#sorry I keep making the same post about Bragi but even after all this time I'm still kind of processing everything

[infinitelilith]

Kingdom Hearts is fucking crazy because I just thought "omg what if Sora and Bragi met each other, they'd probably be such good friends" and then I realised

[purplerose244]

My thoughts on Seabound!!! 🌊🌊🌊 (3/4)

SPOILERS ALERT!!!

Yep yep yep, I'm liking this season a lot! 😍 Although I hope we'll get into a more frantic situation now, like with more battles and more bonding moments (Nya and Maya hopefully, but with Bentho too 🦈🦈🦈)! We got half a season to go, I'M READY!! 😎😎

Alright, here we go!

GENERAL THOUGHTS

I do like the season a lot, maybe MoM was a little more cohesive? Idk but it's not a big complain, I still love it so far 😍

Also maybe I would've liked more interactions between Nya and Maya about how they've been apart for so long, they had a chit chat but I would've loved even more. Maybe with Nya saying that it was fine and she grew up only to realize she is still hurt by that, even though it wasn't Maya's fault. I still like how they did it, I wished there was more that's it 🤷‍♀️

While I do make sense to Maya's behavior, that while it seems a little different from Hands of Time it had its logic in my opinion, maybe Ray feels a little weird? He seems less courageous than before, and it was established that he is a hothead like his son so that came off as unusual 🤔🤔

But I do love the fact that he's here and he's bonding with his son, for real, I've been waiting for this for so long so I'm happy nonetheless 🤩

Maybe I'm just easy to please and I take all I can get idk 😅

THE STORM AMULET

Oh, are we gonna address the wind element? It feels like we haven't really seen a Morro reference since Hands of Time, that would be cool! 😍 I mean, why even mentioning the wind then 😅😅

Well what do you know, they tracked them, who saw that coming?... me, I saw that coming... we all did probably 🤷‍♀️

Jay took upon himself making a quick recap on how Ninjago will be destroyed this time, thanks Bluebell 👌

Yep nyeheh electricity makes Nya go crazy for sure ❤💙 ... wait it wasn't a Jaya pun?

Jay wear your seatbelt please, you risk you life enough 😅😅 Pff lol "are we there yet" and they are actually there, biggest plot twist I've ever heard of 😂

LEGO HUG 💜💜💜

And with someone who might as well join the League of Jay apparently 💙

I liked The Island yet it was not as exciting as I hoped for, but now understand the meaning of it. The ninja helped the keepers and they are all allies. Without The Island the moment where Mammatus gives Nya the amulet wouldn't be as meaningful

Is it just me or Nya looked even more gorgeous during that moment?... just me huh? Okay then 😂💕

Wait that's a fake? Wait... UNCLE POWERS?!? OMG THAT I ACTUALLY DIDN'T SEE COMING 🤯

Here I thought he was just messing around, he always makes things harder 😅 Or maybe better? I mean, they kinda missed a bullet on this one...

BENTHO IS SO SWEET AND COOL OMG HE IS ALREADY OUR FRIEND 💙🦈💙🦈

Jay somehow had his own TV show in the past and yet he's got that horrible acting skills wth 😂😂😂

Kalmaar is a very cool villain, like, deeply evil. Not only he's calculated and merciless, he stops at nothing to get what he wants. And the people that get in the way? He wants them to suffer because they had dared to confront him 😳

And yes the voice does help a lot, I'm sorry I'll keep saying it until the season is over 😂 (or even beyond? Please cast Giles again LEGO 🥺🥺🥺)

Awww Nya no my poor girl 😢 Jay wanted to hug her to comfort her he is so sweet my SHIP ❤💙❤💙

MOM PEP TALK MOM PEP TALK!!! 🤩🤩🤩 How cool was it?

Like, this isn't even Maya asking Nya to believe in herself, this is her saying that she KNOWS her daughter can do anything when she puts her mind into it. FINALLY SHE SEES HOW AMAZING WATER GODDESS IS 💜💜💜

MORE LEGO TEARS OMG THIS SEASON IS FILLED WITH TEARS 😱 Which... kinda makes sense considering it's a water based season 😂

Nice one, and now? NOW WE GO BACK TO KAI COLE AND RAY YAS!!! ❤🖤❤🖤

RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX

That is... surprisingly Egypt theme like? It feels like a title coming from the Fire Chapter of season 11... well we got two fire elementals so 😍😍

SPARRING KAI AND RAY

I REPEAT SPARRING KAI AND RAY!!! SPARRING KAI AND RAY!!! ❤❤❤ Lol Ray got old, but how can someone blame him? He did touch death while aging in Hands of Time, I'm just happy he is alive 😂

Yep, master prankster Wu, that's what I love 👌👌 I always thought Wu had become a father figure for Kai at the beginning, so seeing Ray and Wu in the same picture feels very wholesome to me 😚

Ah, uncle Powers, I both love you and hate you so freaking much 😌😌 But you make cool slides nonetheless 😂

ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME WITH BEAUTIFUL SMITH INTERACTIONS??

BECAUSE I LIKE IT KEEP GOING 🤩

Oh no you guys are stranded on an island whatever are you going to do?? It's not like you had already before and managed to survive (Skybound) or you got stranded on a rock in a sea of sand filled with giant monsters (Fire Chapter) or you were on a freaking COMET in SPACE (Rebooted). Yeee, this is the worst yet 🙂

I'm starting to think these ninja are just a bunch of drama queens so no matter what happens, it's always hopeless 😂😂 I feel like I'm kinda right on this one honestly 😛

Whoa whoa WHOA WHO IS NYAD THIS SOUNDS VERY COOL???

Aww I like that, while Ray told his kids stories about dragons and how they traveled through the Underworld, Maya told them about Nya the first water master that could summon whales 💙❤💙❤

Pff imagine if it turned out Nya was the master of fire, carrying a very water based name? Lol

Maya: I would know if it was possible!

Nya: Yeah, like she knows that I can control a bit of ice because it's frozen water

Maya:...

Maya: YOU WHAT

I find both interesting and very annoying that this explorers club thinks so highly of themselves, to the point the deny to aid even the FREAKING SAVIORS OF THEIR FREAKING LAND 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Misako got good reflexes after all, Kai was probably ready to melt this guy's face 😅

Oh, so a trial by Sphinx is a challenge? A mental one? A cultural one? A physical one? Idk but Misako is actually taking charge and that is cool I guess 🤷‍♀️

Okay this is kind of weird, how is Ray so afraid? Is it because there's fire?... did he... did he grow afraid of fire for some reason? Because it feels a bit off for now, but if there is a deeper meaning that could be interesting 🤔

Wait is that the riddle from Decoded? That's fire right?

IT IS FIRE 🔥🔥🔥

Lol at least in this one Kai wasn't completely ignored 😂 I know my flame babe isn't the most rational person, but I do like that it was an answer connected to his element where he used his head!

Ah Clutch, you really got no backbone 😅 And apparently you're the only explorer who doesn't, dang look at the others go! I'm having a bit more respect for them now 😚

LOOK AT SENSEI GO FINALLY!!! 😍😍 FIGHTING SCENES HECK YES!!!

Kalmaar: I'm your conquerer

Wu: so after skeletons, the serpentine, nindroids, the Stone Army, Chen's army, ghosts, oni, more snakes but on fire and people from a game, that makes you the tenth. Have a free cookie

Kalmaar:...

Wu: you're not special

Is this a little throwback to Possession too? Nya seems to always control better water when she doesn't actually think about it. When her feelings are free, so are her powers 🌊🌊🌊

Also this opens up more possibilities! Creatures connected with other elements might get summoned too! I would love something like that 😍😍

This was NEAT, or maybe I just missed Kai that much ❤ What's next??

PAPERGIRL

ANTONIAAAAAAAA!!!! MY GIRL IS BACK!!! All my girls are back in this season, I'm so happy 😍😍😍 And if she is here, sweet little Nelson has to be around and I cannot wait! Bring in the purple ninja! 💜

Owww Antonia's last day as a papergirl? Nooo why??

She's got a job at the... DAIRY DRAGON??? OMG OMG OMG IT'S THE ICE CREAM PLACE BRAGI TOLD US ABOUT ON TWITTER!!! 🤩🤩🤩 I remember the post, he was asking about names for the place and ice cream flavors. Now I can't wait to see what did he choose 🍦🍦🍦

UNAGAMI BABY HI HONEY!!! 🙋‍♀️ I hope he's doing great 😘😘

This is so cool honestly, Antonia got her own character arc going on! Living in a chaotic city like Ninjago City must be pretty dang exhausting 😅

Was... was that Dareth in the garbage can? Am I wrong? Poor brown ninja 😅🤎😅

SPINJITZU SWIRL, BANANAKHAN, ORANGE SERPENTINE, I'M DYING 😂😂😂

Their friendship is so wholesome, I'm so happy they are still together no matter what happens 💕

I thought Kalmaar wasn't much of a fighter but DANG he's got skills! Also the fact that he uses tentacles makes the fight very cool to watch! 😚😚

RAY RUNNING IN AFTER KAI GOT HURT HECK YES ❤❤❤

Well at least you tried Ray 😅

Ah, little cameo of the original Weekend Whip, always nice to hear it again... AND DO THE WEEKEND WHIP!!! 🌪🌪🌪

EVEN NELSON GOT CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT I'M SO PROUD 💜

I don't even know what is cooler, the kids being mad lads on their bikes, Kalmaar driving a TRUCK or Kai going full parkour on the buildings to follow them 🤯

I'm sorry... am I the only one that during the Kai and Kalmaar talk kinda thought of Jestro and Clay? I miss my boys from NK, they're even more at odds now 😭😭

KAI YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE OR EVEN TRY TO DIE GET BACK HERE AT ONCE 😱😱

Kalmaar just loves to make everyone feel inferior, gotta be his hobby 😶

Oh good Kai is back

OH NOT GOOD KAI IS NOT BREATHING?!? FLAME BABE I TOLD YOU YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE 😱😱😱

Antonia, Nelson, you guys are now my heroes. You saved my fave, I'll be forever in dept with you ❤❤❤ Am I being overdramatic? Most likely, but Kai is one of the few that didn't almost die or did die in a dramatic situation and he is also my absolute favorite character so that... kinda keeps my sanity in check in this show 🥴

I wonder... does he still not know how to swim? He saved Lloyd in Possession but I wonder if he was only trying to float on the surface... THAT'S TERRIFYING

This episode was so adorable, I love Antonia and Nelson so much 💜💕💜💕 It's nice to see what the other people of Ninjago do while everything goes mad 🤣

Wait hang on my Ninjajan is a little rusty

"Ninjago City. City that never sleeps" well if that ain't the truth 😂

MASTER OF THE SEA

Like Master of the Mountain? Wait are we going back to Shintaro?? VANYA?? ANOTHER BEST GIRL RETURNS??? 💛

Hey hey hey, we got a full Nyad backstory! I really like when they do these little drawn shots, they feel more like legends! And... the ending sounds terrifying? Like, they wouldn't let Nya sacrifice herself and die... again... right? 😱

Bentho: and the world was in balance, until now because of my brother

Lloyd: and the Overlord before of course

Bentho: the what now?

Lloyd: the evil one my grandpa the first Spinjitzu Master fought?

Bentho: YOUR WHAT NOW

Why do I like this offscreen "hiiiyaaa" that sensei Wu does before actually going into the scene? 😂😂

No matter if they come from the underground or the sea, these are all snake-like creature with the same intellect 😅 Kalmaar and Garmadon would have a lot to talk about, sea king dealing with his minions does remind me of Lord Garmadon in season 2 a lot 😂😂

KAI AND RAY FIGHTING TOGETHER KAI AND RAY FIGHTING TOGETHER ❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤🔥❤

OMG Kalmaar is such a brat and petty villain I love him so much 😂😂😂 Yes I didn't even mention his amazing voice!... AH DANG IT 😳😳

*Misako kicks Kalmaar and is actually useful* 🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️🙆‍♀️

*Misako gets taken as hostage immediately after* 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

KAI LITERALLY JUST GOT SAVED FROM DROWNING WHY MUST YOU DO THIS TO HIM!!!... and Ray and Cole and Wu of course, I care okay 😅

OMG that face 🤣🤣🤣

That some meme material right there

Whoa Vincent that voice just got super up when the Unsinkable showed up, it kinda sounded like Jay's lol

NO NOT BENTHO!!! 😢😢😢

Kai: Nya talks to whales now? (I snorted so hard at this 😂😂)

HECK YES NYA GOT THE AMULET!! 😍😍😍 ... we got, like, four more episodes to go so something needs to happen in between... do I need to be scared? I feel like I need to be scared 😅

Jay starting a fire then blaming Kai?... this is so in character I got chills 😂😂

SHARK BOY IS STAYING TO THE MONASTERY THIS IS SO PRECIOUS!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 I want all the shenanigans and we need to write fanfictions about more shenanigans and AAAAHHHHH 🦈🦈🦈

Bless these two fire idiots

They own my heart ❤🔥❤🔥 Also Vincent, this is supposed to be a fun little gag moment, your amazing voice acting is kinda distracting me 😭😭😭

ANOTHER LEGO HUG

YOU GUYS ARE SPOILING ME OVER HERE HECK YES 💙🌊💙🌊

Maya learned that her daughter is capable of everything, I love that. Nya simply understood that she doesn't have to give up when something gets difficult. She is AMAZING and can do anything she puts her mind into. She simply has to hold on until the end 💪💪💪

Omg Benthomaar playing billiard with the guys I already love this 😍😍

YES IT IS SHINTARO!!! THE UPPLY ARE HERE OMG!!! HI VANYA YOU LOOK AMAZING GIRL MISS YOU I HOPE YOU'RE DOING OKAY!!! 💛💛💛 ... I just really like Master of the Mountain okay 😅

I love how Vanya doesn't even question it. It comes from Cole and he said it needs to be protected? Done and done 👌

Wait what, did something fall?

IS THAT THE FAKE?!?!? WHAT HOW WHEN??? UNCLE POWERS??? OR KALMAAR DID SOMETHING??? SOMEONE??? I'M LEGIT CONFUSED AND EXCITED??? 🤯🤯🤯

Well dang, I didn't see that coming, now what Seabound? What do you have for me?

[thefluffzone]

Where the Ocean meets the Forest, Chap 4

First of all, I am SO sorry I kept you waiting that long! Since I crosspost on Ao3 and actually planned the post here at the same time I have NOT seen that it actually didnt post here. I am SO SO sorry!

fem!Reader / m!Eivor

Chapter 3 (and the other chapters linked there)

Music Tipp: Wardruna - Kvitravn

A few days after the feast, Sigurd took some men and Basim to travel to the Ragnarssons. But before he left, he told Dag to follow Eivors orders – much to the dismay of the subordinate. Then, he ordered Eivor to gather allies and ressources for the village before following him. The first house to be built should be the forge. All settlers were at the docks to send the Jarl off and after the people scattered, you saw Eivor rushing away for his own preparations. At first, you wanted to go after him to tell him your good wishes for the passing, but somehow you had the feeling that it would not be necessary.

And your feelings were right: you were currently trying to bribe the raven couple in the tree next to the longhouse when you heard a quiet whistle. When you turned your back you saw the blond man grinning at you and your heart jumped. First you laid a finger on your lips to show him to keep silent and then you waved him closer. „They start to trust me and I know that she will lay eggs soon.“, you explained very quietly and threw some nuts to the ground a few steps before the birds. They stared at the both of you very curiously. „You will leave today as well, right?“, you asked him. He stepped a bit closer and embraced your shoulder with one arm. „Yes, but I will not be far.“, he whispered to not startle the ravens. „Close to us is a village whose Jarlskona seems to need some help. I will go and hope she will be helping us in return if we need reinforcements one day. But before, I will take the men to raid some of their monasteries. We need to build Gunnars forge as soon as possible so he can aid the settlement with tools and weapons. After all that, we will come back for a short while and then I will take the men to meet with my brother.“ You nodded „When you come back from the christian temples, can you bring me something?“, you asked out of nothing. He lifted one eyebow. „Of course, my dear. What is it?“

You slowly backed away from the birds and he joined you. Then you grinned at him. „Nothing much, but I guess those.. monk people have chickens. I need eggs because ravens love them. But only if you find any. I mean.. It is probably uncommon to ask a Drengr for chicken eggs.“, you stuttered. For a second, he just watched you, then he chuckled. „I expected a nice necklace or any other jewelry, so I think chicken eggs are not much of a problem.“ He eyed you while you laughed. Something in him wanted to kiss you right here and there! But the thought did not feel right. Not yet. Eivor still was not able to take his glance away from your lips until he realised that the lovely tone of your laugh had stopped. You watched him now too. „Eivor..?“, you asked softly. „What is the matter?“ Your heart thumped at his intense stare. Then he realised his behaviour, cleared his voice and said: „I have to go now, my men are waiting.“ You nodded. „Take care and make the gods proud.“, was your answer. He took your hand and squeezed it. Then he bent down to you to kiss your cheek, smiled one last time and left to his ship.

Days after days came and went and you did your best to help Randvi and everyone who needed a helping hand. One day, you just stacked firewood on the side of the longhouse with some of the children, a horn was blown on the river.Randvi left the house so quickly, it seemed like she just materialised beside your little helpers. „That is Dags horn.“, she told you with a big grin. „Come with me, Sif, let us welcome our raiders.“

You went with her, but at the docks was no sight of Eivor, only his men were there to gather goods from the ship. Randvi watched your face become sad then she pated you on the back and went to talk with Dag. Yu wanted to turn back again to the house, then Bragi called out to you, then he rushed to you with a tiny wooden box. „Eivor told us to bring the goods from the first raids back while he gathers allies.“, the Skald explained. „So the forge can be built as soon as possible. He told me, this box here is for you and only you. What did you ask for?“ You opened the box and laughed out loud. Eggs! Bragi stared into the box, then to you, like he would ask for an explanation. „It is good for the birds, Bragi. With those, I hope I can give you warriors your messengers sooner.“, you answered to his unspoken question. He nodded. „Then I will help Eivor to bring you more.“, the man stated and went back to the ship.

The work went on after that visit and thanks to Eivor, you were able to tame the raven couple fully, even with not having that much time because you helped Gunnar often. You managed to convince them to nest in a cage you built on the side of the longhouse and you let the door of the cage open. You even slept beside the cage so they would not fear you nor other humans.

And that is how Eivor found you some days later. He returned right after sunrise, only Randvi and Gunnar were awake and talking in front of the new house. He greeted both of them, updated Randvi about their new ally and then he came looking for you. When he saw you from afar, sitting beside the cage asleep and protected by a thin blanket, he smiled. He went inside the house to get a plate full of fruit and bread and a pint of water, then he approached you slowly. Not slowly enough – one of the ravens croaked and you opened your eyes.

He smiled when he saw you with your sleepy glance. You had some moments before you realised who stood in front of you. „Eivor!“, you exclaimed and stood up as fast as possible. „Since when are you back?“ You hugged him so tightly he nearly lost the items on the platter. But he continued to laugh and urged you to sit to the next table. „Sit, my dear. And eat. Randvi told me you are with your ravens day and night, you need nutrients.“ He placed pint and platter in front of you and sat beside you. „I would say I am here for around half an hour and already met Gunnar and Randvi. Gunnars house looks good! But did Bragi bring the box?“ You nodded and tried to speak with a full mouth – again to your dismay and Eivors fun. He laid his hand on yur shoulder. „Eat, please without scattering it on the table my dear. I will be right back if you allow it, but I have to go and wash.“ He winked. „Or else I will scare away your birds, reeking of blood, sweat and grime.“ He laughed out loud as you blushed, because he used the same words you did when you teased him during the feast. He went back into the house and you finished eating, then yu saw him coming back out again. Minus his armor he had some items with him and you were able to watch him discarding his tunic by the fountain. Fully aware of your staring, he washed his upper body and hair, combed the latter and the beard and finally redid his braids while humming a song. You could simply not tear your eyes away from him.

You damned Freya for giving you those thoughts.

[four-loose-screws]

FE4 Suzuki Novelization Translation - Chapter 7 Part 4

If you would like to start from the beginning, read a missed part, etc., click here!

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T/N: Chapter 7′s title completely spoils one of the big events of the chapter, so I won’t be putting it in my tumblr posts like I usually do. You can check out the Google Doc, where I could hide it. Highlight the Table of Contents page to see it. In the event that this is your first experience with FE4′s plot, read the title after Chapter 7 Part 3. Those who have played FE4, it is of course nothing you don’t already know.

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Chapter 7

Part 4

Text under cut for spoilers.

Sigurd's army stopped at Augusty Castle to rest.

Waiting there for Sigurd was the news of Deirdre's disappearance.

Shanan managed to explain what had happened through his tears. "I asked everyone, but no one saw her leave the castle. I thought she was in her room, so I left for a bit, and when I came back, she was gone! I'm so sorry, I swore I'd protect her…"

"And Seliph? What about Seliph!?"

"He's okay. There's always been someone with him since it happened…"

"I see… Thank goodness for that. It's not your fault, Shanan. Don't worry about it any longer. I'll look for her."

"But I wish I'd stayed with them the whole time! I'm so sorry, Sigurd…"

Sigurd asked everyone who'd been at the castle what happened, just to be sure, but Shanan had been right. It was as if she'd disappeared from within her room. He couldn't imagine she'd chosen to leave on her own.

'Someone must have kidnapped her.' He thought while looking around her room. 'But who would take her, and why?'

He had a feeling that an evil presence was at work here.

The next day, he received the news that Eldigan had been executed.

The news of two tragedies at once of course brought him down, and he said to Oifey, "What have I been fighting for? My beloved wife disappeared, and even Eldigan is dead. It's all my fault."

"Sigurd, whatever you do, don't blame yourself. We should work to make Eldigan's dying wish come true, and return peace to Augustria right away."

"You're right. I'm sorry for saying such a thing to you. The one standing in the way of peace is Chagall. We must also avenge Eldigan. Let's tell everyone the news, then announce that we’ll deploy in the morning."

-

The next day, while preparing to deploy, they received word that pirates were attacking Madino Castle.

"Perfect timing! We can take out all the people harming the citizens at once!" Sigurd said, and after consulting with Oifey, organized a rescue unit to go to Madino.

Though Beowulf still forbade it, Lachesis chose to march on the front line in the attack on Silvali Castle.

When she saw the first line of enemy defense, she rushed ahead and lead the army in their attack. By the time Beowulf realized what she'd done, she'd already killed her first enemy.

'Eldie!' Her sword cut through a knight's armor.

At the same time, he thrust his lance at her. However, she predicted his movements, and he moved slowly, so she was able to just barely dodge his lance and attack again.

The knight screamed and fell on his back.

Not even a second later, Beowulf made his horse jump, then he slayed the enemy next to her.

Now sure that there were no other dangers around her, Lachesis stabbed her sword through the knight's throat. 'Eldie!'

"Lachesis, you pass!"

When he called out to her, she finally realized who it was that had defeated the enemy next to her.

"That’s how desperation feels. You may fight however you like. But remember, there is never a guarantee that you’ll win.”

“I understand, Beowulf…” She looked at him with tears in her eyes.

“Good. Eldigan gave his life to teach you that. Well, I’m going on ahead. Let’s meet up again later.” Beowulf said, then galloped off to catch back up with the cavalry unit.

‘Eldie… I’ll do as you asked. I won’t die. When I stabbed that enemy and watched him writhe, I learned just what death is. No… I learned what life is. I will live, Eldie!’

-

Most of the soldiers guarding Silvali Castle were Eldigan’s Cross Knights, so once Sigurd’s army broke through the first line, they faced almost no opposition.

The moment Sigurd burst into the castle, Chagall threw down his sword. “I call a cease-fire! I believe that you’re serious about your promise. I vow not to fight until Grannvale withdraws from Augustria!”

“Do you have any idea what Eldigan died for!?” Sigurd screamed, glaring straight into Chagall’s eyes.

“I-I do! I’m sorry! I surrender! I surrender, so please…”

“I would never accept your surrender! I’m here to avenge Eldigan!”

“Wait, please! I’ll do whatever you want!” Chagall pleaded, falling to his hands and knees and clasping his hands together.

“Eldigan!” Sigurd screamed as hard as he could, and brought his sword down.

-

The area surrounding the Bragi Tower was completely deserted, as people had stopped going on pilgrimages because of the war.

Claud and Tailtiu entered the tower and climbed up the spiral staircase that hugged the wall.

Along the way, Claud explained the meaning of the paintings of Maera’s life on the walls.

In the middle of the top floor was an intricately carved platform, and atop it floated the Valkyrie Staff.

“Wow, it’s so beautiful!” Tailtiu breathed. “May I touch it, Father?”

“Yes, go ahead. However, it will touch back…”

She gingerly extended her hand. However, around the staff was a barrier, so she could not touch it. “Oh I see, that’s what you meant!”

“Yes, that’s what I was referring to. The visitors to this tower may be on pilgrimages, but some of them still have impure hearts.” When Claud reached out for the staff, the gem set upon the tip began to glow. He was able to grab it easily. Once he had it, he said to Tailtiu, “I’m sorry, but I must ask you to wait downstairs. I need to be alone while I pray.”

“Wow, what a mean rule!”

“It’s not mean… It’s in place because the truth is always terrifying. Most average people cannot comprehend that fear.”

“I don’t really get it…”

“That doesn’t make it any less true. Now please…”

“I at least understand what you’re asking! I’ll be waiting, so try not to take too long!”

Once Tailtiu had left, Claud sat on the floor, held up the staff with both hands, and began to pray.

After a few moments, the gem began to emit a faint light.

The light gradually brightened, and the gem grew until it covered his entire field of vision, then finally showed him a moving image.

The image showed him the truth of Prince Kurt’s assassination.

As the inheritor to the staff, he watched in indifference.

The gem continued its projection.

The image gradually changed, until it finally became clear that the gem was starting to show him the future.

It was a very grim future that shook Claud’s heart. He tried to maintain his indifference, but could no longer do it.

‘Is this really what should happen?’ He thought, then the projection vanished.

When he snapped back to reality, he realized that he was breathing very hard, and covered in sweat.

He wiped away the sweat, calmed his breathing, then began to pray again.

The gem got bigger and bigger, until it began to show him another projection.

Since he knew what he would see this time, he was able to maintain his composure.

The projection concluded with the Battle of Balhalla.

Then, suddenly, it stopped once more.

‘What should I do?’

He thought back to the very beginning of the projection. Not once had the staff shown him what his part in any of it was.

‘The staff knew very well that I cannot do anything about what is to happen.’

But, according to what he’d been taught about the staff, it was supposed to provide some sort of guide for him.

‘If I don’t know, then I must think it over once more.’ Claud thought, then stood up.

He went to put it back in its place, but then changed his mind. ‘There are many things that are about to happen. I’ll keep it in my possession.’

He walked down the stairs with the Valkyrie Staff in hand.

When he reached the bottom of the stairs, he didn’t see Tailtiu anywhere.

He went outside, and saw her looking out at the sea, where the sun was setting.

She did not react, continuing to stare, even as he got closer to her.

“What’s wrong, Tailtiu?”

She gasped and whirled around. “Oh, Father! You scared me!” She said and wrapped her arms around him.

“What happened?”

“Our boat’s gone! I think pirates took it!”

“Really? That is quite troubling. If we don’t have a boat… Well, then, we have no choice but to go home by land.” Claud said, in the same tone as ever.

Tailtiu looked up at him. “You’re not scared, Father?”

“Me? No, not really… There are things that happen in this world that we can do nothing about.”

‘A missing boat is nothing in comparison with what’s about to happen.’ He thought, but knew that he could not say aloud.

-

After conquering Silvali Castle, Sigurd went straight to Madino.

He had to face the battle before him, and tried to forget about all that had happened.

The defense unit at Madino Castle was small, so while they put up a fight at first, once the rest of Sigurd’s army arrived and they saw the true size of it, the tides began to turn.

When a section of the castle wall crumbled, the pirates started to flee.

“Don’t any of you run away! Keep fighting!” Pizarl, who was leading them, screamed over and over at the top of his lungs.

Arden sauntered up to him. 

“You dare to challenge me!?” Pizarl took a step forward and threw himself into swinging his axe. However, Arden dodged it very swiftly for someone wearing heavy armor, then stabbed a killing blow through the pirate’s abdomen.

With their leader gone, the pirates were defeated. The remaining crew members fled to their boats docked on the shore, and rowed back to their ships.

They left behind several boats and a large number of corpses.

They soon raised the flags of their three ships, and slowly disappeared. 

They appeared to be returning to one of the islands.

‘Now peace has finally been returned to Augustria!’ Sigurd thought, and breathed a sigh of relief.

However, he couldn’t have been more wrong.

Erinys flew in from the south and landed her pegasus next to him.

Shanan was the first to dismount, rolling off the pegasus and onto the ground. He was holding Seliph tightly in his arms. “We’re in trouble, Sigurd! The Grannvalian Army is attacking!”

“Huh? Grannvalian Army is doing what?”

“Erinys saw them! She decided to take Seliph to safety first, so she carried us here!”

“Then we have to send reinforcements right away…”

“No, you don’t understand what’s going on!” Erinys jumped off her pegasus and said.

“Their numbers are endless, and they’re marching straight towards Augusty! We can’t possibly hold them off, so I told everyone in Augusty to run away as quickly as they could. The castle should be empty now.”

“How long will it take the enemy to get there?”

“About one day.”

“And if they hurry along at the same pace to Madino, it will take them three days to reach here…”

‘We have until then to do something.’ Sigurd bit his lip. ‘But what should we do? If we decide to run, the sea is all we have in front of us.’

-

The man leading the Grannvalian Army was Lombard of House Dozel.

He was the only person to claim he’d witnessed Prince Kurt’s assasination.

When Lombard returned to Balhalla, he went to King Azmur straight away and testified.

“One night, when we were camping in the desert, I saw Duke Byron and Duke Ring invite Prince Kurt to go somewhere with them, and the prince left his tent and went with them.

“I was suspicious of what they were doing, so followed them. Duke Byron and Duke Ring were carrying torches, but I didn’t bring one with me, so they didn’t realize I was following them.

“We walked for about twenty minutes, I believe. Then, at the bottom of a sand dune, suddenly, one of the torches dropped lower. I heard the prince scream “What are you doing!?” and nothing else. 

“My instincts told me they’d done something to hurt him, so I screamed, “Prince Kurt, what happened!? Everyone’s going to come help you!” I was alone, but wanted to make it sound like I had a large group of people with me.

“This time, both torches dropped lower. It looked like they were trying to run away, so I chased after them. Then, I saw Prince Kurt lying on the ground. Tragically, he’d already stopped breathing by then. The wound was a stab wound to the chest, caused by a sword. The others who saw his body can also confirm this. Byron and Ring never returned to their tents.”

No other witnesses stepped forward, so Dukes Byron and Ring were accused of assassinating Prince Kurt, and the order was given to arrest Sigurd.

Lombard went to his soldiers and ordered them, “Capture the traitor, Sigurd! Kill anyone who disobeyed His Majesty’s orders! Do not hesitate, even against the women! Kill them all!”

[peaceisadirtyword]

Vikings Rewritten I

A/N: Hi loves💕 i honestly don’t know what the hell is this. Is a mix of sadness, anger, smut and bad writing. I think it’s because I’m not having a good day, but I wanted to post this as I promised I would do it yesterday and I couldn’t finish it💔 This doesn’t make sense and I don’t think I wrote Eyra as I wanted to... But at least if it’s too bad I can delete and rewrite! I hope you enjoy it, at least... Thanks for reading😘

Also! Thanks to @bleedingvoice for answering my questions about norse mythology💜

Warnings: Sadness, death, mentions of violence, raping, smut, weird things I don’t really know how to describe them... It’s like very confusing. 

Words: 3085 of awful writing 

gif is not mine, I found it on giphy I think but I can’t find the author :(

"Sigurd! Wait for me! You run too fast!"

Eyra's short legs tried their best to catch her friend. He was much taller than her, though he was only a couple of years older than her. 

Helga was going to be mad at her... The beautiful new dress she was wearing was now stained with mud and dirt, after playing with Sigurd for hours. 

She had gone to the Great Hall to visit Aslaug, and help her with Ivar as he had a really bad night, taking Eyra with her. As Ubbe and Hvitserk were training with their older brother Björn and he didn't let Sigurd join them yet, he had to stay there, until he saw her coming with Helga, immediately going to ask her to play with him. 

"Come on, Eyr!" He laughed, using the nickname the Ragnarssons had chosen for her "If you're that slow you would never be able to become a shield maiden!"

Eyra scoffed, trying to run faster to catch him. 

Finally, Sigurd grew tired of running before her, and stopped to sit down on the steps of the Hall, waiting for her to sit down next to him.

Eyra was panting when she sat down next to him. She was younger and smaller than the other kids in Kattegat and she had trouble keeping up with them when they played around the city. 

"Should we go in and ask if Ivar wants to join us?" She asked. If Aslaug let Ivar play with them they would have to be more careful and Sigurd would not run that fast. 

"Mother won't let him, he spent the whole night crying" Sigurd scoffed "I couldn't sleep"

"Why?" Eyra pouted, her big eyes fixed on Sigurd.

"Because his legs hurt" he shrugged "And not even the healer could help him, mother was desperate... His eyes were very blue this morning"

"Poor Ivar" the little girl sighed "It must be awful to feel that pain and not be able to stop it"

Sigurd rolled his eyes.

"If mother had left him to die on the woods as father wanted he wouldn't have to suffer that pain"

Eyra widened her eyes, looking at her friend surprised. 

"Sigurd! Don't say that! He's your brother!"

The boy furrowed his brows. He didn't truly know why he had said that... He didn't mean it.

"Yeah, sorry, you're right" he felt bad then, and remembered how he had been sitting on Ivar's bed for hours, taking his hand as Aslaug tried to confort him and Ubbe went looking for the healer. Hvitserk and Sigurd had been telling Ivar stories about Kattegat, trying to distract him from the pain. It was the only time his family was all together "But mother won't come and kiss me goodnight as she did before since Ivar was born" he pressed his lips together "And she doesn't listen to me or plays with me anymore, she's only with Ivar... Ubbe and Hvitserk are training with Björn and they spent most of the day outside, but I'm alone at home and it's like I don't exist" he complained, kicking a stone that was on one of the steps. 

Eyra's expression softened, and she smiled a bit, hugging him softly. 

"Ivar needs more attention, Sigurd... If your mother didn't spend that much time with him he could die, and he's always in pain... I'm sure he'd prefer to be like you so he wouldn't have to suffer... And I'm sure your mother loves you a lot, how could she not? Maybe you should talk to her, or tell her you can take care of Ivar for a while so she can have some rest, I'm sure she would be very thankful" 

Sigurd panicked.

"I can't take care of Ivar! What if he breaks a bone and I don't know what to do? Mother would kill me"

"Then you go and ask for help, the healer is always around anyway"

"The other day at the market..." Sigurd bit his lip "I saw a music instrument, like the ones the musicians play at the feasts, it was beautiful... I want to ask mother if I can buy it, so I can play... I always relax a lot when someone plays it, maybe if I learn how to play I can do it at home. Maybe it will calm Ivar down or help mother relax... And I won't be too bored when you're not here to play and Ubbe and Hvitserk are out training"

"That's an amazing idea!" Eyra smiled excited "I love how those instruments sound! You can be like Bragi!"

Sigurd watched her with a smile as she ranted about how beautiful those instruments sounded. 

Three days after, Aslaug bought the oud for him. 

Eyra touched the soft wood, tracing the beautiful patterns of the instrument. The strings were worn out, result of all those hours Sigurd spent playing it. She remembered how happy he had been when he had his first oud. And how Ivar used to be hypnotized listening to his brother playing music next to him. It made him stop crying almost instantly. 

Since then, Sigurd and his oud had been inseparable, and you could always found him by following the sound of his music. He was the best musician in Kattegat. 

It was only fair that his oud went with him to Valhalla, where he could play for the gods at Odin's hall. 

At least she expected him to go to Valhalla... Eyra hoped the gods knew he had been a very brave warrior and opened the doors for him.

She placed the oud next to his body, inside the boat in which they had deposited his belongings and his sword, which he would use in the afterlife. 

As she dried the tears that fell down her cheeks, Hvitserk hugged her. Sigurd and her had been more distanced since she started her relationship with Ivar, as he thought he didn't deserve her and that Eyra was too good for him. They had a very serious fight about that, but she wasn't going to let him decide about her life.

But he had been like her brother. And seeing him dead, knowing she would never listen to his music again, or hear his voice, broke her heart. 

Everyone looked at Ivar. His eyes fixed on his brother's body, a tear rolling down his cheek. 

Eyra looked away. She didn't want to look at him, not when she knew that if she looked at him she would forgive him. 

And she didn't want to forgive him yet.

Ivar couldn't stand it. He couldn't stand the way she looked away, how she seemed to be in constant pain. And it was his fault. He knew she had been like that since Helga's death, but now it was even worse. Before, he could go and hug her, kiss her forehead and try to comfort her, but now... What could he do? He was the one who killed Sigurd, even if he didn't want to do it. He was responsible of his death and her pain. 

The way Eyra didn't even look at him while he was on the tent with his brothers, assuring them (and himself) that he didn't want to kill him, that he was his brother, broke his heart. He just lost control. He made a mistake. Everyone knew it would happen one day. It was fated.

Her eyes avoiding him made him cry, hugging Floki as he begged him not to leave. Don't leave me here all alone. 

"My heart is broken" he sobbed, letting Floki hug him.

"It will repair" Floki assured, caressing his back in a comforting way "Eyra will forgive you, your brothers will forgive you, because they love you, Ivar, even if you don't want to see it, they love you deeply" he kissed Ivar's head "I know her as if she was my daughter, she will forgive you, you only need to give her some time and maybe talk to her"

"You didn't see how she looked at me, Floki" he tried to breathe deeply, closing his eyes tightly "I need you here"

"Ivar the Boneless" Floki smiled a bit, still hugging him "Scourge of the world, hmm? You don't need me, and I don't need to see how she looked at you earlier, I know how she looks at you everyday. She will forgive you"

Eyra didn't want to let him go. She hugged Floki for what she felt were seconds that in reality were minutes. She was tired of crying, and it seemed it was the only thing she did those days.

"Hush now, girl" Floki smiled softly, kissing her head.

"You can't leave me alone" she protested, sobbing "You're my family"

Floki sighed, the situation was the same with Ivar. Those kids were more similar than they thought. 

"It will be okay, Eyra" he kissed her cheek when she got away from him, her red and puffy eyes fixed on him "You have Ivar here, he misses you and wishes you would talk to him"

Eyra bit her lip. She had been wanting to talk to Ivar for days, but never found the right moment as he seemed more temperamental than usual, and the last thing she needed in that moment was him yelling at her. 

"Farewell, Eyra, you will always be my daughter, remember that" Floki whispered "I love you"

"I love you" she whispered back, squeezing his hand. 

She observed how Floki said goodbye to Ubbe and Hvitserk, and exchanged some words with their little brother before walking to the ship. Eyra dared to look at Ivar for a moment, pressing her lips together. She had missed him too, and she needed some comforting then. 

Watching the man who practically raised her leave not really knowing if she would see him alive again was almost as hard as losing Helga and Sigurd. But she had cried enough, she couldn't keep suffering like that. 

No, she needed to move on.

"Ivar, can we talk?"

She was nervous, why was she nervous? She didn't do anything wrong. Ivar was going to enter the tent in which he would have dinner with his brothers, but he turned around, surprised. 

"Yeah, sure" he gulped. He wanted to say sorry, to make her understand he didn't mean to kill Sigurd, and that he was sorry Floki left, he knew it was really difficult for her to see her family break apart like that. 

"Are you okay?" She asked, concerned. Even though she was sad about Sigurd, she was worried about Ivar too, afraid of the expression on his face when he understood Sigurd was dead. She had seen how rough Björn had been with him, and how Ubbe and Hvitserk looked at him.

Ivar shrugged, surprised by her question. 

"I'm alone" he just answered, looking away from her. He could feel the now familiar pressure inside his throat, but he didn't want to cry. 

Eyra kneeled next to him. It was something that surprised everyone, when she kneeled to look at Ivar in the eye and talk to him without looking down on him. Ivar appreciated it, and he always smiled when Helga scolded her for ruining her dresses. 

"You're not alone, Ivar" she muttered, caressing his hair softly "I know you didn't mean to kill him"

Ivar's eyes lightened up, but his lower lip started trembling.  

"I'm sorry" he muttered "I'm truly sorry I lost control like that, and I'm sorry I caused you that pain"

Eyra sighed, shaking her head. 

"I forgive you" she smiled "I'm sorry Sigurd said those things"

"He was always taunting me, making fun of me, trying to humiliate me and talking about you in I way I didn't like" he clenched his jaw "But he was my brother, and I never wanted to kill him, I just..."

"I know" Eyra sighed "I know, Ivar, I understand you, but... We should really work on those anger issues of yours"

Ivar frowned. 

"I would never hurt you, Eyr, not intentionally at least"

"I hope so" she smiled "But you need to learn to calm down, or this will happen again... Now, let's go and have dinner before Hvitserk eats all the food��.

York was a large city, especially compared to the small villages and farms they had been raiding on his way to the city. But easy to take. 

Everyone was at the church that day, and when Eyra entered the fight (though it was more like a slaughter) had already started. Ivar didn't let her go on first row, and kept her with him on his chariot until he got bored and got to the floor, crawling to get into the building, blood-thirsty, with his eyes dark. Eyra was used to the brutality of her people, used to see innocent people murdered. It didn't feel right, she frowned watching women scream and cry. But there was another unsettling feeling she hated. 

It was like being in battle. That adrenaline, that feeling when she killed her enemies, that power, that surprise and fear on their eyes when they saw she was a woman, who overpowered and killed them. Being capable of killing a man three times bigger than her made her proud.

It's not the same, this is not a battle, these people are innocent.

But she couldn't help it. 

Eyra kneeled next to Ivar, watching how he tortured the poor priest who was shaking and crying. She was sure he already shit himself, but who wouldn't? Ivar looked like a true nightmare in there, his laugh could make the bravest man gulp in fear. 

The priest looked at her, maybe waiting for someone to help him. Maybe he thought she was softer because she was a woman. 

"What are you looking at?" Ivar frowned, bothered by the fact he wasn't the only thing on the priest's mind. He smirked wickedly when he saw her "She's pretty, huh? You don't have women like this, do you?" his hand reached to caress her cheek "All covered in blood... She looks like a valkyrie, doesn't she?" His tone was dangerous, he was taunting him.

Am I covered in blood?

She couldn't remember killing that many people. 

"What are you going to do with him, Ivar?" She asked, though she couldn't even recognize her own voice.

"We're going to have some fun, love" he promised, chuckling as the priest cried again, his eyes widened in terror and his whole body shaking "But we can't kill him yet, I have plans for him"

 Eyra tilted her head smiling back at him. 

Ivar said something on one of his guard's ear, who laughed wickedly as he left, to prepare what Ivar ordered. 

"You will burn in hell" the priest managed to say, making Ivar laugh and Eyra raise an eyebrow "Heathens! God will punish you"

"He can't punish me because he is weak" she hissed in norse, pressing her knife against the priest's throat "Your God can do nothing against Odin or Thor"

Ivar smiled watching as she pressed the knife and drew some blood. The priest cried again, scared. 

"Sometimes she's even worse than me" Ivar muttered "She looks nice and innocent, but she's not, she's a real viking" 

The fight had stopped, there were some people agonizing on the floor, some crying, vikings celebrating and some child crying. 

The doors opened, and some men entered with a horse.

Eyra understood what Ivar was going to do when she saw the melted gold on a recipient above the fire. She bit her lip to the point she tasted her own blood, and her widened eyes watched as Ivar and some more men hold the priest down. Her thighs pressed together as she watched Ivar. 

The priest started speaking on a strange language, his face contracted in panic. Eyra did nothing as she waited for Ivar to finish him. 

"Now you can kiss your cross" Ivar's rough voice in norse made Eyra look at him hypnotized, his facial expressions while they poured the melted gold on the priest's mouth almost made her moan. 

The priest died almost instantly, with his face, mouth and throat burned almost instantly.

Ivar wasn't satisfied yet. He enjoyed every single second of the priest's agony, he looked like he was on the edge. 

"Horse!" He screamed, startling Eyra. They had attached the priest's feet to a horse.

Everyone was looking at the priest's dead body, as the horse dragged him out of the church, and she couldn't help but start it, grabbing Ivar's arm to make him look at her. She straddled him as fast as she could, attaching her mouth to his. 

Ivar grunted, feeling her weight on him. His cock was hard and he needed her. Eyra moaned in the kiss, moving her hips against his. Ivar didn’t waste any time and unbuckled her pants, sneaking his hands between her legs to feel her wetness. 

She whimpered when she felt his rough hands on her clit, rubbing and pressing on it. 

“Does killing people make you this wet?” Ivar bit her neck “You’re truly a heathen, aren’t you?”

Everyone could see them, but she couldn’t care less, no one dared to look at her for more than two seconds, afraid of Ivar’s fury. But he loved the attention, he wanted to demonstrate he was definitely capable of satisfying a woman, and that all those rumors were false. Eyra didn’t pretend. Everything was real and she belonged to him. 

Hvitserk looked at them while sitting on the floor, smirking to himself, covered in blood and panting after having his way with some of the nuns. He could understand Eyra and her wildness in battle. He felt that adrenaline and it made him hard too. 

As Ivar thrusted into her, making her moan softly against his neck, Hvitserk couldn't help but stare.

When she got out of her trance, Eyra felt dizzy. She remembered everything, but she felt the exhaustion of the fight. She looked at Ivar, who was still trapped under her body. His cock still inside of her and his forehead pressed against hers. 

"I missed you, Eyr" he whispered, his wicked smile still on his lips “I missed this”

She sighed, hugging him softly. She had missed him a lot, too. 

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