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- a blade, named by its master, runes etched in the broadside of its blade
- a sacred grove, its branches heavy with sacrifice
- a Berserker, forcer of duels, killer of honest men, welcome nowhere
- a Völva with her entourage, mistress of Seiðr, seeking oblivion in the company of youth
- a battlefield, littered with bodies, circled by valkyries