@servushiems // @seeksredempticn
It was cold in the North.
Everyone knew that, of course. Why else would Northern women leave so much of their hair down and hide so much of their skin? Why else would they feature so many furs in clothing and decor? Winter was harsh there and lingered far longer than it did even in the central kingdoms.
Nadia shivered in the massive Hall even with an extra shift and two thick cloaks pulled tight about her shoulders. A fire roared in the hearth but the young woman hardly trusted her quivering knees to continue standing, let alone move across the room. Still, the Hall was a great improvement from the cramped, poorly enclosed wagon in which she’d made the journey from her father’s keep in the temperate, verdant South.
