Heimdall

### Aliases

Watchman of the Gods, Guardian of Asgard, Keeper of the Bifrost, Lord of Himinbjorg

## Statistics

### Pantheon

Aesir

*"Death before dishonor."*

*-Heimdall, Keeper of the Bifrost, to the Fallen Seraph Azazel*

Heimdall is one of the Aesir pantheon, and serves as Asgard's Guardian, and the Keeper of the Bifrost, its rainbow bridge. A formidable warrior among a pantheon of warriors, Heimdall is utterly devoted to the realm of Asgard and its people. A loner fiercely devoted to his duty, Heimdall rarely leaves his hall of Himinbjorg, where he stands watchfully guarding the Bifrost, and leaving Asgard is rarer still. Whenever the Aesir march off to war, Heimdall is the first and only choice by Odin to lead its defenses in his absence.

## Biography

### Recent Events

As the Aesir marched off to war, Heimdall remained behind in Asgard, maintaining his post guarding the Bifrost, and watching over for threats to Asgard. It was a tremendous shock to him, however, when the debauched Seraph Azazel and his degenerate Sixth Angelic Legion appeared within the realm, having somehow discerned a path through the Yggdrasil tree not even the Allfather himself knew.

Though taken off guard by the arrival through a root he thought sealed, Heimdall spotted the attackers immediately, and was quick to raise the alarm, sounding the mighty Gjallarhorn and waking all of Asgard from its nighttime sleep. Thanks to the horn's magic, he knew that Odin and the other Aesir would be made aware of the attack.

Heimdall unleashed what Einherjar and Valkyries remained to him, while he remained at Himinbjorg. As his troops bought him time, Heimdall activated the Bifrost, and used its destructive power to decimate a large portion of the Heartseekers legion. Shortly thereafter, however, he was engaged by its Seraph, Azazel. Heimdall fought valiantly, managing to avoid all hail of destructive Light conjured by Azazel, and blinding his eye with by capitalizing on the Seraph being distracted by a moment of gloating. He was unable to overcome the Serpent of Nymera, however, and was disarmed and defeated. Refusing to surrender, Heimdall dealt his enemy one last blow. Drawing upon his connection to the Bifrost, Heimdall burned through the last of his energy, unleashed a vortex of Light and Realms distorting power. Though he was destroyed in the explosion, Heimdall avoided the fate of being humiliated and tortured, and dealt a grievous wound to his foe.

## Physical Appearance

Heimdall appears to be a man in his early thirties , with a slender, wiry physique, thin and compact, standing at an average height. Heimdall's body is completely hairless, and his flesh is inhumanly pale, and gleams with a faint shimmer whenever struck by light, and it is for this reason that Heimdall is often called "the White God". Heimdall's most striking feature, however, are his eyes. They glow with light which constantly changes, and sometimes make one solid color, and sometime becomes a multicolored swirl.

## Personality

Even as a child, Heimdall was always dour, dutiful, and serious, rarely smiling and almost never laughing. As an adult, he has become even more grim. He is blunt and direct in his speech, with no capacity for charm or small talk. Heimdall has no qualms about sharing his opinions with others, and will happily point out an individual's weaknesses and failings as he sees them. This, along with his taciturn demeanor makes most people rather put off by his presence, though some find his extreme bluntness to be amusing. On the rare occasions where Heimdall is moved to make attempts at pleasantry or tenderness (which most often occurs with his rare mortal lovers or halfborn children), he tends to be extremely awkward and unsteady.

Despite his social failings, Heimdall has many virtues. He has a highly organized mind, with a gift for numbers and logistics. He is honest to a fault, and can be counted on to share the truth as he sees it without reservation. Heimdall possesses a strong sense of justice, and believes strongly that courage, honor, discipline, and loyalty are the highest of virtues, worthy of admiration in whoever displays them. He is iron willed and disciplined, diligent in his training and duties, and abstains from vice. He is also ferociously loyal to his allies, and adheres to his word utterly, obeying the orders of superiors without question or complaint.

That same trait that makes him such a valuable follower also serves to stunt Heimdall's worldview, however. He sees the world around him in a very black and white lens, and is quick to make judgments about others. Once such judgements are formed, they rarely change, for Heimdall is monumentally stubborn and rigid. He is usually quite disdainful of those who do not share his ascetic demeanor, disdaining those who lack self control, and also despises cowardice, deceit, and treachery. He has a long memory, and never forgets an individual's failures or any insults that they might do him.

As is typical among the Aesir, Heimdall also has the mindset of a warrior, and does not flinch from acts of violence, nor care particularly much about casualties of battle, so long as his objective is achieved. Torture and mutilation are acts that he is perfectly willing to inflict, and when he feels the need or is ordered, he undertakes such actions with brutal precision. And while Heimdall does have a strong sense of duty and justice, he is utterly without mercy when it comes to abiding by those principles as he sees them.

## Stats

### Traits

Strength: 3

Dexterity: 4

Endurance: 4

Intelligence: 4

Charisma: 3

Perception: 6

### Skills

Academia: 2

Alertness: 6

Artistry: 2

Brawl: 4

Charm: 0

Command: 4

Craft: 2

Deception: 0

Empathy: 6

Intimidation: 4

Intrigue: 2

Leadership: 2

Marksmanship: 5

Medicine: 3

Melee: 4

Occult: 3

Performance: 0

Seduction: 0

Stealth: 2

Stewardship: 5

Survival: 5

Torture: 4