"His name will never be sung, son. Skalds and bards like me will never tell his stories to the mass. But only us and us alone will keep telling his story, his actions, his saga. For he is the man who started all of this."

This is a story no man in Lumenter will ever hear, no man except for an Arnesen, for his stories are dull and generic to the ears of the masses, except for us, because he is the very reason why our people traveled this far east, why kingdoms in Erisgi fell and rose, why I... even existed in the first place.

He is Geir, son of Arne, called 'the Stranger' by the people.

But what he truly is, is a fiery red heart that beats inside every Eyklandian, Arnesen, and me.

Røshjert

(My Submission for Royal Road's Writing Competition in June 2022)