T ʜ ᴇ L ɪ ᴠ ɪ ɴ ɢ M ᴀ ᴡ
“ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴅ ɪɴ ꜰʟᴀᴍᴇ, ᴀɴᴅ ꜰʟᴀᴍᴇ ɪ ʀᴇᴛᴜʀɴ ᴛᴏ.”
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L ᴇ ᴛ ɪ ᴛ ʙ ᴇ K ɴ ᴏ ᴡ ɴ :
Irza’tur, the Black Maw of Velkuzat, the Blade That Spoke, the Demon Who Remembered, has fallen.
He did not die a man. He did not die a monster.
He died a weapon, shattered in the act of striking.
Devotion etched into every bone.
Madness carved into every thought.
A soul wrapped in chain and fire, offered long ago to the great Devourer.
He was no puppet. He was no lost thing.
He chose the flame. He bled for it. He built his legend on the ruins of others.
A bringer of fear. A sermon in steel. A vessel for the voice of Hunger itself.
ʙᴜᴛ ᴇᴠᴇɴ ɪʀᴏɴ ᴄʀᴀᴄᴋꜱ.
In the shadow of Dragomir,
the Norn whose will stood like a mountain, Irza’tur met his end.
Not with mercy. 𐫰 Not with regret.
But with fire on his breath and blood on his teeth.
He did not kneel. 𐫰 He did not yield.
He laughed as his flesh broke. He grinned as his bones gave way.
His final breath was a curse, a vow, a prayer.
A promise that even in death, the Hunger remains.
“ʟᴇᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ᴄʜᴏᴋᴇ ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴀꜱʜᴇꜱ.”
Let cowards call him evil. Let the weak call him lost.
We who know; 𐫰 We remember;
He was wrath. He was belief. He was flame given form.
ᴀɴᴅ ɴᴏᴡ, ʜᴇ ɪꜱ ɢᴏɴᴇ.
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ᴍᴀʏ ᴛʜᴇ ɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴋɴᴏᴡ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ʜᴇ ꜰᴇʟʟ.
Deepest thanks to my friend @Pallodium for the formatting, you're the best!
And of course, thank you for the wonderful duel! @M1919