Good evening, children. It's Granny Madduff, ready with a story. So make yourselves comfy,

and I'll begin. Once upon a time, in a land called Sweden, there lived a princess called Eber.

Her father was the mighty warrior king, Bjorn.

Together with his queen, Brenner, they kept the kingdom safe, and the people loved them for it.

The queen too was a warrior, and their daughter just like them.

She was fierce.

And that was all she knew how to be.

She never wanted to let anyone in.

In fact, her room was even a fortress in itself.

Set in the tower above the walls of the castle, Eber's apartment had 12 windows, which looked

out in every possible direction allowing her to survey all the kingdom.

It was also magical.

When she looked out of the first window, her sight was sharper than any others.

From the second she could see even better.

The third even better than the second and so on.

All the way up to the 12th window from which she could see everything above earth and everything

below and nothing could be kept secret from her.

In addition, Eber preferred to keep to herself.

Her only friend was her dog, Freya.

That was the way she preferred it.

Eber and Freya did everything together.

They climbed snow banks, ran through meadows, and learned how to be

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