Chapter 93: A World Richer And Fuller

''Empress Valka Zephyr Haddock II (November 3, AD 1042-December 30, AD 1131): First titled Empress elected to the Imperial Council of the unified North Sea Empire. Firstborn child of Hiccup and Astrid Haddock. Much like the rest of her extended family, the actual details of her life, while well-documented, have been embellished over the centuries to the point of near-absurdity. This is not helped by the fact that her actual accomplishments, much like those of her parents, offer a starting point already suitable for high drama and adventure. For one extremely well-known example, while she was indeed the undisputed leader of her cohort of children, including her future husband Emperor Olaf III, and while it is also true that the Haddock siblings, their cousins and their friends were the first Norse to see the famous Niagagarega Waterfalls of the Vestrilands, the famous and nigh-ubiquitous story of the dragon race down the length of the Ongtupqa Canyon is completely false…''

—Dragons of the North: Profiles Of The Viking Lords, Waterford University Press, 1733

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Epigraph Tie-In

 * The epigraph gives a brief summary of Valka II's biography. The chapter shows Valka II's birth.

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