Von Aegir Literary

The End to
​Ferdinand Von Aegir's Wandering

RACHEL K. CHENG
            at the entrance to the mountain range
            ​bordering the passage to Garreg Mach
            a thousand birds flocked
            above tattered banners of red and blue:
            memories of a battle when the archbishop slew
            a hundred soldiers riding the winds of change
 
                                              in a land where there were monsters

                                              who wore the faces of both dead and beloved,
                                              we climbed through the ruins
                                              and the jagged gorge, honoring a promise
                                              that our lord once made when he was a schoolboy
                                              who wished to be naïve
 
                                                                                            I asked my lord Ferdinand:

                                                                                            “Why here where nothing grows?”
                                                                                            he looked up to the broken spires,
                                                                                            strangely calm, pace slow.
                                                                                            “Aegir keeps its promise,”
                                                                                            my lord said and smiled.
 
                                                                   we stumbled through the bramble

                                                                   and encountered bandits to rout
                                                                   and my lord smiled wider as voices sounded
                                                                   and called out, gleeful and grounded:
                                                                   “Professor?! Never mind…
                                                                   We have to focus on winning this fight!”
 

            in the heat of battle, mistakes are fatal.
            my lord rode at the front, his spear raised,
            chasing bandits from their nests.
            at entrance to Garreg Mach,
            my lord lent his strength to the Professor,
            ​who carved our path forward with their sword.
Rachel K. Cheng (they/them) is a historian, writer, and enthusiastic homecook, who received their PhD in History from the University of Glasgow. They love Fire Emblem: Three Houses and particularly Ferdinand Von Aegir, who they admire for his thoughtful loyalty and willingness to work hard.
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