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Adoration for the Mad King

Being a huge fan of our “most amiable and shrewd ruler in Tyria’s history”, I simply had to do some fan related arts.

~So to start things off, I wrote a poem of sorts:~

There once was a king quite mad,
the most feared Kryta ever had,
though his courtiers adored him,
his people abhorred him,
and worse was to come too soon.

He became something to fear,
as his madness became quite clear,
through torture and game,
there were pleanty to maim,
when you rule a city or two.

And when he could not be appeased,
people would fall upon broken knees,
as he became more daft,
so grew his insidious wrath,
though he thoroughly enjoyed the screams.

Though his rule did not last long,
his people would right his wrong,
through terrifying strife,
they took his life,
after storming the castle through.

He swore on his dying breath he’d return,
as his courtiers and castle burned,
as his people set it alight,
they took this with fright,
and decided upon an act most daring.

To keep their dead king at bay,
they parted his corpse and hid it away,
each limb taken and sealed,
so that he could not be healed,
though his spirit, banished, plotted revenge.

But this is not the end of his tale,
and with given time he may prevail,
for one day and night,
to his grinning delight,
he appears before the smiling moon.

Just hope with all your heart,
that those seals do not break apart,
for the day that they do,
it is something you’ll rue,
unless you enjoy playing Mad King Says.

I also drew a lovely picture and sculpted a tribute, long live our Mad King!

Happy Holidays to all, enjoy the new year!