My head swiveled toward him as he spoke, "Why would you say such things?" I complained, "You need to stay, why can't you stay?"
Halfdan's hand rested on my bulging stomach, "If I do not go, what would the gods speak of me? I would be named a coward. . . I cannot be placed under such disrespect."
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In the wake of civil war, certain entities become unstoppable. As power glooms over the future of Kattegat, a new ruler is bound to rise. A war between brothers, friends, family, husbands, and wives. Only the smart survive. . . only the brave reach the glittering halls of Valhalla. Who shall rise?
(Season 5 of the T.V. show of The Vikings)
*I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS FROM THE SHOW*
"ѕнe waѕ тнe ғιre тнaт ĸepт тнe world вυrnιng."
She was a girl, outcast by her home in England and imprisoned for her crimes. That is until Earl Ingstad, (otherwise known as Lagertha Lothbrok) the ex wife of Ragnar Lothbrok, freed her and took her back to Hedeby to become a shieldmaiden. Not long after, she would meet and befriend the sons of Ragnar and fight beside all of them to forge her own path as a Viking.
Would she eventually fall in love with one of the legendary brothers? Would she make her name as a shieldmaiden? Would she ever go home to England?
Warning: contains mature content