Björn where innocence is burned in flames
The day begins with a burst of pale pinks, vibrant oranges and sunny yellows washing the sky in their vibrant colors. Björn's glacial eyes wonder over shadowy shapes of the women who slumber nearby. A soft smile traces his pink lips, they were his family now. For how many years had he wandered the Norðurland, searching for something to fill the gaping hole in his chest. For this brief moment, there is a peace that settles over the scarred, smoky colored warrior.
A call shatters the peaceful, quiet morning. Björn's thick skull whips in the direction of the sea, his ears erect within his shaggy, unkempt forelock. His glacial eyes pass over the mares once more, and feels anxiety rising deep within the pit of his stomach.
Hooves skitter the dirt as he pushes himself away from his mares, and heads to the sea. His steps are methodical, each stride brings him closer to the sandy shores, where he knows a stranger awaits his presense. He halts within the jungle, the shadows conceal him, as he stares at the strangers milling on the sand. Björn takes note of the man's height, and his heavy stature. It automatically puts Björn on edge, knowing that such a massive man has set hoof on his shores.
Björn steps into the morning light and strides across the beach closing the distance between the trio and him. He raises his crown high onto his neck, muscles rippling with every step. Glacial eyes shift from the man, to the sopping wet woman at his side and to the other young woman. His glacial eyes linger on the sopping wet woman, her eyes hollow, a look he knows all to well. She has been to the Ridge before, and the memories and ghosts of the past now haunt her.
He knows all to well of the draugur that linger in the shadows. His eyes remain on the woman as he speaks to all of them. "I am Björn, Bera Konung of the Ridge," he says in a thick northern accent. His glacial eyes slide to the man. "What is it that you seek?"
Translation:
draugur: ghost
Norðurland: northland
Icelandic mutt - Grullo Sabino - Stallion - 14.3 hh - Dögun x Freya
Bera Konung of the Ridge |