Finn hopelessly looked at Helga's back as she walked out of the scarred remains of a second village. 'This war isn't normal.' It was all Finn could think as he looked at the ruined settlement. The houses had been burnt to the ground and the people separated. Those who believed Helga and would follow her were sent back to her lands whilst the non-believers.
Finn shook his head. He didn't care about killing villagers. He had been on enough raids where he had killed them in the past or his comrades had. But it was different from what he saw now. This was a systematic removal of dissent. The people were treated like cattle, moving the good ones from one place and killing the bad.
