Preface

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In the darkness a creature hides,

Dreaming of despair

Alone without a care

Seeking to fade

From ghost eyes of jade

Tearing at the heart

Ripping it apart

In the darkness a creature hides,

A beast of gloom

Forgotten in a tomb

With dreams of woe

Buried a time ago

Glittering scales of shade

Awaiting to be slayed

In the darkness a creature hides



Faint melodic sounds flow into the sleeping gloom, dancing upon the worn walls. Gliding with grace it enters the unconscious creature, slowly stirring the beast within. The disruption of its slumber pulls upon the tattered heart; bring back all the feeling of the pain, loneliness, and heartbreak. Almost drifting out of its deep slumber, his gleaming scales shift in glittering patterns.


That voice...


Something else began to surface at the melody, something forgotten, yet desperately longed for. Fighting its way past the pained remains of the immortal's bleeding heart. The tune played upon his heartstrings slowly knitting them back together, bringing his mind closer to consciousness. The shadowy void drew upon the slowly rising mind, creating a tug of war.


He desperately clawed his way out of the darkness, seeking the majestic voice that seeped into him, yet before the beast could rise the melody ceased. Slowly the clutches of the abyss dragged him back into dread filled sleep. Succumbing back to the void of his dark mind the beast's last thought,


That voice...

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