A Saxon Escape - E-book - ePub

It is 880 AD in a Saxon village outside Throtmanni. A young Saxon Lady Sigurd and her younger brother Saxduc struggle to keep their pagan ways alive near Dor. Yet even their own tribe ostracizes them. Their Father Ramstaff and Mother Wondde share different dreams for their two children. The village Witican Advocar dares not share their secrets to each of them. After being accused of murder by the Vehmic (Secret Frankish judges and jury), the family is forced to flee.
Both Siggy (Sigurd) and Sax desire to fight against the Franks. But with the secret Free Boten (Court Enforcers) on their trails, all are forced with difficult choices. Meanwhile, the warring Danish King Godfrid and Charles The Fat of Francia fight for power in the upper Rhineland amid tribes making new alliances and disregarding old ones. Yet Ramstaff's past serves as a double edged sword both to him and his son Saxduc.
He attempts to lead a divided geard. Sigurd or Siggy and her mother share secrets which may tear the family further apart. Father and Son chose to go separate ways. Siggy and Wondde find themselves at odds with revealed truths. Father, son, Mother, and daughter must choose between family and security. Their choices will bear consequences even Ramstaff's magic and Siggy's bow may not survive their wayrd (Fate).
This series of stories includes Ramstaff, Saxduc, Wondde and Sigurd (Father, Son, Mother and Daughter) are all fictional characters with Saxon roots. Maria (Saxduc's companion), Tife (friend of Saxduc's and Ramstaff) are also fictional as well. There are many what some gamers would call NPC (Non-Player Characters) such as Millner's, Masons, Monks, Scribes. In regard to the fantasy realm, Ramstaff is a Seyar, Witican or a Magician.
The Dwarfs featured in the tale, set in outside modern day Dortmund, are conjectured. T