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Thanatos and Azrael

- Thanatos and Azrael -

Part One – The Wandering Titan

Once there was a time when death was not confined,
To a form knowable by those who know mortality…
Her formless spirit like the wind, no power could bind.
But one there was who loved her, sharing her destiny!
One of the Titan race as once soared the stars of old,
Cast off and alone, since the war with the Olympians.
He could not bear his peoples’ masters or their yoke,
And even his own people oft treated him a bit alien…
For his thoughts were dark and beyond all the wiser.
They called him Thanatos, and he oft was wandering,
From world to world, as his burdens made him tired.
All this was before the coming of man to everything…
When the gods wore fleshly raiment different indeed.
So hear now the tale of how Death took form, why…
And, how it was, she came to love one in such need,
That she took pity on him so that he might never die!

Azrael is the name of Death, unspoken by all mortals.
For none seek her embrace, to pass beyond her portals!

Part Two – For Love, Accursed

When the world of Zeta was made sacred and holy,
The Titans who dwelt there became introspective…
And, many realized they were immortal, for eternity!
Some such as Thanatos, held a different perspective.
They thought to move Death, to grant them her kiss,
So that they might die and know an end to suffering!
Their order was dark, severe, and without any bliss.
Old wars made them morbid, for they held a sting…
But for a love Thanatos pined, forbidden, accursed.
For if Death could be moved by love, then glorious!
Would she not grant peace for one special beloved?
So rather than be cold, he let himself grow joyous…
Incurring the wrath of his brothers and sisters therein.
They attempted to seal him away and exile him thus,
But Death had chosen one, and she has chosen him.
Their doom sealed, their dark order would be dust!

Azrael is the name of Death, unspoken by all the wise.
For none seek her embrace, lest it become their demise!

Part Three – Death’s Dark Affection

Death chooses no favorites, seeking no paramour…
But champions she calls, when she needs to display,
That her power is absolute as beyond even red war!
And she called Thanatos, showing him a secret way.
For her, he sacrificed his fellow Titans on old Zeta…
All who followed the order he had once joined well.
Worse than the fate that befell the children of Theta,
When the Wall of Fire so came upon them like Hell.
It is not given, how he claimed all their errant souls,
Only that they perished within the span of ten hours.
Even the children, with no mother there to console…
Lay without graves, without any wreaths of flowers.
Their temple was silent, its’ halls watched by Death,
Who manifested in the form of a fallen Titan queen…
To claim Thantos and part him of his labored breath.
He had earned her dark affection, aloof and serene!

Azrael is the name of Death, unspoken by all who live.
For none seek her embrace, lest unto her their souls give!

Part Four – One Becomes Death

But terrible was his ego, and his will to survive on…
And so her kiss only changed him, and they merged.
Neither male nor female, androgynous far beyond…
They transcended, their old bodies that they purged.
This being walks the dark places of the cosmos, oft,
Hooded and robed, bearing a candle in its’ claws…
Beautiful, and terrible, like a bird freed from its’ loft!
It searches, for those once like itself, without pause.
Those who seek the embrace of Death to free them,
From the shackles of the universe that confines all…
And so some loves can, the immortal soul condemn.
For such as this, did an ancient Titan in this way fall!
So be not anxious for the end of all things, my friend.
All things come to Death in their time, as ordained…
Hasten not, to rush into her arms and meet your end.
For there are far worse things than she to be gained!

Azrael and Thanatos are the names of Death unspoken.
For none seek Death’s embrace, lest their souls be broken!
Written by Kou_Indigo (Kara L. Pythiana-Ashton)
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