Chitin of Calypho

[Ashin Varanin]

Symbionts take hold
Their propagation suppressed
No coverage here

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Insect Sithspawn writhe
Gripped by ancient lore, sharp minds
Neutered and corralled

 

[Ashin Varanin]

A new creature comes
One for each woman and man
An insect and more

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Whence came this old beast?
This relic of decadence?
This tool of Sadow?

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Tracking insects hum
Pincers sink deep - ecstasy
Not for the wearers

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Unholy union
Bonded orbalists and these
The tracking creatures

 

[Ashin Varanin]

A true symbiont
That which touches hyperspace
Miscegenated

 

[Ashin Varanin]

The twain are one flesh
Insectile, merged and coupled
Indivisible

 

[Ashin Varanin]

They are their own spawn
Chromosomal distortion
Latched to burning skin

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Here is art indeed
Betrayal of a great trust
To serve a great oath

 

[Ashin Varanin]

What arts are these, now
That shape the living chitin?
Not pure alchemy

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Tashai rites are strong
Though made for trinkets, trifles
They warp flesh and bone

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Secret brotherhood
Blood shed by and for each one
Hiding their new charge

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Slavery has come
Or freedom, for Onderon
Free shapes can be fierce

 

[Ashin Varanin]

A new circle forms
The tested and agonized
Shapers of dark life

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Gather in Nadd's tomb
Greatest pilgrimage in years
Here and gone by dusk

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Tashai, Vahla, Witch
They draw strength from the nexus
Confirming their work

 

[Ashin Varanin]

They owe the Clan much
Betray its dreams for its sake
Silent guardians

 

[Ashin Varanin]

One among them weeps
Though he knows the most of pain
Consigliere

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Remembers his wife
His time as a Jedi Knight
Old graves never rest