From the mighty crimson sky A pointed rain begins to fly A thousand arrows pierce the air Through clouds of pain and deep despair A tale begins to now unfold In bloody dust, the truth is told In memory of those long gone Their legacy is marching on The bloodshed carved its brutal mark Upon the halberd, fierce and dark A war defined by evil’s hand By fear and fire across the land The chest became a battered shield The rage of people was revealed A lifeless body left behind On fields where death and fate aligned And the black arrow split the sky Descending fast, its aim to die To steal a soul that once had breath To turn all courage into death Its sharpened tips held poison deep Into the minds it dared to creep It pierced the thoughts of broken men Who'd never see their homes again From this cruel world they now depart Their souls released, their final start They sail upon death’s silent tide Where fate and luck no more abide And the black arrow split the sky Descending fast, its aim to die To steal a soul that once had breath To turn all courage into death The iron burns within the chest It makes the heart forget its rest All that remains: A soldier's end The silence no one dares to mend