Title: Valor
Author: Elandae
Rating: PG
Warnings: mentions of war and violence.
There was no glory to be found here as one would find it in tales fed to children by the flickering firelight. This was no sanitized version, clean and detached with bravery simply defined.
Here there was clamor, a constant confusion of swords clashing against armor and shields, men’s voices ringing in the air. Here there was chaos, there was death, and there was destruction.
Yet here could be found true valor, unflinching and unchanging. Here there was courage, met by blade or spear, courage until the end, inevitable and final.
Here would you learn the measure of a man.
The End.