The sky bruises deep, poisoned-wine red Where dragons clash with gorgons — scales and vines spread Jagged cliffs glisten, slick with silver dew Fairies swarm in surges of electric blue Chimeras roar, hellhounds snap and bite A thousand years of chaos — endless, no end in sight Beneath the hollow earth, jackalopes scream Trapped in the fever of a violent, endless dream Medusa’s daughters weep in glass-walled caves Watching centuries slip, watching shadows fade They turned a thousand knights to cold silent stone Now the Vampire King claims the garden as his own He stripped the venom from their emerald hair Left them brittle, shivering in the freezing air They see it now — through eyes of frost-bitten grey — Their ancient rage paved the Master’s way Unite the fire! Unite the stone! The King ascends on a hollow throne! From the smallest sprite to the Great Red Wing — WE SMASH THE CROWN OF THE VAMPIRE KING! No more tribute-blood for the ancient ghost! DEFEND THE REALM — FROM COAST TO COAST! Wolpertingers mass within the briar Their antlers burning with looted, stolen fire Pixies sharpen needles carved from bone — Sick of a world he’s outgrown, hollow and cold The Vampire King sits on a throne of bone Sipping starlight’s essence, drinking it alone He tethered every soul with a crimson thread Feeds on the living — drains the dead Promised the dragons mountains of gold Told his own kind the world ran cold But every drop of blood they spilled in war Seeped through the cracks beneath his castle floor He never wanted a crown — he wanted the SPARK — To swallow all existence into his PRIVATE DARK He stands atop the spire — eyes a void of black Devouring all power — NO TURNING BACK! But a million wings beat hard — a billion claws drawn tight The ages’ debt is DUE — and he cannot OUTRUN THE LIGHT! BREAK THE CYCLE! BREAK THE CHAIN! HE FEEDS ON YOUR GRIEF — HE BREATHES YOUR PAIN! FROM THE DRAGON’S ROAR TO THE FAIRY’S STING — TEAR DOWN THE CROWN OF THE VAMPIRE KING! Unite the fire! Unite the stone! THE KING CRASHES DOWN FROM HIS HOLLOW THRONE! From the smallest sprite to the Great Red Wing — WE’VE SHATTERED THE CROWN OF THE VAMPIRE KING! Light splits the haze — sun tears through grey The world no longer bows to his sway Dragons soar high — gorgons rest The dark’s old secrets — OURS TO POSSESS The King is dead.
