Auden’s Blessing
“Today is my birthday — originally just an ordinary day. The reason I can stand here tonight and speak these words to you is not only because of past victories, my research into magic, or the support of Baldr, the God of Light. There is an even more important reason.”
He paused and opened his palm. A flame ignited within it. He hurled it outward, striking a distant stone monument in the sky. Immediately, a streak of red light burst forth and shot straight toward the altar.
“That… is my other name—”
Before he could finish, the red light had already landed at his feet. In an instant, roaring flames surged outward, torrents of fire sweeping across the ground as waves of fire-wolves rose one aft