The Saga of the Heart of the Ice

[ellyssian]

II. The Journey Begins

North to snow and ice,	walk against the wind,
frost-crunch of their step	in silent North-woods,
distances great pass with	mighty stride; night falls:
Northern lights across	the sky swirl like maidens
fair and warriors	heart-strong sword-dancers;
Thor, Thor, the voices cry;	Thor, in hall on high;
God of Thunder silent	whispers in Elven-Grey ears,
Wake! Awake! Bjorn roars	rage-mad axe-biter rises
swinging, cleaving sly	snow-wolf, shredding life;
Ilduvær tastes wolf-flesh	biting, leopard strikes;
Victory granted, all	lay claim to the kill
under swirling light	flashing in the night;
Blood-drawn, vicious beasts	fallen, blood-red snow
forest-spirits whisper	of the might of heroes.
Snow-white hidden traps,	spiders wait, worthy
heroes to waylay,	vermin-foul, skulking
Loki-spawn, poison	dripping, stone-heart gripping;
Thor, Thor, the voices cry;	Thor, in hall on high;
Insolent insects leap	Bear-Bjorn Mountain-son
too massive for foul	eight-legs many-eyes;
Teeth-sink deep-biting	Skog caught, foul bite
crippling skill, robbing	blood-biters bringing pain;
Two collide above	Stormsanger, Tung Kniv,
eyes dancing in dazed circles	the skald strikes one;
Snow-cat ends the other	as Hjolvar Owl-Borne
circles-down, aid-giver;	Skog-biter strikes again,
mighty conjurer down	as owl-claws rake and
axe-biter froths, kills	foul venom-wielder;
Fire-Tempest burns	breath stilled, heart to
stone with spider bite;	Bjorn-rage bursts as
beloved brother skald	blood-frozen poison
courses where life should,	so falls the last foe.

Comments

[patrixa.livejournal.com]

Again; this is a good story!

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Credit for that goes mostly to Rich, as he was running the game; Bob, Kevin, and I just ran around in his setting. =)