Library:The Treachery of Baram-Kul
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| Author: | Sunswords |
| Publication: | Scholars of Novia |
| Genre: | Horror (series) |
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| Publication: | Scholars of Novia CONTEST #1 "The Sisters Grim" |
| Publish Date: | October 6, 2014 |
| Series | |
| Series: | The Grim Sisters' Anthology of the Mysterious & the Macabre |
This story was a part of Sunswords' Selected Works of The Paean Bards, which was submitted for The Grim Sisters' Anthology of the Mysterious & the Macabre, but is currently unpublished.
The Treachery of Baram-Kul
by Xan
- Where bloodied roses and dry bones lie,
Even Virtues forsake this unholy ground.
Within the shadows shrieks a voice high,
Take heed good folk, death is abound.
Why forth have you come, oh foolish one!
To feed the maggots with your corpse?
The gods of mercy shall spare you none,
This darkness swallows with no remorse.
Baram-Kul the lich will welcome you warmly,
He yearns to feast on your blood red flesh.
From your skull, a cup he shall drink deeply,
Your eyes and your teeth, a garland most fresh.
Baram-Kul the lich is most forgiving, he'd say,
Ghastly flames burning bright in his eyes.
His voice echoes in his kingdom of decay:
"Perform for me and freedom's your prize".
Where bloodied roses and dry bones lie,
A dancing skeleton mocks the sunlight.
The stretched skin of a face in the wind does sigh,
As your scream is drowned out, by the still of the night.
Trivia
- Selected Works of The Paean Bards was a runner up in the Scholars of Novia's "The Sisters Grim" contest.[1]
References
- ↑ Scholars of Novia CONTEST #1 "The Sisters Grim" annoucement on the Shroud of the Avatar forums.