"Who dares," she calls out, voice ringing out across the great hall, "to raise their voice against my wife?"
Magni Fjorleifdottir, the Jarl of Edverfell, the talon of the sky's grasp, the mountain of the mountain. She stands tall, stern, flanked by those who have made it back with her. Krogstad, Nørgaard, Benedicte, they stand first amongst them. None of them look pleased, as Magni strides into the hall of her home, and towards Westermark.
It had been twenty-six days of hell. Of desperate survival and pure luck, part of it. Of hunger, of making it back to land only when one of their number who they had managed to pull from the wreckage and into the tiny rowboat had died from their injuries. Of making it to the home of an elderly couple who had no notion of who they were and helped them regardless, and who Magni was determined to see rewarded for all he did - four of her men were still there being tended to. Of having to travel across a rugged landscape and relying on her name and reputation to get them horses, when finally they were in a fit enough state to travel. They were all of them thinner, and for all their losses, coming home was still meant to be a joyous thing. But this— snake sought to undermine her Rani?
The servant had been shocked to see her, all of them, but there had been hurried whispers of what Lakshmi had endured in their absence, even as Krogstad had hurried after Magni to ensure no skulls gave way.
"Anyone who dares to question her authority in this place, do not doubt that I will know your names before the day is done, and that Talonhold does not forget disloyalty."
A SHIPWRECK AFTERMATH.
Magni Fjorleifdottir, the Jarl of Edverfell, the talon of the sky's grasp, the mountain of the mountain. She stands tall, stern, flanked by those who have made it back with her. Krogstad, Nørgaard, Benedicte, they stand first amongst them. None of them look pleased, as Magni strides into the hall of her home, and towards Westermark.
It had been twenty-six days of hell. Of desperate survival and pure luck, part of it. Of hunger, of making it back to land only when one of their number who they had managed to pull from the wreckage and into the tiny rowboat had died from their injuries. Of making it to the home of an elderly couple who had no notion of who they were and helped them regardless, and who Magni was determined to see rewarded for all he did - four of her men were still there being tended to. Of having to travel across a rugged landscape and relying on her name and reputation to get them horses, when finally they were in a fit enough state to travel. They were all of them thinner, and for all their losses, coming home was still meant to be a joyous thing. But this— snake sought to undermine her Rani?
The servant had been shocked to see her, all of them, but there had been hurried whispers of what Lakshmi had endured in their absence, even as Krogstad had hurried after Magni to ensure no skulls gave way.
"Anyone who dares to question her authority in this place, do not doubt that I will know your names before the day is done, and that Talonhold does not forget disloyalty."