Moonspear girl

njord's story was also one of a boy thrust into manhood.
but it was not with so much celebration. chakliux was solemn until the end and beyond. "but there is still meaning in them," the seal hunter said with muted man's insistence.
"you returned home and defended the name of your father. you shed blood on the land you were born, to hold it. there is no shame in that. only the warrior knows the weight a scarred heart carries."
some silence.
"my father said that. i do not know if he lives. he was old when i left, and my brothers all wanted to be chieftain. oil father led me onto the ice and then into a long snowstorm. that is how i came to these lands. i do not know how long i walked in the great dark."
but chakliux blinked, nodded at njord. "we each know the meaning of a wound."