Thora Orrdottir

Thora Orrdottir was the daughter of Astrid McDonough and Orr. she was third in line for the throne, the younger sister of Conrad Orrsen and the Original vampire, Chase Orrsen.

### biography

Thora is the biological daughter and last borm born of Astrid and Orr, a Celtic Queen and a Viking Chief whom were married so Orr could move his clan onto Astrid's land. She was born in clan territory and had a leg broken in multiple places as a fetus which was done in an attempt to abort her because her mother worried after discovering the Champions bargain and thought it was the best solution . She is also the younger sister to Chase and Conrad Orrsen, Aunt to Rose Conradittri and Hawthorn Conradsen, as well as the former Guardian of Ashe Riveraux

### early life

Thora was born at a sever disadvantage, and in any other circumstances, would have been abandoned to die at birth, but because her mother felt guilty for her condition and the fact her father knew if he did that Astrid would leave him and take claims to the land with her, she was accepted. Thora was always interested in her brothers, and enjoyed watching them, learning about them better than maybe if she was allowed to go out with them. she was kept mostly to the house on her fathers orders and learned to paint and make carvings to entertain herself. some village members were cruel to her and she kept it from her brothers and family, hoping to exact revenge on her tormenters alone, however one day, one such bully makes the mistake of doing it in front of Conrad, who told chase and the two beat him up. Thora was thankful but mostly annoyed that she couldn't do it herself, Astrid cottoned on and began to teach her archery, as well as sneak her out to attend riding lessons with chase and Conrad. when she was 12, her brothers went on a raid in which chase became wounded and became infected. Thora helped her mother tend to her brothers wounds and prayed to her patron god, thor, to save him. she also noticed Soleste's disinterest in the situation which made her annoyed and even more so when Orr betrothed chase and soleste. it was at this time Thora bought a horse of her own and began to show her village what she was made of, because of this, they finally accepted her and she began to leave her house more often and made friends her own age.

### origins: genesis

Thora is exited to see her brother home and walks with him back to the door, before elbowing him when he didn't bring her back dandelions to make paint with. she expresses a dislike for soleste.

when thora discovers what her father has done she asks him if none of his children where perfect. she tries to help chase when he comes home but he snaps at her and appears to prefer to be alone. this hurts thora but she suspects there is more than what is known to the whole vampire thing and keeps an eye on her brother. when she discovers what Chase now is, she is frightened and believes he needs help, but is cautious, she goes to kill her father before Conrad reminds her that the king cannot force thing to go one way or another. she feels devastated when her mother dies and trys to run away on horse back, unwilling to fix her shattered family. with her gone, Conrad in love with soleste and Orr confused, soleste begins to take control. Thora eventually returns home, feeling powerless outside of home, but possibly due to chases compulsion. thora submits to soleste but plots secretly. she knows that her father is powerless now, and the throne in his death would pass to conrad in chases absence, but soleste is now betrothed to Conrad so to take the throne herself, she would have to kill her father and brother, she is unwilling to kill her brother and orr begins to regret his choices and Thora becomes unwilling to kill him. Thora decides the only solution is to bring chase home and have her father abdicate the title. she begins to try cross the rapids but cant find a safe way and knows swimming is futile on her leg, not to mention horses wouldn't make the jump. she begins to doubt her plan more when chase bites her, and is traumatised, unwilling to try help anymore, she begins to just remove herself, understanding why her mother did.

### origins: homecoming

Thora is now 17 and soleste is attempting to marry her off, mostly in fear Thora will not support her choice. Thora decides to just reject suitors and not investigate why soleste wanted rid of her. when her father is put to death, she does rethink her choice of ignoring Chase in her mind but forgets about it in the heat of war, and with her responsibility of watch Rose and Hawthorn. it annoys her but she does it anyway. she begins to think about chase more and more when Godslayer begins to be made. she is offered a dagger and accepts, naming it Madamarallai (mad- a- mar- al- a), a play on wolf hunter because her mother referred to chase as a wolf. she has the opportunity to use Madamarallai against chase when a fight breaks out that he appears at. she goes to stab him and he tells her to do it, but she sees he is getting panicked from the tight fit of the cave, she lets him go and begins to think of her brother differently again.

ashe leads Thora to witch lands, and she is met by mazigold, elegra, and chase. she is shocked to see her brother and tries to leave with Ashe. elegra explains that the biting incident was used for a spell and was her fault. Thora is unforgiving but decides to listen. she's told they need her help to which she responds no because she chose the lesser of two evils. mazigold says even if she wont help her brother, witch kind were innocent and deserved to be helped. chase then bargains his right as heir and she agrees to help.

Thora admits herself as a double agent in the final battle, soleste is enraged and tries to burn her alive, but ashe steps in front, blocking her mothers fire and Thora grabs ashe and takes to horseback to escape.

Thora is wounded from the fight and in her weak state, cant stop Conrad from taking his children. he explains he is afraid of what the towns folk will do to them as there mother is soleste so takes them away, Thora tries to go after them and goes running after them, she starts screaming but she doesn't want the town to find out were they went. she decides to find chase, only to be told the likelihood of her becoming queen are much higher now, Thora finds chase and discovers he was hit with Godslayer. she goes to him and tells him that he has to save there brother, chase says he's a bit busy and she tells him that he must if he ever hopes to one day earn her forgiveness, chase tells her he doesn't care but goes after them anyway. chase returns with the children, and Conrad's brother, Thora cries and slaps him asking why he didn't save him, chase said he couldn't because he was under the effects of Godslayer. Thora tells him, he should brush his hair, as his coronation is soon, chase says he doesn't want the crown and refers to his deal with her. she says that he doesn't deserve the escaping of responsibility and they would never respect her as queen anyway. she is present at chases corination and takes the children home, leaving him with the family home.

### origins: the house of Orrsen

the book starts with Thora taking the children to the witches for lessons and leaving flowers at her family graves. she explains a season has passed since the end of the war and the rebuilding of the clan is difficult. she also explains she has dinner with chase once a week before the thing to discuss mostly politics, she also is asked to relay a message from the witches who miss chase. the dinner is quiet and long, Thora explains mazigold misses him and he says that he broke things of with her and wanted to be alone. Thora tells him being along doesn't work well for him and he tells her that people seem to prefer him when he's not there and pretend like he's not a vampire, which is harder to do in person. Thora tells him that she does wish he wasn't. he says he knows and with that he says he is going to bed, so she goes home. Thora visits the ocean her mothers shrine is, she asks her for guidance and finds elegra there, elegra tells her of how she loved Astrid and bound the land to her, which is why it belongs to her family, she also refers to Thora as Thora McDonough and Thora corrects her, elegra apologises and explains witch children take there mothers surnames if any. Thora decides to ask if ashe is going to be like Chase, elegra says she could if she choses but that she isn't chase and despite what she thought, chase did love her, and it hurts to see Astrid's family the way it is. Thora said if Astrid's son wasn't so selfish maybe it wouldn't be so bad, elegra asked if she blames chase and Thora doesn't answer, elegra tells her blame is a fruitless chase, because the further you chase it, the further it gets. Thora asks if it was her fathers fault and does she mean you cant blame a dead man, elegra says it could be her fault, depending on how you see it. Thora decides she does want to reconnect with chase after finding a drawing she did of the three of them. meanwhile tensions rise. people are unsure of chase, or any of the vampires as leaders. it leads to a man bringing a stake to the thing, suggesting hawthorn as the new leader of the clan, with Thora herself as his regent. Thora feels angry they don't want a queen on the throne and objects. the thing is a 40 60 split, leaving chase on the the throne. Thora eventually assassinates the leader, but to her dismay, people believe it was chase. chase tells his little sister that she must have gotten a stronger stomach, as she cant watch him eat, leading her to believe he knows what she did. due to the rift between Chase and Thora, the land becomes much harder to live on so the take the plains of a neighbouring Celtic settlement . Thora arrived and heard story’s that Chase took them all on single handily. She finds him and decides it’s better if the clan doesn’t see him in such a weak state so retrieves Amara who helps them cross the rapids where they announce they are having a treaty meeting with the Witch Queen.

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### abilities

* Archery
* witling
* sketching
* horse riding
* knife combat
 Thora's strongest talent is archery, being able to shoot down Isobel, an original, running at full speed.

 Thora carves many pieces of art out of wood, including totems for her siblings, toys for her nieces and nephews, and stakes.

 Thora spent a great deal of her life inside and learned to sketch as a way to pass the time, she did very detailed sketches of her family members and helped document different vampires as a commission from the hunt

 Thora is a great rider, being able to ride whilst firing arrows.

 her skill set is basic with a knife but she is able to defend herself with one, and managed to get Chase into a position to kill him with a knife