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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nA boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eight years old at most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barefoot against frozen stone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thin from hunger beneath torn servant cloth and a ragged fur cloak whipped violently by the wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And resting across his shoulder\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a war hammer nearly the size of his entire body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The soldiers stared in disbelief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One guard stepped forward instinctively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKid, stop!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another grabbed the wall beside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe boy will freeze to death!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the child kept walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Straight into the white storm beyond the fortress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander Varos narrowed his eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Something felt wrong immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not dangerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Familiar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hammer itself was ancient black metal wrapped in strips of faded leather. Frost covered its surface, yet strange blue markings glowed faintly beneath the ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Varos felt cold spread through his chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because he recognized those symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Years earlier, during military service beneath the royal archives of Ashkar, he once saw sketches hidden inside forbidden war manuscripts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ancient symbols belonging to the Frostbreakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The kings who drowned entire armies beneath collapsing glaciers during the Winter Wars centuries ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officially, the bloodline vanished long ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officially, the hammer had been destroyed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officially, none of it was real anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet there it was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Resting on the shoulder of a starving child walking alone into a deathstorm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Far beyond the fortress walls, the northern invaders finally emerged through the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An endless line of steel and frost descending through the valley beneath black war banners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At their center marched enormous siege beasts covered in iron armor and frozen chains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The enemy commander rode atop a pale warhorse draped in wolf pelts while snow gathered across his beard like ice crystals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then he saw the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The commander laughed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sound carried strangely through the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOne child?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The invaders behind him laughed as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAshkar sends beggars now?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPerhaps the kingdom surrendered already.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy stopped walking roughly halfway across the frozen valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Snow spiraled violently around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He looked impossibly small against the enormous advancing army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet strangely\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
he never looked afraid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That unsettled Commander Varos more than anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because soldiers fake bravery all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children cannot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The enemy commander raised one gauntleted hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cKill him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several mounted warriors immediately broke formation and charged forward through the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy finally lifted his head slightly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not ordinary blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost silver beneath the blizzard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hammer slipped slowly from his shoulder into both hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And suddenly\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the storm became silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No armor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
No marching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The entire valley froze in unnatural stillness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even the snow itself seemed suspended in the air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then came the sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Crack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A thin fracture beneath the frozen earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then dozens more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The charging riders slowed immediately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their horses screamed nervously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child raised the war hammer overhead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ancient blue markings ignited across the weapon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander Varos felt genuine fear for the first time in years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the stories were true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Frostbreaker bloodline had returned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And then\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the boy slammed the hammer downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
BOOOOOOOOOOM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The valley exploded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The frozen battlefield split apart in every direction at once.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Massive fractures ripped through the glacier beneath the northern army while entire sections of ice collapsed violently into black water below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Horses vanished screaming beneath widening cracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Siege machines tilted sideways and disappeared into freezing rivers erupting through the shattered ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soldiers tried retreating\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
but the ground itself continued breaking faster than they could run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sound was catastrophic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like mountains tearing apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Like the world itself rejecting the army standing upon it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander Varos grabbed the fortress wall as the entire valley shook violently beneath him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The enemy commander screamed orders desperately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRetreat!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But retreat no longer existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The glacier beneath the battlefield was collapsing completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Entire battalions disappeared into icy water while armor dragged screaming men beneath the surface instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then something even worse happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steam erupted across the valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The shattered ice began melting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Violently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue light spread beneath the battlefield like veins beneath skin while boiling water burst upward through widening cracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Within seconds, the frozen valley transformed into a collapsing sea of broken ice, mud, and black water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The northern army dissolved into chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some drowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some froze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some vanished beneath the glacier entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And at the center of the destruction\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the child remained motionless beside the hammer embedded deep within the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue symbols glowed beneath the frozen ground around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ancient.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forbidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander Varos whispered the words before realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Mark of Frostbreaker\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several older soldiers nearby went pale instantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One dropped to his knees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because every child raised in northern Ashkar knew the old stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Frostbreakers were not merely kings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They were executioners of winter itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the ancient wars, they shattered oceans beneath enemy fleets and buried armies beneath avalanches stretching across entire mountain ranges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eventually the royal bloodline outlawed their power entirely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surviving Frostbreakers disappeared afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Or so history claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below, the boy slowly looked upward toward the collapsing battlefield.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His expression remained emotionless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not cruel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not triumphant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Just tired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That disturbed Varos deeply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Children capable of terrible things should look monstrous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This child only looked exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The enemy commander managed dragging himself onto stable ground beside several surviving soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fury twisted across his frozen face.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou little monster!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He drew a massive battle axe and charged directly toward the boy through the collapsing snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several northern soldiers followed him desperately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child did not move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The commander swung the axe downward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CRACK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A wall of ice erupted instantly from the ground between them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The impact shattered the commander\u2019s weapon completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Blue energy surged violently outward across the battlefield while frozen spikes exploded upward beneath the charging soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The men vanished instantly beneath collapsing ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The commander staggered backward in horror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boy finally spoke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Softly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou should have turned back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His voice sounded strangely calm beneath the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The commander stared at him with hatred and fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat are you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child looked downward at the glowing hammer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As though uncertain himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then quietly\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That answer frightened Varos more than the destruction itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because power without identity becomes unpredictable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And unpredictable power destroys kingdoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The surviving northern soldiers fled soon afterward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those able to escape abandoned weapons, siege beasts, and wounded alike while retreating into the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
None looked back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By nightfall, the entire frozen valley had become a shattered wasteland of broken glaciers and steaming rivers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashkar Fortress survived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Barely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the battlefield itself no longer existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commander Varos descended from the walls carefully once the storm weakened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several soldiers followed nervously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child still stood where the hammer struck the earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Snow melted around him in a perfect circle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ancient blue markings continued glowing faintly beneath the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Up close, he looked even younger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His hands trembled violently now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not from fear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exhaustion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hammer remained buried deep within shattered stone beside him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Varos approached slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhat is your name?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The child hesitated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cEirik.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The commander nodded carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWho taught you to use that hammer?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat power nearly destroyed the entire valley.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eirik looked toward the ruined battlefield silently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Steam drifted through the snow where thousands had died beneath shattered ice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally the boy whispered\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey were going to destroy the fortress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Varos had no answer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because the child was right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Without him, everyone behind those walls would already be dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yet standing there amid the ruins, Commander Varos understood something terrifying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashkar\u2019s enemies were no longer the greatest danger facing the kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ancient bloodlines were awakening again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dragon Kings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frostbreakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Forgotten powers buried beneath old wars and royal massacres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
History itself was beginning to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And kingdoms built upon stolen crowns rarely survive the return of forgotten heirs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That night, long after the soldiers carried Eirik safely inside the fortress, Commander Varos climbed alone to the highest tower overlooking the shattered valley.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The blizzard had finally weakened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Moonlight reflected across broken glaciers stretching for miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An entire army erased in a single strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Varos stared at the destruction for a very long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then slowly\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
he looked north toward the deeper mountains hidden beyond the storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because somewhere beyond those frozen peaks, older things were waking too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And for the first time in centuries\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashkar\u2019s ancient powers no longer slept beneath the snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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