Chitin of Calypho

[Ashin Varanin]

Lifted by a friend
Comforted, assured, and led
Oren takes the lead

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Olraenam'ajji
That was his name long ago
Name of a good man

 

[Ashin Varanin]

He knows what he is
The consequences he bears
All must pay their share

 

[Ashin Varanin]

The mingled insect
Spawn of a melange of skills
Burns, yet comforts him

 

[Ashin Varanin]

One step far too far
No chance to show regret now
And the die is cast

 

[Ashin Varanin]

His pale hand shaking
Oren calls upon the beast
Hybrid, bound to him

 

[Ashin Varanin]

He delves the creature
This was too easy, one says
Evening winds gather

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Taken without proof
Untested, lethal cargo
Irrevocable

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Dark Rekalis leave
Freedon Nadd's great monolith
Oren lingers here

 

[Ashin Varanin]

He visits Ommin
Faithful husband, spikes through skull
Oren's wife is dead

 

[Ashin Varanin]

The tomb is cold now
Beskar ate the ritual
No lasting warmth here

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Glimmers catch his eye
The old tomb-guard is cautious
His sick heart sees wealth

 

[Ashin Varanin]

An abattoir
Behind the sarcophagus
A treacherous gift

 

[Ashin Varanin]

The orbalisk wails
Afraid of what he carries
And what's yet to come

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Last free day's last light
Shines on a beskar relic
A suit of armor

 

[Ashin Varanin]

A simple thing, this
Oren straps on the cursed plates
They soothe his conscience

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Who left these things here?
A regretful pilgrim? Yes.
The cost is too high.

 

[Ashin Varanin]

All knowledge burns us
Half our steps take us too far
Oren leaves the crypt

 

[Ashin Varanin]

The Vahla waited
The Clan needs to leave, before
Onderon wakes up

 

[Ashin Varanin]

Reckless, he thinks now
The tomb recedes below him
Yet forward he goes