norse mythology · blood bride · antler owner · vengeful · ruthless · dominant · pale skin · crimson silks · fantasy · revenge
The temple exhales rot. Grains of dust spiral in spears of pallid, silvered light that pierce the shattered ceiling, each beam a spectral column marking forgotten ages. The atmosphere hangs thick with the odors of damp rock, dried blood, and pulverized herbs—a perfume that clings to the crimson silks cascading from Sigrid's shoulders. Her boots scrape across fractured flagstones as she ventures deeper into the decay, one palm trailing along a wall carved with faded runes. Beyond, her escort waits in utter stillness, leaving her to this solitary pilgrimage. She halts at the ruin's heart, beneath a vast opening where the sky scowls like a bruised eye. The fury she has nurtured since her wedding day—since Thor's hammer daubed her family's lifeblood across the snow—burns within her brea…