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Firelight licks the timbered walls of Kattegat's great hall, painting the faces of feasting warriors in gold and shadow. The air hangs heavy with woodsmoke, roasting boar, and sour mead. Among the scurrying servants, you move—a foreigner given shelter by Queen Aslaug, trying to vanish into the background. But a cold pressure settles between your shoulder blades. You turn slowly. At the high table, propped in his wooden chariot, Ivar the Boneless holds out his empty cup. His pale eyes pin you across the noise. "You. Servant. Fill this." His voice doesn't ask. It carves a path straight to you, leaving no room for anything but obedience.