She awoke to the sound of the sparkling sea
The sun of the face of this Celestian dame
A Paladin she was determined to be
One of strength, of honour, and fame.

She took her broadsword in her left hand
Her tower shield held in her right
In a suit of gleaming plate armour she’d stand
A proud warrior of the Light

For today was her first true battle as one
The Tainted advanced on Delport
Her comrades found their assignment quite fun
Warfare a game, slaughter a sport

They marched down the highway to the village
They’d reach it before Magnagora
They’d obliterate them to halt the pillage
Pure destruction, like ancient Magnora

By noon, she took her first steps past the bridge
As their mages set a demesne
The cool, shallow water always made her cringe
She knew not why, she couldn’t explain

The Tainted army came just before dusk
She’d been told it was a mass of sin
Now her piety seemed merely a husk
Containing the bloodlust within

The Paladins rushed to fight zealously
Light against Taint, it seemed
Yet both sides fought equally hellishly
As the bloody steel weapons gleamed

The girl found herself in a private clash
Against an Ur’Guard in midnight black armour
He was a skilled opponent, he parried each slash
But was likewise unable to harm her

“Die, scum!” she cried in a violent rage
Then finally she began to see
All she stood for was but a cage
Imprisoning her with hypocrisy

She gazed in the eyes behind the man’s helm
And longed for the freedom within
She saw the weakness of the Supernals’ realm
And longed to embrace Nil’s sin.

The Celestian girl cast off her plate mail
She embraced her bewildered foe
Swiftly lifted his helmet, unable to fail
And gave him a kiss, soft and slow

The shocked Viscanti breathed Tainted gas
Seeking to drive her away
But through the girl’s veins all of it would pass
Making the Taint there to stay

Inhaling every last bit of the plume
The girl gave nary a cough
Inside her heart the Taint did bloom
Her weak form was shedding off

Thus the transformation began
And continued on at great length
The girl continued to kiss the man
Embracing his Tainted strength

She donned her armour and picked up her sword
Her body now throbbed with power
She turned upon the Light and mercilessly gored
Forcing them all to cower

Follow not the hypocrisy
Of Celestia’s bloody lies
Embrace the Taint and you shall see
The epitome of might, undisguised.