001 | Video | Open to both courts

[fiercestwarrior]

[ The video shows a young woman, her face framed by slightly wavy hair the color of rich soil. Unseen is the weight of many centuries that lie upon her strong shoulders, and would make her ancient rather than young in the eyes of some.

Her large, hazel eyes are sharp as those of a bird of prey as she fixes them upon her locket. ]

I am Lady Sif of Asgard, my allegiance is to my king and my home, and much as the rulers of this court seem to wish it, that will not change simply because they imagine themselves to have some manner of claim on me.

Do not think me craven, I have no fear of battle, but I will not seek it out merely because a stranger tells me that it is my duty.

So I put the question to you now, my fellow recruits: Why do you fight?

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[fiercestwarrior]

I understand.

[ Truly, she does, and there is a similar brand of quiet amusement in her own tone as she speaks. ]

I may well do something similar if I for some reason could no longer say that I am of Asgard.

[ Something she hopes will never come to pass, but it is a risk she has taken in the past, and may do again should there be a need for it. ]

[inafadingcrown]

May that be a choice you are never forced to make.

[fiercestwarrior]

I already have, my lady. But it did not cost me my home that time.

[inafadingcrown]

It sounds as though we both have tales enough to tell, Lady Sif. One day we will have to share them.

[fiercestwarrior]

I am not the greatest teller of stories, but I would certainly be willing to make an attempt in exchange for such a favor from you.

[inafadingcrown]

I find that tales told by those who have lived them have a certain flavor of their own- not as refined as a bard's work, perhaps, but vivid and lively.

[fiercestwarrior]

At least I stick to telling things the way they happened.

[ Said with fond amusement in way that suggests that someone she knows is perhaps in the habit of not doing that. ]

[inafadingcrown]

[And Galadriel is also plainly amused; clearly Sif isn't the only one who knows someone like that.] Placed in the right hands, some tales do have a way of growing in the telling.

[fiercestwarrior]

If nothing else it makes repeated hearings more interesting.