Norse Pantheon

Asgard

The Norse Pantheon come from the body of myths of the North Germanic peoples. They are the Gods and beliefs of the Vikings.

## Gods

### **Bragi**

Bragi is the God of Poetry and Performance in the Nordic Pantheon. He performed during the time Sigrunn , Miss Mist , Aron , Asmodeus , Zéphyrine, and Constance visited Asgard.

### **Fenrir**

Fenrir is the Great Wolf. The Bringer of the Ragnarok. He was married to Hanyil a Valkyrie that stood up for Sigrunn, but recently his sister Hel killed her in a power grab to get her throne back. He is currently in chains in his cell awaiting the day of Ragnarok.

### **Freya**

Freyja is one of Odin's many wives. She is in charge of those that are admitted to Folkvang afterlife. She is kind and considerate.

### **Hel**

Hel is the daughter of Loki and Goddess of Death and Helheim. She is shrewd and takes her duties seriously. She recently had a falling out with her father over the unseating her brother Fenrir and his wife Hanyil did of her throne. She reclaimed her throne after killing Hanyil and reshackeling Fenrir.

### **Idunn**

Idunn is the wife of Bragi and the Goddess of eternal youth. She is well known singer and long flowing hair.

### **Niorun**

Niorun is the Goddess of Dreams, Nightmares and Visions in the Norse Pantheon. She talks in riddles and poems unless frustrated, which she will talk to you straight but with anger.

She has in the past been mistaken as Miss Mist, but they are not the same person. Niorun gets angry when her warnings are not heeded because the chosen recipient doesn't understand it.

### **The Norns**

The Norns are the three Goddesses in charge of the Threads of Fate for those of the Norse religion. They live at the Well of Wyrd, next to the first exposed tree-root of the World Tree, in Asgard. They are named Urd (That-Which-Is), Verdandi (That-Which-Is-Becoming), and Skuld (That-Which-Should-Be), and they are mentioned as "the mighty maids from Thursenheim", or Niflheim, home of the frost-thurses. Urd spins threads, Verdandi weaves them, and Skuld cuts them short. Sometimes they appear to look identical; sometimes they appear with different ages. Unlike the Morai (the Greek Fates), Urd is the eldest and Skuld sometimes appears as a maiden (and has been said to ride with the Valkyries, to end the lives of warriors).

All three were once Valkyries and the original Valkyries. Skuld appeared to Sigrunn when she changed the Threads of Fate to Milly, Arondel's granddaughter.

### **Odin**

Odin is the All Father, the Father God of Norse Pantheon. He has his two ravens, Huginn and Munin that bring him memories and news from around the world. Huginn and Munin's feathers were used in the cure for the Affliction. Odin is all seeing and wise.

### **Thor**

Thor is the God of Thunder in the Norse Pantheon. He is loud and boisterous. He is supportive and likes having a good time. Can be a bit of a flirt.

### **Ve and Vili**

Ve and Vili are the brothers of Odin that were apart of the creation of the nine realms. Ve is the God of sacred temples and Vili the God of Motivation. Ve gave his blood to Davina for the first cure for the Affliction in the Afflicted Gods Timeline. In the Binx Timeline all three brothers gave their blood for the cure.

## Valkyries

The great godservants of Odin, the psychpomps that usher great warriors to Valhalla

### Asta

Asta was one of the training Valkyries. Sigrunn looked to her as an older sister. She was the expert in runes and the only reason Sigrunn learned her runes.

### Dagny

Dagny is the Hersir of the Valkyries of Odin. She was the twin flame of Sigrunn. During a battle when Sigrunn betrayed her Dagny beat her severely and drag her to be tried and executed by the gods. Odin gave sentence of exile to Sigrunn.

Dagny saw Sigrunn once more in the crossing over fellow reaper Billie "Binx" Sanderson. Dagny took Binx to the Fields of Folkvang but only after giving Sigrunn the Heart of the Slain mark with Binx's name and in the process burning the Affliction from Sigrunn in the Binx Timeline.

### Ragna

Ragna is the mother hen of the Valkyries. She trains the new recruits and takes care of them. She can be stern but she has a very soft heart. She was the closet to an actual mother that Sigrunn could know. Sigrunn would get in trouble often growing up for sneaking out of classes and training.

### Sieza Rose

Sieza Rose was a charge taken by Sigrunn. She was a transwoman that was killed outside a gay bar for her being trans. Sigrunn in a change of protocol asked her former Valkyrie sisters to make an exception and take Sieza Rose as a new recruit to the Valkyries. Last time Sigrunn saw her she was earning her wings. Sieza Rose was a transwoman from the middle of Nebraska. She died at the age of 23. She is a fierce fighter and has a strong sense of self.

## Afterlives

The Five afterlives of the Norse and souls are taken to them based on who they were as people and how they died.

Goddess Freyja always got first pick at a battlefield and those souls go to Folkvang. Also those of righteousness and died for their causes. (Sacrifices and Warriors would go here, later just warriors of their causes)

Odin's Valkyries would then pick only the worthiest of warriors for Valhalla

Ran, Giantess of the Ocean takes all souls lost at sea that are followers of Norse

Then Hel has the last two afterlives. Helhiem is split into the Hall of the Souls, those of everyone else that were good, just, and did their duties. And then The Hall of Lost Souls, those of evil kind, hatred, jealously, and malcontent.