Successes and Failures

Hvítreiðr, Northern Gate.

Dozens of reindeer cavalry, led by Lothi, were departing from the city. Alongside the cavalry, a group of prisoners from various clans—mounted on horses bred to endure the northern cold—were also present. Even members of the Chuba and Runatal clans were among them. Their purpose was to hasten their clans' submission to the cavalry.

They had suffered defeat in a major war for their clans and, on top of that, had served the enemies of the northern glaciers. Once these events became widely known, it wasn't hard to predict that their neighboring clans would no longer tolerate their existence. Thus, they chose the lesser of two evils and submitted to Hvítreiðr.

They knew, with bitter certainty, that joining Hvítreiðr meant the dissolution of many of their former clan traditions and the loss of their authority within their own people. However, at this point, they had no other choice.