Twelve at Thirteen

This is an epic poem chronicling the adventures of an evil adventuring party, The Twelve, and their actions leading up to causing The Shattering.

When sky cracks and the world shatters apart

It is Twelve at Thirteenth whose blame is to be had

For power and glory did heroes fall

And bring the world with them

For power beyond measure

Foolish hands doomed us all

The Twelve did gather towards heroic heights

Above and past an endless night

But turned on head did they find it

Pray had there been a warden to mind it

First their steps to sky's blue fury

And then to depths of souls departed

Defiant they ignored the juries

And thus was our tragedy started

Facing justice back at home

One led a war all alone

By jewel's light a witnessed crime

A broken oaths and unrepentant time

Again they fled to unknown depths

Twelve below to worship there

Two there summoned a demon of death

Twelve again had ruin to spare

Fire and ice, a frozen feat

A blizzard flew due south to eat

None were left when storm fled north

The Twelve were feared from then henceforth

And where they went fear did follow

Climbing stairs wet with moss

The breakwater held and stillness swallowed

Twelve received while elves mourned loss

Now they stood among the gods

Twelve unworthy twisted the odds

And as one fell the shadow's breath

Left the godhead a palace of death

When sky cracks and the world shatters apart

It is Twelve at Thirteenth who blame is had

For power and glory did heroes fall

And bring the world with them