The Wolf of the Northern Hills

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In the shadow of Tap o' Noth, a Pictish settlement has risen to unprecedented power and prosperity. Under the visionary leadership of Caelid mac Eochaidh, thousands have gathered to build a civilization of remarkable achievement—thriving trade networks, innovative craftsmanship, and a fragile peace brokered between old gods and new faiths.
But prosperity breeds jealousy. And jealousy breeds betrayal.
When a young seer's warnings of catastrophic fire are dismissed as madness, the settlement stands blind to the conspiracy gathering in the valleys below. As rival lords and ambitious kings converge with armies of vengeance, Caelid's children must choose between defending the impossible or fleeing into exile. His son Drust seeks glory in a last stand that will echo across centuries. His daughter Morvain emerges as an unlikely leader guiding desperate refugees toward uncertain survival. And Liadan, the scorned prophet, becomes the keeper of memory itself—ensuring that in the ashes of destruction, the story endures.
Spanning from the height of power to the flames that consume it, this is a story of ambition and wisdom, love and loss, and the eternal human need to transform tragedy into legacy. Because even when kingdoms burn, memory burns brighter.