Fenrir (Witches of Midgard-verse)

* Altar of Fenrir

*"The son of Loki and Angrboða who adopted the form of monstrous wolf-like creature. Unable to condone Fenrir's crimes (rampage across Nine Realms and masterminded the foundation of Fangs of Fenrir alongside his half-siblings Váli and Nari) and in fear of his ever-growing stature and might, Gods of Asgard restrained him with supernatural ribbon-like fetter crafted by Dvergar called Gleipnir, but not before biting Týr's right arm off as compensation. However at Ragnarök, his magical bindings would finally fail under his might, allowing him to join forces with his family and the rest of Jötnar against Gods of Asgard, and vanquish Odin as prophesied only to be perished at hands of Víðarr in return."*
― Description of Fenrir.

**Fenrir** (ON:"Fen-dweller") was the wolf-like Beast-Jötunn son of Loki and Angrboda, brother of Hel and Jörmungandr, father of Skoll & Hati, and uncle of Hel-Ymir. He was also the patron deity of Fangs of Fenrir (precursor to Naglfar's Den of Wargs Temple) and posthumous antagonist of *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard* series.

## Personality & Character

As with in mythological accounts pertaining him, Fenrir was born to the trickster god Loki and Angrboda the mother of monsters. Due to the prophecy pertaining his future role in Ragnarök as Odin's bane, the All-Father ordered Fenrir and his siblings to be brought to Asgard so he could determine their fate. Whereas Jörmungandr was banished to Midgard's oceans and Hel entrusted with a permanent post in Helheim as its ruler, Fenrir remained in home realm of Gods of Asgard under its inhabitants' watchful eyes. However, with his might and size grew extraordinarily, the Gods became wary of him that they ultimately decided to have him restrained and locked away in Lyngvi, an island situated at the center of lake Ámsvartnir. For such endeavor, they had dwarves crafting supernatural ribbon-like fetter called Gleipnir after their previous bindings Leyding and Dromi failed under his might. As they did, Týr allowed Fenrir to bite his right hand off as the compensation. Eventually, Fenrir freed himself when Ragnarök came, reunited with his siblings and father as they led an army of Jötnar against Gods of Asgard, and slew Odin as prophesied only to be killed by Víðarr in return.

While Fenrir's predicament at hands of Gods of Asgard could be argued as self-fulfilling prophecy scenario, the accounts pertaining his and his siblings' situation in Edda of Vör implied them to be not as misunderstood as some people suggested nowadays. The Gods made an effort in educating the siblings after being inspired by how Thor nurtured Storm Weasels he accidentally created. However, Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel were torn between the Gods' teachings and Jötnar's ideologies taught by their father Loki before deciding to fulfill their future role. At one point, Fenrir wreaked havoc upon Nine Realms and conspired with his half-siblings Váli and Nari to establish a cult dedicated for him called Fangs of Fenrir. Gods of Asgard caught a wind on such transgressions and subsequently imprisoned him for it all. Still, Fangs of Fenrir remained active in secret, their worship gave the Beast-Jötunn strength which allowed him to finally tear Gleipnir apart. The cult seemed to be truly no more after its leaders' eventual deaths at hands of Odin and Great Lindworm so their entrails could be used to craft special fetters to bind their renegade father, though Fenrir already had more than enough power to escape yet chose to bid his time and worse, Fangs of Fenrir would inspire Naglfar centuries later.

### Skills and Abilities

* **Beast-Jötunn Physiology**: As the lupine son of Loki and Angrboda, Fenrir was a Jötunn born in/adopted the form of monstrous wolf endowed with biological and magical abilities comparable to those of most formidable among Gods of Asgard.
	+ **Incalculable Strength**: Fenrir's well-known feature was tremendous strength. Not only he could overpower Odin and subsequently defeat the All-Father during the Ragnarök, but also broke Leyding and Dromi, enchanted bindings Gods of Asgard originally devised to restrain him — only Gleipnir, the near-unbreakable binding forged by dvergar out of six impossible things in the world that could immobilize him up until he received power boost from his disciples' blood tributes.
	+ **Supernatural Durability**: Fenrir was able to take considerable punishments with the only beings that could significantly injure him were those around Odin or Víðarr's caliber.
	+ **Supernatural Mobility**: Considering that he finally managed to slay Odin during Ragnarök, it would be plausible that Fenrir's speed and agility were comparable to among fastest and most agile of Gods of Asgard.
	+ **Supernatural Reflexes**: Fenrir's reaction time was plausibly great since he able to keep up against the likes Odin and Víðarr, though he ultimately perished at hands of the latter.
	+ **Supernatural Senses**: Like mundane wolves, Fenrir possessed keen sense of hearing, smell, and sight albeit greater tenfold.
	+ **Immortality**: As with his fellow Jötunn, Fenrir could live forever, though his immortality extended only to immense durability and decelerated ageing since he could be killed by beings with sufficient power, most notably his destined bane Víðarr.
	+ **Accelerated Growth**: While under Gods of Asgard's care following his, Jörmungandr, and Hel's capture, Fenrir grew at disturbingly fast pace that he already gigantic in size by the time they decided to bind him.
	+ **Divine Energy Manipulation**: Like other Jötnar, Fenrir possessed divine energy coursing through his very being which he could manipulate for variety of purposes such as augmenting objects by infusing them, improving his magic, and create constructs.
		- **Avatar Creation**: According to Modi, to get around the fact that he physically trapped at Lyngvi, Fenrir conjured an avatar made of his own divine energies to guide Fangs of Fenrir. The avatar was far more vulnerable than his physical form yet able to instantly regenerate so long it remained within certain radius of the original and/or effigies his disciples constructed in his image.
* **Magic**:
	+ **Tribute Blessings and Empowerment**: In return of periodical blood offerings, Fenrir could convey blessings of prosperity and good luck upon his disciples but, that's not it all. The Beast-Jötunn gained temporary power boost from tributes he received, more tributes means more power. Despite Fangs of Fenrir's dissolution, Fenrir gained more than enough power to finally weaken Gleipnir's hold over him before finally tore it apart.
	+ **Elemental Magic**: True to *Edda of Vor* and other sources, Fenrir could magically manipulate fire and ice.
* **Intelligence and Charisma**: Fenrir was very clever and charismatic for such a Beast-Jötunn, presenting himself as an affable figure before Gods of Asgard during his stay at their home realm following his and his siblings's arrest. It's implied that he had put together reasons behind the tension between them (Fenrir's destiny as Odin's bane in Ragnarök and desire to avenge his ancestor Ymir) presumably prior or during Gods of Asgard's attempt to bind him but nonetheless maintained such facade until they succeeded with Gleipnir after previous bindings Leyding and Dromi failed under his might. While bitter about their victory in the end, Fenrir nonetheless persuaded the Gods to let him bite Týr's right hand off as the compensation in the way neither of them considered to refuse. As the patron deity of Fangs of Fenrir, Fenrir had swayed sizable amount of mortals who became his disciples whose tributes provided him strength to weaken Gleipnir's hold over him in order to break free once Ragnarök came.

### Tools & Equipment

* **Altar of Fenrir**:     Fangs of Fenrir's structure of great significance through which its members worshipped Fenrir, giving him strength to finally weaken Gleipnir's hold over him thus allowing him to break free when Ragnarök came.

## Notes & Trivia

* As stated by BSoulstone, this version of Fenrir was influenced by Moder, the main antagonist of Adam Nevill's *The Ritual* who similarity described as the offspring of Loki. Even like the latter, he was an animalistic Jötunn who had amassed a significant amount of followers.
	+ Design-wise, Fenrir was influenced by The Ravager, one of antagonists and bosses in third-person shooter game *Remnant* series as both are massive wolf-like creatures with two pairs of eyes and a pair of human-like arms with sharp claws.

## Articles and References

1. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/bsoulstone/art/Fenrir-LWA-WoM-973367218

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