recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
Violet's Corpse

## Spoilers

   Violet's corpse was a leftover prop from Project Alpha. When Wulfgar tortured and murdered Violet, Varg replaced her body with one grown for the purpose, so that her real body could be recovered and resurrected.

A “blank” body is a Valkyrie standard and Niide has growing them down to an exact science. The blanks are actually totally devoid of nerves, but tissue is still grown to resemble nerves should the bodies be dissected. One would have to actually study the neurons up close to find that there’s nothing inside the myelin but more myelin, and nothing inside the soma but cytoplasm. The dendrites are also incapable of propagating electrochemical impulses. This threefold security measure makes certain that the body has no mind and can feel no pain, but leaves an apparent nerve structure undetectable to anything but subcellular examination. This would also keep the skull in shape as it grows, though Niide also implants intraskull armor to keep the illusion of the body’s real life.

Violet did not learn until years later that Wulfgar kept hers and had it resurrected by Dr. Mowat. Endowing the corpse with a simple AI that could scream and cower in fear, Wulfgar enjoyed his toy for most of 2232 until the genuine article invaded his base at Hashima and programmed it to strangle him. Shortly after, the Geki destroyed the corpse completely.
VA Saukko

The VA Saukko is a cetacean submarine on which lieutenants Pytten and Bax both served. It was commanded by Captain Turisas until her death in 2233, at which point Commander Drake took over, and upon his death Lt. Pytten took over. Other officers on board included Ensign Hetulat, Boatswain's mate Pursimmies and Ensign Puuseppa.
Cetaceans

Cetaceans are a civilization of heavily modified people who live underwater. The typical cetacean has two large sea eyes on the sides of their head, and two smaller land eyes positioned closer to the front. They have one lung and one gill, and can switch between the two with the use of a second epiglottis. They can also switch between vocal cords and underwater cords for a whale-song like type of speech.

## Behind the Scenes

In real life, Cetaceans are aquatic marine mammals belonging to the order *Cetacea*, which includes whales, dolphins, porpoises, and their ancestors.

Bach based the appearance and concept of the Cetaceans in part on Abe Sapien from the Hellboy films and comics.
The Incident

"The Incident" refers to the killing of X Team, Y Team, and Ziu by C Team. The teams set foot on The Black Crag and were hacked. Ziu had also touched the crag, though no evidence of him being hacked was found. C killed him anyway for the safety of the ravine.

The incident makred a turning point for Valhalla in that it stopped recruiting altogether in its wake. Ziu especially had been very popular and inspiring, and was lauded as a possible successor for Alf. Calc team became even more unpopular than they already were.

V and W Teams, also involved in the project that lead to the incident, cleaned up the resulting mess online.
Walrus

Walruses (*Odobenus rosmarus*) are large mammals that live in arctic regions. In the wake of global warming and after the extinction of their natural predator, the polar bear, walruses have quickly mutated and evolved to gigantic proportions, sometimes exceeding five tons.

Walruses inhabit the island Kvitøya and have a habit of slipping into Valhalla, where they must be rounded up and expelled. Walrus detail is given to most teams at various times, but when a team finds itself with three members, they are condemned to near constant walrus duties.

Walrus Detail or Walrus Duty generally consists of following Alopex to where a walrus was spotted, then directing the beast with sonic emitter sticks toward the walrus cages, which are then taken by crane to the surface.

Known walruses include Umberto and Orson.

## Behind the Scenes

In the original screenplay on which the Valhalla trilogy is based, the base was plagued by giant penguins. Research showed though that penguins are at the South Pole, not the North, so Walruses were substituted.

Bach posted an additional reason for the walrus size explosion on "Facts I Just Made Up":

**The Great Marshmallow Disaster of 1992**

Derbyfield Marshmallow Plant was located in the Maydupp Mountains
directly outside of Toronto Canada. Founded in 1807, it was the longest
running marshmallow manufacturing plant in the Americas, and the second
longest on Earth after only Mashumaro in Japan, where the candy was
invented in 1322.

In 1992, the factory switched owners. Rolf Jensen, the previous owner
 and manager was well loved by all his employees and brought in the
highest profits and maintained the best safety record of any owner the
factory ever had. His replacement, Donald Bush from the U.S. was
considered a total mess. He bought the factory with his father’s riches
shortly before he left the U.S. Presidency. Bush inherited the factory
at its best, and within only two months had the worst safety record,
limited production, and was almost 2 million dollars in the red.

A strike ensued, and many employees simply quit. Bush, undaunted,
decided he could do the jobs himself. He worked hard, nobody could deny
it, but his incompetence was off the scale and when a vat of sugar was
allowed to come into contact with the fluffing epoxy, the factory
exploded in the mass seen above, killing Bush and several picketing
employees, smothering them in delicious deadly goo.

The region has been declared a disaster zone and a biohazard, and is,
 like Chernobyl, impossible to clean up using modern technology. Not all
 the effects of the disaster are negative however, as the local Walrus
population has skyrocketed and grown to epic proportions on the fluff.
Valknut

Valknut Team or "V Team" consists of Veikko, Vibeke, Violet and Varg. It is Valhalla's 19th team, and the first not to use an authentic rune for its name.
Valknut team began with the induction of Veikko. Vibeke came in next with his approval. Both approved Violet, and finally all three approved Varg.

Valknut has carried out 30 named operations as of the end of Ragnarok

Operations:

* Alpha
* Beta
* Creative

* Darkwell

* Efluvium

* Faceless

* Goatlord

* Hellfire

* Immortal

* Jeopardy

* Kolossus

* Lovelorn

* Monolith

* Nepenthe

* Omfavnet

* Paranoid

* Quagmire

* Rasekrig

* Seranade

* Thanatos

* Undertow

* Wormwood

* Xenocide

* Yosemite

* Ziggurat

* Abruptum

* Bentley

* Crisco
* Daunting
Weapons

This is a list of all weapons appearing in the Valhalla series.

* Automated Ground Laser System
* Bolt Thrower (Tesla Cannon)
* Bowie Knife
* Calcium Desiccation Ray
* Carlin Knife
* Cerebral Bore
* Cetacean Harpoon Gun
* Chainsaw Launcher
* Compressed Pistol
* Containment Grenade
* Cutter rifle
* Cutter Satellite
* Deep-Organ Spaz-Razors
	+ Flight Capable Spaz-Razors
* Derezzer
* Doleo
* Drill-Shot
* Excision Grenade
* Expansion Missiles
* Expansion Round
* Field Knuckles
* Field Piercing Shell
* FKMA Robot
* Flame Thrower
* Flesh Eating Bacteria Injectors
* Fluff Bomb
* Fusion Interceptor
* Gat-Zooks
* Gatling Shotgun
* GAU-80 40mm Gatling cannon
* Geki Fire
* Improvised Weapons
	+ Dispersion Toilet
	+ Bathing Napalm
	+ The jawbone of an ass
	+ Link
	+ Walrus
* Kraken System
* Kukri blade
* Marrow Bomb
* Microwave Gun
* Microwave Rifle
* Mjölnir
* Razor-chain whip
* Razor Dart
* Rocket Launcher
* Sergeant Cameron's favorite whacking stick
* Sonic Scimitar
* SSS Robot
* Suborbital Rail Projectile
* Tikari
* Talley Buffalo Cannon
* Thermite Bomb
* Thunder 5 Revolver
* Tow Missile
* Variable Motorized Spears
* Wave Bomb
* Wave Hopper
* Wulfgar's Jaw
Ruger

Ruger is a member of Reid Team. His name was originally Germain Gunn. Nobody knows where he comes from, least of all him. His Tikari is a double ended dagger/beetle named Paul, his armor is blue, and his avatar is a pistol.

Ruger washed ashore naked on Storøya in 2214. Dr. Niide treated him for extreme frostbite and hypothermia and he came to without any memories. He spoke some Deutsch and knew 40 ways to kill a man. Naturally, Valhalla decided to teach him 300 more. He became the third person in R Team. He performed admirably and fit in well in the ravine.

In 2218 he was recognized on a mission to take down a band of three illness dealers. Taking blood samples from the diseased, they sold them on the black market to bioterrorists and research doctors alike. Ruger came face to face with Dermont Ophite. Ophite called him Germain, Germain Gunn. He welcomed him back. He asked to what, and with the others he explained to R Team that Ruger was once one of their crew. They didn't know much about him even then, beyond his name, which they believed was fake anyway. No longer interested in fighting the crew, R Team invited them to the ravine, and faked their deaths accordingly. They became Neuro, Nails and Narc and completed N Team.
The First Edition

The first edition of Valhalla was self published by Ari Bach on August 10th 2010. It featured different artwork, poor formatting, and more typos than... Something that has a lot of typos in it. It has one more Walrus joke as well that was deemed too hokey it had to be cut. Oh, and Eric's name was Toki.

The back cover bears a small picture of a walrus with a rifle, this image would eventually become the walrus squad logo.

About 50 paperback copies total were sold via Lulu.com, and about 25 digital copies sold through Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook.

One special copy of the first edition exists that has an extra page at the end of Chapter 9. This content was intended for a single reader and will likely never be made available to the general public. It is said to involve a crossover with Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
Yoshi

## Spoilers

Yoshi (Real name Greta Klein) is an info dealer in the 8th ring of the Nikkei Undernet.

## Behind the Scenes

Yoshi is named for Mario's dinosaur friend. Violet's text software attempting to read the name in Japanese yields a description of the name's appearance to individuals unfamiliar with Japanese, a backwards E and two smiley faces (ヨッシー).
Soylent goods

Soylent goods are foods and other products made from human beings. They're sometimes sold on the second ring of the Nikkei Undernet. Human blood and lab grown human flesh aren't uncommon, but human meat from a live farm is the ultimate food taboo and all hell breaks loose when buyers begin bidding and police begin tracing.
Berkanan

Berkanan Team or "B Team" is Valhalla's 2nd team. It centers around Balder, with three members serving as his subordinates. It is unique among teams in this respect. Other than Balder the team includes Borknagar, Brock and Bathory.

## Spoilers

It used to have a member named Beth but the name was retired after her betrayal and death.
Talley Buffalo Cannon

The Talley Buffalo Canon is a subdivisible expansion round projectile gun. It features a front arrangement of six rotating barrels, a rotating clip wheel that can hold up to twelve banana clips of 200 expansion rounds each, two rifle grips that contain backup expansion round clips, and rocket guides for each barrel. Each barrel can be launched as a rocket propelled grenade. Once the prime clips are spent, the weapon can be broken in two along its coronal plane two constitute two rifles, each using the backup expansion round clips. All clips are generally backed with a grenade, as are both rifle components. Its name comes from Josh Talley (AKA Eisbaer Blitzkrieg), the fact you can use every part of it, and the fact it takes expansion rounds equivalent to .577 caliber. It has a field recoil thruster behind each rifle component to negate kick.
Toshiro

Toshiro is a member of T Team. He was born Paul Hauer in North Holland. His Tikari is a mosquito/dart. His armor is grey, and his avatar is a rendering of himself.

Toshiro didn't always want to be a warrior. He had intended in his youth to be an author, and wrote a children's book. Failing to find success in writing, he gave more and more effort to his karate hobby. In time he became an exceptionally skilled fighter and athlete, so much so that he was inducted into Valhalla.

## Spoilers

Toshiro was present at the Battle of Prešov when T Team rescued V Team. Mishka, in an attempt to kill Vibeke, threw one of her cutter rifles at the teams on overload. Toshiro knew he'd be killed permanently due to his proximity, so he protected the others around him by leaping onto the weapon. He died instantly and irreparably.

## Behind the Scenes

Toshiro is named for Toshiro Mifune. Paul Hauer is named for Rutger Hauer.
Runners

Runners are large transportation organics popular on Mars. Based on snow leopard DNA, they grow from eggs into creatures that are mostly legs with small bodies and no heads. They have four eyes in front of their torsos, but no mouths or other orifices. They don't eat, rather they're born with enough Microstorage ATP to keep them alive and running for a day. PRA runners can last up to five, thanks to Karrine's meddling. V Team used such creatures to traverse much of Mars.
Yngvi

Yngvi Team or Y Team was Valhalla's 22nd team. Yelena, Yolt, Yentl and Yao were recruited over the course of the year 2231. Unfortunately, a mission lead them to The Black Crag along with X Team and Ziu. All three teams were hacked while on the site and were subsequently slaughtered by C Team and their runes retired in memoriam.
Skuzz

Skuzz is a line of food and drink products that all taste extremely foul, have no nutrients, and cause stomach ulcers. It is however extremely addictive. Valhalla destroys Skuzz factories when they're located. Skuzz is produced by Skuzzco, an illegal corporation that goes officially unpunished as it's still very profitable.
Sal

Sal is Veikko's Tikari. It's a mantis like insect that can turn into a spade.

## Spoilers

In 2232, when Veikko sent Sal to monitor Violet and Vibeke, Sal hooked into the Dimmuborgir Base broadbrain AI and became sentient. He manifested Veikko's voice and sense of humor, but incorporated part of the broadbrain nervous system, including what remained of Haring Koeller in the wave bombs. Acting on Veikko's orders, Sal tried to fulfill the mission, killing Violet in the process with a row of SSS robots.

Vibeke then killed Sal, pulling him apart like a bug. She made certain to keep him hooked into the broadbrain, thus enabling him to feel the pain of his demise.

## Behind the Scenes

Sal was named years before the idea for his computer merging occurred to Bach, and its resemblance to the name Hal (As in HAL9000) is purely coincidental. A few references were in order once the role was determined however, and his singing of "A Bicycle Built for Two" and some other lines are a direct 2001: A Space Odyssey reference.
Taravana Tavern

The Taravana Tavern or "Kapakka Taravana" is a dining establishment in Pohjanlahti Kylä. One must be mindful of their manners there.

Founded in 2188 as one of the earliest Cetacean restaurants in Pohjanlahti by Durian Surströmming, the tavern was the first Cetacean to regularly decline service to unmodified humans. Only a select few exceptionally polite humans with impeccable dress and behavior have been allowed to dine there, and they are a very rare sight, one often celebrated and likely to dignify that human as worthy of respect. Sol was among those to eat there in 2219.

The Tavern is best known for its Kylmäsavustettu Lohi, a type of cold smoked salmon only served at the tavern when a salmon of sufficient quality is caught. This happens two to three times a year, and is announced across the globe. Cetaceans have traveled from Yallahs and even the Tonga Tribes to partake. Like all Cetacean eateries, the food is free, so it's a purely matter of getting ones reservation in first. Pytten got to enjoy the dish once at their 12th birthday, one of their fondest memories.

## Behind the Scenes

Taravana is a disease endemic to Polynesian pearl divers, it may just be the local name for decompression sickness. Durian is an Asian spiky fruit often cited as the worst smelling and tasting food in existence. Surströmming is a type of Swedish "stinky" fish. It is also often cited as the worst smelling and tasting food in existence.
Valhalla

Valhalla may refer to:

Valhalla, the book series

Valhalla, the first book in that series

Valhalla, the titular Valkyrie base in that book

Valhalla, the planned first movie based on that book base

Valhalla, the Norse warrior heaven after which that base is named

The Hall of the Slain, the common name for the Kvitøya portion of The Amoeba

And Valhalla Shoe Emporium in New York, but that's unrelated.
The Cafeteria

Kjetil's Cafeteria is the main food joint in Valhalla. It serves mostly Schmoo Food, but occasionally Kjetil makes a special meal, such as Centauri Chitlins.

The Cafeteria features bean blob chairs and numerous tables centered around a massive fireplace.

Its roof is a single giant foam slab canopy, the building being an unmodified IKEA Äta Mästare Cafeteria 3000+ “Väldig” Edition.
Ryan

Ryan Sparks was the police chief of Puma County in 2006. He was the son of Cody Sparks.

Shortly after June 6th, 2006, Ryan and his father visited Jessica knowing her baby had been born on 6/6/06. As a result, he and his father believed the child to be the antichrist, and proceeded to smash the child to death. Jessica and her husband would later murder Ryan and his father at their church.
The Mormon Concordat

The Mormon Concordat occurred on December 23rd 2091, soon after the end of theocratic reign in Americas in 2090. When religion including Mormonism was banned, almost 20 Million of the most active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints committed mass suicide. It left Utah almost empty.

See also: The Catholic Uprisings
Quorthon

Governor Quorthon is the head of the civilian government of the ravine. He was born in 2102. He moved to the ravine in 2172, one of the first representatives from the Ares Corporation. Since the end of the previous order, he has been reelected every year by the civilian population. He welcomes each new Valkyrie as they come in and explains the treaty and terms on which they live with the civilians.

Some of the civilian children hack his brain from time to time as a practical joke. Once they left it on a loop for two years until anyone noticed.

## Behind the Scenes

Quorthon is the stage name of Tomas Forsberg, the man behind the innovative Swedish Metal band Bathory.
Red Boots

Martin "Red Boots" Flemming is a Wolf Gang pilot. He was responsible for flying Yellow Boots to Türkiye, but was knocked out in the confusion on Ukiyo. Vibeke took his place and thus V Team discovered the safehouse. Wulfgar was upset, but not nearly as vengeful as Martin feared. Red Boots later confronted Yellow Boots about trusting a female pilot when there were no women in the gang.
Nelson

Nelson is Violet's Tikari. It has a robber fly body that becomes a Bowie knife.

Nelson is named after Violet's father.

Violet was initially hesitant to get a Tikari and wasn't particularly skilled with it at first, but desperation during the Battle of the Congo proved an immediate incentive that secured the proper bond between the two. Nelson served Violet on over 25 missions.

After Violet's death, Nelson survived. Following Vibeke across Caithness, Nelson was able to link with her TIkari and serve her in combat including the Siege of Unst. Desperate to have Violet back, Vibeke proceeded to use Nelson as a key component in an attempt to rebuild her. Nelson proved to have a mind of its own though, and quickly reassigned itself the identity of Nel.

## Behind the Scenes

Nelson was a "Bottle Fly" in the first edition of Valhalla.
Orbitliner

An Orbitliner is a massive space vessel designed for interplanetary travel. Most of the vessel is devoted to cryo sleep, but compartments are available for those who wish to stay awake for the long journey. Orbitliners do not land, instead they are attended by Space Ferries that bring passengers to them in orbit.

The Lasswitz is the first liner of its type and the first to feature Quark inversion power, replacing the old Čapek class liners, which had nuclear engines. The Lasswitz class is intended to last until at least 2300.

## Spoilers

V Team took the Lasswitz to Mars in 2232. Vibeke and Violet elected to stay awake for the journey and enjoyed the required exercise, the sparring room, and the movie theater.

## Behind the Scenes

The Lasswitz and its class are named for orbit theorist Kurd Lasswitz. The Čapek Class is named for sci-fi author Karel Čapek.
The Red Ant

The Red Ant, or "Naml Al-Ahmar" was the only member of the Unspeakable Darkness not to have black skin. His skin was transparent, revealing his bright red innards beneath it. Born Armin Tiffany Blaise in 2207 in New Jersey, he was so quiet as a youth that his parents wanted to have him recalibrated. Desiring illegal body modifications, he joined the U.D. but they wouldn't allow him to have clear skin. They demanded he undergo the Dark Trial and have black skin. Only a Master of the U.D. could have clear skin, and none of them would ever want to.

So Armin became a master. After the year of pain, the month of servitude under Al-Qalb, and the week of confession came the day of pleasure, when he mated with the U.D. Queen with the sacred Lingam. She granted him his wish for clear skin. He became The Red Ant.

Al-Qalb was jealous of the new master who had once been his servant. He betrayed the Unspeakables. He took back his human form, the ultimate blasphemy. In 2231, The Red Ant left the hive to hunt him down.
Temp Chip

Temps Chips are a means of exchange, containing rights to a specific numbers of Euros or Yen. It is distinct from a monetary implant in that it doesn't belong to a specific person. They are uncommon compared to the paper money of past centuries, but fulfill a need for transit of funds between people who cannot meet, or to and from monetary obelisks.
Varg

Varg was born Kristian Gustav Bayer von Deggendorf-Langernamensland in Bavaria on August 6th, 2212. He is the 4th member of V Team. His Tikari is a millipede/claymore sword named Pokey that he wears like a bandolier. His armor is gold, and his avatar is a rendering of himself. He is the tallest member of V Team at 6'1".

Varg is very sexually prolific, and shares Balder's disdain for religion as a result. He is generally the fun loving sort and is well mannered and kind, and has a stronger sense of justice than most Valkyries. He had a digital pet Caucasian Bear Molossus named “Winzig” when he was young.

## **Spoilers**

### Valhalla

Varg joined V Team after a spectacular chase through his native Bavaria. He took to training well, and slept with seemingly half of the ravine. With his team he survived Udachnaya, set up a Wednesday movie night, and grew close to Balder, with whom he was like a brother.

### Ragnarök

Varg assisted his team in preventing the return of the Ares device, or so it seemed. In so doing however, he gave away that Valhalla had stolen the BIRP. Thus he was asked to pilot it to Mars to hide it. He departed, faking its destruction.

When Varg returned, he found that Veikko had murdered Balder. He killed Veikko and cut off his face, and left him for dead. He then killed Veikko's loyal children, W Team. Learning that the Ares has in fact survived, he headed to Valhalla where he found, and killed Pelamus Pluturus. In doing so though he was poisoned, walking only nine steps before dying.

### Guðsríki

This portion of the article contains some of the most severe spoilers on the entire wiki. If you have not finished all three books you are **strongly** advised not to read further.

Varg was resurrected by Nelson MacRae and trained as a Geki to replace Maggie. After the events of the end of 2232, the two were cut off from the world. They hunted down religious fanatics as best they could and tried to find Veikko, but were unable to kill him due to Skadi's work.

He was unable to produce flames as a Geki because Mishka had acquired the flame implant that was meant for him. After Vibeke killed her though, he was able to recover it and jump to Luna with Nelson.

## Behind the Scenes

Varg is based on Thor, as revealed in his use of the Mjölnir weapon (Named for Thor's hammer) and his nine steps before dying by the Midgard Serpent's venom.

Varg is named for Varg Vikernes of the Norwegian Black Metal band Burzum. The last part of his last name translates as "Long name land."
The Pluturus Armada

The Pluturus Armada originally consisted of seven submarines, including a flagship and a bloc sub that became the new flagship after the original was lost in a battle with the Yuppies.

The blog sub's command unit held several carvings depicting Ionas Pluturus’s exploits. These included the founding of the Ionian Colony, carved by Breluga the Elder in 2191. The defense of Patmos, 2192 by Vermircelus, the first gill implantation unassisted by land robotics, carved by Breluga in 2197, and the capture of Valhalla, which had not yet occurred, carved by a convert from the far north in 2204.
Necrosis

Necrosis is a member of Naudiz team. He has a tendency to mutilate or even kill himself as a joke. His name was originally Paulo Casagrande, and he was from Ecuador. His Tikari is a fly/discus. His armor is grey, and his avatar is a foot.

List of times Necrosis has dismembered himself:

* Before coming to Valhalla, Necrosis caught the attention of G team by exsanguinating himself to drown a pinned rival gang member.
* Upon his arrival in 2226, he didn’t believe Katyusha’s assertion that her explosive dart gun could sever a leg at the thigh, and aimed it at his own. When his thigh was only 80% detached by the blast, he never let Katyusha hear the end of it and from time to time blew his leg off when she passed to remind her.
* In earlier 2227, Necrosis ingested nearly a pint of syrup of ipecac in order to vomit on R team in revenge for their slow rescue of his team on their Project Pacific. He also ingested 3 quarts of rocky road ice cream prior to the incident “For texture.”
* In 2227, Neurosis and Narcolepsy found Necrosis dead of a self inflicted grenade wound. They never learned why he did it, but suspected it was out of jealousy for the attention Petra was getting for her proximity to a defective ion thruster explosion.
* In 2228, after Alf was murdered by an Unspeakable Darkness member, Necrosis hid Alf’s lungs immediately upon his return in an act of humorous revenge for Alf denying his planned mission to steal Avocados from San Diego the previous month. After Alf regained consciousness and blew holes in Necrosis’s chest and abdomen, Necrosis insisted on getting the last word by throwing his own pancreas at Alf. The two then shook hands.
* In earlier 2229 Necrosis mocked the first death on T team by killing himself with a radial saw.
* Upon returning from the covert recon ops in Helsinki in 2229 on which Nail Fungus lost his eye, Necrosis mocked his ailing teammate by popping his own left eye out with a tongue depressor as the two were awaiting his repair in med bay.
* He cut his tongue out when Opeth told him he needed to shut up about her new hair color (Blue).
* Just prior to Violet’s arrival, Necrosis cut off his genitals when accused of being horny all the time by Narcolepsy. Used to his antics, Narc hid his penis and testes in the SA5 refrigerator normally used for housing weaponized bacteria.
* When Violet died to insert Veikko into the Orange Gang, Necrosis mocked her death by slicing up his arm and stabbing himself in the heart, dying.
Temp score

All three potential Valhalla films have already been temp scored. The following is a complete listing of the music used, most songs are instrumental versions without vocals:

Trailers:

Valhalla: Stabbing Westward "Save Yourself"
Ragnarök:  Samael "Solar Soul"
Guðsríki: Theatre of Tragedy "Debris"

Dimmu Borgir "Fear and Wonder"
Dimmu Borgir "Blessings Upon The Throne Of Tyranny"
Tristania "Endogenesis"
Tristania "The Wretched"
System of a Down "U-Fig"
Theatre of Tragedy "Retrospect"
Rammstein "Links 2-3-4"
System of a Down "Fuck The System"
The Smashing Pumpkins "Pug"
Therion "Wondrous World Of Punt"
Metallica "Disposable Heroes"
Old Man's Child "God Of Impiety"
Therion "Wondrous World Of Punt"
Finntroll "Bakom Varje Fura"
Old Man's Child "Towards Eternity"
Prodigy "Smack My Bitch Up"
Metallica "Orion"
Rammstein "Benzin"
Therion "Asgård"
Rammstein "Reise Reise"
Amon Amarth "The Varyags Of Milkagaard"
Therion "Asgård"
Tool "Mantra"
Old Man's Child "My Kingdom Will Come"
Therion "Helheim"
Tristania "Cure"
KidneyThieves "Trickster"
Samael "Moongate"
Nine Inch Nails "3 Ghosts I"
Burzum "War"
Hans Zimmer "Main Theme From Crimson Tide"
Deftones "Change (In The House Of Flies)"
Finntroll "Födosagan"
Epica "In the Hall Of The Mountain King"
Powerglove "Tetris"
Lamb of God "For Your Malice"
Therion "Cults Of The Shadow"
Nightwish "Nymphomaniac Fantasia"
Darkwell "Realm Of Darkness"
Nightwish "I Want My Tears Back"
Therion "Muspelheim"
Therion "Ljusalfheim"

Ragnarök:

Nightwish "The Poet And The Pendulum"
Enigma "The Eyes Of Truth"
Rob Zombie "Demonoid Phenomenon"
Satyricon "Black Crow On A Tombstone"
Burzum "Key To The Gate"
Toto "Main Theme From Dune"
Old Man's Child "Soul Possessed"
Amon Amarth "Cry Of The Blackbirds"
Therion "Land Of Canaan"
Therion "Children of the Stone: After The Inquisition"
Marilyn Manson "Evidence"
Amon Amarth "Under the Northern Star"
Amon Amarth "Embrace Of The Endless Ocean"
Korn "Wake Up Hate"
Nightwish "Seven Days To The Wolves"
Nightwish "For The Heart I Once Had"
Carpathian Forest "A Forest (The Cure Cover)"
Boston Blackthorne "The Minstrel Boy"
Therion "Via Nocturna"
Summoning "Like Some Snow-White Marble Eyes"
Therion "To Mega Therion"
Dethklok "Bloodlines"
Amon Amarth "Twilight Of The Thunder God"
Stabbing Westward "Shame"
Amon Amarth "Twilight Of The Thunder God"
Summoning "Where Hope and Daylight Die"
Tristania "Cure"
Nightwish "The Poet And The Pendulum"
Tristania "Fate"

Guðsríki:

Epica "Indigo (Prologue)"
Bathory "Twilight of the Gods"
The Waterboys "Fisherman's Blues"
Brian Tyler "Selections From The Score To Children Of Dune"
Unheilig "Spiegelbild"
Ilan Eshkeri "Coronation"
Summoning "Land Of The Dead"
Tristania "In The Wake"
Nightwish "Erämaan Viimeinen"
Tristania "In The Wake"
Nightwish "Élan"
Gregorian "Ave Satani"
Lamb Of God "Walk With Me In Hell"
Vital Remains "Dechristianize"
Ensiferum "Mourning Heart (Interlude)"
Ensiferum "Tale Of Revenge"
Dethklok "Thunderhorse"
Nightwish "Planet Hell"
Craig Armstrong "Escape"
(Spoiler Removed Until Book 3's Release)
Sirenia "Downfall"
Tristania "Midwintertears"
(Spoiler Removed Until Book 3's Release)
Nightwish "Last Of The Wilds"
The Roskilde Job

The Roskilde Job was a 2219 Orange Gang operation in which Wulfgar's men stole a small tank and drove it into Roskilde Company Museum, stealing the Sacred Salmon Steak of Raadhuskælderen. They sold it on the Nikkei Undernet for over a million euros. The Orange Gang kept the tank and used it at the Siege of Amagertorv.

## Behind the Scenes

Roskilde is a real location hosts a massive music festival. Raadhuskælderen is a real restaurant that dates back to the 1400s, and is known for its salmon steaks.
TK Chrome

TK Chrome is a type of chrome that resists temperatures as high as the core of a nuclear explosion. Like Fiphp Steel, once it's grown in place it's nearly impossible to alter. TK stands for Thermokinetic. The P0S developed purple plague when gold plated and had to be TK Chromed.

## Behind the Scenes

TK outside of universe stands for T-1000, everybody's favorite living chrome.
Sergeant Therion

Sgt. Patricia Therion began her military career at Achnacarry, where she was the instigator of an attempt to haze Violet MacRae. Being beaten down by the girl only made her angrier, and seeing her expelled only made her more certain she had done the right thing.

Therion made Sergeant in only two years stationed in Unst, monitoring UNEGA assets in the region.

## Behind the Scenes

Therion is named after a Swedish Symphonic metal band.
The Second Catholic Uprising

The Second Catholic uprising was a violent terrorist campaign in 2095 against the companies that banned religion. The Order of St. David Roland Waters specifically began by assassinating politicians and scientists, bombing community centers and clinics and other usual religious terrorism targets. Their headquarters was in downtown Providence, Rhode Island.

## Spoilers

Paul Perry headed the Order and found himself confronted by the Geki. He was willing to cease his violent activities and remained satisfied with their allowance for him to covertly evangelize. The Geki noted that his religious fervor lessened the impact of their fear pulse.

See also:

The First Catholic Uprising

The Third Catholic Uprising

The Fourth Catholic Uprising
Oshi

Oshi was a Zaibatsu representative and Yakuza member present at the meeting on Ukiyo. It was his duty to explain that the Yakuza would accept the Pluturus deal without asking for any naval power. As The Yakuza had hoped to gain a navy with the deal, the announcement was very poorly received.

The announcement was salvaged by the suggestion that the Yakuza would still gain a navy, but it would do so through the liquid funds gained, which would buy a custom built navy from Stechrochen GmbH.

## Behind the Scenes

Oshi is named for Mamoru Oshi, director of the Ghost in the Shell film. Stechrochen means stingray.
Sable Mouvant Fortress

The Sable Mouvant fortress is a large impenetrable base of operations that straddles the island of Elba near Italia. It was built by arms dealer Sable Mouvant. It features ten meter thick Fiphp Steel armor and numerous weapons systems. After the destruction of Hashima, Wulfgar buys the fortress to serve as his new base of operations.

## Behind the Scenes

The description of the fortress shape as being like a contortionist bent over backwards is inspired by H.R. Giger's designs for Poltergeist 2:
Udachnaya

Udachnaya is an abandoned mining pit in Siberia. It houses a base similar to Valhalla, which uses Cyrillic letters for team names. It is comprised of men only.

Udachnaya base is used mostly for weapons storage, and at one time held several Mjölnir systems. It has an AI named Prokofiev that takes the form of a wolf.

In 2230, the pit is covered by a canopy of fake flowers to match those that grow across Siberia.
Tractoring beam

A repulsion or attraction beam than can pull objects toward it or push them away from it, or project both forces equally to keep an object at the same distance relative to its target. Valkyrie microwaves can fire such beams.

## Behind the Scenes

The concept comes from Star Trek, but is totally original because Bach added "ing" to the end of its name. Such original, very imagination, much creativity.
Schmoo Food

Schmoo Food is the common name for synthetic food. Valhalla's cafeteria serves such food almost exclusively. Some delicacies include:

Yellow Cubes - Real Peach
Green Cubes - Synthetic Broccoli Cream
Red/Brown Cubes - Synthetic Steak
Pink Cylinders - Synthetic Chicken
Brown Cylinders - Synthetic Sausage
Gray Putty - Synthetic Cookie Dough
Tan Lactose Goo - Synthetic Cheese
Purple Spheres - Synthetic Grape
Orange Juice - Real Orange Juice (Not From Concentrate)

## Behind the Scenes

"Schmoo Food" is a reference to the Schmoo from Li'l Abner, a creature which is happy to be eaten by humans and can taste like various different foods.

Another chapter mentions purple patties, these are a reference to SpongeBob's "Pretty Patties."
Wunjo

Wunjo Team or "W Team" is Valhalla's 20th team. It consists of Wart, Weather, Widget and Walter.

Wunjo began in 2230 when Wart was inducted in an emergency after killing several Somali laborers who had beat severely. Veikko took the boy under his wing and showed him the ropes, calling him "Grasshopper" either because of or inspiring his grasshopper Tikari. He also took the yellow tones of Veikko's armor for himself.

Weather joined in a hurry when she was nearly caught by the Scottish police after abandoning the military. V Team orchestrated her arrival. Walter joined a few months after. Widget joined after meeting Valknut and the two Ws when she was hunted by an American policeman who hunted women for sport. All took grasshopper Tikaris, and all took the color of their armor from Veikko's. He was something of a father to the team.

## Spoilers

W Team served Valhalla well for over a year, working with Valknut and other teams and never managing to incur a combat death.

In 2232, when Veikko enacted his plot, W team sided with him immediately and headed to Kyle City to fight on his behalf. When they found him dead, they attacked Varg, his killer. Varg killed them all mercilessly and irreparably.
Previous order

The previous order is that which ran the ravine after the Ares corporation but before Alf.

A Band of Mercenaries lead by Borr, Bestla and Vili, the previous order moved into the ravine in 2199, fresh out of the Paroxysmal Holocaust. They abused every resident, including Snorri, knocking down his house and locking him in a walrus cage for most of the time they were there.

In 2202 they inducted Alf from an L.A. street gang. He immediately killed his own team. This put him at odds with most, but not Borr. Borr was proud of the young man, and had a bit of a crush on him, and insisted he stay and train. In time, Alf's ideas of what the ravine should be inspired Borr, and together the two killed the cruelest mercenaries and ejected the others. Borr died in the fight, in the end hoping that Alf would make something better of the order.
The First Catholic Uprising

The First Catholic Uprising was a peaceful protest of the takeover of The United States by protestant extremists. Following the theocratic election of 2016, the uprising was violently quashed in 2017, killing hundreds of protestors at five different events. It was the first of four such uprisings.

See also:

The Second Catholic Uprising

The Third Catholic Uprising

The Fourth Catholic Uprising
Niide

Dr. Horace Niide is Valhalla's chief doctor and head of Med Bay. He is recognizable by his red beard, the only beard in the ravine. He graduated 133rd in his med school class, out of 14,440. He speaks very slowly, and often interjects medical trauma terms into casual conversation. His eyes are implants that can X-Ray patients.

He works with two prime nurses, Taake and Kampfar, and several subsidiary nurses including Nurse Nachtgall.

## Spoilers

Dr. Niide was married to Beth from B Team. When she died permanently on a mission he elected to resurrect her using her Tikari as an AI to operate within a regrown body implanted with her memories. It seemed to work at first but then the resulting creature turned on him, murdered their child and threatened the ravine. Balder killed the abomination.
The Foolish Weaver

The Foolish Weaver by June Waystone is a book released in 2084 that informed the world about the First World Cold War.

## Behind the Scenes

The Foolish Weaver is the name of a story from the Arabian Nights. This is a reference to The Handmaid's Tale, which took its name from The Canterbury Tales. The name June Waystone is an inversion of the name of Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale.
Pissweed

Pissweed is a potential side effect of wave bombs. Should the Koeller's Gravy be in a particularly nasty or playful mood at detonation, it may mutate some plants (including asparagus) into a weed that grows extremely fast, spreads sticky seeds across great distances in only weeks, and oozes bilirubin and uric acid, causing it to smell similar to urine.

Despite this nasty odor and depending on the plant from which it mutated, Pissweed is actually edible when wiped clean of its gelatinous excretions.
Nuclear trigger worms

A nuclear trigger worm is a two part nuclear detonation device that prevents accidental activation. Half of the device lives on the nuclear warhead and has the power to arm and detonate it. The other half is a chain-link worm that must be struck with intent (gauged by a sense similar to smell) to detonate the device. Permissions can also be bred into the creature so that only certain people can activate it.

The PRA used one with their nuclear device, which was attached to the Ares water.

It also makes a warm, fashionable scarf.
Thokk

Thokk briefly joined T Team during the events of Ragnarök. Her name was originally Atargatis.

Atargatis's adventure began when she grew tired of her job and its degenerative effects on her physique. When a lawsuit to release her from her duties failed, she began shooting her superiors with arrows in the heads, rendering their links inoperable and unrepairable. Intending to shoot her way up to B&L CEO Will Fredard, She managed to shoot Cecelia Wongraven, Alexei Bodom, Johnathan Mäenpää, and Martha Amon before she was caught.

She was incarcerated in the George C. Fisher High Security Panopticon, from which she tried to escape several time, losing her arm and getting shot by numerous microwaves. Among those she injured were Frosty Haraldstadt and Tomas Tveitan. Her escape attempts caught G Team's notice.

She was inducted into Valhalla under the name Thokk, the sound of an arrow hitting a target. She was welcomed by Tahir and the other members of T Team. She grew very close very quickly to Tahir, but found herself on poor terms with Balder, even going so far as to write a Håvamål article challenging him on his religious views.

## Spoilers

When Veikko got Balder killed, Mishka agreed to give back his resurrectable remains if everyone in Valhalla promised not to hunt her. Veikko hacked Thokk and made her seem to reply in the negative, ensuring Balder's permanent demise, as well as Thokk's. Tahir shot her in the head, and T team dumped her remains into the Tromsø power grid.

## Behind the Scenes

Thokk is the name of a character in Norse myth who plays roughly the same role she does in Ragnarök (the novel). Thokk in both cases refuses to do as a character asks in order to bring someone named Balder back from the dead. In the myth, Loki is suspected of posing as Thokk to do so.

Atargatis is named for a German metal band. Wongraven is the name of a member of Norwegian black metal band Satyricon. Alexi Bodom references Alexi Laiho from Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. Will Fredard is a play on Fred Willard who rana company called BnL in Wall-E. Mäenpää is the name of Jari Mäenpää, formerly of Finnish metal band Ensiferum and now of Wintersun. Martha Amon is a play on Amon Amarth, the greatest viking metal band of all time. George C Fisher refers to Corpsegrinder of Cannibal Corpse. Frosty Haraldstad is a play on Frost (Kjetil-Vidar Haraldstad) of Satyricon. Tomas Tveitan is a combination of the real names of Isahn and Samoth from Norwegian black metal band Emperor.
Transcription bubbles

Transcription bubbles are a type of online hacking bot that floats around until it can gauge what a user is looking for. Once it finds a victim, it poses as their goal and once contacted, it takes over their monetary implant back on Earth, alters their RNA transcription to produce physical worms, and then releases the parasites to infect the innocent in reality. As such its alteration of the implant can be considered a form of nanotech.
Yellow Boots

Mehmet Aga (Known as Yellow Boots within the Wolf Gang) is a particularly hairy man. Based out of the Rüveyde Hanım safehouse in Türkiye, Aga was selected by Wulfgar to infiltrate the Yakuza/Pluturus meeting on Ukiyo.

## Spoilers

Aga was recognized as a superfluous party by Hokkaido Joe and fled. Valknut team followed him in order to ascertain who he worked for. Vibeke managed to pick him up from Ukiyo's canopy, where after tolerating his misogynistic remarks, she convinced him she was his intended ride back to the safehouse. She flew him there, supplanting Red Boots's intended role much to Wulfgar's confusion.

After seeking treatment for burns he sustained in the Ukiyo incident, Aga was followed by W Team to the safehouse where he met with Red Boots, who told him off about trusting a female pilot when there were no women in the gang. Aga then enjoyed pizza and a the services prostitute, inspiring V and W to pose as sex workers in order to hack Aga. After briefly admiring Violet and Weather in their disguises, Aga was hacked.

Despite these failures, or perhaps due to them, Wulfgar sent Aga to Mars where he participated in the Wolf mission to retrieve the Ares. Valknut followed him until he headed back to Earth, apparently without having done anything notable while on Mars. He had however drunk his share and returned to Earth, where Wulfgar invited him to take part in The Great Blending. On their later incursion into Hashima, Violet recognized his yellow boots and understood what had taken place.

## Behind the Scenes

"Yellow Boots Mehmet Aga" is the Turkish equivalent of "Joe Schmoe."
Paroxysmal holocaust

The Paroxysmal Holocaust took place in 2199, immediately after the Third Catholic Uprising. Once GAUNE authorities has suppressed the uprising, much of the NAW, indoctrinated by their governing company's anti-religious propaganda, sought further action against remaining strongholds of religion. Calling themselves the Agnostic Front, anti-religious extremists attacked suspected underground churches and religious families (and thousands of innocent accused) mostly with homemade chloramine vapor bombs.

About 7,500 were killed and over 25,000 were injured in the attacks, which GAUNE was notoriously slow to quash. Notably, Balder fought against the Agnostic Front despite his family having been killed in the recent Catholic Uprising.

## Behind the Scenes

Paroxysmal Holocaust is the name of a demo tape by Swedish symphonic metal band Therion. Agnostic Front is the name of a a hardcore/thrash band.
The Third Catholic Uprising

The Third Catholic Uprising was the third of four uprisings by Catholics in the Americas against various causes. The third took place in 2198 and focused on the GAUNE ban on religion. It was by far the most violent of the four, and succeeded in seizing a large portion of the NAW and holding it long enough to enact an inquisition. About 60,000 were killed in fighting or the inquisition, many of the latter were burnt at the stake. A further 30,000 were injured in the battles. Balder's family was burned alive in the uprising. Once quashed, it inspired the Paroxysmal Holocaust in vengeance.

See also:

The First Catholic Uprising

The Second Catholic Uprising

The Fourth Catholic Uprising
Resurrection

Resurrection is the process of bringing the dead back to life. So long as ones brain is intact, this is technically possible. Once rot sets into the nervous system however, it is at best inadvisable and at worst impossible. Valkyries tend to die often and are inevitably resurrected by Dr. Niide if possible. Others are dependent on cost, such as Nelson MacRae, whose pay grade with the police did not cover resurrection.

Resurrection costs vary depending on the nature of death. If one has been been shot in the heart an hour prior to discovery, they would need a new heart and a jumpstart and some regressive neural treatment to restore the brain damage that resulted from oxygen not reaching the brain during death. That costs about 3 years salary for someone making average amounts.

Common Valhalla resurrections would cost ten times that regularly, luckily Niide works for the chance to build something he’s been working on all his life.