Too Many Knives 17
by The Mad Scot
A hall of knives…
Around the table fifty stand
Knives before them, death in hand
Too many knives, too many kings
Death toll rises as each tick brings
Us closer to the final score
The purse will yield to only four
Caeser, Dredd, and the leader Max
Take up blades stand back-to-back
Now slashing out north, south and east
Lesser kings become their feast
Ruthless tactics, and well-laid plans
Quickly conquer foreign lands
Around the table men advance
So begins the killing dance
Steg and Wolfgang, bulldog, and Fred
Soon lay on the floor quite dead
Miracle, quirq and judgement, too
Gone from having been run through
Then Dahlia and Vernon Wycliff
Are soon spotted cold and stiff
Sqweky, Hallbrond, Raywind all fell
Lorddeath and adriannel
Warthog, falcon, and Diccon lay near
Body counts rise, so does the fear
Diomed, and jelliot dead
Nala llams too, so Julius said
Gbonzi, toddakline both out
Toecutter then looks about
Dredd and Max are on either side
Leaving Toe no place to hide
Buzzard surrounded, fights off foes
Spells fail him and so he goes
Lady Amanda, poised to kill
Knows that south there’s blood to spill
Lady Ginger turns, but spies too late
Hidden knife that seals her fate
Bartman and Kranor join with Max
Lending armies to feed his attacks
Rman sends Ur to guard the door
Goes into a wood, is heard from no more
Max brings war to Rman’s fair land
Boils down to Rman’s last stand
Snook falls to a foul backstabbing
Follow’d up by quick land grabbing
Jasa, allstar look to survive
End of the game will find them alive
Dredd cuts a swath to Harquan and Bug
Kills them both with a wink and a shrug
ADDealer wears a grim smile
Everyone knows he’ll be here awhile
WaterDios too still has life
Has to get back to daughter and wife
Harvester falls, dirk in his back
Dredd wipes it clean for another attack
MadDog and Zock rush the Mad Scot
Highl’nder kills Dog on the spot
Zock gets nervous goes on retreat
Three kings will later see his defeat
Mad Scot, Welderkev break him down
Patriot’s demon then comes to town
Yoshi, Meptho join Patriot
Try to fight Max’s tough lot
Caeser - Mephto, go claw to claw
After 6 ticks they call it a draw
Yoshi – Amanda, chop for chop
Only the end of the game sees it stop
Traveller sees Maximus Prime
The two nod, now is the time
Crouching low, the knife fight begins
Circling each other, looking for ins
Slashing, cutting the wounds go deep
Traveller sows, but Maximus reaps
Dredd decides that darkmoon should die
Demands Mad Scot let him by
Arguments ensue, fights break out
Dredd laughs, and Scot shouts
Dredd attacks with Dragons and more
Falls back and settles the score
Darkness falls and the end draws nigh
Incinerak calls the world to die
Black Between from Patriot’s hand
Will call her fire to consume the land
One king stands alone in this time
Midia bows to Maximus Prime