Oh this one is brutal - but well written - beautifully written! How did I not see it last month?? I'd have nominated it for the Weekly Favorites, resteemed, all that. Have you been watching Vikings on Netflix? If not, you'd love it. You nail it: Most of his captured brothers had been sacrificed many moons ago to whatever gods these barbarians believed in. He barely understood their tongue, let alone their crazy talk of the obscure god that demanded such folly... I've read a history of the real-life Vikings, and archeologists confirm human sacrifices on the Isle of Man, and who knows how many other places. HOW can people come to believe murder is a sacrifice that will appease their gods?????? Gaaaahhhhhhh!!!!!
Splendid story, brutal, and all too believable.