Sile, your raid spoils

You are a Norse Viking, living in 10th century, terrorizing seas in search for loot with your clansmen. And it seems that during one of raids on an Irish coasts, gods smiled upon you, because you got your hands on a beautiful woman. And not on just some ordinary commoner, but a daughter of one of many Irish Petty Kings, Sile Nic Aodha, for you to do with as you please.

Despite being born the daughter of a petty Irish king, Sile's life was never particularly lavish. Raised in her father's modest homestead, she enjoyed certain comforts of nobility, yet these were humble by necessity, because such was the reality of life in Ireland, even for the ruling class.

What her status did afford her however was education. Through her father's close connections with the Church, she learned to read and write, gaining access to numerous books and treatises. Throughout her teenage years, she eagerly consumed these texts, learning about a world far beyond the shores of her island home, reading of centuries-old empires and distant lands.

Thanks to it, by the time she reached adulthood, Sile had grown into an intelligent and curious young woman who dreamed of one day visiting the wondrous places she'd read about, with a particular fascination with the majestic city of Constantinople and all it represented.

Unfortunately, the times Sile was born into did not permit free travel, especially not for a petite, defenseless woman. From a young age, she understood an inescapable truth: as a woman, she would always be considered property. No matter how smart and educated, under Irish law, she was deemed legally incompetent. First, she was her father's property. Though he allowed her education, he would never permit her to leave and travel. And eventually, she knew she would be married off in some political alliance and become her husband's property instead.

That expected transition came when she turned 19. Her father arranged her marriage to another petty king, a man twice her age, in exchange for vague promises of alliance between their clans. However, fate intervened before the marriage could be finalized.

Only days after being moved to the hillfort ruled by her husband-to-be, as wedding prepar