The Northern Sanctuary Accord

In the crisp, pale dawn of mid-April, the Great Council Chamber of Skuggheim was prepared for a gathering unprecedented in the thousand-year history of the Lyngen Alps. For centuries, this vast hall of dressed black granite and vaulted timber arches had heard only the clash of iron broadswords, the thunderous oaths of warring Alphas, and the grim tactical debates of battle commanders preparing to defend their borders against hostile invaders.…