I am kin to the sea god, a single-sighted terror, bested by a hero’s clever ruse. A burning spear’s swift sting brought down my mighty power, but for this act N O B O D Y endured the wrath of my father.

I am a family of silicate minerals, combined into a single stone's name. Nephrite's my twin, a part of my fame. Nobels and Emperors coveted my varied hues, though my emerald shades are what they most often choose.

I am a whisper of hope, a phantom glimpsed through a mirage, a verdant deception born of thirst and sun-scorched sky. Though, my reality surpasses all that's dreamed, a life giving respite, where the parched soul is redeemed.

I am a gaze that kills, a serpent's crown of dread, born from a foul rooster-hatched egg. My breath is death, my glance a fatal blight, and only mirrors may show my true, dark might.

I creep in silence across the window pane, a cold white-hue painted by an invisible brush. Though born of damp breath, I hold no life, and with the sun, I vanish in a hush.