The Curse of Paracelsus

By JessicaRae

Based on “The Alchemist” Season 1 Ep 14

He wandered, alone, forsaken by choice,

Among the lower tunnels where he was banished.

And though his face was not to be seen among them,

The shadow he made there had not vanished.

When darkness crept in among them then,

The whisper of gold had arrived

Into their world where so many up there

Were just trying to live out their lives.

Chaos, suddenly, all the minds flew quickly to him

With thoughts of “Heaven help us!”

For back among them in rarest of form

Crept the Curse of Paracelsus.

A wind of pain and hurt and fear

Swept through the tunnels like disease.

And those who fought valiantly to fend it off

Hoped at the end unscathed to be.

But alas, shadows, the deepest of fear

Fell among them like a purging flood

And before it all was over, before the nightmare ends,

There would also be pain and blood.

Fire, anger, and gold aligned to

Make the perfect ravaging storm.

Vincent tried, hopeful, to send him off,

But he could not accept the light of reform.

His soul was lost, as far as they knew

But the winds of Below still tell us

Listen well, and watch with care

For the Curse of Paracelsus.

Tunnels of Light