(Liberties have been taken with canonical villanelle form.)
The Villain's Villanelle
What trifling harm could just one woman do?
Assumed Larocka Myll and Hollowcrest,
Before she forged a plan to thwart those two.
The shaman Tarok's only goal in view
Was vengeance for a people long repressed.
Besides, what harm could just one woman do?
Litya and Metya, under the lake blue,
Their dastardly research quickly progressed.
So she floated a plan to thwart them, too.
They thought they had the emperor subdued
A practitioner kept him at their behest.
And really, what harm could one woman do?
On Pike's table, her body skewered through,
She faced torture, still her lips were tight-pressed.
She dreamt of a plan that could thwart their coup.
Well, she got away, but Pike got his due.
And so it's your turn, Forge and Marblecrest,
To learn the harm just one woman can do
When she concocts a plan for thwarting you.
