Weekend Writing Warriors 8/27/22

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This weekend's excerpt comes from my never-ending Viking saga, tentatively titled Against the Ashes, and since it's the first snippet to be posted from this work, I'm starting at the very beginning (a very good place to start).
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    "For more than a dozen years he had led them. Jorgen had proven his worth as a leader time and again, both in peace time and in battle. For this they respected him. Never would he ask the lowest of his warriors to do any task he would not willingly do himself. For this they loved him. And in all the years, and all the wars, not once had he failed to obtain victory, not once had an enemy evaded him for long, and not once had a betrayal gone unpunished. While no man might say he was unjust, Jorgen's men knew that his fury knew no bounds when he or his people had been wronged. For this, though they might not admit to as much, his men feared him. The combination of feelings he inspired created in the eyes of his men the stature of a legend, even a god--though never would any voice such a thought, fearing to displease the man who held such things as sacrilege. 

   Jorgen stood for a moment, watching his men as they looked into half-burned homes and called out to the air. Satisfied that his instructions were being obeyed, he strode to the edge of the village and began to help move timbers and stones from a doorway. 
 
    A shout heralded the first body found."

Context: Jorgen and his men had been tracking their enemies, and failed to anticipate them striking a coastal village; having arrived too late to warn the people of Lundrskag of the danger, Jorgen is determined to offer what aid he can. 

Okay that wasn't the "very" beginning, but it's early in the first chapter and it introduces one of our heroes in a way that gives a good overview of his character.

Thank you for reading. I'll see you next weekend, if not before.

Kate