Above it All

The Scourge is how history will know it.

The time that defined, and shaped the person I am today is how I will know it.

The Scourge was costly to all who survived. Countless died, dozens of cities and villages were swept away in lethal waves.

I saw the Scourge ended, but the cost was high. Unconscionably high. As the man who rallied the last bastions of the living, I bear the full weight on my shoulders. I am now broken: body, mind, and soul.

But I will bear the weight of the Scourge until I pass it to the Cloud Empire, the people who thought themselves above it all.

ONC Submission

Prompts used:

4. When something tragic happens, it's often said we lose a piece of ourselves. How far would you go to find these lost parts of yourself in order to be whole again?

29. After the war is over, you set out into a new world to find and see the legendary Cloud Empire, a kingdom that is built on islands floating in the sky.

41."Yeah, that's right, son. Zombies used to be a thing.