Their worlds certainly are quite different, and Randvi has a greater connection to Odin than she may ever know, but at this point ignorance is bliss.

“Synin does guide our warriors,” she says, and it is a bit of a joke but it is also true that an unusually intelligent raven guides Eivor. “All of the noble families from the region are named for local beasts. Raven, Bear, Wolf, Reindeer…”

Randvi trails off. Who among them is left now, after the wars and Harald Fairhair? Perhaps only the Ravens.