The Longship's Wake

Previously

…Kaelen’s path was clear, etched in the glint of steel and the roar of battle. Eirik’s path, though less defined, felt equally powerful. It was a path of creation, of connection, of whispers carried on the wind from distant shores. He knew, with a certainty that settled deep in his bones, that his hands, skilled in shaping wood and forging iron, would one day guide him to those very shores. The longship’s wake was calling, and Eirik intended to be a part of it, not just as a builder, but as an explorer of the world it revealed.