Whelm-Be'lakor

[00:42.20]As the hunters surged within, [00:44.77]The roof began to fall [00:46.96]Fractured chitin underfoot, [00:49.68]Whilst ichor soaked the halls [00:51.30] [00:51.70]Then gathering, the pack reformed, [00:54.37]For once they’d all consumed, [00:56.70]They flooded from the earth in which [00:59.24]The hive was now a tomb [01:01.32] [01:35.00]A rushing mass of fur and claws, [01:43.93]The host would move as one [01:53.49]Provided each could keep apace, [02:01.94]Those creatures feared none [02:08.76] [02:11.84]Each component of the whole, [02:15.63]A spoke, for now, that linked [02:19.57]Dispensable – when it should break, [02:24.22]The rest would let it sink [02:28.26] [02:28.66]When river’s water blocked their path, [02:37.10]They lingered over moss [02:46.40]A chain of stones bound shore to bank, [02:55.54]And each would have to cross [03:04.28] [03:04.79]They navigated snout to tail, [03:09.14]The smallest one was knocked [03:13.08]As treacherous waters surged, [03:17.71]It shattered on the rocks [03:20.39] [03:22.21]One component of the whole, [03:26.21]A spoke, that now, had snapped [03:30.16]Dispensable – it served no use, [03:34.90]The others would adapt [03:39.54] [04:35.88]One component of the whole [04:39.06]A spoke, that now, had snapped [04:42.85]Dispensable – it served no use [04:46.70]The others would adapt [04:50.72] [05:04.53]Silently, it understood, [05:08.13]And, broken beyond mend, [05:10.94]It watched the other hunters leave, [05:14.12]Then waited for the end