The terrible tale of Sigmunda

	it was a dark stormy eve around the rabbit seer Sigmunda home high on a cliff above a viking village. She is readying a powerful brew to assist in her fortune telling. Tossing ingredient after strange and mysterious ingredient in the large cauldron over her fire. Stirring it all in and cooking it for hours and hours till her special brew is complete. She bottles all she can get out of the cauldron filling a few shelves worth of space in her pantry. She leaves a bottle out on her table and sets about preparing to meet with a traveler she had foreseen would come not knowing that he needed to learn his future. Lightening flashes and a tree across the lake next to the village is split in twain lighting on fire. This being one of the omens she foresaw that would signal the travelers arrival into the village below she sets out to greet them there after consuming the contents of the bottle. The walk is not short nor overly exciting but she makes it rather quickly down to the village gates which open wide as another flash of lightening crosses the sky and a howling wind blows into the village from behind her extinguishing the torches along her path. The villagers she passes bow their heads and clear a path out of respect and fear of the seer. 

	She walks to the village center and raises her staff into the sky as she calls out in an almost unnatural tone and volume as her eyes glow white. “bring me the one branded by Thor for he is cursed and shall bring destruction and death upon any who shelter him!” 

	several villagers rush off to fetch the traveler she spoke of. It does not take them long to produce a 20 something year old black bear with a lightening bolt mark on his left side of his face running from his ear to his lips. The wind blows through the area strongly shaking anything not firmly held in place making a horrible racket and it instantly falls silent as she points her staff at the man who trembles in fear not having been aware any of this was coming. 

	She speaks in the same almost unnatural tone but not as loudly “you have been cursed by the god of the storm young one…...the gods have shown me your future and bade me warn the of what is to come. Your life has not been one of ease nor shall it ever be. Your parents angered the god of storms by hunting his children and using cowards weapons like poison to kill them. He has cursed you as punishment to them to live a damned life of hardship and pain. Not long from now a warship will arrive from a far forgotten shore they will raze and loot this village unless you are offered to them as payment. offered as payment you shall be tied to the mast of a ship these villagers will make to placate the invaders. They will be pleased by such a fine offering but you will endure great pain in the hands of your new owners. They will beat you, torture you, rape you, and all of your worst fears will come to pass. There is no escaping this fate. The only thing you can do is lessen your pain by doing as they command for if you resist they will end your family line once and for all by removing your manhood. If you obey, accept your horrid fate, and please them the gods will be merciful and allow you to sire an heir in the belly of their leaders daughter as your revenge upon your captors before they take your manhood. This is your fate I have foreseen it!” 

	she speaks to the village now and very loudly at that “all of you will build the ship as I said and tie him to the mast. You have one month to get it done for in exactly that amount of time they will arrive just as the full moon fills the sky! I caution you do as I have said or your fates and that of your children will follow this cursed mans into hell!” she slams the bottom of her staff into the ground and lightening strikes it leaving it and her unharmed. causing a massive wave of light, force, and wind to knock  him and the villagers over as soon as they look back to where the seeress was she is gone and her staff with her. (to maby be continued if you liked your gift. Dont wanna go super far into it if your not going to enjoy it)