Avirza — The Dawn Returned

The Lost Scrolls of Herodotus · Book Seven · “The Dead Man’s Men”

Sparga’s daughter sits at Motrhan’s right hand. Her nearly white hair and blue eyes come from her mother, a woman of the northern forests who died at her birth. Her laugh is her father’s.

After taking Themiscyra, Sparga brought a priestess north with a copy of the river book. She raised Avirza to believe she was the dawn returned. The priestess believed it too.

Now fifteen, Avirza rides and draws a bow with Motrhan’s strings. His captains stand when she enters. They indulge her arguments until they discover they have lost.

Motrhan intends to bring her before the halls. Keira has recorded her name without knowing its meaning. Nerida has asked.

The answer waits for the sitting.