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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

ChrisCold In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 20:28:29 +0000 UTC]

yeah, i thought the size might be a problem in some cases.
it's just that with JPEGs i couldnt add a full screen feature since the images would become horribly pixelated, and text would be even worse. So i just forcefully made it all in 1200x600

the only thing i can suggest is to download the file and start it from your computer, you should be able to resize it then

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IMMIA In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 03:49:40 +0000 UTC]

wow, that was chilling and gripping and just plain neat! Loved it

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DiardanRose In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 03:29:21 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. Totally dark and creepy, but very well done. Congrats on the DD!

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archangel-of-exodus In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 03:14:39 +0000 UTC]

Freaking hot! I love the ambiance and the painting.

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Pianocanival In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 03:10:52 +0000 UTC]

Fucking awesome!!!!!! Insta fav. Congratulations on he DD! Very well deserved.

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milarii [2013-02-20 02:30:53 +0000 UTC]

Very very good! Instant fave
And congrats on your DD

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theblackrage In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 02:12:44 +0000 UTC]

this is deliciously evil and demonic

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JakeHGuy [2013-02-20 02:04:02 +0000 UTC]

This is pretty epic. Fascinating story. You should read Dante's inferno.

And your art is just awe inspiring.

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M0v3d [2013-02-20 01:55:21 +0000 UTC]

Gahhh~ Makes me want to dungeon crawl in Diablo III oh so bad <3
This is amazing (:

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TheLawOfZeroDivision In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 01:45:20 +0000 UTC]

What program did u use to make this?

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ChrisCold In reply to TheLawOfZeroDivision [2013-02-20 05:21:45 +0000 UTC]

well the images are painted in photoshop, then everything was put together in flash

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TheLawOfZeroDivision In reply to ChrisCold [2013-02-20 06:02:35 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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JamminJo In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 01:41:18 +0000 UTC]

Sensational Work of Art

Congratulations on your DD Feature

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Dragonabby In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 01:16:30 +0000 UTC]

E.P.I.C. i love it, wonderfully made and executed!

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apdarkness905 In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 01:05:45 +0000 UTC]

That was awesome good work.

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daschnookle In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 00:52:39 +0000 UTC]

Art's good =]

also why are the comments all bold

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ChrisCold In reply to daschnookle [2013-02-20 05:24:03 +0000 UTC]

when the mod was writing the DD badge she forgot to close the tag, now the rest of the page is in bold, haha

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J-Taurens [2013-02-20 00:30:41 +0000 UTC]

Did not expect this level of quality when I looked this up...whoa..... this was quite fantastic and the execution was brilliant!

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HoshiNeko598 In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 00:18:56 +0000 UTC]

OMG
OoO

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Jakathine In reply to ??? [2013-02-20 00:16:25 +0000 UTC]

WOW! This was amazing! The font goes well with the artwork and story-type..and the music? It felt as thought it was drawing me inward...Love this

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NoctiLuna [2013-02-19 23:19:15 +0000 UTC]

This is an amazing work of art <3 I love your paintings, especially the scetchy raw look, and the text goes well with it...I like the concept of an interactive illustrated poem!
As for the wallpapers... I'd love to see a wallpaper of the 'and one betrayed betrays another' page! The spiky, blood drenched landscape looks amazing!

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Mushroma In reply to ??? [2013-02-19 23:17:14 +0000 UTC]

wow!! that was amazing, the artwork is just sooo good and the poem told a very interesting story too c:

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BlackKingofNight [2013-02-19 23:06:18 +0000 UTC]

also, my sister was reading this and loved it. Wants to know if you would mind if she recorded it and, added with this video, put it up on youtube.

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ChrisCold In reply to BlackKingofNight [2013-02-20 05:29:09 +0000 UTC]

sure, you can put it up on youtube, that'd be cool

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BlackKingofNight In reply to ChrisCold [2013-02-27 23:49:03 +0000 UTC]

Merci! This was awesome and the reason I asked was because my sister actually found it and since I was too far away to read it (cooking at the time) she read it to me. I told her she should record it and she asked me to ask you if it would be appropriate XD Thanks so much for the approval.

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ChrisCold In reply to BlackKingofNight [2013-02-28 00:15:36 +0000 UTC]

sure thing,
if you put it up youtube don't forget to send me a link, i'd like to hear it as well

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BlackKingofNight In reply to ChrisCold [2013-03-02 03:27:08 +0000 UTC]

k!

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BlackKingofNight In reply to ??? [2013-02-19 23:05:08 +0000 UTC]

Also? LOVED IT!

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BlackKingofNight [2013-02-19 23:04:52 +0000 UTC]

Rape the woman, kill the mates would have sounded better ^^

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Fiction-becomes-Fact [2013-02-19 22:59:21 +0000 UTC]

FFFF Pendragon Font I love youuuuu!

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Cafenix In reply to ??? [2013-02-19 22:47:39 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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5baconstrips In reply to ??? [2013-02-19 22:37:44 +0000 UTC]

that was really good! very well drawn and told!

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EnkindlerAlicia [2013-02-19 22:26:44 +0000 UTC]

For some reason this reminds me of the book Mistborn. It seems to be a darker interpretation of that tale in a way. Really good!

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TheWiseWeirdProphet [2013-02-19 22:14:00 +0000 UTC]

I must say, without a doubt, with full honesty. That this is one of the best artworks that I ever seen! The art, The music and text all beautifully empower one another, making me immerse into the world you have created. Thank you.

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wakawakawakawack [2013-02-19 21:52:21 +0000 UTC]

WOW!!!! That was amazing. Really epic!!!! ^U^ You did an amzing job on this!!!! :3

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Nocturnaliss [2013-02-19 21:48:52 +0000 UTC]

That is absolutely stunning. I'm acually baffled by the fact the poem and the visuals were not co-created, as everything just fits/. I must say I love the art in this, especially the demons' wings and how their darkness seems to spread beyond the borders. Simply magnificent.

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Zoey2070 In reply to ??? [2013-02-19 21:47:20 +0000 UTC]

The font is called 'Iron League' (either that or it is incredibly similar) if anyone's interested. It can be found at dafont.

That being said, this is incredible!

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ArtemColoria [2013-02-19 21:44:12 +0000 UTC]

Brilliant!

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Meli-J-Nightly [2013-02-19 21:33:56 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work of art and literature! Beautiful and unique.

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call-me-Z [2013-02-19 20:59:45 +0000 UTC]

one of the best thing i've ever read
beautifull...

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the-Loony [2013-02-19 20:57:53 +0000 UTC]

quite sinister. i think the first time in a long time that i saw such great squiggly, dark and impressing artworks.

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ReimaHowaido [2013-02-19 20:49:32 +0000 UTC]

This was accidently playing over an episode I was watching while waiting for things to load.... I definitely didn't guess that this wasn't part of the series until the ending texsts came xD
This is so calm and well done~ It can really wake up a surten mood in the one who listens to it~ Awesome job~!

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ErikShoemaker [2013-02-19 20:36:42 +0000 UTC]

well deserved DD

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ChrisCold In reply to ErikShoemaker [2013-02-20 05:32:15 +0000 UTC]

thanks man

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Uchiha-Kavi In reply to ??? [2013-02-19 20:34:55 +0000 UTC]

This really is one of the BEST´S things i ever seen on Deviant Art and on my life, such an amazing work with the style and design, history, and the music in the background help like no other. Congratulations, you have my respect! You´re the best! I woul love to do things like that.. can you teach me? Please please please please, for real!!!! please please please please!!!!!! yes? i wont let you down!

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DanikYaroslavTomyn [2013-02-19 20:26:19 +0000 UTC]

This was such a beautiful piece, simply amazing work Chris. If you can find someone you think is a suitable narrator then I can't wait to hear it, also maybe for that version you could do some animated flames in some of the scenes. Keep up the great work.

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Little-Katydid [2013-02-19 20:21:48 +0000 UTC]

Very haunting. It gave me goosebumps reading this and seeing the visuals.

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DarkSylph12 [2013-02-19 20:13:14 +0000 UTC]

This was so beautiful, it gave me chills! Reminds me a bit of Symphony X's album Paradise Lost.

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MidnightTiger8140 In reply to ??? [2013-02-19 20:10:09 +0000 UTC]

That was very...
...
...
...
...I'm speechless. o___o"
Congratulations on the DD~

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Bachus-chus [2013-02-19 20:07:31 +0000 UTC]

This is... epic, you know?
Congratulations, you have created an awesome job Thank you for show it! Thank you thank youu~

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