Preface: The Purpose of the Book

The Purpose of the Books
This book, the Book of Sigehold, is a collection of our stories. Stories of the Winterfolk, of Skarsind before the invasion, stories of the people that were broken apart of by the invasion of the Thule, and how we rose again under the banner of victory. More, these are the stories that permeate the land of Skarsind, and those that are born of Skarsind, compiled as we leave our land and relinquish it to the Imperial Orcs. Let this book be in part testimony of how Proud we are of the land, as well as the impartation of Wisdom for what the land’s new occupants can expect from these plains.

In the first chapter we have compiled stories before the coming of the Thule. At this time, there was no Sigehold. We were not one banner, but many, spread across the land. We were Star’s Reach, we were Leoding Hall, we were Hearthland Hall, we were Frosthorn Hold, we were the Hala of Od. Many of us don’t speak often of the halls that stood before, partially because we have lost too many and cannot disassociate our Skeins as having turned away from that tragedy, but therein lies our history, and the beginnings of our worth.

In the second chapter, you will find tales of the Thule invasion. These tales fascinate me, for they are not all true, they are some of them embellished and fanciful, but they are tales spun from pained hearts. We all deal with our losses in different ways, and those different ways can all be seen within this section.

In the third chapter, you will find tales of our hall since we came to Anvil. These are the stories and events that shaped us as a hall, which made us who we are, and that lead us to the decision to relinquish Skarsind to our Orc allies.

In the fourth chapter, some final messages from our hall to the Imperial Orcs, well wishes and promises, oaths and advice, all of them heartfelt and sincere.



The next chapters are down to us both. We will hold on to one copy of the book, and we give a second copy to the Skywise. As we leave the lands we were born to, we will carry our book into Hahnmark, and we will fill what remains of the book with what becomes of Sigehold Hall in the years to come. We give to the Skywise the book’s twin, the pages left blank so that they might do the same, and continue the tales of the land of Skarsind.

One day, we will bring these books back together, the Sigehold volume and the Skywise volume, and together they will make the Books of Skarsind. I hope that great value and worth can be found within these pages.




 * Veikko