{"product_id":"the-heliost-ghost-figurines-elin","title":"The Heliost Ghost Figurine - Elin","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMidsummer in the Nordic lands is not only beautiful. It is watchful  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe lyse nætter, the bright nights, bring a light that does not behave as it should. It lingers past midnight.  And the old ones knew that when the veil thins at midsummer, it does not thin toward the dead. It thins toward something older.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe Heliosts arrive with this long light. They come carrying the warmth of a sun that would not set, and a quiet knowledge they will not share. What they have witnessed in the spaces between dusk and a dawn that never truly came; this they keep  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven those who do not love the summer feel them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eThe landvættir were offered gifts \u003c\/span\u003eat midsummer\u003cspan\u003e. Small things. Tokens of acknowledgment. Perhaps the Heliosts are what answered.  \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003eElin is the boldest of the Heliosts. His gold runs deep. The guild believes he has stood at the solstice fire longer than any of his kind; long enough that the light has become part of him rather than merely reflected by him. The marks near his eyes predate the guild's records. He has offered no explanation. None has been requested.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElin the ghost figurine stands at just short of 9 cm.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57530891665752,"sku":"TNGM_Heliosts_Elin","price":245.0,"currency_code":"DKK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7658\/9144\/files\/TheNordicGhostMerchantsHeliostGhostFigurinesElin1.jpg?v=1781722790","url":"https:\/\/nordicghostmerchants.com\/products\/the-heliost-ghost-figurines-elin","provider":"The Nordic Ghost Merchants","version":"1.0","type":"link"}