Turid

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 Occupation: | * Priestess of Hall of Death Goddess of Naglfar
 * Turid's Spell Tome
* Talisman of Three Elements
	+ Ice Javelins
	+ Ice Twin Blade
* Heart of Kraken
* Blackstone Armor
* Ceremonial Seax

*"A survivor first and foremost, the proud and tenacious Turid spent first 13 years of her life in an orphanage in a village located at Lofoten, Norway. While she has little sentimental attachments for the orphanage she grew at because of both difficulties in bonding with her fellow orphans and efforts its caretakers made in providing her affection left much to be desired hence the reason she ultimately fled, Turid begrudgingly acknowledged it to be a remarkable place for children raised there to learn camping and survival skills, all of which she put in good use over the course of 4 years living as a hermit in the shores which became her second home. She finally found a lead to her birth family after a harrowing encounter with a curious group of bandits whom she forced to kill in self-defense for attempting to threaten her life and subsequently discovered artifacts bearing an insignia identical to the one on her prized spell tome among their hoards, revealing her relation to the once prominent, wealthy House of Kraken. To her dismay however, House of Kraken had since reduced into shadows of their former selves by the time she arrived at her birth family's now run-down manor. Worse still, Turid's mother sent her away as their family began to kill one another for the possession of Heart of Kraken, leaving Turid herself and Solveig as sole survivors. Solveig met her grisly end at hands of Turid in an ill-fated attempt to keep the Heart for herself. Despaired by how she had seemingly sealed the fate of her very own birth family, Turid contemplated on committing suicide until Erik the Ageless intervened and reassured her that there's still hope for House of Kraken's future..."*
― Turid aka. Twinblade's quick bio.

**Turid**, also known as **The Twinblade**, is one of major antagonists of *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard*. She is the lesbian protégé and ward of Erik the Ageless aka. The Seax as well as the last surviving member of House of Kraken.

## Personality & Character

The tenacious and proud Turid was abandoned as a baby by the doorstep of an orphanage in a small village located at Lofoten, Norway, along with a Talisman of Three Elements and a spell tome with cuttlefish-like insignia as only leads to her birth family. She had a hard time bonding with her fellow orphans, and her caretakers' poor efforts in providing her affection didn't help either. Said orphanage was noted to teach children raised there camping and survival skills, which happened to be the only thing she admired in it. After her unhappy 13th birthday, Turid fled the orphanage in hopes of starting anew, but not before taking her Talisman of Three Elements and spell tome with her.

For the next four years, Turid lived at the shores far from the orphanage as a hermit, putting skills she learned from her former home in good use along with basic spells from her prized spell tome. Her luck changed following a harrowing encounter with a curious group of bandits whom she forced to kill in self-defense for attempting to threaten her life and subsequently discovered artifacts bearing an insignia identical to the one on her prized spell tome among their hoards. With new leads to the identity of her birth parents from such findings, Turid decided to pack up and begin her journey to find them.

The search for her birth family brought Turid to an old manor inhabited by a young woman named Solveig who lived there by herself. That was when she learned that they were last members of House of Kraken, the once prestigious magical family renowned for their success in vanquishing the namesake legendary sea monster in the past. The family had long reduced into shadows of their former selves through generations of inbreeding coupled with their irresponsible members squandered much of their fortune long before her birth. To make matter worse, the reason Turid's mother sent her away was because her family started to kill one another over the possession of Heart of Kraken, the family's greatest heirloom. When the outraged Solveig attempted to reclaim the Heart from Turid's grasp when she unexpectedly displayed affinity with it, the latter swiftly tore her apart.

In her despair over the deed and the fate of her birth family, Turid contemplated on committing suicide until Erik the Ageless stopped her. Taking a pity to the miserable young girl, he comforted her by assuring that her mother genuinely loved her and that everything she did in her last moments was for her sake. Erik further stated that Turid's survival was the proof of House of Kraken still has a future but, she would need his guidance in restoring her family to their former glory in exchange of helping him reforming his cult, Naglfar. Inspirited by her newfound dream and purpose, Turid wholeheartedly accepted his proposal.

Turid's life upon joining Hall of Death Goddess Temple of Naglfar was significantly improved, as she managed to make a couple of friends in stark contrast of at the orphanage where she was raised; the seemingly inept witch Dusty who soon became her girlfriend and the latter's genius twin brother Birger. She also made rivals out of two ambitious homophobic Initiates, Skulk and Agram, who resented her presence in the Temple not only because of her talents won her Erik's favor to the point of becoming one of his favorites, but also out of disgust towards her romantic relationships with Dusty. One night, the treacherous duo kidnapped Turid in a bid to rape her in the woods far from the Temple only to discover she already lifeless for some reasons. Before long, they heard Turid's voice mocking them in their heads — it's revealed that she was dying from genetic defects resulted from her family's generations of inbreeding by the time her mentor found her. The same voice further revealed that she had foreseen their aforementioned plot as well as their plan to take over Hall of Death Goddess Temple through a coup, something that neither her nor Erik would allow. Suddenly, a bladed tentacle of magenta magic castrated Agram followed by another that coiled around Skulk, both of which manifested from none other than Turid herself — her soul had been transferred into a better, clone body her mentor cultivated to save her life, and she deliberately left her original body as a bait to expose their treachery. With that, the treacherous Initiates were punished by having their skin ripped from their bodies via. a curse known only to the cult while hanged on a tree near the Temple for everyone to see. It is a warning against anyone who would dare to defile another.

Many assumed her ruthlessness was stemmed from the anger she felt after the alleged gang-rape experiences at hands of highwaymen she encountered during her teenage years and later, her treacherous and homophobic rivals Skulk and Agram, but she and those closest to her knew better it was not her real edge...

### Skills & Abilities

* **Clone Physiology/Physical Conditioning**: Turid's soul has been transferred into a clone body Erik the Ageless grown with aid of Myrkálfar magitek that devoid of original's defects from her birth family's generations of inbreeding. This, coupled with her training under the tutelage of Erik himself, endowed Turid with deceptively remarkable physical condition, capable of physically performing feats which should be far beyond someone of her age and build.
* **Magic**: After escaping her foster home at the age of 13, Turid taught herself the art of magic with her cherished spell tome as her sole guidance, which nonetheless crucial in surviving the next 4 years of living as a hermit as much as camping and survival skills she learned from her former caretakers. Under Erik the Ageless' tutelage, Turid managed to dramatically improve her power and skill in magic to the point of being able to single-handedly combat the latest Ice Sword Valkyrie Diana and later, the new Blazing Flame Valkyrie Akko simultaneously during their first confrontation and would've win had Akko not regained her ability to cast Shiny Arc via. Valkyrie Blade Diana entrusted to her.
	+ **Magic Energy Manipulation**: Like other magic users, Turid can manipulate magic energy to perform various feats such as projecting beams and/or blasts, illuminating her surroundings, simulating telekinetic force as a form of object control magic, and generating solid constructs out of the energy's tangible form.
	+ **The Way of Three Elements**: Using Talisman of Three Elements, Turid can manipulate three distinct set of elements as well as their components; magma (combination of fire and earth), frost (combination of water and cold), and storm (combination of wind and lightning). Frost is her signature element.
	+ **Wrath of the Deep State**:     Using Heart of Kraken, Turid can channel the very power of the namesake sea monster itself, assuming an empowered state in which four tentacles made of magenta-colored magic resembling those of Kraken complete with blade-like tip and rows of suckers manifested on her back; and eyes glowing in the same color. She can use the tentacles to bludgeon, impale, grab, smash, wrap or crush foes as well as climbing structures and navigating obstacles on ease. Her mastery over the tentacles reached to the extent where she can use them as extra hands. In addition of tentacles, she can perform following abilities:
		- **Ink Breath**: Turid can spew forth a jet of ink-like substance be it in liquid or gas-like form. Whereas in former state it can temporarily bind things like adhesive, be projected with enough force to knock whatever the target holds from their grasp, and be used to write things like regular ink; the ink-like substance in latter state acts like an effective smokescreen — not only it obscures regular vision, but also cannot be penetrated by thermal vision.
* **Master Combatant**: Under Erik the Ageless' tutelage, Turid became a formidable combatant who can match the likes of gifted Valkyries such as Diana herself.
	+ **Twinblade Mastery**: Turid is highly skilled with twinblade in combat.
	+ **Javelin Mastery**: Turid is highly skilled with javelin be it in combat or spear-fishing.
* **Master Survivalist**: During her time in the orphanage she grew up at as a child, Turid and her fellow orphans were taught camping and survival skills by their caretakers, spear-fishing included. She put these skills in good use over the course of her 4 years of living as a hermit at the shores which became her second home.

### Tools & Equipment

* **Turid's Spell Tome**: Turid's personal book of spells originally belonged to her late mother. It contains instructions to cast low to medium-tier spells culled from "traditional" discipline (magic discipline that involves specific incantations to perform specific spells) as well as those of The Way of Three Elements.
* **Talisman of Three Elements**: A triangular magic item which allows Turid to manipulate three distinct set of elements instead of traditional four. Alongside her namesake spell tome, it is one of her prized possessions.
	+ **Ice Javelins**: Conjured javelins made of magically reinforced ice.
	+ **Ice Twinblade**: Conjured twinblade made of magically reinforced ice that served as her signature melee weapon hence her pseudonym. Its sharpness and durability are comparable to those of Frost Jötnar's ice-forged melee weapons and even has some degree of greater heat resistance than ordinary ice like the latter. She can even use it as the focus to cast spells and manipulate magic energy on the same vein with wands and staves.
* **Heart of Kraken**: The legendary heirloom of House of Kraken through which Turid assumed Wrath of the Deep state, being fashioned from the lifeblood of the namesake sea monster. Despite its bloody history, she decided to keep it in her person as the proof of her heritage.
* **Blackstone Armor**: After attaining the rank of Priest, Turid gained her very own set of Blackstone Armor which she can materialize by placing its Gem over the back of her left hand to bolster her overall combat capabilities. It is themed after the Kraken through the helmet which resembles the sea monster's head and even designed to be empowered by Heart of Kraken to the boot hence its magenta meridian lines. Its faceplace can even be retracted so she can conveniently project ink-like substance against her enemies from her mouth.
* **Ceremonial Seax**: Turid has a ceremonial seax necessary to perform rituals to appease Hel-Ymir, her patron Jötunn.

## Relationships

* **House of Kraken**: Having spent much of her early life at a mundane orphanage, Turid became obsessed with her heritage and began researching it to no avail, only succeeded after reclaiming one of her family's heirlooms among stashes belonged to a band of highwaymen whom she killed in self-defense. She was devastated upon learning what had become of her birth family, more so after being forced to kill Solveig, her last living relative that she nearly ended her own life shortly afterwards, believing her search for them was for naught. However, she was relieved upon understanding her mother's motives in abandoning her at said orphanage. Coupled with Erik the Ageless' assurance of her now free to claim her birthright, Turid came to accept that she is the heiress of the once prestigious House of Kraken and will do whatever it takes to restore her family back to its former glory.
	+ **Erik the Ageless**: Turid's mentor and father figure whom she looked up to with reverence after giving her a dream and purpose to live. She is among few who entrusted with his secrets, including how he managed to live longer than ordinary magic users. Turid would later discover that the reason why Erik cared with her to the point of transferring her soul to a clone body in a bid to save her life was because she reminded him to his daughter whom he never saw again at the conclusion of Thapoli-Naglfar War and may very well her great-great-great grandmother, effectively making them family by blood all along.
* **Dusty**: Turid's very first friend and eventual lover. The two bonded after she defended Dusty from Skulk and Agram who constantly bullied her and subsequently developed romantic feelings for each other despite her initial shock over Dusty's genderfluid identity.
* **Birger**: Another of Turid's very first friend. She admires Birger's vast knowledge pertaining runic magic and technology left behind by Naglfar's Myrkálfar allies.
* **Skulk and Agram**: Turid's rivals turned archenemies. She resented the duo for constantly harassing the seemingly inept Dusty, more so upon learning their plan to take over Hall of Death Goddess Temple of Naglfar through a coup. She ultimately exposed their treachery to the rest of the Temple when they attempted to rape her out of envy and revenge albeit not without castrating Agram to prevent him from fleeing. Although her hatred towards them worsened upon learning their abuse on Dusty being the very reason why she initially horrible in magic to begin with, she nevertheless disturbed by the manner they were executed.

## Creation & Conception

Turid was conceived by BSoulstone after a conversation with his friends whose username being aztecgoth and Kattheindigowolf regarding a new character that served as Erik the Ageless' apprentice and future successor sometime between May and June in 2020. During her development, Turid's working name was intended to be **Signy** and the template of her physical appearance being Amity Blight, one of main characters in Disney's The Owl House whom often compared with Diana Cavendish. However, he eventually scrapped it after discovering Amity's true, sympathetic nature as revealed in "Understanding Willow", episode 15 of the show. As such, BSoulstone chose Little Red Riding Hood in her Soul Hunter class from android card game *Night of the Full Moon* and Armored Techwear [Sword] by 山椒魚 from Twitter/X, latter which seemingly influenced by *Arknights* (interestingly, the same Twitter artist drawn what would their OC look like if she was featured in that game)..

The following is inspirations for Turid's character;

* **Sonnie and Khanivore**: Sonnie and her beast Khanivore are protagonists of *Sonnie's Edge*, the cyberpunk short story from Peter F. Hamilton's book, *A Second Chance at Eden*, and its sequel, *Sonnie's Union* in the anthology *Made to Order: Robots and Revolution*, the former which adapted into the first episode and short of the same name of Netflix's *Love, Death & Robots*. Sonnie is a scarred and traumatized woman who participated in the underground world of "beastie" fights with her half-cephalopod, half-hominoid engineered beast Khanivore supposedly to avenge her humiliation at hands of several estate men, among which apparently some of her rivals in the same competition. Unlike other participants in the beast fight, she had her brain and consciousness grafted into Khanivore after an accident that broke her skull and left her brain-dead in process, but still able to remotely control her human body to keep everyone except her friends in the dark about her fate. Finding herself constantly fighting with her life on the line in her current form became Sonnie's greater drive to succeed than her alleged gang-rape experience, citing her fear of death as her real "edge." Turid's fate where she has her soul transferred to a clone body and enduring sexual assaults mirrored those of Sonnie's (particularly the character's *Love, Death & Robots iteration*), with her ability to conjure blade-tipped tentacles echoing Khanivore.
* **Sucy Manbavaran from *Smith\_11's Academia Series***: In Smith\_11's *Academia Series*, Sucy Manbavaran was envisioned as a serial killer with troubled childhood where her mother left her under the care of an orphanage that made poor efforts to give her affection. To make matter worse, her fellow orphans mistreated her for her eccentric hobbies and interests, and she later revealed to develop cancers on her brain and heart that would kill her as soon as she reached her late teenage years, all of which pushed her to a breaking point in which she descended into a serial killer known as "Poison Slasher." Sometime during her killing spree, she managed to discover the identity of her birth family and set out to visit them. To her dismay, it's revealed that the Manbavarans have killed each other over the power of Mushroom Crown by the time she was born, leaving her and her grandfather as sole survivors. After killed her grandfather, Sucy used the power of Mushroom Crown to find the way to heal her cancers to no avail, and eventually gave up before attempted to commit suicide out of despair. She was stopped by Diana however, who then coerced her to work for Luna Nova in return of providing her enemies to kill. Sucy eventually died honorable death during Luna Nova' war against the anti-witch movement known as The Malum, but eventually resurrected as an einherjar by Odin to aid the academy in both sides' second conflict that took place at Asgard. Some aspects of Turid's backstory such as having the once prestigious birth family who killed each other and subsequently forced her mother to send her at the orphanage, her eventual discovery of the fate of House of Kraken, and rebirth into a better body allude the fate of this iteration of Sucy Manbavaran as much as Sonnie's.

## Articles and References

1. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/bsoulstone/art/Turid-aka-Twinblade-LWA-WoM-861657843

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