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Tower of empiness - blasted of life
Nothing around you exists anymore - everyone died

That fateful day - the battles waged below
Everyone was screaming - the blood was everywhere
The river drowned the dying as their cries and screams were cut off in the undertow

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Rising white and pure - like a glistening tooth against the dismal sky
The inhabitants of the tower defended their tower -
As thousands upon thousand of men threw away their lives
All for the rumour of an unimaginable power -
Said to dwell inside that ivory spire of stone

As far as the eye could see were men with hearts corrupted black and mouths spread wide with greed
And yet the people continued to defend their tower as countless were slaughtered
- the fields below themselves seemed to bleed

Winter passed along and the bodies below rotted - a graveyard of slaughtered men
Left to be feed to the creatures of the night while the tower still stood tall
Winter passed and so did spring - summer came and the citizens looked on when
In the distance came an army so vast and unimaginable that they knew in their hearts that their tower must fall

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Panicked the citizens approached their king saying "what can we do? Our empire is doomed!"
The king stood up a grim and martyred look on his face and replied - "we must invoke the power"
Gasps went around the room - the leaders mused, its not been properly tested yet! Is this wise? Is it not too soon?
The king looked angrily around the room

"We have no other choice! We must defend the castle even if it costs everyone their lives!"
Doubtful glances stole across the room as the citizens considered their options
"It is agreed then - we must activate the tower - go down to where its power is derived
And invoke the power - the power of the gods must never be handed to the hearts of those who would abuse its power"

The citizens agreed - they - the chosen children of god - imbued with immortality
Would not allow the portal of the gods to be entered by those not worthy - the looks of the citizens turned sour

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for countless centuries they had defended their tower - the bodies of the dead had piled up
as high as mountains around the tower as far as the eye could see
And now they must invoke the power - the results could kill them all - but if that was the
price to pay, then let it be

Day by day the army drew closer - the soldiers ranked in the millions - all manner of creatures followed as well
The citizens made their preparations - the army was massive - but they had the power to send
this threat and any other for that matter, to hell

The archers, who never missed a mark - were running without sleep and while their arrows
never ran out, they were quickly tiring and would not last much longer
"We have no choice" said one - we have to do this - i never thought id live to see it happen,
that our defenses would fail, but we have to admit that the army is stronger"

~*~

The king entered the royal chambers along with the princess, prince and queen - the royal family
Made their final preparations - out of all of the citizens their lives were in most jeapordy
Down the base of the tower they walked - until they emerged at the portal of the gods,
the aura of power was encredible - the power of eternity

"The tower will fall in a weeks time!" the PRINCESS prayed - "we need to invoke he power!"

"'THE POWER?' 'SHE WANTS TO INVOKE THE POWER?!?' 'THEYRE NOT STRONG ENOUGH YET!' 'THE POWER
WILL KILL THEM ALL!' 'PERHAPS, BUT THE PORTAL OF THE GODS WILL THEN BE SAFE, ALONG WITH THE
TOWER...'"

The gods quarrelled amongst themselves, and finally they came to a decision:

"''''''''''WE WILL GIVE YOU THE POWER, BUT BE WARNED: NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS YOU MUST
NOT BREAK YOUR FOCUS - YOU WILL ALL DIE IF YOU BREAK YOUR CONCENTRATION''''''''''"

The rash prince piped up -"we have defended this tower since the beginning of time - we know
what we are doing! We will not fail!"

"'OTHER CIVILIZATIONS HAVE INVOKED THE POWER IN THE PAST - AND THEY ARE NO MORE - THE POWER
BLASTED THEIR CITIES TO RUBBLE, THEIR PEOPLE TO ASHES - THE POWER AN UNCONTROLLABLE GALE..'"

"We must take action" said the queen - we must call the summoners - there is no time to waste

"''''''''''WE BID YOU LUCK CHILDREN - DO NOT TARRY, YET DO NOT PROCEED WITH HASTE''''''''''"

The 10 gods then retreated and the room bacame dark and cold. The royal family had their
permission - now much work was to be done

~*~

The summoners were called to the peak of the tower - ten summoners - each imbued with the power
united in voice as one

"By the power invested in us, the ten, we hereby call upon the mighty power to activate the
tower and open the gates of time and dimensions... ALL times and dimensions - together as one
to summon forth the creature who time and dimensions do not apply to"

The prince and princess - imbued with the most power - stood in the center of the circle of
ten - they knew what they had to do

The prince - always eager to be first - called out the first letter of the name - it had begun
The ten summoners then, boldly concentrating as one arose
And called the next 10 letters - and finally the princess - the final letter - the 12 locks were undone
"SHADOWWALKER! WE SUMMON YOU! TIME AND SPACE HAVE COMPRESSED! DESTROY OUR FOES!"

~*~

One by one the citizens began to chant the words of concentration - everywhere wormholes in time
opened and spirits of dead creatures - restless and angry as ghosts
entered the bodies of the mountains of rotting corpses that had accumulated over the centuries
around the tower - the bodies lost shape and floated up into a swirling ball in the sky

The bodies began to combine and form - a horned head - massive wings as big as mountains
claws with talons and scales of diamond, and a sinuous tail with devastating potential
the creature let out a devastating cry

It shattered the minds of the army - so terrible was the sound that some killed themselves
on the spot - both army and god-child - power so chaotical

"I aM ShAdoWalKer, The DrAgOn oF dEaTh - I CanNoT bE KiLlId - AnD YoU CaNNoT SurVive
mY pOwEr Is uNiMagInAblE - aNd iTS devAStaTiOn pOtenTIAl iS UnDeSCRIBABlE"

With that the dragon killed them - one by one defenses cut through like water
Each one that died made it stronger - nothing could survive the slaughter
Hell ripped wide- the walls split wide - and everybody inside died
Time reversed - the dead lived cursed - they died and bleeded as time repeated

The ground opened upthe armies' bodies and souls were ripped apart
Flung around like rag dolls - none existed who contained a corrupt heart
The citizens struggled to keep time controlled - but found that they lacked the power to send the mighty ShadowWalker back
The army was gone - its remains a bloody smear across the countryside - the white tower had been turned black

~*~

"My jOb Is dOnE HeRe I wIlL ReTuRN To vOiD AnD NoThInGnEsS In TUrN
yOu wErE sUcCeSsFuL - yOu PrOtEcTeD tHe PoRTaL BuT nOw YoU mUsT KnOw
ThAt If ThE gODs WanTeD ThE ArmY dEaD - tHaT THEY tHEmSeLvEs cOuLd MAkE It sO
ThIs WaS A TeSt -YoU pAsSeD buT YeT - ThE PRiCe yOu PAId WaS DeAR
TiMe oNcE uNcOmPrEsSeD WiLl RiChOcHeT - tHe pOwEr sUrGe wiLl CAUSe A teAr
DiMEnSiOnS wiLl BlEEd Time wIlL rEceDe - pEOpLe fLuNg tO TiMeS AnD PlaCEs NeVeR SeEn BeFoRe
oR sEeN iN pAsT Or fUtuReS neVeR MADe - YoUr CItIzenS WiLl bE No mOrE"

And it was so for when the power was released it screamed with rage
Dimensions and portals opened everywhere - the people flung into the tears
nobody remained at all - there ended a powerful age

~*~

The tower standed forbidden now - a monument of death and tears
The children scattered across time and space - losing family and peers
All but one that is - the prince remained somehow
Trapped in time inside the tower forced to watch this life end now
The gods are sad but happy too - the tower and portal now are safe
Nobody will ever touch it and that is a great relief

Trapped in time and space the tower now is inaccessable
To anybody anywhere - visible but unpenetratable
The children did good - but now they can finally live a normal life
Not one protecting a monument - their days constantly filled with strife
And when they die - they will reunite and then will be reborn
To live together once again together rise and face the morn

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