Emberwood when do you fold? and when do you run?

Heroic deaths - oh, how everyone praised them. Legends were based of them, the whole viking religion revolved around dying in a battle. And the more bruttaly mauled you were, the better chances were that you would end at the good end of the Valhalla's table of neverending feasting. "Unless you are the one dying," she remarked with a knowing smile.

In her very vast experience about death in all it's forms and types, no such thing as "dying heroically" existed. Dying without realizing, what is happening. Or dying, feeling enormous amount of fear. All of the so called "heroes" put up the brave smiles and said the encouraging words to their comrades, all the while feeling imense pain and fear. "Have you had many near-death events, that you can speak so boldly about the way you want to die? Hmm?" she asked, knowing the answer already. "Did they feel heroic? Noble? Beautiful?"