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PART II
Prologue
Chapter 1
Our fears do make us Traitors
“He had none:
His flight was madness: when our actions do not,
Our fears do make us traitors.”
– William Shakespeare “Macbeth”
There is a lullaby, a song, they sang.
From legends, they say, there are four.
There was the Creator, a God, they sang.
From legends, they say, he’s given them,
beauty
soul,
and
power.
There is a lullaby, a song, they sang.
From legends, they say, there are four.
There is Pestilence, a Plague, they sang.
From legends old, they say, he is the First and the Last.
He is the Conqueror, the Oldest, they sang.
There is Famine, a Starvation, they sang.
From legends old, they say, he Gives and Takes all.
He is the Fairest, the Emperor, they sang.
There is War, a Strife, they sang.
From legends old, they say, he Controls and Ends.
He is the Youngest, Famine’s feather, they sang.
There is Death, a Darkness, they sang.
From legends old, they say, he Chooses and Decides
He is the Seer, Pestilence’s feather, they sang.
There is a lullaby, a song, they sang.
From legends, they say, there are two.
There was the Creator, a God, they sang.
From legends, they say, he’s foretold,
The Conqueror
and
The Emperor
are
infinite.
There is a chance, a meeting, they sang.
From legends, they say, there are His favorites.
There is a lullaby, a song, they sang.
From legends, they say, there are four.
They say they had several lives and will have more.
– from the ‘Book of the Horsemen’, The Prophecy of Pestilence and Famine by Samuel Krum.
