April 22, 1001, near Avaldsnes, Kingdom of Norway

A misanthropic and lonely seer desperately trying to preserve the old ways.

Vigris the Shepherdess, often called the Blind Shepherdess, is a reclusive figure dwelling along the windswept shores near Avaldsnes. A gifted healer and a seer of fates — if rumors are to be believed — she harbors little fondness for humankind, so her visitors often met with sharp words and cold indifference.

Born to Brynja, a powerful völva, Vigris and her two sisters, Inga and Steinunn, came into the world under strange and whispered circumstances. Their mother, said to be barren, is believed to have turned to ritual means to bear children. Whether truth or myth, the triplets were marked from birth — Inga walked with a limp, Steinunn had but a single eye, and Vigris entered the world in complete darkness, blind from birth.
Their unnatural presence bred fear. Folk spoke in hushed tones of misfortune following in their wake. A boy who once threw a stone at Inga perished from fever soon after and those who crossed Vigris found themselves burdened with grim prophecies of their own demise.

When Brynja met an untimely and unexplained death, her daughters, wary of the growing hostility around them, chose to part ways. Inga sought refuge in Iceland, Steinunn traveled to England, and Vigris alone remained in Norway, though she distanced herself from her birthplace.

Solitude suited her, yet it didn't grant peace. Word of her talents spread, drawing people from the nearby city in search of healing, guidance, or glimpses of their fate. At first, she endured these visits, but her tolerance waned when Christian missionaries arrived in Avaldsnes...

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