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In the ice-choked apothecarion beneath the Aett, Ivar judges and prepares the organs with stern precision, addressing the pack to ensure Fjolnir’s saga is spoken and remembered. The passage blends grief, honor, and grim religious obligation as the Rout learns from sacrifice and loss.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nBLACK LIBRARY  \nBooks | eBooks | MP3 Audiobooks  \nTo see the full Black Library range visit blacklibrary.com and games-workshop.com  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nCover  \nThe Price of Morkai – Marc Collins  \nAbout the Author  \nAn Extract from ‘Dawn of Fire: The Avenging Son’A Black Library Publication  \neBook license  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nTHE PRICE OF MORKAI  \nMarc Collins  \nFrom out of the depths came they, Greatest of the Allfather ’s challenges.  \nSet beneath the ice and salt To test us again and forever.  \nVast is the kraken, great its wrath. And we? We fight on regardless.  \nTill we die in shame  \nOr are chosen by those who wait.  \n– Hunters of Beasts and Men, The Fenrisian Eddas  \nIt is too late for the dead warrior by the time they bear him into what passes for Ivar Krakenblood’s kingdom.  \nIvar knows this, just as they know it. The pale skin of their faces is streaked with mourning tears, with ashes, with all the detritus of war and all the scars that Fenris etches upon its sons and daughters.  \nFour of the Vlka Fenryka bear their fallen brother into the halls of the slain, carrying him upon shields like a fallen chieftain of the ice. Fjolnir, proclaimed proudly by his armour as Fjolnir the war-wise, mjod-soaked and battle-drunk, lies cold and dead, never to rise again for feast or conflict. They are called, he knows, Wolf King’s Call and they have served Fenrisand the Imperium with honour and glory. Fjolnir was their leader, a fine one at that, and now he has fallen.  \nIvar looks upon him through the lenses of his wolf-skull helm and moves closer. In the cold of the apothecarion, deep in the bowels of the Aett, he knows that he looms like the very shadow of Morkai. Black-armoured, furwreathed, glaring at them from a mask of bone and cold iron. Such is duty of the Wolf Priest – to judge and to test. To inspire fear and loyalty.  \n‘Your brother has been taken from us,’ Ivar intones simply. ‘Upon the world of Winter and War, at the very hearth. Who will speak the saga of his passing?’  \nSilence reigns for but a moment, then all their eagerness crowds in. Therestrained violence unleashes like a tidal surge and their voices rise, one above the other, clamouring for the honour.  \nVili pushes forwards, so determined to be first, buoyed up by the impetuousness of youth. Ivar remembers what it was to be so keen, flush with all the freshness of near-death and after. The Blood Claw slaps his fist against his breastplate as though it were a tribal feast, and he were issuing a challenge.  \nJolfr, by contrast, is a tightly wound knot with all his feelings locked within his heart. His scarred face is stony, as true and sure as Asaheim’s soil. The only sign of his agitation is the flexing of his gauntleted fingers, still smeared with Fjolnir ’s blood. Ivar notes the trails that wind down his arm, from his shoulder, where he bore Fjolnir up as they left the field of battle. The warrior ’s own wounds are forgotten. Unimportant. There is only this final, onerous duty.  \nOrwandil and Hrungnir wait in mournful silence. Older warriors, more measured and surer. Theirs is the ice-grief, shared by all the tribes of Fenris, for a warrior taken too soon into the underverse.  \n‘We will all speak his saga,’Vili says at last, and the others cheer with him.‘He was our brother and we all stood with him at the end.’ Vili shakes with the effort of his words and fine grains of sand weep from his armour.‘As is proper,’ Ivar says. There is no judgement in his words. He stands asa symbol of the Rout itself, as solid as the great iron ribs above them, runemarked and potent. The marks of aversion are cut deep here, the better toward the wounded and the dead from maleficarum. ‘You have all shared in his passing. You have carried him one last time into our halls. Now you will carry his saga down the ages, that the Rout might learn from it.’  \nThe Fang of Morkai clicks at his wrist, blades stir","cbCaisvrJFvSxBqE","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisvrJFvSxBqE","pdf",3013515,5,32,"English","en",105,"# The Price of Morkai\n## Contents and publication information\n## An excerpt focusing on Fjolnir’s ritual and Ivar’s duty","[{\"question\":\"Who is Ivar Krakenblood, and what does he do in this passage?\",\"answer\":\"Ivar Krakenblood performs the Wolf Priest’s duties in the apothecarion, preparing the fallen warrior Fjolnir and overseeing the ritual with stern care.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens to Fjolnir after his death?\",\"answer\":\"Four Vlka Fenryka carry Fjolnir into the halls of the slain, and Ivar works on his body to secure the organs, sealing the casket reverently for preservation.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does Ivar address the warriors during the ritual?\",\"answer\":\"Ivar asks who will speak Fjolnir’s saga, and the pack agrees to carry his story down the ages so the Rout can learn from his passing.\"}]","The Price of Morkai - Marc Collins | PDF",1785477319,49,{"code":4,"msg":31,"data":32},"ok",{"site_id":24,"language":23,"slug":33,"title":13,"keywords":34,"description":14,"schema_data":35,"social_meta":87,"head_meta":89,"extra_data":91,"updated_unix":28},"the-price-of-morkai-marc-collins","",{"@graph":36,"@context":86},[37,54,69],{"@type":38,"itemListElement":39},"BreadcrumbList",[40,44,48,51],{"item":41,"name":42,"@type":43,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":45,"name":46,"@type":43,"position":47},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":49,"name":12,"@type":43,"position":50},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":52,"name":13,"@type":43,"position":53},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-price-of-morkai-marc-collins/115853/",4,{"url":52,"name":13,"@type":55,"author":56,"headline":13,"publisher":58,"fileFormat":61,"inLanguage":23,"description":14,"dateModified":62,"datePublished":63,"encodingFormat":61,"isAccessibleForFree":64,"interactionStatistic":65},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":57},"Person",{"url":41,"name":59,"@type":60},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-23","2026-07-31",true,{"@type":66,"interactionType":67,"userInteractionCount":20},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":68},"ViewAction",{"@type":70,"mainEntity":71},"FAQPage",[72,78,82],{"name":73,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":75},"Who is Ivar Krakenblood, and what does he do in this passage?","Question",{"text":76,"@type":77},"Ivar Krakenblood performs the Wolf Priest’s duties in the apothecarion, preparing the fallen warrior Fjolnir and overseeing the ritual with stern care.","Answer",{"name":79,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":80},"What happens to Fjolnir after his death?",{"text":81,"@type":77},"Four Vlka Fenryka carry Fjolnir into the halls of the slain, and Ivar works on his body to secure the organs, sealing the casket reverently for preservation.",{"name":83,"@type":74,"acceptedAnswer":84},"Why does Ivar address the warriors during the ritual?",{"text":85,"@type":77},"Ivar asks who will speak Fjolnir’s saga, and the pack agrees to carry his story down the ages so the Rout can learn from his passing.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":52,"og:type":88,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":59,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":90,"canonical":52},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":24},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":93},[94,97,101,105,109,114,119,124,129,132,136],{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":95,"slug":96},90,"story-novel",{"id":47,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":98,"show_sort_weight":99,"slug":100},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":53,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":102,"show_sort_weight":103,"slug":104},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":20,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":106,"show_sort_weight":107,"slug":108},"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":110,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":111,"show_sort_weight":112,"slug":113},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":115,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":116,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":118},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":120,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":121,"show_sort_weight":122,"slug":123},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":125,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":126,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":128},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":127,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":130,"show_sort_weight":127,"slug":131},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":133,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":134,"show_sort_weight":133,"slug":135},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":137,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":46,"category_name":138,"show_sort_weight":20,"slug":139},19,"General","general"]