An unwanted guest from niflheim

The winter feast was imminent and spirits were high. Everyone was preparing the food and mead for the celebration.

I sat in the long house assisting my earl plan the details of an aliance with a neighboring lord to acquire more farming land for our clan, raven claw. "We will go and speak with lord reinar the day after the feast" said my earl, earl magnus.

The feast being the next day all was going well. In a flash the doors of our great hall swung open with the force of a bulls rush to see a distraught clans men, I jump to my feat. "WERE UNDER ATTACK." he bellowed.

My mind went blank I ran into action with only one thing on my mind, the protection of the people, the the cold air hit my face like tiny needles.In a full sprint I unhilted my axe, its blade shown bright in the winter sun with dried blood in its carvings from my past victories.

At the left flank of the settlement this, giant... troll beast was plowing through my clans mates. It was humanoid with a blocky head and baby blue skin, it had many icicles coming from its body. my mind quickly thought of an ice jotunn, I already hated the cold.

Its powerful arms swinging wildly, killing my clan almost Instantly. I thought as fast as I could and siezied a couple of lit torches from a nearby building and ran to the giants backside where a wagon filled with hay sat between us, its focus still on my poor brothers and sisters.

I ran and lept off the wagon simultaneously throwing my first torch into the hay, at almost the same time I gave off a battle cry "BY THE GODS YOU WILL DIE AT MY HAND!" I hurled the other torch at the frozen monsters face, blinding its sight and came down apon him with the power of Thor.

There was no blood when my axe cleaved the side of its neck, only a cold blast as if it's blood had been some kind of frozen gas, I knew that wasn't enough to conquer the troll of niflheim. With a hard downward push I put its face in the snow and retrieve my axe from its neck. I cleaved his right side once more. The blast felt like all the winter wind in one gust, so cold it burned, much more exposure would give me frostbite.

The beast regained its bearings and instinctively swung it's arm and hit me in the side, the pain in my kidney shot up my back like a spear. I feel to the ground and winced, I got up and refocused to find the jotunn on its feet and not in much pain.

I peaked behind it at the hay wagon, the fire wasn't big enough yet. Luckily the remainder of my clansmen had regrouped and surrounded it in a semicircle opposite from me with earl magnus at there side and weapons brandished. "DISTRACTION!" I ordered, the men quickly let out a grand battle cry and banged their weapons together, I started running around the confused ice monster frequently diverting to attack in the legs, sides, back, anywhere I viewed an opening.

The gusts of ice were unbearable, as if this, thing had a tundra inside of it. I was freezing on the outside but my blood was boiling. My sweat being frozen to my face. Finally the wagons fire was big and bright. I tackled it from the back and ran it into the big flower of destruction.

The fire in the snow felt strange, it didn't hurt just stung tho I knew I had to be extremely burned because the two of us went barreling into the flame. I was only barely able to reposition my hands to its sholders and kick off its back.

diving back into the snow, looking back at the now melting ice jotunn the sound it make resembled a crows screech as it went limp, the icicles melted and it's blue color faded into a light brown, then, turned to a black crisp under the heat. Knowing my newest victory had been seized, I let out one last cry with my axe held high, my clan joined me in my triumph.

I fell back into the snow and sat, out of breath and from the sudden exertion, ice could be seen on my face and and yet my blood still ran hot. Earl magnus approached me. "Your sly thinking has rescued my clan this day, it seems we now have two reasons to celebrate" he grinned at me. "Yes we do earl, for our clan has stolen victory from the enemy, our fallen brothers and sisters go to Valhalla tonight!" I lifted my fists in the air with axe in one. "VICTORY FOR THE RAVEN CLAW."