
Ćroí Dàn - Heart of Destiny
She has lived as a warrior. Became Erin’s Hero and sacrificed herself. Now, she must rise as a goddess. And when that power is claimed, the world will bear her mark.
Breanna Ban Morna has survived the forging of a new destiny through the will of the gods. Once a warrior who risked everything to save her people, she awakens changed—no longer bound by the world she defended, yet not free of it. The choices she made to drive back the Norse reshaped time itself, and now she stands at its center.
Fragments of her former life linger—memories of battle, loss, and sacrifice—but they no longer belong to the woman she has become. Reforged through divine intervention, Breanna must confront what she is now: Erin’s Hero—yet something more—walking the fragile boundary between mortal and divine.
Guided by visions and haunted by what was lost, she is drawn into the Cycle of Time itself. There, she must face the truth of her rebirth and the being who shaped it—Dagda, the All-Father, who now stands as both god and reluctant father figure. Through him, she learns that the power she carries is not a gift, but a burden meant to test the soul that bears it.
As the echoes of her choices ripple outward, the world begins to shift. Empires stir. Faiths rise. The past bends beneath the weight of what she changes to save her people's future. Breanna alone can walk these turning paths, for she is no longer merely a champion, but the axis upon which time itself may turn.
Yet power demands consequence.
To bend the great river of time is to accept that some lives cannot be saved. Each choice closes doors forever. Each victory carries a cost. To change history may mean losing those she loves most—perhaps even the one bound to her as her fated mate and protector.
As the gods watch and the world holds its breath, Breanna must decide whom she will become. For the fate of her people—and the future of all who follow—now rests in the hands of one who was never meant to carry such weight.
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Keywords:
Epic Celtic saga mythic fantasy; divine politics ancient Ireland; warrior heroine fate geas; Tuatha De Danann Celtic gods; Norse invasion clan warfare; mythic blades heroic destiny; druidic magic elemental war prophecy
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