Changing of the Guard

He

Stood valiantly

Willing and strong

Staring into the unknown

Yearning for the Templars' horns

To set his anxious feet in motion

As courage, honor, strength, and wisdom

Beat like pennants

Marking headwinds

Taunting trepidation

Mocking beauty

And leaving nothing behind

As silence came to pass

She

In tears

Exhausted and drained

Trembling on the banks of the unknown

Yearning for the Templars' horns

To call his withered shoulders home

As heartache, faith, and resignation

Tore like shrapnel

Through her chest

Leaned over him

Utterly broken

And issued love's last kiss

As silence came to pass