Valhalla

**Valhalla**, the Eternal God of Darkness, is the main antagonist of the game Somber Elegy; Broken Dreams. Valhalla has caused irreversible damages towards the planet for many eons. His true goal is unknown. Even his own sister, Luxianna, is confused on why he wants to destroy humanity.

## History

Valhalla wasn't truly born. He just came into existence, though born from the thoughts of malice and hatred. His sister on the other hand was "born" by the thoughts of love and care. Through various means for eons, he has been able to stop her from creating life on many planets. Though, one in particular having warped the planet into a nightmarish and alien world and employing beings such as Corruption and the Darkfallen to carry out its will across the world, which is to "restore the world to the path of purity" by ending the balance between the forces of Light and Dark.

Unlike Luxianna, Valhalla mostly acts in the shadows and never shows itself to anyone except its servants. It has also never directly interacted with the physical plane. The only people in Aurelia who know about the god's existence, aside from the Enlightened and its servants, are a militia which also appears to worship it.

At some point in the recent past, Valhalla ordered some of his servants to place its eye at the top of the Eldritch Overlook so that its gaze may watch over the entire Aurelian continent and subjugate all life in Hell's Reach, as well as to prevent intruders from trespassing into his dimension.

## Biography

Around 150,000 Years ago, Valhalla was able to breach the physical realm. He noticed that the majority of Luxianna's creations foresaw his arrival and began attacking him on sight. Valhalla knew that this physical form will not last as he did not put enough effort into creating it. Before losing his form, he was able to cause a cataclysm to spawn in known as the, Volcanic Doom. This decimated cities and the capital known as Myth Laurelin. Within the fiery blaze, the True Enlightened he sought out to find, destroyed his first physical form. Causing him to immediately unlink himself from the physical plane. For many millennia, Valhalla has tried and failed to link himself back to the physical plane. Though he finds out that he can seep through and still cause damages while not on the plane. This can cause him to be brought back due to a new source of power. Ditching a physical form and live on as pure darkened energy through every person in existence, claiming to be the voice in the back of people's minds.

Roughly 3,000 Years ago, Valhalla broke into the physical realm again and influenced a few of Luxianna's creations to worship him. He would later name his new servants, Taurtus. At the very end of the now known place of Hell's Reach, he ordered his servants lay siege to the civilization that lived in the area, the Enlightened, sending fireballs towards their capital. Although the Enlightened were already prepared for the invasion beforehand, thanks to an oracle who foresaw Valhalla attacking, they could not retrieve the bracelet that the oracle created in order to fight the Darkness back. Thus, Valhalla was able to defeat the Enlightened, destroying their city and bringing them into its domain, True Hell's Reach.

However, the Four True Enlightened were able to escape thanks to the power of the Orbs in their possession, and fled into different directions. Shortly afterwards, they were able to find the source of the darkness, Eldritch Overlook. They climbed up the manor and saw the exact same people that attacked their city. They knew that to stop them they have to use their Orbs, but in doing so. Humanity would technically "reset". Nonetheless, they needed to stop this threat for good. Valhalla's secondary form was obliterated from the Orbs energy and he was pushed back out of the physical plane. Though, knowing how to get back into the physical world, he easily manages to get back and start his rampage again on the new world.