Sta.sh
The Crystal Empire Trilogy
– Ponies with Battlelore
[Click here for the accompanying song]
Blind Greed (Fall of the Empire)
Tower rose in the winter night
Traveler's beacon in the arctic fields
Once it shone from the northern land
Mellowing the coldest of winds
"No constraints of flesh
May prevent my revival
My day of return will come
From the deep ice I rise once more…"
Luminous
Crystalline homes
City that glows in light
Shining realm of knowledge and arts
Power from deepest of ties
Shimmered under the stars
Empire of the crystal kin
Until the days turned dark
Faded the lights into dim
I still remember the golden days, Empire of the North
Beacon of unity and love
Crystal Heart their guiding light
Realm of peace now tortured
Enslaved under your will
Tarnished the hearts of joy
How could you let it be ruined…
Seeds of their misery, countless distraught lives
Burden of memory relived once again
Where ends your greed If you'll turn them to ruins…
Hail the king of forlorn… of frozen waste?
"Torn towers from the tides of time…
My throne, my beautiful halls,
You won't take them from me.
Who else but the strongest can claim
The right for power, for the Crystal Heart…"
"Such is the fate; such is my claim for throne
Over this land, over its glory and might.
Power to lead, power to force my will
Above the weak, nothing but slaves of mine."
"Such is the fate, such is my claim for throne,
Beyond the reach of time my mind will hold:
Over the time, lifetime thousandfold
From the deeps I'll rise and take my own…"
I've been looking for something that goes beyond the episodes into a more detailed look at the empire itself. Certainly the most interesting historical tale thus far in the show. Excellent work.