prize Its metal taste rich as wine To spite the dead whom I despise Memories of the slaughter orgiastic Stabbing, laughing, slashing, crying Fueling my reaction ecstatic Urging me to finish off the dying Continued was my desperate flight Muscled steed now made weary Yet still through the night we surged As the darkness grew most eerie And from afar there came flickers Dancing flame embracing shadow In the dark were hooded figures Bearing torches and icons unknown Their leader spoke as we stopped Describing my deed most unholy And although I had been shocked His fate too was to rest coldly Throughout the killing I smiled Singing sword their glittering death Blood flowed in the wild As the fools took their last breath On the corpse of their leader Was a tome bound in flesh Depicted inside were beasts of the ether And black tales of how they were enmeshed With the foul volume at my side I left the scarlet painted grove With darkness as my guide The book began to flicker Setting my blade alight And amidst the forest’s snicker Shyly began to whisper

Submitted by Iron_Wraith — Jun 15, 2026