Brünnhilde leads them. She is not a creature of grace, but of iron and lightning. Her sisters follow in a V-formation that carves a wake through the mist. Their horses are not flesh; they are gale-force winds given form, their hooves striking the air with the sound of rhythmic thunder.
The air over the Norwegian fjords doesn't just grow cold; it begins to vibrate. Richard Wagner - Ride of The Valkyries
The cry rips through the gale. Below, the valley is a graveyard of steam and mud. A battle has ended, but for the Valkyries, the work is just beginning. They aren't looking for the survivors; they are hunting for the souls of the magnificent. Brünnhilde leads them
Brünnhilde dives. The brass section of the heavens screams as she pulls her mount into a vertical plummet. She locks eyes with a fallen king, his hand still gripped around a shattered hilt. He is dying, but as the golden light of the Valkyrie washes over him, the pain vanishes. Their horses are not flesh; they are gale-force
The music swells to a fever pitch—a frantic, soaring wall of sound. One by one, the sisters swoop down, snatching spirits from the mire and hauling them toward the clouds. The horses' manes spark with static. The rhythm of the ride becomes the heartbeat of the world.