Place of Chains

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Let the games begin Your legions are chosen for a tournament Worthy of the ages The astral arena beckons your names What is this proposition? Corruption of the order falls upon us We are purely soldiers of the empire Loyal to the blood of our own Amass power and reverence The essence of your prowess emerges Let there be no doubt in your heart Compete And claim your rights as warriors The nature of the order is fraudulent Now is our time to overthrow "We pledge to contend in the games" You have chosen well You will be gods! Labor Ipse Voluptas Victoria Aut Mors Victory or Death Assembled in regal brigades Massive battalions staking their claims Bearing flags within the walls of the cosmic colossus We revel in our disguise They know not of their demise We will strike down the sordid order Revolt is imminent Wrath on those that we abhor Rivals Rise up with might Enter the stage Commence this fight! Where the last word was spoken There will be no compromises When the force of duress Strangles the heart of imminent defenses Once you cross the line Nothing left but the will to fight And the fire alive in the minds Of those intent to remain free No masters, no slaves Heads will roll Cast out and beaten to the ground Defeated - stripped of our crown We will usurp - assume control Inferior regime Bow before the mighty ones Victory or Death

Submitted by BloodShrine — Apr 26, 2025

Our time is now We've reached the surface Your dominion draws to an end Unaware of what lies beneath you It's too late now We are among you To those who cross us now You will surely fall Feast upon their flesh And assume them all Now our plan begins We are among you We will guide you To your own extinction Taking the form of those in power And spreading fear Of your fellow man They find themselves In the final hour Scraping to gather every defense they can No structure Disarray ensues Pandemonium No longer knowing what is true Where is their dream There is nothing they can do They will never suspect As we consume And assume Preying on the heedless The taste of their flesh and power As we grow our ranks This kingdom will become ours Assume control Upon this new-found throne Let us begin a new chapter As we feast on their bones As our battles grow dim We question our enemies defeat Wearing the skin of our foes Becoming that which we eat Pointing flesh-covered towards fingers towards one another "You are among them" An increased sense of paranoia Is this battle truly won? Premonitions foretold Our sole purpose has been compromised Our soldiers amidst a false civil war Ripping apart their own disguise To reveal our own demise No structure Disarray ensues Pandemonium No longer knowing what is true Where is their dream There is nothing they can do They will never suspect As we consume Preying on the heedless The taste of their flesh and power As we thin our ranks Was this kingdom ever truly hours? Assume control Upon this new-found throne Let us begin a new chapter As we feast on their bones

Searing pangs of deplorable truth Dissolving all belief An unrelenting fate Tears through the dawn What deed have I done? Where have I gone wrong? No! I won't! Conceive this punishment What in this realm has possessed men to breed such suffering? Adhere the writing on the wall Imprisoned Afflicted by this place of chains Desmoterion Slaves They cry out Screaming constantly Pure evil engineered this damned monstrosity Terror threatening the horizon Cursed The nature of your life is death Lex Odium Breaking down the weaker ones Reducing with hate derision Thrown into misery By forces ensuring a vision of abuse And pull exploitation Bleeding the masses Securing subjugation Sweltering flames of insanity Lapping beneath my feet Enticed by flickering freedom Yet grounded in vile deceit This wretched truth Relinquish my state Release me, my fate Drudgery stripping all rights away The detained are subdued Heaving and writhing Crowds enchained, unable to move How have these beats given rise to such abhorrent standards of tyrants? This fortress of toil reels as madness turns to silence Now! Rise up! Hold dominion! Unbridled hatred thrives Resist! Command! Enact defiance! Contend the might of this prison Governed in chains Desmoterion

Submitted by Morgoth — Apr 26, 2025

Their flesh. It calls. It beckons to me Mortal and fragile Unworthy of pain Engulfed by numbers Devoid of Sensation Release me. Release me. Release me! Why am I to be confined? Bring about cessation Just one taste of human embrace This winter must end All that I want is to feel Sanguine fluid Course Through my veins Come to me, sweet surrogate I'll bear this prison no longer Take skin off your bones to don as my own Your vessel is mine Come now there's no need to fear Dead receptors Plague me no more I'd rather rot away than be so empty anymore Machine reformed to man Your sacrifice was planned There's no escape. Accept your fate Dark space beyond death None will be the wiser They cannot comprehend My face. My blood. It's real. I feel the same as if I were a man Anguish so sublime I revel in this pain I'll never be the same And you could never stop me if you tried To feel Sanguine fluid Course Through my veins

Submitted by MetalElf — Apr 26, 2025

As I wake in a cold and blackened cell I sense a darkness never felt before around me And I see what is me in a puddle at my feet I am scarred, malnourished and deformed A man he speaks, a voice across the cell Turn around and gaze behind you I turn towards the window and witness A regiment of martian creatures "We are the cosmic legion" I was sent here to make contact Now I gaze upon demise "Sent to end humanity" These creatures, as dead as this nefarious night The ultimate authority over living breathing flesh As we have traveled through the void to destroy what you have made The souls of men are in our grasp For we are not afraid of death I catch my breath Upon the realization That my loyal crew is well beyond the living Then I see. I must flee and escape this agony I must not become this world I am thrown into a lab Impaled with needles Extracting my mortal essence The final element to this cosmic invasion: A cloak of human skin "We are the cosmic legion" I am withered and defeated Deprived of my quintessence "Sent to end humanity" This planet, now dead as this nefarious night I have lost the world But what of humanity? No. This cannot be I can see our lives And as one We will overcome "We are the cosmic legion" I was sent here to make contact Now I gaze upon demise "Sent to end humanity" My future, as dark as this nefarious night The ultimate authority over living breathing flesh For we have traveled through the void to destroy what you have made The souls of men are in our grasp and we are not afraid I close my eyes and pray for an end to this nightmare And hope for this plague to be gone My time is coming to an end No longer breathe this poison air But by the end of this crusade I know our souls will live on

Submitted by SerpentEve — Apr 26, 2025