Horror Haiku Club Prompt

June 3 - Himiko

Himiko lived from around 170 AD to 248 AD and is said to have taken the throne in Japan after years of civil war and strife, when no man could hold on to power. She then went on to rule for nearly seventy years.

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Your prompt is HIMIKO.

A hidden witch queen

Seized power when no man could

Took slaves to her tomb

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She was also known as a sorceress, who had one thousand women as attendants, many of whom she took to her grave with her when she died.