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Description If you are for some reason offended by this – keep it to yourself.

Ok, now that we got this out of the way, yes, this is a poem... so to speak.

Most of the visuals are basically a year old, actually I painted most of it even before I wrote the poem itself.
I finished the whole thing somewhere in the first month of summer 2012, then I just had to put it into Flash but work came up rather suddenly and I let it slumber on my hard drive for a long time. Now finally posting it here on DA.

Edit Feb8-2013: Finally fixed that annoying sound bug for good, now everything is looping and muting properly... i hope.

A few answers for some questions you might have after reading it:

1. Yes, the buttons are supposed to look that way.

2. There is no actual dialogue in the poem.
The idea was that the whole poem is actually read or cited by a “demon librarian”. He is just putting small pieces together in chronological order to compose this poem. Some parts may be quotes of the “Black King”, some might be just some demon sayings, and of course, a lot of people go crazy and start hearing voices and hallucinate.

3. The font is some free gothic font I found on the net. If the design of the letters is hard to read sometimes, my apologies, I think it fits well.

4. I wanted to narrate (or ask someone to narrate it) but couldn't bother to spend more time on it, look for people with a suitable voice etc. If someone would like to do it, go right ahead.

5. You can also find the music here: soundcloud.com/emil_larsson
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Comments: 439

ShinyGhostBullet [2013-04-23 22:49:40 +0000 UTC]

oh my gosh ;w; this is fantastic!

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ChrisCold In reply to ShinyGhostBullet [2013-04-24 18:11:18 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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CMVreud In reply to ??? [2013-04-22 18:27:16 +0000 UTC]

I can't find words of how I feel or how awesome this 'song' is.

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ChrisCold In reply to CMVreud [2013-04-22 21:11:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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anamsohail In reply to ??? [2013-04-18 20:47:41 +0000 UTC]

Aaaah i got captivated. amazing work

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Sryatara [2013-04-18 17:04:03 +0000 UTC]

Nice artwork, congrats!

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Dreamael In reply to ??? [2013-04-18 05:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Really, really friggin fabulous!

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randomeye713 [2013-04-09 02:18:52 +0000 UTC]

you kind of left out the atheists in this story
the people who don't care about sins or souls. or being the saviour
but care about doing their job properly whether that is killing demons or building a world where demons could never exist
killing or building, that's what it comes down to.

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Baoto [2013-04-05 07:52:09 +0000 UTC]

This has got to be the most awesome thing I've seen in long time.

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ChrisCold In reply to Baoto [2013-04-05 12:31:13 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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C00LBAD [2013-03-15 22:52:14 +0000 UTC]

Marvelous. Stunning. Breathtaking.
Absolutely love it - amazing job!

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horus-eire In reply to ??? [2013-03-11 21:36:25 +0000 UTC]

pure brilliance, really enjoyed this.

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Bjarki64 In reply to ??? [2013-03-11 18:31:27 +0000 UTC]

tjhs is just great. You should have worked on Dante's Inferno game, it would have been amazing. Btw, the beginning of the music reminds me the ambiant of SOTB.

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ChrisCold In reply to Bjarki64 [2013-03-11 19:04:26 +0000 UTC]

thanks a lot
glad you liked it

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Bjarki64 In reply to ChrisCold [2013-03-12 07:23:26 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome. You are a very talented artist.

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BeastMaster-Sarah In reply to ??? [2013-03-08 00:35:16 +0000 UTC]

I'm so stupid, I can't even get past the cover part.

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ChrisCold In reply to BeastMaster-Sarah [2013-03-08 11:06:56 +0000 UTC]

hmmm, maybe it's just not loading properly
you can try to download the file (there should be a download button somewhere on the right) and then run it from your computer

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Judasziege [2013-03-07 21:50:50 +0000 UTC]

Simply breathtaking.

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dunkanmcgregor In reply to ??? [2013-03-04 16:39:31 +0000 UTC]

I'm speechless. This is by far the best graphic novel that I've ever seen! Great job!

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ChrisCold In reply to dunkanmcgregor [2013-03-05 08:27:53 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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jfett69 [2013-03-02 21:03:36 +0000 UTC]

I can't tell you how much I love this. I am such a fan of Milton and Dante and this captures those works perfectly for me.

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ChrisCold In reply to jfett69 [2013-03-03 01:36:25 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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ISherri-sanI [2013-02-28 18:37:20 +0000 UTC]

I have to say, as an English teacher, this is one of the most beautiful things I've seen or read in a long time. You're very talented and intellectual. I'm completely awed and impressed.

Fantastic job!

I'll ponder this quietly now.

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ChrisCold In reply to ISherri-sanI [2013-03-01 09:50:45 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Dancing-Koi [2013-02-25 18:29:57 +0000 UTC]

yea... Killing the devil is not a sin! cool dude, just cool.

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adqezcwsx In reply to ??? [2013-02-24 20:13:05 +0000 UTC]

crazt amazing

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Seothen [2013-02-24 17:55:41 +0000 UTC]

And they say Flash is dead... Flash really will be dead when HTML 5 can show this kind of quality, although that's never going to happen. On the plus side, I hear HTML 5 almost has Lemmings looking as good as when it first debuted...

Really amazed by the style and the substance in all of this - I was anxious to see where the story was going and really impressed with where it ended up. And the visuals were superb. Instant fav.

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ZeroDemonicus In reply to ??? [2013-02-24 17:46:08 +0000 UTC]

Dark and eerie, though I kinda wish it had a more positive ending, but that's just me. >_^
The artwork is superb. I may come back and read this again tonight with the lights off, really get a feel for the dark and foreboding atmosphere you make.

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Peatchoune [2013-02-24 17:24:17 +0000 UTC]

I didn't reammy understand but the art is amazing !

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Sh3ikha [2013-02-24 01:32:15 +0000 UTC]

I'M OFFENDED!

By how awesome this is! LoL

Beautifully done, I was really into the story and I wish it didn't end!

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ChrisCold In reply to Sh3ikha [2013-02-24 01:45:59 +0000 UTC]

haha, thank you
you wouldn't believe some notes i got from religious fanatics

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Sh3ikha In reply to ChrisCold [2013-02-25 00:14:24 +0000 UTC]

Ha! Oh I'm sure those were entertaining... Growing up around religious folks while being a fan of SLAYER... I think I've heard it all by now...lol

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GeorgesConcepts [2013-02-23 07:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Amazing. Just amazing. You sir are awesome.

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Littlefox911 [2013-02-20 17:57:10 +0000 UTC]

This poem was captivating and the artwork was amazing. The overall effect made me want to read it over and over again. I would love to see a wallpaper of the page with "So cowardly/ All mortals are/ Surrendering their souls".

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ErigadGreatwood [2013-02-20 10:45:27 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing, truly awesome - oh man I don't even have words to describe this

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noobyaoiwriter [2013-02-20 10:03:43 +0000 UTC]

Well, there's only one problem! I love this very much, but because it stretches the screen I can't reach the favorite button... D:

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VermillionFenrir In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 08:22:00 +0000 UTC]

This is totally a masterpiece! I almost can't find a way to express it....
It was dark,intimidating,creepy,yet briliant and very well made! spectacular!
It was really great,you're toally deserve the daily deviation! congratulation!

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banygirl [2013-02-20 07:53:55 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work! Great job

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AmbroseCE [2013-02-20 06:48:24 +0000 UTC]

Other than a few grammatical syntax mistakes, it's outstanding. Love the images and music that accompany the poem.

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AurasyrFreespirit [2013-02-20 06:44:31 +0000 UTC]

Wow...really dark, yet powerful as all (excuse the pun) Hell.
Beautiful, in a fiery, bloody sort of way.

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SarahReneeCreations [2013-02-20 06:36:24 +0000 UTC]

If every writer could pull this off, poetry and pose would be much more popular and read more often. Amazing job, the music and the poetry made the piece with out a doubt. The poem was beautiful as well.

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CptShenanigans [2013-02-20 05:56:06 +0000 UTC]

Whew.

um...
pff, wow, just wow. That is a really excellent poem, and the artwork matches it so beautifully. It tells the story in a completely different way. It is really hard to explain how good this was. Just, just... excellent job. That artwork is just pure inspiration.

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von19 [2013-02-20 05:46:39 +0000 UTC]

Huh...

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UshiBlue [2013-02-20 05:36:50 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I'm impressed! You said you would do some wall papers? There were a few scenes that really stuck out, one being the 4th or 5th slide, the words beginning "Now, they shall know as well..." I would love that if you have a large resolution!

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KURIZKURIZniKALAI In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 05:36:11 +0000 UTC]

WOW! so freaking fantastic....

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castfromgrace [2013-02-20 05:20:11 +0000 UTC]

I must say that I found this quite fascinating. And the music has definitely added to it.
Wonderful job. I applaud you. ^^

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Namerah [2013-02-20 05:03:17 +0000 UTC]

OMG. That's fantastic, the art work and the story and the way the words were strung together. It's really original too. Simply beautifully done.

Best,
Liz

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Zumiex [2013-02-20 04:37:09 +0000 UTC]

Very Impressive, it must've taken you forever to finish this!

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Darkace429 In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 04:27:32 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful...

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Tanoshiix3 [2013-02-20 04:26:40 +0000 UTC]

Your art's fresh.

The only thing that bugged me was that it was way to huge for my monitor (15") so I had to keep scrolling from side to side in order to catch the fade-in font/find the arrows.

Idk if that's anything you could fix, or if it's just my own problem, but, yeah. That's my only con.

Oh, and this was amazingly creepy. I'm gonna go find something funny to watch now...lol

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