Chapter 1

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   I stepped through the portal, having no idea where it would take me.

   I wasn't prepared for the portal, as much as I thought I was. For as I crossed through, I passed out.

   I woke up in a bed, covered in thick hides and furnished with pillows and a deer hide blanket. I sat up in the bed, trying to get a grip on my surroundings. It was obvious.....
I was in a room.

   An inn room, that is.
Cabinets lined the lower walls, with a mirrors and windows suspended above them. The faint smell of cinnamon wafted through the door, followed by the stench of Nordic ale.
I pushed the blanket to the side, and sat up. I wasn't expecting the room to be freezing cold, but it was.

  I opened the door, and walked down the stairs. I turned the corner, only to be met with the heat of the firepit. I surveyed the room, browsing over each and every person in the room.

  Most of the patrons in the room were tall, blonde haired Nords. Very large, half of them drunk, and the other half..... Probably drunk as well.

  Except for one....


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