Matriarchy Stories

Yesterday was Rodal’s 18th birthday. (P.S.: I know I’ve made a promise to myself to never write about past days in this diary… to motivate myself to write it daily… but it was hectic yesterday… and promises are made to be broken anyway!) Even though my little brother had the benefit of seeing all his classmates going through their Adulthood Ritual before him (the benefit of being born in the spring equinox and going to sc...

Chapter 1It was midday. The sun stood high above the village of Miklavik. The village was known across the land for its proud female warriors and skillful hunters. The great Matriarch, Queen Nejfa, ruler of the known world, even sent for them whenever there was conflict.In the village, the men had worked all day to prepare for the return of the hunting party. The hunters had been away for seven sunrises and there was alwa...