Komari

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=407890" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#BF0000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Welcome to the New Darkness</b></FONT><B>     |     </b><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Welcome to the New Darkness"><U><B>home</b></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id4.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poetry"><U>Poetry</U></A>   |   <B>Komari</b>   |   <A HREF="id6.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Short Stories"><U>Short Stories</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="06a1b6d0.gif" border=0 width="283" height="109" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="05a80cc3.gif"> <div> <I>Komari</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>Only in Vain</U></b></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>For thirty days and nights the kingdom was tortured</b></div> <div> <B>Great evil lurked the land with greatest of ease</b></div> <div> <B>Flowing across the land in luxury</b></div> <div> <B>The great King Ratasious, son of Yriom, danced gallantly </b></div> <div> <B>Fighting back the flock of monsters</b></div> <div> <B>Forcing them to the endless blue, the end of land</b></div> <div> <B>There the great evil stayed</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Peace chimed throughout the kingdom with revelry</b></div> <div> <B>Warriors cheered with mighty whispers of glory</b></div> <div> <B>Their king, Ratasious, ended the thirty-day war</b></div> <div> <B>Boasts were made abroad</b></div> <div> <B>Tales were spun by the chirping-men</b></div> <div> <B>Only five feeble days and nights it lasted</b></div> <div> <B>The revelry was met with fierce vengeance</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The night-beasts came in croons</b></div> <div> <B>Hideous in ways the thinking-apes cannot imagine</b></div> <div> <B>So cruel are they that man-creator and soul-devourer fear them</b></div> <div> <B>Children of forgotten times</b></div> <div> <B>Children of Cain joining the dance</b></div> <div> <B>They tortured those that dared the dance</b></div> <div> <B>So was their way across the eagle-road</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>King Ratasious called his most courageous kinsmen to him</b></div> <div> <B>Calling for a retaliation to this most despicable attack</b></div> <div> <B>When gathered they all filled the great glorious hall</b></div> <div> <B>King Ratasious, son of Yriom, spoke,</b></div> <div> <B>                  Hear me kinsmen! Know that we shall not let them swallow our children</b></div> <div> <B>                  Neither destroy our crops of life nor allow them to bring upon us the plague!</b></div> <div> <B>A sounding to arms</b></div> <div> <B>The brought forth spears, swords, shields, and armor of the highest make</b></div> <div> <B>Time for revelry had past</b></div> <div> <B>Thus had these brave men's lives passed</b></div> <div> <B>In service they died slowly</b></div> <div> <B>Loyal men sprawled about the ground</b></div> <div> <B>One left standing among the dead</b></div> <div> <B>King Ratasious pulled him aside for counsel</b></div> <div> <B>                  Grant me a wish brave thane</b></div> <div> <B>                  Go away from this doomed land</b></div> <div> <B>                   Far away and bring forth a child </b></div> <div> <B>                  A child who shall destroy the dark</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Looking down Thfue spoke</b></div> <div> <B>                  Your wish is done my lord</b></div> <div> <B>                  Though I would hope otherwise</b></div> <div> <B>                  A son I shall have and on this day his victory will be death</b></div> <div> <B>Thfue left his king in battle and went on his way</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>King Ratasious danced gallantly</b></div> <div> <B>He paid the price any king would gladly pay</b></div> <div> <B>Defending his kingdom from certain doom</b></div> <div> <B>King Ratasious died by the sword as he had lived</b></div> <div> <B>Soon followed his kingdom</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>The Coming</U></b></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Twenty-five years the creatures plagued the land</b></div> <div> <B>Eternal darkness caressed every soul with Fear's icy grip</b></div> <div> <B>Green, no longer seen in the blissful darkness</b></div> <div> <B>Lightening struck down those with hearts of good</b></div> <div> <B>Until Komari walked unto the land</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari strode into the kingdom</b></div> <div> <B>Arrogance, brashness, courageousness filled the air</b></div> <div> <B>Some said he was built of stone when castings their eyes upon him</b></div> <div> <B>Others that he was fashioned out of the strongest steel</b></div> <div> <B>He stalked like a cat waiting to pounce its prey</b></div> <div> <B>Komari, son of Thfue, was warrior born</b></div> <div> <B>And born in the light was this warrior</b></div> <div> <B>Striding with purpose so electrified it suppressed the swelling darkness</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Horari, thane to Mewonae, saw his coming from afar</b></div> <div> <B>Running rampantly into the mead hall he told his lord and king</b></div> <div> <B>"Komari comes my lord! Wearing the steel of war."</b></div> <div> <B>Mewonae, son of Ratasious, spoke</b></div> <div> <B>       "Greet him to our foul lands. Grant him whatever he desires for coming</b></div> <div> <B>         Then send him on his way. We have fought and lost</b></div> <div> <B>         Even one such as him cannot defeat evil such as this."\</b></div> <div> <B>Horari complied with his lord's wishes</b></div> <div> <B>Running swiftly with speed of a cheetah to grant Komari gifts</b></div> <div> <B>Gifts fit only for kings were given to him</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari threw open the hall doors and stood solemnly</b></div> <div> <B>He glanced about, throwing his head like a whip back with scorn</b></div> <div> <B>Then he spoke, </b></div> <div> <B>"Mewonae, son of the great Ratasious, it is an honor.</b></div> <div> <B>You bid me to leave your humble kingdom so soon?</b></div> <div> <B>And grant me gifts I am unworthy of?</b></div> <div> <B>Allow me the chance to purge this kingdom of its evils</b></div> <div> <B>So I may be worthy."</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Mewonae spoke softly</b></div> <div> <B>         "You are a fool Komari</b></div> <div> <B>            My father died fighting the dark</b></div> <div> <B>            He died in the dark</b></div> <div> <B>            And so shall my kingdom perish </b></div> <div> <B>            I beg thee to leave before any harm comes to thee."</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari laughed, shaking the stone</b></div> <div> <B>"Why I shall fight the first evil only in loincloth</b></div> <div> <B>With only my hands at that."</b></div> <div> <B>Komari goaded the king</b></div> <div> <B>Standing the feeble Mewonae pointed to the east</b></div> <div> <B>Directing Komari to his first challenge </b></div> <div> <B>And most certainly his death</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>Death Reaver</U></b></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>To the east lay the Evil, Death Reaver</b></div> <div> <B>Weakest of the 12 Evils</b></div> <div> <B>Torturer of the common man</b></div> <div> <B>Frail in size, strong in mind</b></div> <div> <B>This was the Death Reaver</b></div> <div> <B>At night screams filled the lush night air</b></div> <div> <B>The screams of innocent children that was too adventurous</b></div> <div> <B>For at night the Death Reaver stalked his prey</b></div> <div> <B>Accompanied by his mate at times they slaughtered the children </b></div> <div> <B>For some souls this was hell</b></div> <div> <B>Others a route to heaven by walking straight into the mouth of hell itself</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Such were the conditions of the night Komari set out for the hunt</b></div> <div> <B>Shrieks of pain surrounded him</b></div> <div> <B>Shattering his dim hopes in the hearts of the people</b></div> <div> <B>Women already wept his passing into the afterlife</b></div> <div> <B>He had but begun his journey</b></div> <div> <B>At a marcato pace he stepped</b></div> <div> <B>Picking up his pace's tempo with step</b></div> <div> <B>Impatient for the fight that burned in his soul</b></div> <div> <B>Yearning to tear apart Death Reaver</b></div> <div> <B>His wish came too soon for some</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Death Reaver fell upon Komari with a ferocity befitting rabid wolves</b></div> <div> <B>Komari thought it was his loincloth or maybe his smell</b></div> <div> <B>That could have brought the beast upon him so soon</b></div> <div> <B>It was the sweet smell of anger that lured Death Reaver</b></div> <div> <B>The pungent smell of death around Komari lured Death Reaver</b></div> <div> <B>Death Reaver's mate Maetina, Queen of rats, followed</b></div> <div> <B>Both tore at Komari's flesh</b></div> <div> <B>Staggering backwards Komari regained his balance</b></div> <div> <B>Standing firm like an iron statue Komari flicked his ear in insult to the two</b></div> <div> <B>He readied himself </b></div> <div> <B>Then pounced on them like a wounded animal</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Their collision, a bomb exploding in air, sent them sprawling</b></div> <div> <B>Tearing at each other with power untold</b></div> <div> <B>Komari choked them with his bear paws</b></div> <div> <B>Forcing his grip to tighten with each passing second</b></div> <div> <B>Maetina bit at his hands with her pets to loosen his grip</b></div> <div> <B>It failed</b></div> <div> <B>Death Reaver spat burning saliva on his hand</b></div> <div> <B>It failed</b></div> <div> <B>A third Evil appeared then, Pautn</b></div> <div> <B>Lord of Imps jumped Komari from behind</b></div> <div> <B>Throwing the brash warrior ten lengths into a hut</b></div> <div> <B>Standing slowly Komari looked at the evils</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Three Evils he now faced</b></div> <div> <B>All three of different standing in this land plagued by darkness</b></div> <div> <B>He stood motioning his hand to signify their deaths</b></div> <div> <B>Each reacted with a roar </b></div> <div> <B>Earsplitting to normal men but to Komari it was their last wish</b></div> <div> <B>Then it truly began</b></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>Death Finds Three</U></b></I></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Wrestling each one in confusing unison</b></div> <div> <B>Never gaining ground or falling back</b></div> <div> <B>Bones began to feel weak and break</b></div> <div> <B>Muscles ran sore </b></div> <div> <B>Pautn was the best of the three</b></div> <div> <B>Komari slowly began to concentrate on him alone</b></div> <div> <B>Grasping the imps neck in a grip that assured death</b></div> <div> <B>Komari grappled with Pautn for only minutes before Pautn died</b></div> <div> <B>The son of Thfue tore Pautn's torso from his legs</b></div> <div> <B>The red river ran free from his body</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>A sea of rats overtook Komari in his moment of glory</b></div> <div> <B>Merely growling the rats fled from the fight</b></div> <div> <B>Angered, bloodied the son of Thfue took the two Evils at once</b></div> <div> <B>Both tearing at his flesh for a taste of his blood</b></div> <div> <B>Komari throwing his fists like sledge hammers at their bodies</b></div> <div> <B>Maetina was the first of the two evils to perish from the assult</b></div> <div> <B>Komari staggering from the rips in his skin</b></div> <div> <B>Threw her in her lover's path of blind rage</b></div> <div> <B>Her arms tore from her body by her own lover</b></div> <div> <B>The clouds of eternal darkness shrouded her eyes</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Death Reaver and Komari locked into mortal combat</b></div> <div> <B>Neither giving nor gaining ground on the other</b></div> <div> <B>Komari pounded at Death Reaver's head and chest</b></div> <div> <B>Death Reaver slashed at his chest and arms</b></div> <div> <B>Gaining on Komari, he stuck his claws through Komari's side</b></div> <div> <B>Bolts of blood shot from Komari </b></div> <div> <B>Rage of unreasonable power overtook Komari</b></div> <div> <B>Blinding light flashed around the combatants</b></div> <div> <B>Filling the sky, the earth cleansing away Death Reaver's taint</b></div> <div> <B>And only Komari stood, Death Reaver's head in his closed fist</b></div> <div> <B>Wearily he tore their heads from their bodies</b></div> <div> <B>Fixing them about his belt as he strode down the horse's path </b></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>Imp-Punisher</U></b></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari wound the way of the horse back to the meadhall</b></div> <div> <B>Throwing open the doors on his way</b></div> <div> <B>Gasps rang silent throughout the hall </b></div> <div> <B>At the sight of the three heads hanging from the son of Thfue's belt</b></div> <div> <B>Wide eyes King Mewonae stood</b></div> <div> <B>The King spoke</b></div> <div> <B>"Great warrior you have lived up to your legend</b></div> <div> <B>Done well by your blood</b></div> <div> <B>Paid the price of foolishness</b></div> <div> <B>Now will you be gone from my cursed kingdom?"</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari spat at the King's knived words</b></div> <div> <B>"No, there is much left </b></div> <div> <B>9 Evils are all that stand in my way</b></div> <div> <B>Tonight I ask to rest here in this meadhall</b></div> <div> <B>But no thanes shall sleep besides me</b></div> <div> <B>For fear they will perish"</b></div> <div> <B>Nodding the weak King Mewonae granted his wish</b></div> <div> <B>After the speech great revelry took place</b></div> <div> <B>Thanes stumbled about the day drunk as if night</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Night came quickly upon the land as it always had</b></div> <div> <B>Creatures lurked about the outer reaches of the eagle's way, waiting</b></div> <div> <B>King Mewonae spoke as he left</b></div> <div> <B>"Komari you are a fool</b></div> <div> <B>Courageous but a fool</b></div> <div> <B>Tonight shall be your death</b></div> <div> <B>You have killed three evils</b></div> <div> <B>Two will be hunting for you at least tonight</b></div> <div> <B>Your strength is proven now leave I beseach you."</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari scolded the King with his iron edged tongue</b></div> <div> <B>"I pay a price worthy of a King."</b></div> <div> <B>Turning he readied himself</b></div> <div> <B>Chingling chain mail draped his body</b></div> <div> <B>Clanking plate mail clasped him whole</b></div> <div> <B>Komari was ready </b></div> <div> <B>Now and forever he was ready</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Outside the meadhall the wind whispered </b></div> <div> <B>Whispered of the night's coming horrors</b></div> <div> <B>Komari waited, listening to its whipers</b></div> <div> <B>In the latest of the night grunts overtook the room</b></div> <div> <B>6 Evils stood before Komari battle drawn</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The tallest sliming Evil was Gatieng, Lord of Bats</b></div> <div> <B>The others were unknown to him </b></div> <div> <B>The slowly moved about him</b></div> <div> <B>Not a sound escaped their feet</b></div> <div> <B>Without premise or thought Komari lept at the evils</b></div> <div> <B>Two with claws like swords slashed at him</b></div> <div> <B>Komari rolled away</b></div> <div> <B>They killed one another like flies</b></div> <div> <B>The remaining four circled him, sizing him up for his strength</b></div> <div> <B>Led by Gatieng they lunged at him  </b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari dodged and blocked many thrashes</b></div> <div> <B>His armour protecting his limbs</b></div> <div> <B>He greabbed the smallest one's claws</b></div> <div> <B>Splashing them through another's skull</b></div> <div> <B>Breaking the small one in half with a snap of his fingers</b></div> <div> <B>Death's touch polluted their bodies</b></div> <div> <B>He made ready to face Gatieng and the last Evil</b></div> <div> <B>Turned to find Gatieng killing it</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Lord of Bats chuckled at Komari </b></div> <div> <B>He drew his claws from his wing</b></div> <div> <B>Snarled a challenge of strength</b></div> <div> <B>Komari drew his sword and met Gatieng's wing </b></div> <div> <B>Light flashed as they met</b></div> <div> <B>Darkness swelled as they missed</b></div> <div> <B>Silently the darkness took them</b></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I><B><U>Gatieng Dies</U></b></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>The Lord of Bats wrestled Komari</b></div> <div> <B>Brilliantly swooping and attacking</b></div> <div> <B>Avoiding the steel vise of Komari</b></div> <div> <B>Sneak attacking Komari from behind </b></div> <div> <B>Komari knew the wings had to go</b></div> <div> <B>With the wings on the Lord of Bats he would not live</b></div> <div> <B>Gripping the dagger from an earlier battle in his steel vise</b></div> <div> <B>Blasting the dagger through the air and Gatieng's wings</b></div> <div> <B>Now even terms were met by both</b></div> <div> <B>A giraffe was the height of Gatieng</b></div> <div> <B>Towering three full heads over Komari</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Gatieng smashed Komari through the thick splintered oak table</b></div> <div> <B>Komari tossed Gatieng and left Gatieng's mark on the brazen stone</b></div> <div> <B>Gleefully Gatieng pranced about Komari</b></div> <div> <B>Komari grew wary</b></div> <div> <B>Watching patiently for his moment</b></div> <div> <B>God-son grabbed the Evil and spun the rag about</b></div> <div> <B>In his final rotation he brought Gatieng down to shake the Earth</b></div> <div> <B>Timber fell about as Komari gripped the thick neck</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Lord of Bats knew his time was growing short</b></div> <div> <B>Swinging his claws about in a clean motion</b></div> <div> <B>He sliced Komari's battered forehead</b></div> <div> <B>Nothing ever like this had happened</b></div> <div> <B>Not so deep in Komari's life</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari raged like a stuck pig</b></div> <div> <B>He tossed the Lord of Bats from wall to wall</b></div> <div> <B>Smashing tables relentlessly with Gatieng's body</b></div> <div> <B>God-son wrestled the Lord of Bats to exhaustion and still fought</b></div> <div> <B>Then everything happened</b></div> <div> <B>Komari stood before Gatieng</b></div> <div> <B>Brought up his mighty mallet</b></div> <div> <B>And subdued the Evil with his mighty mallet</b></div> <div> <B>Gatieng thrashed at the insect gripping him</b></div> <div> <B>Komari held on with a vice grip</b></div> <div> <B>Gatieng was tortured till morning</b></div> <div> <B>Then he died painfully impaled by the sun's mighty javelin of light</b></div> <div> <B>Laying down in exhaustion, Komari slept</b></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Death will not Wait</b></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>King Mewonae threw open the doors of his thrashed meadhall</b></div> <div> <B>Looking about the ruins lewidly spewed about</b></div> <div> <B>Six Evils lay piled in the center of the tremendous room</b></div> <div> <B>Off to the corner lay the warrior madman</b></div> <div> <B>The meek king rained down on Komari with spite and vengence</b></div> <div> <B>"You are a guest and you destroy my hall</b></div> <div> <B>You think to destroy that which will regrow</b></div> <div> <B>You are foolish indeed young hero!"</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari quietly spoke, the ground trembling upon his words</b></div> <div> <B>"King Mewonae I merely did as I said </b></div> <div> <B>I did not do that which you wanted</b></div> <div> <B>But here lie six more Evils of your realm.</b></div> <div> <B>Please point me to the last three."</b></div> <div> <B>Komari readied his armour as he finished</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Shocked by the abruptness of Komari the king rasped</b></div> <div> <B>"Off to the north lies its home</b></div> <div> <B>There you shall find all three</b></div> <div> <B>These three are greater than all you have destroyed.</b></div> <div> <B>Great as you are they are far greater."</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari took his leave of the hall</b></div> <div> <B>He marched down the wagonways northward</b></div> <div> <B>Kicking up dust as he marched past the wagons</b></div> <div> <B>Through the reptile dwellings he continued</b></div> <div> <B>Through the forest he cleared his way </b></div> <div> <B>Kicking over the mighty oaks that barred his way</b></div> <div> <B>Yet no creature stirred to step in his path</b></div> <div> <B>Onward he marched into the lake of fire</b></div> <div> <B>Down into the home of Darkness where Evil dwelled</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari shook his head in dismay</b></div> <div> <B>A gragon and two elementals were the final evils</b></div> <div> <B>The alementals appeared patient and thoughtful</b></div> <div> <B>The fire-drake wanted to hunt and kill</b></div> <div> <B>Still young and thoughtless </b></div> <div> <B>Komari stood up to his full height</b></div> <div> <B>Dwarving any man in the land and bellowed</b></div> <div> <B>"Evils hear my eventful thoughts!</b></div> <div> <B>Today shall do battle witrh thee</b></div> <div> <B>And may the victor be the better of us!"</b></div> <div> <B>Drawing his sword he lunged at the dragon</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The dragon spit its venomous flames</b></div> <div> <B>Biting at Komari's armour</b></div> <div> <B>Komari slashed at the dragon with his magnificent blade</b></div> <div> <B>Striking it upside its head to distract the beast</b></div> <div> <B>Bringing his shield around in a roundabout way Komri slashed off a scale</b></div> <div> <B>The fire-drake withdrew from the battle hiding behind the elementals</b></div> <div> <B>Frightened by the thought of a human harming it</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>The fiery one stepped forward to greet Komari</b></div> <div> <B>"Welcome son of Thfue</b></div> <div> <B>Here is your final resting place </b></div> <div> <B>you have no hope against us </b></div> <div> <B>Nothing can stop us as we are now."</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari glared at the elemental</b></div> <div> <B>He spat at it in disgust and hurdled forward into the battle</b></div> <div> <B>Komari blocked the blows of the elementals with his shield</b></div> <div> <B>Though this lasted only shortly</b></div> <div> <B>Their strength was great</b></div> <div> <B>Earth and Fire combined to rain terror on such a place</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>Komari stuck his sword deep into the Earth and threw him into the Fire</b></div> <div> <B>The two melded into one before his eyes</b></div> <div> <B>Then with a lift of a hand Komari was engulfed in earth and fire</b></div> <div> <B>He broke free of the torture only to lose his armour</b></div> <div> <B>Tatterecd and shattered it hung off his sweating frame</b></div> <div> <B>Feirth sprung at him with a vengence</b></div> <div> <B>Its hand burned and pounded his flesh all at once</b></div> <div> <B>The power was too much for Komari</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>He stood through it all</b></div> <div> <B>Boils bubbling through his flesh</b></div> <div> <B>Bruises swelling to cover the boils</b></div> <div> <B>Feirth malled him with extreme malice</b></div> <div> <B>Still Komari stood </b></div> <div> <B>Now he fell at the very end of it he fell</b></div> <div> <B>Feirth smiled at him wickedly </b></div> <div> <B>Lifted his head up to kill him</b></div> <div> <B>Komari beat them to it</b></div> <div> <B>Thrusting his sword deep into himself</b></div> <div> <B>Till only the hilt was still visible</b></div> <div> <B>Light streamed forth from everywhere and nowhere at once</b></div> <div> <B>The Darkness left the land</b></div> <div> <B>Thus the hero died in his glory</b></div> <div> <B>His greatest moment, his saddest moment</b></div> <div> <B>He was Komari, hero of a day long past gone</b></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>