Ragnhild McIntyre

* Magic Wand
* Magic Broom
* Baton of Frost and Embers
* Magic Signets
	+ Friendship Signet
* Hjorthrimul Armor
* Skirmisher Robe

**Ragnhild McIntyre** was Molly's late older sister and the former Elemental Fury Valkyrie in *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard*. Despite her passing sometime after Ghost Witch's imprisonment in Horologium Chamber during Golden Magic Age, Ragnhild remains as a guardian spirit to her family.

## Personality & Character

Ragnhild was a highly disciplined warrior and carried a tough love attitude as both the guardian and older sister of Molly after their parents' passing. As a veteran Valkyrie, her mentality could be intense. Being the last member of their family alongside her younger sister, Ragnhild tried her best in raising the latter and reminded Molly of the times they had as a family while grooming her to become the next Elemental Fury Valkyrie. However, Ragnhild was also torn between her duties as a parental figure and those as the mentor of both her last living relative and sole successor, which further exacerbated by injuries she sustained from her last battle that resulted her abrupt retirement as a Valkyrie as well as the fact that Hjorthrimul Armor was bonded to their bloodline via. a powerful blood seal which, according to some, supposedly impossible to break. In the process, she unknowingly pushed all her hopes and dreams into Molly, worsening the latter's helplessness as an inept witch culminating to her reliance to Horologium Chamber's Time Magic and subsequent corruption into Ghost Witch. Sadly, by the time she discovered what had befallen her beloved little sister, it was already too late; the best Ragnhild could do was assisting Luna Nova professors at the time in imprisoning Molly's splintered corrupted half into Horologium Chamber as part of the procedure to free her from Curse of Time.

Feeling immense guilt from her unintentional part in Molly's corruption, Ragnhild, with aid of her colleagues from both Valkyrie Corps. and Thapoli, sought alternate means to break the Curse of Time to no avail, going so far stealing one of Horologium Clock's crystals for such endeavor. As fruitless as it was, they nevertheless discovered means to manipulate time at a limited scale for combat and perform Time Slip on themselves so their memories pertaining Molly won't be periodically reset as with everyone else because of the same curse. During the same search, Ragnhild also foresaw her sister's future in which the latter eventually came home, though she sadly won't live long enough to see it. As a penance, Ragnhild spent her final years to figure out the way to break the blood seal on Hjorthrimul Armor so Molly could choose whether to pass Elemental Fury Valkyrie Armor to another bloodline and finally succeeded in the end, having witnessed the harm it done to their family.

Although she eventually passed away, Ragnhild's spirit couldn't rest in peace without watching over her sister. Shortly after Molly and Ursula recovered the missing Hjorthrimul Armor thanks to clues she left behind in her journal two centuries later, the sisters reunited in a heartfelt reunion at long last. Ragnhild apologized to Molly over hardships she put her through just because of her status as her sole heir, but Molly reassured that she held no hard feelings for everything that had transpired, citing her corruption into Ghost Witch being mostly her (Molly's) fault to begin with. With McIntyre sisters made amends with one another at long last, Ragnhild finally found the peace she long sought, but remained watching over Molly as a guardian spirit, only acting in her most desperate hour.

### Skills & Abilities

* **Magic**: According to Molly, Ragnhild was highly skilled with magic as much as martial arts in life. The full extent of her magical abilities appeared to be in the same caliber as Jennifer the Witch owing to her ability to return as a ghost.
	+ **Death Transcendence**: Ragnhild's ability to move between mortal realm and land of the dead which enabled her to watch over and aid Molly in her most desperate hour wasn't solely attributed to the guilt from her accidental role in Molly's corruption into Ghost Witch; she had deeply immersed herself in magic to achieve such feat not unlike Nine Olde Witches prior to her mortal death.
	+ **Time Magic**: Ragnhild also immersed herself in Time Magic in a bid to find alternate means to free Molly from Curse of Time with aid of her colleagues to no avail. Despite the search proved fruitless, she nonetheless discovered the way to perform Time Slip on both herself and her colleagues so their memories pertaining Molly won't be periodically reset due to aforementioned supernatural affliction.
* **Master Combatant**: As the former Elemental Fury Valkyrie, Ragnhild was a skilled fighter, highly adept in close quarters combat and specializes in martial arts that complements Hjorthrimul Armor.
	+ **Master Martial Artist**: According to Molly, Ragnhild was highly proficient in Thapolian Martial Arts.
	+ **Spear Mastery**: Ragnhild was also a master spearwoman whose style described as fluid and graceful, wasting little energy on power over grace. She would pass this spearmanship style to her successor and sister Molly.
* **Skilled Engineer**: Ragnhild had an innate talent in constructing enchanted clockwork devices as well as repairing and improving them. This best demonstrated through developing magic signets which used in conjunction of Baton of Frost and Embers.
* **Skilled Craftsman**: Through her ties with some of her colleagues from both Valkyrie Corps. and Thapoli who happened to be talented Witch Blacksmiths and Wizard Blacksmiths, Ragnhild became familiar with craftsmanship techniques known to them in general. It was through this she finally figured out the way to break the blood seal which bind Hjorthrimul Armor to her family's bloodline.

### Tools & Equipment

* **Magic Wand**: Like other witches, Ragnhild carries a wand as the instrument to cast magic.
* **Magic Broom**: According to Molly, Ragnhild also has a magic broom to fly with, though the broom was broken in her final fight as a Valkyrie.
* **Baton of Frost and Embers**: TBA
* **Magic Signets**: Special signets which enable the user to cast magic infused into them;
	+ **Friendship Signet**: TBA
* **Hjorthrimul Armor**: As a Valkyrie, Ragnhild was once given the title of **Hjorthrimul the Elemental Fury Valkyrie**. As such, she can don dim gray, gold, and midnight blue **Hjorthrimul Armor**. She performs this by reciting the spell *Venta Herkleda*, forming a straight magic blade around Hjorthrimul Bracelet to draw an infinity symbol (∞) above her head with. The symbol then opens two portals from which Hjorthrimul Armor equips her, completing her transformation. Molly would adapt the summoning ritual of Hjorthrimul Armor decades after her passing.
* **Skirmisher Robe**: TBA

## Relationships

* **Molly McIntyre**: Ragnhild loved her younger sister greatly despite torn between her duties as the latter's parental figure and grooming her to be her successor at the same time. Blaming herself for Molly's corruption into Ghost Witch, she gave up everything she had to find other ways to free her from Curse of Time to no avail, even went so far stealing one of Horologium Clock's crystals to fully understand both the Curse and Time Magic itself. To her relief, Molly held no hard feelings for everything she put her through, knowing full well that she wanted the best for them to begin with. It was this love that motivated Ragnhild to watch over Molly even in death and broke the blood seal on Hjorthrimul Armor so the latter may choose to pass both the Armor and title of Elemental Fury Valkyrie to another magical bloodline.
* **Eitria Astriddotir**: Although they barely know each other, Eitria admired Ragnhild's devotion both as a Valkyrie and Molly's older sister after hearing what kind of person she was from Molly herself. To her surprise, this earned her Ragnhild's trust and respect, as Ragnhild would appear before her, Akko, Sigurd, and Hendrik to tell them the whereabouts of both Molly and Shadow Ghost Witch.

## Notes & Trivia

* Ragnhild was conceived by BSoulstone as the motivation for Molly's to become a Valkyrie. At first, she was envisioned as the spirit of a deceased Valkyrie who fell in a battle that took place during Golden Magic Age. Said spirit met Molly during her and her friends' holiday at Norway and take the young witch as her apprentice. Because one of his friends pointed out Molly would likely take the mantle reluctantly, Ragnhild's character ultimately revamped as her relative as in the final version.
	+ In terms of Ragnhild's role as Molly's guardian spirit, BSoulstone based such aspect on Taiga Saejima and Kengi from *GARO* series as with other elements in the fic. Like Ragnhild, Taiga and Kengi acts as the guardian spirit of their respective relative following their passing (Kouga and Raiga for Taiga and Rekka for Kengi).

## Navigation

Council of Five: Newt Ulgrimsdottir
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Headmistress: Miranda Holbrooke
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Tower of Frost Serpent: Hrimgandr
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Warband of Thapoli: Scudder Holbrooke | Viveka
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Ancient Beings: Great Lindworm
Storm Weasels: Nova Clan (Hendrik)
Faeries: Annabel Pen's Faery | Hunger Faery (Mo) | Wispy
Undead: Draugr | Devilclaw | Spirit Minions | Valkyrie Spirits