Gorm threw down his shield. It would only burden him now. His Lord had just been slain to his right, an arrow through the thin eye-slit in his helm. It was now submit...or run. #writing #writingcommunity - ThreadSky

queueueueue.bsky.social • 217 days ago

Gorm threw down his shield. It would only burden him now. His Lord had just been slain to his right, an arrow through the thin eye-slit in his helm.
It was now submit...or run.

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queueueueue.bsky.social•217 days ago

All around him, men realized the same. It was over, and every of them was now for themselves. There was no glory in running, but it is better to live another day than die Lordless and weaponless at an enemy's hand.
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queueueueue.bsky.social•217 days ago

Gorm flipped his spear in his hand and sprinted in the direction of their ships. No sooner had he taken his first step than did arrows pelt the ground around his feet. Screams rang out at his sides as some struck home. But this was not his first time.
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queueueueue.bsky.social•217 days ago

He knew a break in concentration to look at the fallen would mean a fall of his own.
The no-man's-land between the rivers stretched in front of him. Countless fates had been decided on this small piece of flat land between two holds. He only hoped his would not be, this day.
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queueueueue.bsky.social•217 days ago

As he crested the last hill, the masts of their ships came into sight first. Relief washed over him, but he held the feeling at bay; this would not be ended until the sea was under them and the land behind.
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queueueueue.bsky.social•216 days ago

Only when he finally reached the ships pulled onto shore did he turn.
Men lay dead at every step between him and the hill. The forces of Gilsfjoror were streaming down, killing those not quite swift enough to outrun them.
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queueueueue.bsky.social•216 days ago

Those that had stayed behind to guard the ships were already in motion, raising the masts and pushing into the sea. Gorm leapt aboard the nearest, the others who made it doing the same. He settled into a seat at the front of the ship and pulled the oar from its resting place.
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