7 THE REALIZATION
I am walking down an earthen path rimmed in that sort of plants that grow in the shade of the sun-hungry trees that I see above me. As I turn a curve in the trail, I see a tall man in leather armor, reclining against the trunk of one of the largest trees I had yet seen.
As I approach the man, I see that he is missing his right hand. He seems entirely human, and yet more than human. I know this man to be one of the gods, but it is only a knowing.
I stand quietly in front of the man, and he speaks to me. "I am Tyr of the Aesir, defender of the nine realms, and Walker in shadows. The Norns did plead with me that I come to you, to let you know what the future holds."
"I have glimpsed a little of what the future holds," I say. "I am filled with foreboding and dire dread wh
