February 11, 2008. "Ashen Fight"

My skin may be burned to ash, my bones used charcoal, and the land around me still burning and hot with fire, but it still stands, ready to fight you, ready to die. There will be no surrender. My shield may crack, my sword may break, but still I will fight the world until either I die or I destroy all the evil it can send at me. I stand alone, with no ally behind me, no reinforcements to call, no apprentices to take over when I pass on, and no one fighting beside me. And still, nothing you attack me with will kill me. You could burn me till my very breath turns to smoke, but I shall not give up my fight against you.