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Caption: THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE Volume I
A Tale from the North
Caption: Iceland has a long tradition of Nordic myths and folk tales. Many involving spirits and animals transforming themself into people.
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Caption: Once upon a time, there was a dear little boy who wanted to traveling to the land of two worlds. He only can pray days and nights.
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Caption: Until one night, there's a light through his window, And said, "Come, I'll bring you to the land of fire and ice."
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Caption: And then "buffff!". Strokkur, The Ancient Spirits of Water bring the boy to the land that he always dreamt of, Iceland.
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Caption: Soon, he begin his desirable exploration.
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Caption: But someone watching him since the very first time he came to Iceland. The boy was playing in melted glacier named Sölheimajökùll when the female elf catch him!
"What are you doing in our land?!" she asked.
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Caption: Then, she bring the boy to the old and glorious Kingdom of Reykjavik.
"Our King wants to see you, young boy!"
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Caption: She dragged him to Hallgrimskrikja, the castle made by Lutherian in 1937.
"You'll never escaped this castle, young boy! We took 41 years to built this one."
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Caption: "Why you're here, young boy?" asked The King.
"I was sent here by The Lights, My Lord."
"Lights? The Queen of Lights?!" The King gasped.
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Caption: And then the just and fair King place him in a small house in Vík, Southern Kingdom.
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Caption: And start again his adventure accompanied by the elf.
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Caption: The Elf teach him how to fly to explore all over the land faster.
From Skaftafell, ...
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Caption: ... to Skogafoss.
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Caption: From the eternal ice, Sölheimajökùll, ...
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Caption: to Reynisdrangar.
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Caption: The boy was very happy of his journey.
Until one night, there's a light. The same light who bring him here and made The King bows and call it The Queen.
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Caption: And He witness the most beautiful light he ever seen. The Queen of Lights. Some people of this land call it Aurora Borealis.
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Caption: "Your time here is over, dear boy. You must come back to your home, and made another dream of yours. May another spirits will bring you to wherever you want."
And even the boy can't move his tongue to answer. He just move his lips like a fish out from water.
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Caption: The next second, the boy woke up his bed. The same bed, room, and clothes like the last time he left his home.
"Just a dream," he said.
But he didn't feel sad. His heart fulfill by the light of his dream adventure to the land of two worlds.
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Caption: But in the edge of the world, in the land he just left, the elf feel sad, and wait him to comeback. She wait days, months, years, decades.
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Caption: "Queen, but where's the Fire? I just watched Ice all over the land. You said it's the Land of Two Worlds?"
"You should comeback on summer, boy. Don't be greedy. Your trip is not cheap at all."
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