The Troll Queen's Bride
She knew something only a goddess could ken of aeons to come, and like a goddess, told no secrets to her followers.
Lady Skadhi Ondurdis shot one of Jarngrimr's ravens down with the aurora borealis of her bow and felled it into the aether. She scooped it up with her white mittened hands. What Lady Skadhi, goddess of the hunt and winter snow, said to the dead bird's ear, only the Norns could know.
The bird's soul flew away in the wake of the queens, now the Arctic goddess' messenger, following her cherished priestess Aslaugh – perhaps to watch over princess Aslaugh and the budding child, or perhaps for something more. Gods are never clear, after all.
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