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Pytten

Sävel Pytten was born on December 7th. They are a Cetacean. On their 12th birthday, Pytten was lucky enough to enjoy the Kylmäsavustettu Lohi of the Taravana Tavern, one of the most famous dishes in Cetacea.

Pytten entered the service of the Valkohai in 2230 and caught the eye of Risto Turunen after saving Lt. Bax from the destruction of the VA Saukko, along with its entire crew. Risto took the young cetacean under his wing and the two directed most Valkohai operations through 2233.

Pytten was approached by their friend Tully when the latter was approached by Vibeke and Nel in Pohjanlahti Kyla. Pytten took the two to Risto, an act costing them their rank. Bumped back down to lieutenant and robbed of their duties to Risto, Pytten was assigned to Commander Kätyri, who treated them quite miserably. Risto had further plans for Pytten however and directed them to serve off the books on board the Proteus.

Pytten followed Risto into battle, witnessing Risto's death. Risto promised Pytten that they would serve again under Captain Katla and would still find a command of their own one day.

## Behind the Scenes

Pytten is named after Norwegian black metal producer Eirik "Pytten" Hundvin. The name is Norwegian for "Puddle."
Valhallapedia Wikia

Valhallapedia is a wiki devoted to the world of Valhalla by Ari Bach and its sequels.

## **Warning:** Valhallapedia Contains Spoilers!

Spoilers are marked in three levels:

The first is simply a spoiler section, marked like this:

## Spoilers

This kind of section contains information that's revealed in the books, but not information that will damage reading the books for the first time.

The second is a spoiler warning section, marked like this:

This kind of section contains plot spoilers that will betray a surprise or event from the books.

The third is a section for mega-spoilers that will absolutely ruin the books, marked like this:

For the love of God and all that is holy DO NOT READ PAST THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOKS!!!

The information in these sections will give away massive plot twists and completely derange the reading experience.

The "Behind the Scenes" sections at the end of articles are generally free of spoilers, but Valhallapedia recommends saving these for after your first read.
Valfar

Valfar is Valhalla's resident scientific genius. He invented fat water for the Ares Project. His thick accent reflects his heritage, he is half Scottish and half Jamaican.

## Behind the Scenes

Valfar is named for the artist behind Windir, a Norwegian Metal band. The real Valfar froze to death. This may be why Valfar in the book is given three warm jackets.
The Evacuation of 2232

The Evacuation of 2232 took place when Wulfgar attacked Valhalla. Most civilians left the ravine, including Quorthon, Eric, Snorri and others.

> “Since when has Valhalla evacuated because of a threat?”
>
> “Never. Civilians evacuate. Valkyries fight. Half of us are going topside to deal with the assault. Half of us will destroy Wulfgar’s base while Alf kills him.”
> —Vibeke and Balder during the evacuation
>
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Nelson MacRae

Nelson MacRae is the father of Violet MacRae. He was born in Dornoch and entered the Scottish Police Academy shortly after passing his adulthood tests. He began his career in Inverness, where he met June Starling at a murder mystery dinner. They were married and had Violet shortly after, then moved to Kyle City.

Nelson MacRae's family tree:

   (Middle names appear beneath boxes)

## Spoilers

Nelson was charged with monitoring Orange Gang activities in his region. In doing so he hatched a plan to capture Hrothgar Kray. He noticed that Hrothgar tended to show up in person to crucify traitors and enemies only when the party had a teenage daughter. Nelson then devised a trap by infiltrating the Orange Gang and acting sloppily enough to get caught. He calculated the timing of Hrothgar's expedition to kill and crucify him down to the minute, and planned for his fellow officers to arrive at exactly that time so as not to allow Kray any possible warning. He would have been exactly right on target had Alex Deramus, the last man in Hrothgar's entourage, not been too drugged to attend.

Nelson was thus murdered by Kray with a shot to the heart, along with June who was shot in the head. Violet was about to suffer the same fate but when presented an opportunity to fight back, she did so, killing Kray and his men. The Police, including Officer Lochroch, lied to Violet about her father's plan so as not to alert her to the fact he was using her as bait, and concealed from her the fact that Nelson's body went missing shortly after his death.

After his death, Nelson was resurrected by Maggie and trained as a Geki.

## Behind the Scenes

Nelson is named after Lord Horatio Nelson. Officer Lochroch's name is a play on Keystone, the name of a group of comedic inept cops.
The Great Purchasings

The Great Purchasings of 2142 were a result of the early years of the Second World Cold War. Once the conglomerates that would become GAUNE and UNEGA realized they were at war, they renamed themselves to their 2230 titles and bought up all the companies they could, turning their spheres of influence into direct subsidiaries. After the Great Purchasings, no company was left independent.
YGDR S/L

The Yamato-Goddard Dynamic Reactor (State/Location) power system is aQuark inversion power plant that powers Valhalla. It's very heavy and had to be 'grown' rather than constructed.

## Behind the Scenes

The YGDR S/L system's name is also a reference to Yggdrasil from Norse mythology, a great tree that stood at the center of the world.
Sable Mouvant

Sable Mouvant is the CEO of Dylath-Leen, and one of the richest women in the world as of 2232. She built an incomparable fortress as her home on Elba, and island she owns. She is a recognizable global figure, and is rarely photographed without her oversized sunglasses. Note that sunglasses have been as out-of-style as ruffs and Juliet sleeves for over 100 years.

Sable Mouvant was born in 2200 in Paris. She inherited Dylath-Leen from her parents when they died shortly after she passed her adulthood tests. She immediately sold off most assets unrelated to manufacturing and construction. Liquidating these assets provided for her to build her fortress on Elba in 2219. Its design suggested to analysis that she was extremely paranoid, and her public persona reinforced this notion, as she tended to travel with an entourage of over 60 armed men. She was also always armed with a cutter rifle that she kept hanging around her back. Despite all this, or perhaps because of it, there was never a single recorded attempt on her life.

Mouvant married four husbands in 2223 and publicly referred to them as her "harem" or "stable." None were particularly notable public personalities, but three of the four had work histories in pornography. She is also known to have had a nain aveuglant. Despite her hedonistic reputation, she proved a most capable businesswoman, and managed to make her construction businesses almost twice as large as the nearest competitor.

In the last months of 2232, she was diversifying into power plants and utility companies.

## Behind the Scenes

Sable Mouvant is French for "quicksand." Dylath-Leen is both an H.P. Lovecraft reference and a French metal band.
Pets

Living pets are an extreme rarity and dog breeding is almost universally prohibited. Those few that are allowed have to be proven completely healthy in genetic terms. Basically everything allowed to live is practically a wolf. Breeding a dog as genetically divergent from the source would be punished by a massive prison sentence and incalculable fine for what’s considered the worst kind of animal cruelty. Breeding a brachycephalic animal would be considered animal abuse in and of itself.

Note though that in less developed regions like the North American West, these laws do not exist, or are impossible to enforce if they do. So some of the old bloodlines persist. There are even some breeds that 2015 hasn’t seen, such as the Pit Mastiff, the Tibetan Rottweiler, and the Caucasian Bear Molossus, the only successful attempt of the 2080s to integrate bear DNA into a dog.

Varg had a digital pet Caucasian Bear Molossus named “Winzig” when he was young.

Digital Boston terriers and pugs though are common. Anyone can own a digital pet, or “CG” as they’re called. Basically they’re link-present opaque simulations, and to the owner, they’re no different from owning a read dog except they don’t pee or poop, and they don’t mind if you forget to feed them. But even CGs with advanced enough AIs are starting to gain protective laws as of 2230.
Weather

Heather Lyle was born in Glasgow. She attended Achnacarry Academy with Violet and was among those beaten by her savagely during the hazing incident. Once she got new teeth, she went on to complete her training and harbored no ill will toward Violet, and was sad to hear of her (faked) death.

Stationed in the Israeli Crateria, Lyle reacted poorly to military life as her individualistic tendences worked poorly with the command structure. She tried to leave but her contract was insoluble. She abandoned the army, and was in Edinburgh when the police caught up to her to arrest (or kill) her for desertion

Valknut orchestrated her escape and induction into Valhalla, where she took the name Weather, along with Veikko's red tones for her armor. She is the second member of Wunjo team and joined Wart in getting a grasshopper/mekleth Tikari. For her avatar she chose a crowned mushroom.

## Spoilers

When W Team worked with Valknut on the prelude to Project Daunting, Weather was elected with Violet to pose as a sex worker to hack the mind of Mehmet Aga. In doing so she was attacked and blinded by Jimmy Pig Lips. From that point on, she elected to see through her Tikari rather than getting new eyes. She took cosmetic implants only.

This proved an advantage to Veikko when he needed to trick her into killing Balder. Believing his orders to come from Cato, she fired at Balder's Ice-CAV and destroyed most of his body. After his permanent death, Weather received Veikko's link dump explaining his plans and immediately sided with him, as did her team. She flew to Kyle with her team and upon finding Veikko dead, attacked Varg, his killer. She died irreparably in the process, as her brain was destroyed.

## Behind the Scenes

Weather is based on Hothr, the blind god who is misled by Loki to throw a spear of mistletoe (in this case, a TOW missile) at Balder.
Partitioned Memory

Partitioned memory is an aspect of intra-cranial link hardware. It allows the user to store memories of visual and auditory information permanently and without degredation. Information can also be uploaded to be 'known' later, and that information can even be locked, until the subject is allowed to know it. Entire books can be kept in partitioned memory, and then read at the owner's leisure.
Pickles

Pickles is a member of P Team. He was always named Pickles. Just Pickles. He was born underwater in a cetacean colony. His Tikari is a caterpillar/complex handgrip blade. His armor is green, and his avatar is a pickle.

## Behind the Scenes

Pickles is named for Pickles the drummer from Dethklok on Metalocalypse. Doodily doo, ding dong doodily doodily do.
Season 27

**Season 27** of *Monster Bug Wars*. Themed episodes return for this season.

## **Episodes**

1. Underwater Battle: Aquatic bugs fighting.
2. One VS One: No colonies.
3. Ambush or Mistake: When bugs colide, they could either make a perfect ambush or a fatal mistake.
4. Spider Rumble: Only spiders.
5. Better Beetle: Only beetles.
6. Odd Balls: This episode features bug types not as common in *Monster Bug Wars*.

## **Trivia**

* Themed episodes appear more often from this season onwards, but they will usually not comprise whole seasons.
UKI

United Kingdom Incorporated (UKI) is a company that controls England, Wales and Scotland. It is owned by B&L, which is owned by GAUNE. The public figurehead of the company is King Ethelred IV, of the House of Windsor. The UKI is truly controlled by its CEO, Charles Lynton, and his executive board.

## Behind the Scenes

KIng Etherled takes his name from a previous King of England, Ethelred the Unready. Charles Lynton is part of Tony Blair's full name.
Shika

Shika is an execeptionally skilled Yakuza assassin. She is reluctantly paired with pilot Usagi.

Shika was born in Miyazaki in 2212 to a family within the protection of the Aizukotetsu-kai. She was raised from early childhood to be a warrior for the Yakuza.

In 2220 her father was falsely accused of betraying the Aizukotetsu-kai by reporting information to the Inagawa-kai. This had in fact been a plot by members of the Inagawa-kai to frame him for unknowningly insulting one of their members during the filming of an episode of Takeshi's Castle. The Aizukotetsu-kai uncovered the plot and Shika's father was exonerated, but Shika never forgot fearing for his life. When she was 12 years old, she single handedly assassinated the insulted party after torturing him to learn the names of all who participated in the plot. She then began killing them one by one.

She was stopped after four men by a messenger from the Oyabun asking her to stop before she started a war between organizations. She approached Oyabun Ota in person to beg forgiveness, which amused him greatly as he had not demanded it. Though horrified with the gruesome manner in which each conspirator had been killed, he granted her admission into the dojo of his own sensei, a man known only as Shinoda. She was also granted the right to count the men she'd killed as dragon stripes on an irezumi which she began in 2225. She was immediately given numerous opportunity to earn more.

Shika was favored by the Oyabun to assassinate those with whom he was particularly upset. She was ordered to kill the out of control shatei Tsutomu Kobayashi, the traitor Hiroshi Jones, and all the members of the Idoru syndicate. By 2232 she had 35 stripes on her dragon, with a 36th pending for Zuhoor Sedaris. She was only four more shot of a full 40 striped dragon, which few had attained even by their retirement.

## Spoilers

When on duty on Ukiyo, Shika encountered Violet. The two fought an exceptionally brutal fight in which Violet was only the victor by merit of a few seconds and a more permanently fatal final slash through Shika's brain. Violet died herself immediately after.
Shika had two swords that could fly, which were controlled by a second link, much like a Tikari.

## Behind the Scenes

Shika means "deer" in Japanese. Her partner Usagi's name means "rabbit," making them a reference to Bambi and Thumper, and thus to the James Bond villains of the same names.
Valhalla (Film)

Valhalla has always been intended to be a film.

About the film adaptation, the following is known:

* Ari Bach intends to personally direct the film.
* The film has already been written, production designed, and storyboarded and more by the author.
* Bach intends to cast unknown actors (or more likely, gymnasts) in the lead roles.
* Despite that, Bach has said some small cameos would be appealing:
	+ Nelson MacRae - Ewan McGregor
	+ June MacRae - Kelly MacDonald
	+ Wulfgar / Hrothgar Kray - Kim Bendix Petersen
	+ Balder - Djimon Hounsou
	+ Hellhammer - Michael Dorn
	+ Heckmallet - Nicole de Boer
	+ Alopex - Vibeke Stene
	+ Cato - Russell Crowe
* A temp score has been devised.
* The film will be shot in immersive 3D for an Omnimax type domed screen, at a frame rate of at least 72fps per eye to avoid the "Hobbit" effect.
Zaibatsu

Zaibatsu is a massive company under UNEGA that owns both the Yakuza and the Unspeakable Darkness.

## Behind the Scenes

The word Zaibatsu is Japanese for "financial clique" and applies to their large conglomerates. It is used extensively in William Gibson's "Neuromancer," a novel containing numerous parallels to Valhalla in terms of brain link technology. It is credited with starting the entire cyberpunk movement.
Walrus trap

The "Walrus Trap" is a cave from the surface of Kvitøya that leads into the space above the ceiling in storage room in Sector 1F, near the surface. A panel in the ceiling swings down under heavy weight to drop the animals into the room.

Walruses tend to wander into the trap and roam around the ravine.

It is closed off by the rampart when the rampart is in place.

## Behind the Scenes

The sequence where V Team discovers the Walrus Trap is nearly verbatim from a scene in Aliens.
Thaco armor

Thaco armor is the most advanced known body armor and all-purpose suit. It is favored by Valhalla and other amoebic bases.

## History

Thaco armor was designed by, among others, Eric while he was working at RAND. It was an attempt to design the most versatile, ultimate battle armor ever devised. The result was immediately deemed too complex for mass production and too expensive to justify when the world hadn't seen a genuine war in almost 100 years. Eric was fired, and taken aboard with his designs to Valhalla.

## Features

Thaco armor consists of a jumpsuit and an armor complex that's worn over it.

The jumpsuit can thin or thicken depending on temperature, growing fur when cold or thinning to mesh when hot. It can absorb most energy attacks.

The armor complex contains dozens of pockets and contains numerous breathing systems, field systems and more, and can repel nearly anything that tries to harm it. It can also lock in to vacuum gear, water gear, gravity suits, varia suits, acid suits, sticky suits and powered suits.

Thaco armor can change color to suit the wearers taste or act as camouflage, or to match Valhalla's photonically selective gateway.

## Behind the Scenes

Thaco armor is named for Thac0 (To hit armor count zero), a method of determining battle damage in an old version of Dungeons and Dragons.
Spit

Spit is a member of the PRA.

Raised on Mars, Spit was not originally concerned with the Phobosian cause. She was principally concerned with the terraforming machines that were polluting the planet, and joined to "blow shit up." She came to care far more for Phobos after that point, as well as Deimos and their plight under UNEGA rule.
VVPS

The Verhoeven Violent Predilection Scale is part of the adulthood tests and registers an individual's likeliness to commit acts of Violence. A score of over 30 mandates that the individual be neurologically recalibrated.

## Behind the Scenes

The test is named for Paul Verhoeven, a director of many very violent films such as RoboCop and Starship Troopers.
Vehicles

This is a list of Vehicles appearing in the Valhalla Series:

* BIRP
* Bloc Sub
* Conveyor
* Fang Freighter
* GET
* Hovercraft
* Ice-CAV
* Kampfwagen
* Panzercopter
* Pogo
	+ Battle Pogo
	+ Cargopogo
* Rover
* Runner
* Skiff
* Space Vehicle
	+ Orbitliner
	+ Shuttle
	+ Launch Craft
	+ Dood Shuttle
* Submarines
	+ Bloc sub
	+ Subtrimaran
	+ VA Saukko
* Walking Aircraft Carrier
	+ Kyryll
	+ Danyl
* Walking Tank
	+ Alf's Tank
* Wulfgar's Tank
Steel Toed Boots

Steel Toed Boots is a Wolf Gang member. He was part of the conspiracy to throw Wulfgar a surprise birthday party, he was present at Wulfgar's landing at the Nagasaki Office (Where he presented Wulfgar with Vodka) and related to him the destruction of Violet's Corpse.

"Toes" later commanded Wulfgar's pogo fleet while the latter climbed into the drill and launched himself into Valhalla.
Weasel

Weasel is a member of the PRA. He was born on Phobos in its low gravity. When his parents were relocated by Zaibatsu to Mars, he was unable to walk. He was 20 before he was able to work, but no work was available. Thus there were riots, in which his parents were killed. He was carried off by the PRA, who took care of him.

Within the PRA, Weasel studied under Karrine to develop organics.
Tahir

Tahir is a member of T Team. He was born Jet Kwan in Vladivostok. His Tikari is a mosquito/dart. His armor is grey, and his avatar is a rendering of himself.

He became the first combat death of T Team when he fell into a machine at a Skuzz factory and got torn in half. Dr. Niide repaired him with a pair of robotic legs. A later mission injured the back of his head and he woke to find Dr. Niide had installed a new pair of eyes there. His brain never quite got used to the extra optical signal, but in time he learned to use them to his advantage.

## Spoilers

Tahir had a brief but intense romance with Thokk when she joined the team as Toshiro's replacement. It ended abruptly when Thokk appeared to have refused to stop hunting Mishka, resulting in Balder's death. He shot her in the head, and the remains of the team dumped her body into the Tromsø power grid.
Taake

Nurse Taake is one of Dr. Niide's right hand nurses along with Nurse Kampfar. Like her, Taake is also a full doctor but takes the title of Nurse relative to Dr. Niide.

He was born in 2191 in the ravine, shortly before the arrival of the previous order. Seeing them as a child, he came to disdain the warrior mentality and the cruelty that apparently came with it. Alf never fully convinced him to feel otherwise. Taake's residence in the ravine had more to do with apathy than interest.

He met Dr. Niide upon the latter's arrival and had a great deal of respect for him. Though Taake had planned to be the ravine's doctor forever, he quickly realized Niide was better suited to the cyborg nature of their work with the Valkyries, and took his position as a nurse.

## Behind the Scenes

Nurse Taake is named after Norwegian Black Metal band Taake.
The Great Blending

## Spoilers

The great blending was an event involving Wulfgar liquifying dozens of his subordinates, including Mehmet Aga, into a giant 300 liter blender in order to make good on his promise to Pelamus.

During the Wolf Mission to Mars, dozens of Wolf agents drank the Ares water and kept it in special bladders for transportation to Earth. Unfortunately, their bodies still absorbed some of the water. Pelamus confirmed though that there could be "Debris" in the water so long as it all the water was present. Thus Wulfgar was able to liquify the men and deliver the full amount of Ares Water.

The remains of the men, including Aga's boots, were spotted by Violet and Vibeke at Hashima, thus revealing that the Ares was on Earth and intact.
Obsidian Order

The Obsidian Order refers to the online presence of the Hall of the Slain, owing to their glass-black faceless avatars. Vibeke and Veikko first approach Violet in such avatars, and V Team uses them in the Nikkei Undernet.

The Valkyrie Obsidian Order is not to be confused with the primary intelligence agency of the Cardassian Union.

## Behind the Scenes

But yeah it's totally named after the primary intelligence agency of the Cardassian Union.
Utah

Utah is a region in the NAW, once a state. It's nearly abandoned after the Mormon Concordat, and several poison gas conflicts including the westmost portion of the paroxysmal holocaust. Its cities are abandoned, its air is poison, and its used by Skunkworks for aircraft testing in proximity to its salt flats. The BIRP was being tested in such flats when it was stolen.
Valhalla (Base)

Valhalla is the primary base of The Amoeba.

It's a vast ravine (technically a crevice) on Kvitøya in the Svalbarð Archipelago near the North Pole. It is home to the Valkyries, an clandestine organization.

 At its center is the YGDR S/L power system, which resembles a massive glowing tree. It has a rampart that can move into place as a dome. Nearly every surface is gold plated to prevent rust.

 Its resident warriors, the Valkyries, are grouped into teams of four.

Locations within Valhalla include:

* Med Bay
* The Cafeteria
* The Tailor Shop
* The Comm Tower
* Alf's Library
* Balder's Office
* The Barracks
* The Pogo Pad
* Gleipnir Prison
* The Range
* The Gym and Pa Tappan Hill

About half the structures in Valhalla are IKEA prefabricated buildings. Many structures feature shag grass floors.

Valhalla also includes:

* Alopex
* A Rampart
* The HMDLR System
* Schmelgert Helgerzholm

As of 2231, Valhalla has saved the world 43 times.

## Behind the Scenes

The gold light and gold plating of Valhalla is a reference to Valhalla as "The Golden Hall" in Norse mythology.
Pronunciation guide

**Achnacarry** - “Ahch-na-carry”

**Alföðr** - “All-feh-thur”

**Alopex** - “Al-o-pecks”

**Anma Günü** - “Ahn-mah Ghu-nuh” (Click Left Box)

**Ari** - “Ah-ree”

**Aurora Borealis** - “Ah-roar-ah Bore-ee-al-is”

**Austfonna** - “Owst-fon-ah”

**Bach** - “Bok” - (Click English)

**Balder** - “Bal-der”

**Bayern** - “Bye-urn”

**Borknagar** - “Bork-nah-gahr”

**Cato** - “Kah-toh”

**Cetacean** - “Seh-tay-shin”

**Chyort voz'mi** - “Chee-ort Vohz-mee”

**Congo** - “Kon-goe”

**Dmitri** - “D'mee-tree”

**Do Svidaniya** - "Doh Svee-dahn-yeh” (Click Right Box)

**Dyrsdatter** - “Deerzh-dah-ter”

**Eilean Donan** - “El-en Don-an”

**Einherjer** - “Ayn-hair-yer”

**Enchanté** - “On-shawn-tay”

**GAUNE** - “Gown”

**Geki** - “Geh-kee” - (second half of linked word)

**God ettermiddag** - “God Et-ter-mid-og”

**Gyatso** - “Gee-ah-tso”

**Håvamål** - “Hah-vah-mawl”

**Hemlighet om Runor** - “Hem-lig-het om Roo-nore”  (Click Left Box)

**Høtherus** - “Heh-teh-roos”

**Hrothgar** - “Roth-gar”

**Jylland** - “Yew-linn”

**Kabar** - “Kay-barr”

**Kampfar** - “Kahmp-fahr”

**Karpathian** - “Car-pay-thee-an”

**Khlysty** - “Hlis-tee” (Click Right Box)

**København** - “Koo-bn-hahv”

**Koeller** - "Kay-ler" (comments section)

**Korova** - “Kuh-roh-vah” (Click Right Box)

**Kvitøya** - “K'vit-eh-yuh”

**MacRae** - “Mah-Kray” (English pronunciation)

**Marduk** - “Marr-duhk”

**Mishka** - “Meesh-kah” (Click Right Box)

**Mjölnir** - “Myole-nehr”

**Motoko** - “Moh-toh-koh” (Click 2nd Example)

**Nergal** - “Nayr-gahl” (Click Left Box)

**Niide** - “Nee-day” (Click Left Box)

**Nizhni Novgorod** - “Nizh-nee Noh-vgo-rode” (Click Right Box)

**Norge** - “Nor-yah”

**Nuala** - “New-allah”

**Øystein** - “Ooh-stine”

**På Täppan** - “Paw Tah-pahn” (Click Left Box)

**Pelamus Pluturus** - “Pel-ah-muss Ploo-too-ruhs” (Click Left Box)

**Pogo** - “Poe-goe”

**Prokofiev** - “Pro-koh-fee-ehv”

**Quorthon** - “Koo-war-thawn” (Click Left Box)

**Sasha** - “Sah-shuh”

**Schmelgert Helgerzholm** - “Shmell-gehrt Hell-gers-home”

**Schweiz** - “Shveetz”

**Skadi** - “Skaw-thee”

**Snorri** - “Snow-ree” (With a rolled R)

**Suomi** - “Soo-oh-mee”

**Suqutra** - “So-koh-terra” (Click Right Box)

**Suvorov** - “Sue-voh-rov”

**Svalbarð** - “Svahl-barth”

**Sverige** - “Sveh-ree-yuh”

**Taake** - “Tah-Keh”

**Tikari** - “Tee-car-ee”

**Tomás de Torquemada** - “Toh-mahs day Tore-kweh-mah-dah”

**Tromsø** - “Troom-suh”

**Trygve** - “Trig-vuh”

**Türkiye** - “Tur-kee-yeh”

**Udachnaya** - “Oo-datch-nah-yah” (Click Right Box)

**Umberto** - “Oom-bear-toe”

**UNEGA** - “Oo-nee-gah” (Click Right Box)

**Vadsø** - “Vahd-seh”

**Valfar** - “Vahl-far” (Click Left Box)

**Valhalla** - “Vahl-hall-ah”

**Valkyrie** - “Val-key-ree”

**Valkohai** - “Vahl-koh-hai” (Click Left Box)

**Varg** - “Vahr’g”

**Veikko** - “Vay-koh”

**Velkommen til** - “Vel-ko-men Till”

**Verhoeven** - “Ver-hoh-venn”

**Vibeke** - “Vee-becca”

**Violet** - “Vie-oh-let”

**Wulfgar** - “Wolf-gar” - (Click Left Box)

**Yakuza** - “Yah-koo-zah”

**Zaibatsu** - “Zai-bah-tsu”
Nel

This article contains the most severe spoilers on the entire wiki. If you have not finished all three books you are **strongly** advised not to read further.

## Spoilers

Nel was created in 2233 by Dr. Niide working under threat of death from Vibeke, who had intended to bring Violet back from permanent death using her recorded memories and her Tikari, Nelson, from whom Nel took her name, an A-2 System and Violet's genetic information.

Nel found herself newborn with all Violet's memories up until her last memory scan, including Violet's desire for and resulting hatred of Vibeke, as well as Nelson's memory recordings including Violet's death due to Vibeke's actions. She immediately attacked Vibeke and only barely restrained herself from killing her. The two bickered heavily but gradually became enamored with each other.

Nel's first manifestation of will was to kill Wulfgar. Vibeke joined her in doing so, then they headed north to find Mishka. At this time, Nel became aware of a second voice in her head which turned out to be a link to Veikko's A-1 System. The two quickly came to hate one another.

Nel then accompanied Vibeke into the cetacean world, where they became fully romantically involved under the influence of grog. Upon their return to the surface they came to love each other deeply amid Mishka's inquisition. When they finally encountered her, Mishka kidnapped Nel and deactivated her. While unconscious, Mishka hacked into Nel's body and finding her unwilling to do Mishka's will, disconnected her brain and forced Nel's body to trick Vibeke cruelly. Vibeke chased them both back to Kvitøya. She then beat Nel to death.

Nelson managed to leave Nel's body and repair it, but without knowledge that Vibeke had become aware of Mishka's actions. As a result she took control of the BIRP and decided to leave Earth forever. Seeing Vibeke killed by Mishka however, she returned as fast as possible and rescued her remains, taking them into the ravine. There she met and fought Veikko, killing him with a cleverly applied breath toward his exposed nostrils.

With the world doomed and with mortal injuries, Nel crawled to Vibeke and kept her alive just long enough to give her one last kiss, then they died in each others arms.
The Barracks

The Valkyrie barracks consist of numerous small rooms, each containing for bunks for a team, stacked two high across from each other. Each room has a programmable false window. Veikko has set V Team's window to hell as of Violet's arrival. When teams gain a new member, they go to great trouble to make the barracks comfortable for the newcomer, even going so far as to study shower settings and toothpaste flavors.
White weed

The White Weed is a yellowish fungus that was introduced to Mars in an attempt to terraform the planet. It managed to thicken the air with carbon dioxide but produced little oxygen.

The weed grows extremely fast when given materials it can ingest, so fast that if one were to walk over it barefoot it would grow into their feet and digest them within an hour.

## Behind the Scenes

The concept of Mars being covered in a yellow fungus was invented by Edgar Rice Burroughs for his Mars series.
Smart foam

Smart foam is digitally reactive foam that calculates impacts and swells to cushion anyone who comes into contact with it. It lines vehicles such as the P0S. Smart foam also comes in sprayable form for emergencies. If an impact is anticipated, one can encase themselves in the foam, which is air-permeable, and generally survive the impact. They will need to be cut out however, as it will immobilize them.
Oystein

Øystein is a member of O Team. He was born Lilatalha Kamahuiole in Hawaii. His Tikari is a wasp/stiletto. His armor is olive drab green, and his avatar is a flower.

Øystein came to G Team's attention when he was a thief in Honolulu and he tried to pick Luzie's pocket. She broke his arm and left him on the street. She took a peek back at him a few days later when she realized that his actions were commonly petty but his technique was uncommonly restrained. He had stalked her for two days over the course of L's mission after spotting her temp chip, a mission prop. Tracking a Valkyrie is no easy task. Her admiration was compounded when she understood that he has waited to swipe the chip upside down in an alley for seven hours. She turned him over to G.

G didn't know what to make of him. He was a great thief but Valhalla isn't interested in thieves. But again, he was a *great* thief. They had to see what else he could do so they could either induct him or throw him out. They sent M team to shake him up and see what floated and what fell. Mishka posed as a target and when he came to rob her, she pulled no punches and broke his legs. He kept fighting. She broke his arms. He kept biting. She broke his jaw. He told her to come close and hear his last words. She did and he headbutted her. M took him in that night.

## Behind the Scenes

Øystein is named after either Øystein Aarseth of Mayhem or Øystein Brun of Borknagar, both are Norwegian black metal bands.
Ziu

Ziu Team or "Z Team" was to be the 23rd team of Valhalla. Its sole member was also named Ziu. Unfortunately, he stepped on The Black Crag while observing X Team and Y Team. Both teams were hacked while on the site and were subsequently slaughtered by C Team and the rune was retired in memoriam. Ziu, though he was not necessarily hacked, was also executed by Calc to be safe.
Ziu, originally named Ragnar Thokul, was perhaps the closest man to an actual Viking the ravine ever saw. He was universally praised as an exceptional warrior, with his Hornet/Axe Tikari he was proving to be a good friend to all and despite his brief stay in Valhalla, there was already talk of him being the eventual successor to Alf in his mentality and demeanor.
Purple Gang

The Purple Gang was a color coded gang founded in 2222. Hrothgar Kray briefly led the gang before transferring to the Orange Gang to serve with his brother.

## Spoilers

Among Hrothgar's acts with the Purple Gang was a plot to hike up prices of Dispersion field safety components. This resulted in substandard, easily broken safety features on many Dispersion Toilets. Violet broke such features on her own to kill Hrothgar in 2230.
The Ghost Hunter

A ghost hunter is called to a house where two warring ghosts keep the occupants in terror each night. Objects fly around the rooms, pictures crash from the walls, and endless moaning and groaning is heard. The ghost hunter strolls around the place and makes a big deal of waving his arms about and shouting strange evocations.

Just as an afterthought, or so it seems, he gives the occupants - a mother and her teenage daughter - a bag of herbs so they may make a tea to calm their nerves.

They drink their tea, they go to bed, and both sleep soundly - the warring ghosts have disappeared.
Venus

Venus is the second planet from the sun in our solar system. There's not much there aside from sulfur rain and the balloon mines there to capture rare isotopes from it. The first words spoken by a human on the planet's surface were, "Oh my holy fucking shit I think we’re on the fucking ground! Get us up we’re gonna fucking die!"
Rebecca

Rebecca is the second member of Reid Team. Her name was originally Rebecca Ellis. She comes from New York City. Her Tikari is a double ended dagger/beetle named Ringo, her armor is yellow, and her is avatar an image of herself.

Rebecca first caught the attention of G Team when during a rainy August day, a Mafia pogo crashed into her balcony in ArcoStaten. Out spilled Glen Sanders and Karl Benton with their microwaves ready. With no training whatsoever, she beat the living shit out of both and confiscated their microwaves. G Team observed as she then trained religiously in case something similar happened to her. Something similar happened to her. Avenging their shamed members, the Mafia sent twelve assassins after her. The rest is Valkyrie history. Rebecca died horribly of course, she didn't stand a chance. But she managed to take every single Mafioso with her. Gebo brought her and Niide brought her back.

She took to Valkyrie training with exceptional devotion and skill. Ragnar's position as the first of his team meant far less than it had tended to with other teams. Rebecca distinguished herself as his equal and beyond. She also became R Team's first inclination toward becoming the rescue team, as she tended to insist upon rescuing the collateral casualties that most previous teams tended to leave behind.

## Spoilers

In 2230, Rebecca made contact with Varg to induct him into Valhalla. He took her on quite a chase, and managed to kiss her in the process. She kissed back and didn't feel like letting go for quite some time.

In 2232, Rebecca was present to rescue V Team from the Battle of Prešov.

## Behind the Scenes

Glen Sanders and Karl Benton names come from Glen Benton of Deicide, a death metal band, and Karl Sanders of Nile, a very fast death metal band.
Technology

The following is a list of technologies depicted in the Valhalla series:

* Aesthetic Treatments
	+ Alopigaid
	+ Keratin Welding
	+ Localized Viral Resequencing Cream
* Alopex
* Anti-Aging
* Bathing Napalm
* Biological Modification
* Brain Links
* CGs
* Chromatophores
* Cobalt Thorium G
* Cyberspace
* DBI
* Electronic Antibiotics
* Eye-Spy Yaugika 1.2.1 by Krillco
* Farnesene Pulse
* Fat Water
* Fiphp Steel
* Foot Fields
* Forcefields
	+ Electronic Fields
		- Broadcast Jamming Field
		- Dispersion Fields
		- Kinetic Fields
	+ Medical Fields
		- Growth Fields
		- Analgia Fields
		- Stasis Fields
	+ Manipulative Fields
		- Heat Suppression Fields
		- Heat Ignition Fields
		- Inertia Fields
		- Repulsion Fields
		- Magnetic Damping Fields
	+ Physical Fields
		- Air Permeable Fields
		- Impermeable Fields
		- Selectively Permeable Fields
		- Barricade Fields
	+ Other Fields
		- Detector Fields
		- Strawberry Fields
* Gecko Tech
* Ground Effect
* Hall Thrusters
* Ice-10
* Integrated Telescopic Technology
* Intraskull Armor
* Lipid Polarity Drives
* Microstorage ATP
* MLA
* MMR
* Monetary Implant
* Monetary Obelisk
* Nanotech
* Neurorecalibration
* Organics
* Partitioned Memory
* Quark Inversion
* Radiophobic Gel
* Resurrection
* Robotics
* Sigyn System
* Smart Foam
* Sonic Emitter Sticks
* Sonic Shower
* Stromatoliths
* Tabs
	+ Cryo
	+ Nausea
	+ Nociceptor
	+ Nutrient
	+ Radiation
* Terraforming
* TK Chrome
* Tractoring Beam
* Tree-house
* YGDR S/L
Seraph Ax

[Counter] [Act] when ever your <student council> would leave the field you may send that card to the focus instead
[Auto] During the attack of this card if the number of cards in your focus is less than your opponents your character gets power +500 and [Auto] during this battle if this attack does not hit your opponent discards focus equal to your focus.
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UNEGA 07

UNEGA 07 is a space station designed by Gehry VI. It is said to resemble a slick silver crystal in space. Designed to house a crew of 800, the atrium of the station was also designed as a port for hundreds to pass through daily, and the station was intended to be the foremost hub in space for the next hundred years.

## Spoilers

UNEGA 07 was destroyed in 2232 in a kamikaze attack by an Unspeakable Darkness member named Gristle, who was delivered but the unwitting Captain Preston. 710 crew present and 193 tourists were killed, and the Enyo was unable to dock.

## Behind the Scenes

Gehry VI is an architect who took her name and style from Frank Gehry. She is not related.
The Battle of Presov

The Battle of Prešov is the first major armed conflict the world has seen since the Jebel Sahaba conflict.

## Spoilers

It was between the Yakuza and the Unspeakable Darkness, and was an attempt by both sides to steal the Ares water as it returned to Earth. V Team was naturally caught in the middle.

### Prelude to War

In 2232, Pelamus Pluturus hired the Yakuza to bring the Ares back to Earth. Their winning bid to do so became the envy of many Zaibatsu organizations, not the least of which was the Unspeakable Darkness. Not content to have lost the job, the Unspeakable Darkness resolved to steal the Ares out from under the Yakuza and charge Pelamus double for it for his shortsighteness in not hiring them in the first place.

They began with a massive migration of resources to Mars, including 60 members (Whoever could fit into a space suit) and two Dood shuttles. As the Yakuza completed their launch craft, the Darkness attacked, killing many but failing to prevent lift-off. The Ares was stored inside Enyo and sent to Earth. They redoubled their efforts to take the Ares upon its return to Earth.

### The War

Learning that the Yakuza planned to dock at UNEGA 07, the UD sent Gristle to bomb the station. He did so successfully and the Enyo hurtled into the Earth's atmosphere over Prešov. The UD's largest freighter was present to capture it with its high powered tractoring beam. The freighter then extended a massive siphon and sucked up the Ares water.

The Yakuza was on the site at Prešov, and the UD was on the ground in force. Forces were as follows:

The battle raged on killing over 500 Yakuza and 300 Darkness members, and annihilating roughly 70% of the battle capability of each. To the surprise of both sides, V Team detonated a nuclear weapon in near the east edge of the fight, the first nuclear blast Earth had seen since the end of nuclear testing. A further 200 Yakuza and 100 Darkness were killed, and their entire committed forces were destroyed, including the UD freighter.

### Aftermath

Both the Yakuza and Unspeakable Darkness were utterly ruined, having lost their total commitments, which in both cases were the vast majority of their resources and personnel. Zaibatsu was effectively torn in half, and then those halves were beyond decimated. Numerous companies changed hands within UNEGA, and GAUNE began buying up what they could, making hostile takeovers across the board while at the same time accusing UNEGA of illegal arms testing and worse.

Little did the parties involved know that the Wolf Gang had in fact stolen the Ares before either of them got to it. As Wulfgar sold the Ares to Pelamus, Zaibatsu went defunct and UNEGA entered a state of near civil war. By the time Vibeke and Violet were breaking into Dimmuborgir, world war was already unavoidable.
Niana

Niana was born on Phobos on September 19th, 2185. She is the head of the PRA.

Niana and her family were reasonably happy as one of the first families on Phobos. They remained fairly happy during the Martian Expansion of 2200 when thousands came to colonize the small moon further. And she was extremely happy to marry Eduard Acevedo, a union representative for Phobosian Pit Development Ltd.

She was less happy when Zaibatsu sent assassins to murder him. In fact she was so unhappy that she went out and joined the PFS (Phobosian Free State), a revolutionary group that hoped for the peaceful departure of Phobos from Zaibatsu control. Niana ended their peaceful streak. Within a week of her joining, the PFS became the PRA and both Zaibatsu Depots were bombed, incinerating their innards and killing four.

Niana's place as general of the PRAs forces was never in doubt, but in 2208, she caused a split in the PRA when she insisted on taking the fight to Mars. Some saw her as abandoning their moon. Others saw her as a visionary doing what was necessary. Jennifer Potts saw her as the worst thing ever to happen to Phobos and tried to turn the crowd against her. Niana's last action on Phobos was to throw Potts with such force that she exceeded escape velocity for the tiny moon and her body floated slowly for eons until falling into the sun.

Niana headed to Mars and began recruiting actively. She even met Sama Pulp, who had smuggled a nuclear warhead to Mars in the wake of the Høtherus incident. The PRA grew to several hundred fighters. They only targeted Zaibatsu interests and harmed as few as possible. Still, Niana held over fifty confirmed kills, mostly Yakuza- For Zaibatsu had sent their own army to fight her.

Valhalla sent a team to fight her as well. Balder however sympathized with her cause. The two grew very close. Before he returned to Earth the two were married in a secret ceremony. After that, Valhalla and the PRA had a thin sort of link across the stars.

## Spoilers

After the events of Ragnarök, Zaibatsu, the PRA and Balder were no more. Niana retired back to Phobos where she was welcomed as a hero by most, and the few dissenters were too afraid to say how they felt. She lived well, like a queen, though she never got to see Balder again. Unaware of his demise, she imagined him on Earth, a survivor of all that transpired.

She was assassinated in 2269 by a Martian Expansionist and buried in a pit that extended to the center of Phobos, where her body remained until the end of time.

## Behind the Scenes

Niana is named after Balder's wife in Norse myth, Nanna.
Terraforming

Terraforming is the alteration of a planet to suit humans. Many attempts have been made to terraform Mars, including the Ares Project, but all have met with very limited success.

One of the first attempts involved a plant that took in the carbon-dioxide-thickened air and output oxygen. Called the white weed, the stuff managed to take in plenty of carbon dioxide and grow over massive swatches of the planet, but it put out little oxygen, only a half of a percent of what was expected.

After the thickened air, snow machines were erected on the surface in 2218. They managed to create dirty patches of snow but put out ten times more smoke than water, and polluted Mars with only negative effects.

The PRA played a small role in resistance against some of the more deleterious terraforming experiments.
The Clearing Winds

An old woman sits in her old house in the dark. The curtains are drawn against the light; this is her protection and her shadow world where night and day become the same and neither matters any more.

Thus it has been, and so she thought it would remain forever; but on this day, there is a knocking on the door, and when this is isn't answered, someone just comes storming in regardless - it is a young girl, a long lost niece, come to the rescue.

Like an irresistible wind of youth, she sweeps into the old woman's darkness, pulls open the curtains, throws open the windows - the clearing winds rush into the room, into the house; outside, spring has begun.
Tikari

Tikaris are robotic insects that can turn into knives or other melee weapons. They link into a second personal antenna and function as a new body part, and they can be stored and recharged inside a Valkyrie's chest. The Tikari port can then pass for its owner's sternum, which is removed and incorporated into the Tikari. Tikaris can look, listen, and, in weapon mode, kill with rocket force and heat their blades to 800 kelvins.

They can fight autonomously, and have a link range just over a kilometer. They can record material, relay it, run simple missions, and perform other actions as mentally commanded. A Tikari's AI takes over as soon as the owner takes their mind off it or sends it out of range. By default, a Tikari will act like a pet when on AI, but it can be given a standing order. Tikaris have extremely smart AIs and tend to take on characteristics of their owners. A Tikari's AI can manifest online as its own, distinct avatar and protect its owner from and with various net warfare techniques. Unlinked, a Tikari can find and return to its owner from across the solar system and stay in orbit indefinitely.

Tikari wings are usually part of a blade, and their blades are made from permarazor steel. Tikaris are very durable. In one instance, a Tikari was buried in Ganymede mud for ten years and remained ready for action. Tikaris can handle objects with great care with their legs, fly, walk and climb, and send any sensory impulse and act as its owner's eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and fingertips. A Tikari can fight in any of twenty-four styles, including berserker mode, where it will kill everyone nearby except its owner. A Tikari's owner can also set it to act as a mine in kamikaze mode.

In knife form, Tikaris can fly by gyroscope and rocket power, cut down entire trees, and still stay sharp enough to perform delicate surgery, which they can do in bug form, knowing how to perform over 600 operations. They can cut through bone and are capable of severing a limb in one stroke. Tikaris can hide themselves from M-scans, C-scans, X-scans, and P-scans.

According to Veikko, a Tikari can also trim toenails, weave a basket underwater, and play back 10,000 songs.

Tikaris use ITT to change size as needed.