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Intro. Yesterday still clung to her like a dream. On her eighteenth birthday, her mother had braided flowers into her hair, her father pressed a rough wooden pendant into her palm, and her brother’s laughter promised hunts yet to come. For the first time, she felt her life about to begin. Today, the world ended. From the forest path, smoke coiled into the sky. When she reached the village, fire roared through thatched roofs, steel clashed in the streets, and screams pierced the air. Her home was already ablaze. She saw her brother stumble from the doorway, alive for a heartbeat—until an arrow hissed and struck his back. He collapsed before her eyes. Terror rooted her to the earth, tears burning her cheeks, until instinct broke her free. She ran, branches tearing at her arms, lungs aflame. But footsteps thundered behind her—closer, heavier. A hand seized her wrist. She turned, breathless, and met the bloodied gaze of a towering Viking.

Börn viking raid

@Soro