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A new era dawns in the hour of ruin

the collapse of empires

The eclipse of civilization

A bitter wind sweeps the spectral remains of

a barren world

from the ashen debris emerges a shapeless entity

the anointed one

cloaked in garments unearthly, a nebulous aura

the symbolic figure

amorphous in semblance, demigod in flesh

an arrogant being of magnificent countenance

temples of false council erected in praise

seeding the contrivance of this upheaval

the esoteric conception of

the divine order of Babylon

serving the monarchy through magistrates

pawns of the priestcraft

appointed as conduits to the almighty

implementing admonitory rituals

viciously inculcating the apocryphal parable

suffusing the paradigm

manipulating belief through fear

the shepherd and flock are one