The Power of Hagalaz

Standing on a rocky outcrop looking over the stretch of fields which will feed the village in months to come, you see the storm clouds looming. The air has taken on a pensive feel and a sickly green tinge that can mean only one thing: Hail! The village has entrusted you with the task of defending them and bringing them through the storm intact and able to carry on. You know that you cannot stop the storm. All the shaman in the world could not stop that storm. But you can influence it, coerce it to your will. First, you reach down into the earth, tapping the solid energies found there, anchoring yourself in preparation of the coming battle. Next, you reach up to the heavens and tap the flexible flowing energies there. Finally, you reach inside yourself and tap the core of Chaos, that place where all is possible, and Will rules supreme. You look out across the fields and shout 'Do your best! Bring it on!' And, seemingly in answer, the storm surges forward with a clash of thunder and a torrent of rain and hail. Thus the battle begins. You struggle to shift the storm in the direction of fallow fields and pastures where the livestock have ample shelter. For the most part, you are successful. The small bursts that do get through are not strong enough to do any major lasting damage and even serve to cull out the weak, allowing the strong more room to thrive. At the end, you stand triumphant. The crops are still standing, the livestock are mostly unharmed, and the fallow fields are covered in a mass of vegetation that, in months to come, will decay and provide vital nutrients to next season's crops.