Göndul the Wand of Battle (Valkyrie)

Göndul seldom walks in the shape of a woman. For years at a time she stands rooted among the northern forests, indistinguishable from the ancient trees that preceded the first kingdoms. Birds nest within the hollows of her body. Wolves sleep beneath her branches. Her roots drink rain, blood, rot, and the pale minerals of forgotten graves without preference. To Göndul, these things are not separate. Flesh becomes soil. Soil becomes root. Root becomes flesh again. She does not hunt the young, the…

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