Alex Fierro

Alex Fierro is a genderfluid teenager from Boston, Massachusetts. Alex is a demigod child of Loki, And Mr. Fierro, a mortal businessman. Because of Alex's gender identity and being the child of a norse goddess, they were abused physically and mentally by others, and disowned by their family. After they died, they chose to become an einherji by their half-sister, Samirah al-Abbas. Alex is the newest named resident of Hotel Valhalla, and a hall mate to Magnus Chae and others from floor Nineteen. Alex is currently in a relationship with Magnus Chase.

## History

### Birth

The Fierro family is very influential, which is what had attracted Loki's attention first. This caused in the trickster god seducing Alex's father, a married businessman, in the form of a "voluptuous red-head" and tricked him into having an affair with the trickster god in his female form. Nine months later, Loki returned to Alex's dad's doorstep and left him with their child. The family didn't take the news well, especially after Loki permanently lifted the Mist from their eyes.

### Early Life

Alex had lived in a three story mansion, in either Salem, or Lexington. White painted columns stood at the entrance, and honeysuckle bushed surrounded the front yard. There was a porch, and a rippling American flag on the porch.

Alex spent their life being resented for their Norse heritage and their gender fluidity by both of their mortal parents. They were bullied verbally and physically baby their classmates, and their father. Their step-mother did nothing to prevent the domestic abuse. Alex's parents resented them and were embarrassed by them, and their stepmother did not like having them there. Their family told them that Loki had put ideas into their head, and corrupted them, blaming them for being genderfluid. The Fierro family was rich, but didn't care about the feelings of their child, only an heir. Alex had other sibling but they had unknown relationships. Their father thought of the siblings at his "real" children. He thought Alex's pottery was garbage and said they had so much potential, and wanted them to be normal in his twisted ways.

They had a close relationship with their Mexican immigrant Abuelo, who taught them ceramics. He spoke to them about their heritage and old Mexican myths and legends, telling them that their family had been creating pottery for years before the Aztecs. When they discussed duality and persons with two faces and two aspects for each gender, his grandfather embraced and honored who they were as genderfluid people. Their grandfather wanted them to comprehend it and take ownership of Alex's ancestry, so they talked about ancestral statues as well. Their father was enraged by this and said that he was planting ideas in their heads. He also detested the fact that their family was providing him with support.

Alex despised their father's pottery business and referred to it as crap since it was manufactured rather than crafted by hand like their Abuelo did. When Alex was around six years old, their father had taken over the business when her Abuelo passed away and was producing machine-made furniture and silverware. In an effort to discredit their Abuelo's beliefs and damage their creativity, their father tried to turn Alex into a businessperson while also preparing them to take over the company. However, Alex wouldn't have it. He detested it when they listened to their Abuelo's fables and couldn't understand why Alex didn't want to sell pottery for a living. Up until they discovered the quality was declining, and becoming unpopular he had made millions and the company was well known.

At one point, they had been involved with a pottery studio in Brookline Village, and they frequently went camping there with the kids to "get away".  The owners allowed them to stay there when things got tough at home because it was the one location that they could depend on. Alex made a pottery man but it didn't turn out.

Loki would appear and make an effort to "parent" them. Loki visited the pottery studio one day. Loki made an effort to astound them and demonstrate his immense power over them. Alex learned an enchantment from Loki that could transform anything into a weapon. They cast the spell on the stupidest object they could think of—a clay cutter—because they didn't want the gratification of Loki assisting them. They didn't consider it to be a weapon, but it ended up becoming their distinctive wire.

Alex was called a freak and kicked by a mob of youngsters when she was ten years old. Alex rolled into a ball out of fear and was to scared to shape-shift.

### Life on the streets

When Alex was fourteen years old, about two years before they became an einherji, Alex became homeless when their father threw down the stairs of the house in the front yard and threw at them a sculpture with two faces made by Alex. . Her father tells Alex that he just wants her to be normal, and Alex insists she is. Then her father said she would have no more help and no more money, but Alex refused. Her father said she had a lot of potential, as she understood the profession as much as his Abuelo, and insulted her appearance by spitting on the steps. Alex corrects his dad and says it's a work of art, not a craft, and his dad is disgusted and says his sculpture is not art, it's trash. They both waited for the other to apologize, but her father shook his head in disgust and slammed the door, disowning her.

At some point in his life, he lived in a youth shelter on Winter Street in Boston, around the same time Magnus was there. I remember I hated this place. Also during this time, Alex befriends a boy named Adrian, but he ends up committing suicide. Alex was regularly beaten in homeless shelters. She sometimes steals from her family.