Those who suffer from their raids aren’t given a second thought. She believes that what she does is justifiable, that in the raiding and pillaging she does with the other Daughters of Hel, she insures a prosperous life for her home and those she cares for. She is a young woman who has trained her whole life to become a raider for her island. The main character Carina is neither a hero nor is she a villain. And from the first few lines of the first chapter, it is a wild adventure.
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Steel Hand, Cold Heart is (I believe) the first full length novel for author Rachel Menard. If Carina is to make it home again she’ll have to fight hard to survive and somehow harden her heart against the emotions she is beginning to develop for her captors. If Carina can place a claim on the Southern Isle and return home with a ship full of spoils, she knows she be held in the highest regard and will have truly earned her place.īut the trip is difficult and fraught with danger – both known and unknown. She learns that the boys are taking her to Fortis Venitis, an island the Daughters of Hel have never been able to raid. On the evening of her first raid, Carina is drugged by her nemesis and given to three foreign boys as a captive. But Carina is determined to prove herself and prove worthy of the steel gauntlet she wears. Becoming a Daughter of Hel is not an easy task, for Carina it is doubly so as she was not born on the island. The Daughters are a group of Viking warriors who provide souls to the Death Goddess in exchange for prosperity for their own island. Sixteen year old Carina the Unstoppable is one of the Daughters of Hel. Trigger Warning: Mentions of abuse, mentions of rape, assorted violence That could make it difficult for her to kill him in the end. But the most dangerous obstacle of all are the odd feelings she’s developing for her victims, especially the knife-thieving captain Nik. Like her rune stone that everyone keeps trying to steal, the mismatched pirates from a country that no longer exists, and the priest with his poison that melts flesh from bones. However there are many obstacles to pass before she reaches her goal. Carina can place Hel’s claims on the Southern isle and return to Helvar with the spoils, a victor. The young men are taking her to the jewel of the Southern Isles – Fortis Venitis, a place no other Daughter of Hel can venture. But what is Carina’s greatest misfortune may turn out to be her greatest gift. Before she can, her arch-nemesis drugs her wine and sends her off the isle as a captive of three foreign boys. She doesn’t kill a priestess she should have.Ĭarina needs to prove her worth or risk losing her place. There are many who would see her fail, and on her first raid, she does. She was not borne of the island, but another spoil from another raid, raised by the island Chieftain.
Sixteen-year-old Carina has trained for most of her life to belong to the coveted Daughters of Hel, the steel-handed Viking warriors who provide souls to the Death Goddess in exchange for the prosperity of their island. Has an extra 30% chance of inflicting a critical hit.
Multiplier: 3.3*ATK Heartseeker – 5 Turn CooldownĪttacks 1 enemy. Places a 5% Poison debuff for 2 turns if the target is under a Heal Reduction debuff. Has a 30% chance of placing a 50% Decrease ACC debuff for 1 turn. Multiplier: 0.7*ATK Art of Pain – 4 Turn CooldownĪttacks all enemies. Each hit has a 25% chance of placing a 100% Heal Reduction debuff for 2 turns. 4 Coldheart Mastery Guide Champion OverviewĪttacks 4 times at random.