The Black Emperor

The Black Emperor was the sovereign of an incredibly strict realm. Politicians spoke no lies, workers never complained, guards never slept, children never cried. This lasted many years, until one fateful day, a black cicada landed on the emperor's lap. The loud sound of the cicada disturbed the thoughts of the emperor, and little by little, every day after the first cicada descended upon the realm, the structure was shattered. The empire fell over not more than a few weeks, and only cicadas remained to dig through the ashes. He represented the fall of order at the hand of chaos.