Hero to Villain

Inspired by longs hours of Skyrim, and written for the Poetic Poems contest. Image from Prince of Persia, another inspiration.

I was once a hero, born of the Light,

Loved by the people as the scourge of the Night.

I travelled the land and swung my sword

Through legions of darkness till they were no more.

Justice given form was I, I had courage beyond most Men,
The evil which crossed my path, it never stirred again.

Orcs and goblins, creatures of the night,

They fled from me - the Warrior of Light.

But too many caves I journeyed into,

Too many tomes I seized and read,

From the evil dead. Until I was broken,
Until I left the Light and embraced the Dark instead.

I was broken, but I found myself anew,

Reflected in a thousand shards of glass

Of the mirror that was once my mind.

And so Light's hero became Champion of the Dark. Alas!

You know what they say;

Stare into the abyss too long, and you will -

Oh wait, another child I must kill!