The events that took place at Avalon, now truly Avalon once more, were…incredible. I could try to explain what happened in detail, I’m sorely tempted to, but it’s not something I think I could ever hope to portray sufficiently in words. In short, we freed Thoth from his bindings. And the five of us that were there were all at our absolute best to do it. And meanwhile Cindy killed the Avatar of Tishtrya that was in the temple. Truly efforts worthy of songs and sagas.
The first thing Thoth did upon being released was to fly up and…well; I’m not sure what he did, exactly. But it seemed to shatter whatever change the Yazata had placed over the island, and his moon outshone the Yazatan sun in the sky. Then Thoth descended to speak to us, and Arthur was laid to rest in his tomb.
I was only half paying attention to all of that, though. Once everything at the temple was sorted out I tried calling Hel to make sure she’d gotten my earlier warning. There was no answer…which is worrying. Thankfully the number she gave me to get a hold of Njord worked, and it was a direct line. All my other family members were in Asgard. And with the pantheon preparing in case Fimbulwinter comes Njord gave Vayu a snowball’s chance in hell of getting in there to snatch them. So that’s comforting, at least. And he said he’d send someone down to Helheim to see if they can find anything out. Hopefully she just left her phone behind, or saw Vayu coming and pulled some trick to evade him…but I can’t help but feel as though things aren’t that simple. Nothing has been, since my visitation.
After Arthur was laid to rest Thoth returned us to Manannan Mac Lir’s manor. Which is a place I’m…not exactly thrilled to be. Don’t get me wrong, there’s no faulting his hospitality. And I’m not ungrateful for it. But my memories of this place are not pleasant ones. Thankfully, I won’t be staying long. Odin invited us to the ritual that will forestall Ragnarok. And I’m leaving for where it will be held early, Asgard.
...a place I can call home.
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