No Crown, Only Fear

No crown. No chains. No single will above the storm. Only fear, made equal. Only order, given form. I watched the Council tear itself apart, Each lord a hunger with a sacred heart. They broke their chains to worship their own flame, Then called the ashes power, pride, and name. I saw an Empire wasting what it was, A thousand knives, but never one true cause. So I became the silence in the wire, The patient hand that teaches stars to tire. Let the Dominator burn in blackened light, Let them mourn my name through artificial night. Let the Eagle spread his shadow through the throne, Every hidden cell was never his alone. I do not rise to stand apart, I build one dread in every heart. No private throne, no lonely will, A galaxy made calm and still. You break your chains to crown the self, I bind the fear in everyone else. Despair will make the stars sincere, Welcome to the democracy of fear. Daughter, you sang until the room could weep, Soft little mercy I had no use to keep. I turned your love to hatred, clean and bright, A Sith is born when tenderness learns night. Zhorrid, my blood, my wound, my proof, I carved the child away from truth. Not for affection, not for grace, But for the shape fear leaves upon a face. Cipher followed smoke through every door, Found the Eagle dead, then found much more. Eradicators waiting for my sign, The Empire's pulse beneath my hand and mine. I do not rise to stand apart, I build one dread in every heart. No private throne, no lonely will, A galaxy made calm and still. You break your chains to crown the self, I bind the fear in everyone else. Despair will make the stars sincere, Welcome to the democracy of fear. Exile is not absence, Death is not defeat. I learned the map beneath the map, The tremor under every seat. Rivix smiled with serpent grace, Tau reached out through guilt and pain. Heta forged another chain, Never seeing whose design remained. Nul's blue secret in my hand, The key to minds, the hidden brand. Let every pawn believe they chose, A flower still obeys what darkness sows. Khar Shian wakes beneath the frozen sky, An ancient moon with one unblinking eye. The Hidden Chain has raised the frame for me, Nul's machine prepares its liturgy. No Empire first. No Republic last. No future free from what has passed. Not conquest as the lesser Sith would crave, But one shared night for master, child, and slave. I do not rise to stand apart, I build one dread in every heart. No private throne, no lonely will, A galaxy made calm and still. You break your chains to crown the self, I bind the fear in everyone else. Despair will make the stars sincere, Welcome to the democracy of fear. Come, Malgus, breaker of the chain. Come, Nox, shadow crowned in flame. Stand before what fear has made, Watch every border, oath, and blade Become one pulse, one law, one art. Behold my masterpiece. A galaxy with one heart. A galaxy afraid.