Auden’s Blessing
Independent, strong, intelligent, sensual, beautiful, capable… in short, she possessed everything a woman could desire.
She was also a reborn member of the divine race. Though not one of the Twelve Principal Gods, her influence in ancient times had far surpassed that of many of them—such as Sif, who was known mainly for beauty and adornment. Before the coming of Ragnarök, she had been a witch of the Vanir tribe. She once represented the Vanir in Asgard to debate which tribe was more worthy of respect, only to be treated with grave disrespect by the Aesir gods. Because of her, a grand and devastating war erupted between the two tribes—the first war since the creation of the world. Both sides