Horology

Once upon a time

There was a great hermit dominion

Veiled from inside and out

Ruled by a lone eremite

Bringer of an inferno

Controller to satan himself

To tchort, abaddon, and set

A demented figurehead

Heinous looking thing, he was

Cold and terrible

A long and aquiline nose

Between swelling temples

His green eyes are windows

To the ninth circle of hell

A tiny neck supporting a head

Filled with an unending desolation

Seditious bands storm the bastion

Alive with revenge

Grand intentions

Unbeknownst protomartyrs

Indoctrinated

With impalement

Just like that the plot was crushed

Brushed away without a thought

Some were found alive, though

Left to run without their skin

Cauterized and blistering

Forever marked for all to see

Reminding those who think dissent

Is a bridge across the sea

One did make a pilgrimage

In search of a family

Evaporated in the dark

Stolen by the despot

A journey made all the worse

Having had his eyes gouged

He left without the gift of sight

To face his true destroyer

Across the land he walked with death

Parading his

Ossuary

Upon reaching the castle walls

A twist of fate

His mind opens

Sit down weary traveler

I am that what you seek

Join me in a meal

To hear of my repentance

Lift the veil from your eyes

And look beyond the three

Now you know the truth behind

It's tetrachromacy