The word game!!

old

dying.

heaven

hell.

.
inferno
.

flame

burn

Charred

sunburn

red

alert

tense

stiff

dead (and we are back to the beginning)

.
undead
.

abomination

Oba...nah, I will save that for the Backroom. :beam:

defect

abandon

Neglect

ruin

Roman (ruins)

Cheater! ~;)
Greek

hellenistic

spear

shield

defence

attack

charge

Order (charge is an order)

ask