[Intro] [A sickening CRUNCH. A sharp gasp from Valerius. The rushing, heavy sound of ash crumbling to the stone floor. One second of stunned, dead silence. Then, a single, mournful violin note begins, instantly twisting into a furious, lightning-fast, and dissonant string progression. The tempo is explosive.] [Verse 1] [Female Vocals - Elara (Soprano)] (Starts as a shocked, breathless whisper, rapidly building into a terrifying belt) A pile of dust upon the floor... The master of the night, no more. You struck the heart, you broke the chain... And left me nothing but the pain! And left me nothing but the rage! You've let the tiger from the cage! [Pre-Chorus] [Male Vocals - Van Helsing (Bass/Baritone)] (Breathless, realizing a terrible miscalculation) The master falls! The coven breaks! Form the line, for heaven's sakes! [Male Ensemble - The Dawnbringers] (Panicked, their tight marching rhythm falling apart into chaos) She's moving! God, she's moving fast! This night is going to be our last! [Chorus] [The music erupts into a massive, driving, operatic rock anthem. Heavy percussion, blaring gothic brass, and Elara's voice soaring with unhinged, limitless power.] [Female Vocals - Elara] I am the ash! I am the flame! I have outgrown his ancient game! No aristocratic rules to bind me! Leave your broken crosses far behind me! The king is dead, the shadows weep, But I'm the nightmare in your sleep! I am the Ash Queen! Watch me rise! And watch the daylight in you DIE! [Verse 2] [The music shifts to a vicious, staccato, jagged rhythm as the slaughter begins.] [Female Vocals - Elara] (Singing with a joyful, manic bloodlust) Silver? Garlic? Wooden stakes? Look at how your courage breaks! You brought a hammer to a flood! I am a hurricane of blood!(A piercing, musical, triumphant laugh) You thought you cut the serpent's head, But gave me all the world instead! [Pre-Chorus] [Male Ensemble - The Dawnbringers] (Screaming, chaotic, disjointed) Hold her back! The door! The door! We can't survive this anymore! [Female Vocals - Elara] (Mocking them) Oh, Dawnbringers, don't run away! We have so many games to play! [Chorus] [Maximum orchestral power. Elara is entirely dominant.] [Female Vocals - Elara] I am the ash! I am the flame! I have outgrown his ancient game! No aristocratic rules to bind me! Leave your broken crosses far behind me! The king is dead, the shadows weep, But I'm the nightmare in your sleep! I am the Ash Queen! Watch me rise! And watch the daylight in you DIE! [Bridge - The Mercy of the Queen] [The chaotic slaughter music suddenly drops away. A slow, menacing cello holds the bassline. Heavy, staggered breathing from Van Helsing.] [Male Vocals - Van Helsing] (Guttural, wounded, backing away) You are a demon born of grief... [Female Vocals - Elara] (Getting right in his face, her voice a deadly, velvet whisper) And you're a tired, foolish thief. You took my sire. You took my guide. But I will let you run and hide. Crawl back to the church, old man. Survive this slaughter if you can. Tell them the old world burned away... Tell them the Ash Queen comes to play! [Outro] [The music swells for one final, monumental climax. Slow, heavy, and terrifyingly grand.] [Female Vocals - Elara] Valerius is dust and bone... And I will take the midnight throne! Run, old man...(Spoken, with a terrifying roar) RUN! [A massive, final orchestral SLAM, ringing out with a long, heavy echo into the dark.]
