Hel

Hel was an Isu, later revered as the goddess of the underworld and death in Helheim in Norse mythology.
==Mythology==
Hel was the personification of the area with the same name as part of Helheim, living beneath one of the roots of Yggdrasil. In Heimskringla, it is said she was one of Loki and Angrboða's children alongside her siblings Fenrir and Jörmungandr, and was appointed by Odin himself to rule her domain. According to the , Hel played a key role in the attempted resurrection of Baldr.
==Biography==
Hel was born in a cave beneath a waterfall just south of the Heart of the Wood in Jötunheimr,Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mistress of the Iron Wood an illegitimate child resulting from Loki's affair with his mistress Angrboða.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Animus Anomalies
Years later, Havi encountered a member of the einherjar, a human named Motull, at a well in Asgard named after Hel. In despair at being separated from his wife Ronnow, who was taken to Helheim, he requested that Havi send him to Hel's domain in a desperate attempt to be reunited.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Hel's Well
==Legacy and influence==
Hel had a totem named after her in the popular dice game Orlog. The piece "Hel's Grip" would heal the caster for every damage dealt with axes. An Anglo-Saxon woman in Buckingham, Oxenefordscire possessed the piece, which she gave to the Viking Eivor Varinsdottir after being defeated.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
==Gallery==
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==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
**Dawn of Ragnarök 
**The Forgotten Saga 
**Shared History 
*Echoes of History 
*Discovery Tour: Viking Age 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 
*The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One 
==References==
Category:Individuals
Category:Norse mythology
Category:Norse deities
Category:Isu
Category:Isu heads of state
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