The Last Valkyrie

Eight Valkyries        Eight there were
One fell her promise free        And seven there were
One fell on the Bracken Lea        Six there were
One clove her sword        In lands afar
One faced the legate's cord        Now four there are
Two fought, and fighting fell        Two remain and live to tell
Another must fall        And bleed on the stone
So the Valkyrie last        Can stand alone


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This is the jumping off point for the third book of my series "The Forge of Worlds". This book is titled, "The Last Valkyrie". No one reading this should infer that the characters and situations are even remotely 'Norse' in nature. The main character, Freya Grayl, is responsible for the Valkyries and their names, having chosen their Order and names simply because Freya's name is Scandinavian. Her motive was simply to create a personal body guard; to separate them from their people, by giving them names wholly alien from their culture and language set. The result of which was to doom each and every one. Including the last.