• Written By: Walker/Mackenzie/Cavanagh

Once upon a time
There was a great hermit dominion
Veiled from inside and out
Ruled by a lone eremite
Bringer of an inferno
Conduit to Satan himself
To Tchort, Abaddon, and Set
A demented figurehead

Heinous looking thing
He was cold and terrible
A long and aquiline nose
Between swollen temples
His green eyes a window
To the ninth circle of hell
A tiny neck supporting a head
Filled with an unbending desolation

Seditious bands storm the bastion
Alive with revenge
Grand intentions
Unbeknownst protomartyrs
Indoctrinated with impalement

Just like that, the plot was crushed
Brushed away without a thought
Some were found alive though
Left to run without their skin
Cauterized and blistering
Forever marked for all to see
Reminding those who think dissent
Is a bridge across the sea

One did make a pilgrimage
In search of a family
Evaporated in the dark
Stolen by the despot
A journey made all the worse
Having had his eyes gouged
Left without the gift of sight
To face his true destroyer

Across the land he walked with death
Parading his ossuary
Upon reaching the castle walls
A twist of fate
His mind baulks

"Sit down weary traveler
I am that which you seek
Join me in a meal
To hear of my repentance
Lift the veil from your eyes
And look beyond the three
Now you know the truth behind:
It's tetrachromacy"