Mjölnir (Witches of Midgard-verse)

Users: | * Thor the Nordic God of Thunder (original owner, formerly)
* Magni (1st half)
* Modi (2nd half)

*"A legendary one-handed war hammer that once belonged to Thor, Nordic God of Thunder. Magni and Modi were destined to inherit it following Ragnarök, but not before facing great hardships."*
― Description of Mjölnir.

**Mjölnir** (pronounced "ME-ol-neer"), also spelled **Mjølnir**, is the supernatural hammer originally belonged to Thor the Nordic God of Thunder set to appear in *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard*.

## Description & Characteristics

True to its accounts in *Prose Edda*, Mjölnir, along with Gullinbursti (Freyr's golden boar) and Draupnir (Odin's multiplying golden ring), were forged by two dwarven brothers Brok and Eitri as both the gift for their divine clients Gods of Asgard and part of competition against Sons of Ivaldi who also crafted theirs (Skíðblaðnir (Freyr's longship), Gungnir (Odin's enchanted spear), and Sif's golden mystical wig). The contest itself was orchestrated by Loki to avoid Thor's wrath for shaving his beloved wife Sif's hair clean. Despite their best efforts, Loki's sabotage in a bid to win the wager between them and the brothers saw Brok and Eitri unwittingly made the handle of Thor's hammer shorter than intended during its creation, resulting it became a one-handed weapon instead of two-handed. Despite such setback, the Gods praised Mjölnir as the best among gifts Loki brought to them, having foreseen its inestimable help in their battles against Jötnar. Indeed, up until receiving his signature hammer, their champion Thor broke or lost every weapon given to him.

From there, Thor carried Mjölnir throughout his adventures, typically in conjunction of Megingjörð (special belt that doubles his already incredible strength) and Járngreipr (a pair of gauntlets to help him better handle Mjölnir's powers). The hammer was once stolen by a Jötunn named Þrym who would return it in exchange of Freya's hand in marriage. Believing the Jötunn too treacherous to fulfill his part of the bargain and not wanting to sell out one of their own, Gods of Asgard instead sent Thor who begrudgingly disguised himself as Freya with Loki accompanying him as per Heimdall's suggestion. As soon as Mjölnir within his grasp, Thor unmasked himself and wreaked havoc upon everyone present in the supposed marriage between Þrym and Freya. It was also the instance where Thor didn't bring Megingjörð and Járngreipr with him.

During one of his many battles against Jötnar at Jötunheim, Thor unwittingly contaminated a significant part of the realm's ecosystem with his magic through Mjölnir. Among flores and faunas of Jötnar's home realm that affected were a race of evolved mustelidae that attained anthropomorphic features and sapience not unlike mortals. Inspired by how the All-Father, Vili, and Vé nurtured dvergar which they created from maggots that crawled from Ymir's corpse, Thor stepped in to do the same with evolved mustelidae which he eventually christened as Storm Weasels, a decision which approved by Odin and Baldur who saw the goodness in them yet disgusted Loki who perceived them as abominations by contrast.

Following its apparent destruction in the aftermath of the fateful Ragnarök, Thor's sons Magni and Modi spent the next centuries in recovering the fragments of the hammer for their own use and prevent them from falling into wrong hands, though they eventually fully restored Mjölnir after their fateful encounter with Dalisay Manbavaran and their father's reincarnation Hendrik. Even so, at least three of the fragments of the weapon fell into the hands of Wrath of Thor of Sword of Laeradr who used it to craft their own elemental weapons.

As with mythical accounts pertaining it, Mjölnir was created as the perfect weapon and tool for Thor the Nordic God of Thunder. Firstly, it is unbreakable so it would never fail under his immense physical and magical might. Then, the hammer always return to its owner's hand no matter how hard or how far he throws it. Next, it can be shrunk down in order to be conveniently stored in the owner's pocket. And lastly, a perfect conduit to channel his magic with not unlike witches and wizards with wands/staves, elemental or blessings. Its aforementioned ability to split into twin staves so Thor's sons and successors Magni and Modi can share its powers more efficiently was both added at later point after its creation and known only to Brok, Eitria, Thor, and Thor's reincarnation Hendrik. Very few weapons in Nine Realms that could match Mjölnir's might, and Claiomh Solais happened to be one of such weapons.

## Articles & References

1. ↑ https://www.deviantart.com/bsoulstone/art/Mjlnir-LWA-WoM-966917554