The Ascent
In order to have the revenge that I crave
I must find a way to escape from this cave
The path was straightforward and so I would follow
And soon I will have a new life force to swallow
I then found a gate that connects a great space
Providing me passage to any known place
These gates will provide instantaneous travel
Each one holds a secret that I must unravel
But there was no way I could use it just yet
To find all the others I must not forget
I powered the gate; after that I progressed
Still hell-bent on tearing Kain's heart from his chest
I knew not at first where this next path would lead
But then I found out this is where I could feed
Although I could never again be alive
I crave blood no longer; on souls I survive
I fed on five souls and continued ahead
There's nothing else here except horror and dread
The rise in the ground leads me now to expect
That the mouth of the cave I will shortly detect
The leap to each ledge was increasingly high
I then reached a ledge off of which I could fly
My wings have been ruined, but still I can glide
They carried me straight to the opposite side
The next passage leads to a shallow ravine
And hideous creatures that I've never seen
These creatures are sluagh; they, too, feed on souls
Before I depart I must vanquish these trolls
These beings could not match my strength or my skill
And so, they were all rather easy to kill
And shortly thereafter the surface I found
I instantly knew I had reached mortal ground