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ss. In that thought I was alone. My sisters: Kàra, Sable and Søren came

ens” they called us. We shared only what we believed as well, opening our village and lands to these “crusaders” only to be betrayed in a single night by their soldiers. A

jewels. My father, our Earl allowed them to dock. Allowed them women and to drink at our table. Into the night they became drunk with my people and smile

n crawl, but I held my tongue. My father had always trusted my judgment but with the possessions these men bared were too great to pass

heir souls. Their very air is sickness.” I glared into my father's face, he would not look at m

e to survive the winter. The last of our food will be set as a feast. They

not be s

he couldn't hold this, but I admired him for trying. Even I knew he was afraid of me. The despair

t of line I will

I do not doubt you daughter....No

s brown as this very earth our home laid on. All any man had to do was look into their eyes, all with a great curse of the sea thrashing inside them. Their flesh soft to the touch, pale as alabaster, and unmarked by the ink of our

sure, as my father's right hand, council, and norn. I shared a beauty just as my sisters had; with hair pale as snow, eyes cold and grey as if an imprint of the calm

ldn't understand why women were free and equal as they were, or that I held such a high place in our home almost higher than my father, and other council leaders in our home. I was just a simple woman to him. A woman consum

ey lived like beasts in the wilderness, raiding villages, ravaging its people, stealing and killing for no true reason other than the lust for blood and fear they ignited. They taug

tled with, and held honor in. My father said when i was born i was touched by our god of war. He said Fenrir, our god of Chaos and war came in the form of a wolf black as pitch, and took me from my mother's arms in the dead of night, leavin

gifts I was given. That our Gods will protect me if they fo

elf was a living declaration of death and life for my magic and my upbringing o