"Ekkologix"
The second on the left contained "Odd"
A decision was needed to be made for the scales to be balanced.
Such was his burden.
Such was his duty.
Such was his purpose.
Their ill fated stars crossing together before a baleful unmerciful gaze.
Which one shall live?
Which one shall die?
Both?
Neither?
He took a deep intake to breathe in and out for a moment, the crimson garlands of his crown weighing heavier upon his head.
The shadowed one flicked a hand upon his ceremonial blade, examining it for a long lingering moment before the die was cast, and the decision made.
The silken words sullenly uttered in a quiet murmur from his lips.
"Ut est rerum omnium magister usus."
The adage was adept.
The knife was flicked by the small movement of his wrist and the sheet that contained it the name bled red like a punctured heart, infecting and infesting the material darkly, like a scythed body's arterial spray decorating the snow of the ground it fell upon.