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Tora is the daughter of the former king and queen of Nordanland. In addition, Tora is a powerful seid and healer who is slowly discovering her powers. The blood moon is here and the evil Witchmaster is ready to take over Nordanland. Will Tora and her friends be able to stop him?
In the Ella trilogy we follow Tora and her friend Wolf in their fight against gray gnomes, oknytt and black magic, all spiced up with a few splashes of Aesir faith. The name of the trilogy refers to the special crosses of magic that run through the story. The Tale of Oknytt and Gray gnomes is the first book in the Ella trilogy about the girl Tora. The second book is called The Tale of Gealdors and Runes and this book, The Tale of Dragons and Flatfeet, is the last.

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Publié par	AuthorHouse UK
Date de parution	21 mai 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781728379500
Langue	English

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THE TALE OF DRAGONS AND FLATFEET

Book 3 of the Ella Trilogy

CATARINA HANSSON

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ISBN: 978-1-7283-7949-4 (sc)
ISBN: 978-1-7283-7950-0 (e)

Published by AuthorHouse 05/19/2023

© Drömboken AB and Catarina Han sson
Cover illustration © Katri Hansson and Tim Han sson

Also by Catarina Han sson
The Tale of Oknytt and Gray Gn omes
The Tale of Gealdors and R unes
In Swe dish
Tiger spår

To my grandchil dren

CONTENTS
An ending begins ...
Names in the Ella trilogy
Notes on the Aesir faith
Ella’s family
What happened in The Tale of Oknytt and Gray Gnomes and The Tale of Gealdors and Runes
1 The Beacons are on Fire!
2 Ditch, Smoke, Soap, and Water
3 Moose Ride and Dragon Food
4 The War Starts
5 A Dragon Awakes
6 Dragons and Gray Gnomes
7 Jarl Olav
8 War Strategy
9 Dragon Cave
10 Breakfast
11 Silje Town
12 Birk’s Plan
13 The Attack on Nifelheim
14 Jarl Olav and the Ellacross
15 Attack and Defence
16 Birk Is Coming
17 Tora, Nidhugg, and the Flatfeet
18 An End and a Beginning
19 Queen Tora
Words to know
AN ENDING BEGINS ...
Welcome to Nordanland, where a girl called Tora lives with dwarfs, giants, humans, and elves. But there live also bad people and creatures like oknytt and gray gnomes. Have you ever seen a gray gnome or an oknytt? No, they’re not very common here, but there are a lot of them living in Nordanland.
Oknytt are rather short creatures with long, floppy ears. They have small, black eyes and yellowish skin. As soon as anyone approaches, human or animal, they become virtually invisible—the oknytt can blend into their surroundings for brief moments, and this ability makes them excellent thieves and spies. Oknytt are vicious but fortunately quite gullible.
The gray gnomes are also quite short, but muscular and strong. They each have a very large nose with which they can track down most things. That’s why they often work on finding things and sometimes even people.
I thought I’d tell you a little about mountain giants. They live up in the mountains and prefer to be left alone. The worst thing they know is humans and dwarfs—why, no one knows. But they find it hard to grow enough food in the cold mountains, so they sometimes work extra as soldiers. They are very big and strong and get angry easily, so you must know what to say to keep them calm.
The mountain giants’ favourite animal is the mastodon, a large elephant with a furry, thick coat. Mastodons like the cold and snow up in the mountains. Their tusks are thick and can grow as long as four or five metres. When a mastodon comes clattering, it’s best to stay away.
The Flatfeet lives far away in Lawland. They are quite short but muscular and they all have long black hair, very blue eyes, and big ears and they all look almost the same—same hair colour and hairstyle, same clothes, almost the same facial expressions.
We can’t talk about who lives in Nordanland without mentioning Tora, who is the main character of this book. Tora is a young girl who is a seid. A seid can see into the future and help the sick. But is that all she is? One day everything changed for Tora. What will happen now? I’m not going to reveal that to you here, but for now you can read about Tora’s adventures in peace and quiet.
NAMES IN THE ELLA TRILOGY
Ash, Soot, B lack
three ravens
Atte
a Black Elf
Birk
an evil sorcerer who is not allowed to live in Nordanland
Bo tvid
a gray gnome
B rage
an evil, not-so-good magician who works for Jarl Olav
Egil
a king of the dwarfs who rules in Nifelheim
E lgur
King of the Elks
Ella
Tora’s mother, a strong seid who was queen of Nordanland before her death
Grandmo ther
Lin, a seid, deceased mother of Queen Ella and grandmother of Tora
Grim
dwarf
Jarl Olav
The self-proclaimed king of Nordanland, who is stingy and mean
Na riin
Queen of the Elves
Nidhugg, Bluet ooth,
Crimson, Fire, Oak, S able
dragons
Odin
the most powerful god in the Aesir faith
Si grid
a powerful seid who is leader and chief of Fala village, and sister of Tora’s grandmother
S olve
Tora’s late father, who was king of Nordanland
Thor
god of thunder and weather in the Aesir faith
Tora
a seid and healer, daughter of King Solve and Queen Ella of Nordanland
Tro lgar
a gray gnome
T ruls
a magician and healer in the town of North Island
Viva
sister of Tora’s grandmother, a seid and magician
Wolf
Tora’s companion wolf
Wolf pelt
leader of the oknytt
NOTES ON THE AESIR FAITH
Odin is the leader of the Asgardians. He is the god of warriors, can see everything that happens, and is very wise. Odin has two ravens, Hugin and Munin, and the horse Sleipner, which has eight legs. Valhalla is Odin’s castle where he receives Vikings who have died in battle.
Thor is, among other things, the god of thunder and the protector of mankind. He is strong and rides across the sky in a chariot pulled by goats. Thor’s hammer is called Mjölner.
ELLA’S FAMILY

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE TALE OF OKNYTT AND GRAY GNOMES AND THE TALE OF GEALDORS AND RUNES
Tora is an orphan girl who has lived with her grandmother for about eight years. One day, the villagers came for her grandmother because she was accused of being a witch. Tora then leaves the village and goes into the forest. There she finally gets help from her grandmother’s sister Sigrid. Tora, her grandmother, and Sigrid are all strong seids and healers. They can do things such as see into the future, dream true dreams, cure certain diseases, and talk to animals. Sigrid’s other sister, Viva, is a strong, blind magician who lives alone in a cottage in the forest. Viva tries to teach Tora everything she can.
Jarl Olav has made himself king of Nordanland. He kidnaps Tora and burns down Fala village where Sigrid is the leader. The people of the village flee to the dwarfs’ cave Nifelheim and gather a large army to free Tora. Tora tricks Jarl Olav and his magician Brage and manages to escape from the castle in the town of Silje to Viva’s cottage in the forest. There she stays for the summer with her best friend, Wolf.
Tora is given an enchanted ellacross by Sigrid and Viva for protection. The gealdor, spell, attached to the cross makes it smell bad when an evil person comes near Tora. A long time ago, the god Odin gave several ellacrosses to the seids to use for good deeds. Now both Jarl Olav and the gray gnomes are very keen to have some ellacrosses so that they can become rich and powerful.
Time stands still in Viva’s cottage, and Tora suddenly discovers that autumn has come to the Ancient Forest. Viva says that a blood moon is approaching and warns that evil forces may grow stronger. Just then there is a knock on the door of the cottage and an elderly, hunched-over man with a long, white beard enters. A faint foul smell spreads through the cottage, and they realize they are visited by a dangerous man. Viva offers the mysterious man tea while Tora and Wolf prepare to leave the cottage. Before they go, Viva slips Tora the last nine ellacrosses in the world. Viva is bewitched by the mysterious man but survives.
Nifelheim, the dwarfs’ great cave city, is attacked by oknytt, who manage to take over the cave. Their leader, Wolfpelt, seizes the dwa