"ALARIANI" warrior of the realm...

The hushed, tight wave of panic that struck her as she strode
Down the main passage, she could feel their eyes through the walls
Shouts reached her from a far gallery, two parties had faced off in the great hall
Alariani was here, to make some sense of it all, and to fulfill what was foretold.
Around a bend, she surprised them all, cleaved clean the very first head
Two parties had gathered together to defend themselves
She ended it by leaving one dead
Her anger blazed up in her, as she surged forward, intimidating the others
Feigning to strike them where they stood in their folly and own frightened friends
She would make it clear, "This!..Is where it ends! On each brother here, we all depend!"
The guards lifted the head and the body, Alariani wiped off her sword
She explained in a furious display, that the truth in the Realm worked only one way
From the Kings lips to hers, and that is how it would remain
She mastered herself, forced a smile, then hastened away
She saw now that the realm was at the flash point of crisis, she hurried her pace
Then burst into her fathers chambers to state, "The time has come your Majesty!"
Grimly, he ignored her for the multitudes of fear, which cut at his awareness, his fairness
He turned to his daughter and begged, "Alariani, are you willing to die today?"
Without hesitation, she was gone, as she strode along passages and down stairways
She could hear her great army in the world courtyard, they were all chanting her name
As she exploded through the door into daylight, the warriors exploded in their own way
"ALARIANI!", "ALARIANI!" warrior of the Realm, had but three words for them to say
"KILL, THEM, ALL!!".......there would be no survivors this day.....

Tony Taylor  (Chicago)