Friday Fictioneer Challenge: Write a 100-word story based on the photo.
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Copyright C Hase
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Bellona’s Bracelet
Bellona’s bracelet broke while battling the gods from the Greek isles. As their armies retreated, she searched the blood-stained beach, collecting as many bracelet links as possible before the sun set.
Washing off her blade, shield, and helmet in the sea, Bellona winced as the salt water washed into her wounds — wounds that would be healed by morning with only faint scars as a reminder. Tomorrow she would begin preparation for the next battle.
Carrying the broken bracelet pieces in her helmet, Bellona abandoned the beach, heading off to Vulcan’s fiery forge under the mountain. He would be expecting her.
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Bellona by Rembrandt, 1633
Bellona by Rembrandt, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931
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It's a long story ... 
It does look like a bracelet. Love that you included the portrait!
Winced as the salt water washed her wounds – really well done. Imaginative take on this!
Quie a scene – maybe too much in 100 words but great imagination
Looks like one of those “chunky” style bracelets. Loved it.
It’s a bracelet for a goddess of war, great story.
Great interpretation. I really love how you’ve used mythology, and made Bellona come alive as a character.
I love the images this evokes.
Good story, Tresha. Thanks for the link. I always love it when I pick up new information. Well done. 🙂 — Suzanne