The Summer Child
Once there were two kingdoms, with two kings. The southern most was warm and fair, with long summers and ample harvest. But the northern one was cold and dark, with little light and fields that grew few crops even when they were not covered with snow. Two kings were brothers. They ruled the lands separated by a single river, one the bright, sunny land, where all prospered and was fair, and the other the hard, lean land were men fought to survive. The people of the north were plagued with little...