Oleg
Legacy Name: Oleg

It wasn't long after Oleg became the first Prince of Kiev, that he visited a Volkhv. Eager to know what else the Gods had in store for him, the Prince asked the wiseman to look into his future. But it was not a great success that he foretold. The Volkhv grabbed his wrist tightly as he warned Oleg about his own death. Oleg was to die by his horse, a mighty black stallion. Shocked by what the sorcerer predicted him, Oleg took his horse to the plains. He bode him farewell and with pain in his heart he let him go.

Years went by, many things had happened. Oleg now had a wife and child, but still he sulked about his stallion. One day, the prince was hunting. He couldn't resist to ask his adviser where his prestiged beast might be. The man looked with remorse at his ruler and told him it had died closeby.

Not to long after, Oleg and his men found the remains of what once was a fiery steed. The prince stared at the carcass for a while before he kicked the horse's skull mockingly "The price to defy a prophecy", he snorted. But by Loki, he should not have done that. By kicking the stallions head, a snake was disturbed and slithered out between the beast's teeth. It hissed and took a threathening stance. Many of the men had never seen such a viper. It launched itself in a split second at Oleg and struck him in the foot, it's teeth penetrating the soft leather boots he was wearing. A kinsmen hacked it in two with his axe, but the damage had already been done. The viper's head was still stuck in his boot by it's teeth as Oleg could feel the venom burning through his veins. "Damn you, trickster." He hissed between his teeth as he was carried away by his men, but by the time they reached the longhouse, Oleg was already in a coma and never saw his beautiful city again.

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