The Sage of Einar

The army of Einar during the following days was in charge of completely conquering the towns near the capital of Tralee.

They did not present any resistance, so they were quickly subjected to the new regime that was established.

It was during that time that Einar took advantage of the time to be able to celebrate the first year of Kassia's death.

For this, in the city of Tralee, inside the small church, he built an altar on which he placed conventional painted paper of different colors with cutouts, trying to imitate papier-maché.

He also placed a picture he made of his wife in a wooden frame on a table. Around it, he placed flowers and candles.

On one side, he placed some breads and sweet foods that Kassia liked, all of which he did, imitating the celebration of the Day of the Dead in his native Mexico.

The altar caught the attention of priest Walter who approached with curiosity "Messiah Einar, what is the function of the altar you built."

Einar smiled and caressed his wife's drawing lovingly. "Remembering the day my wife left, today a year ago she left my side.

Can you believe it Walter, time goes by so fast this year is just gone and all of a sudden I have to celebrate the death of my wife. "

Walter was surprised. "But why celebrate and not cry?"

Einar looked at Walter with a kind face. "Because death will come to each one of us, but let's say that this day is special because it is the day in which the dead are allowed to return from the world of the dead.

It does not matter if they are in heaven or in purgatory; they have the right to visit their relatives. That is why it is a day of celebration.

You cannot be sad if the soul of your dead is visiting you. The offering is a way you have to let them taste food.

Remember that even if a person dies, they will continue to exist as long as they are remembered. Even if you may not believe it, Kassia is in charge of allowing souls to come and go.

It is her job as Saint because she is also the patron saint of doctors. "

Walter was surprised and looked with different eyes at the image of Kassia. "I will organize the citizens and the soldiers to make their own altar to receive the souls of our loved ones."

Einar nodded and let Walter go quite worried because he thought that time would not be long enough to report on the new rite that would be taking place every September 30.

When Walter left the church, Einar looked at the image of his wife and smiled. "It is the best gift I can give you Kassia, you will be remembered for centuries as a Queen, a saint and the guardian of souls.

The only problem is that when we conquer the area of ​​Mesoamerica in America, I will have to match the dates.

But that's a problem for the future at the moment if I sing one of your favorite songs. "

Einar sat on a chair and picked up a guitar that he had built during his spare time. The strings were made from deer tendons and the wood was oak glued with pine glue.

"It may not sound like a real guitar because the calibration is complicated, but without being in my laboratory it is the best I can do.

In any case, I will improve it as the expedition progresses. I can promise you that you will love it.

Well, next year I will have a better guitar and you will be the first to hear it."

Einar then tightened the chords on the guitar and began to play the guitar.

"Hay que bonito es volar a las 2 de la mañana.

A las dos de la mañana que bonito es volar.

Hay mamá… "

The noise of the strange instrument with the voice in a strange language caught the attention of the church guards and some servants who were guarding the church.

All of them approached Einar while he sang that song. Not knowing what it was saying, they let themselves be carried away by the song. 

Einar ignored everything around him. While his eyes were closed, he simply let his voice out.

"Me agarra la bruja, me lleva a su casa.

Me vuelve maceta y una calabaza… "

After singing the song for a while longer, Einar reached the end and opened his eyes. As he did so, he was surprised to see the surrounding audience, so he simply smiled and played another song on his guitar.

That day, as Einar had said, the celebration of the Day of the Dead was created, which would be celebrated with more fervor in the province of Ireland for future generations, although it would always fight with another province for the right to say that they were the first to celebrate it.

After other days, the members of the logistics team arrived with some warriors and soldiers from Ireland, who had the mission of supervising all the conquered territories.

This to avoid that they could reveal themselves because if they did it would be too dangerous for the army, after this Einar waited another week and when everything was completely assured he left with his army towards the border of the next objective which is the Kingdom of Thomond.

Unlike the earlier small kingdoms of Desmond and Ormond, the kingdom of Thomond was the third largest in all of Ireland, as it was made up of a county and 5 baronies.

Although Einar had the advantage that from the barony of Tralee the capital Luimneach was a few kilometers away, so he could give a direct hit to the kingdom of Thomond if he took the risk and that is what he would do.

When the troops reached the border, Einar found that there were no border guards on the roads around the swamp area, so he could surmise that there was some kind of ambush at the front.

So he gave the order of 3,000 troops to separate into groups to start a search operation and eliminate any enemy that could be a lookout to report their advance in the kingdom of Thomond.

The soldiers then entered the different paths of the swamp to search for the enemies. Einar gave them a time of 3 hours before starting to advance with the army.

That way, he would have enough time to prepare for anything.