Jörmungandr

**Jörmungandr**, also known as the **Leviathan**, the **Midgard Serpent** is a large and powerful Jötunn living in the Earth's Oceans. He is the middle child of Loki, god of mischief, and therefore is prophesied to be a primary contributor to the End of the World.

*Jörmungandr is based on the character of the same name from Norse Mythology and the Leviathan from Abrahamic Mythology*

*This article is about the Midgard Serpent. You may be looking for a different Ouroboros.*

## Physical Description

When he as first born, Jörmungandr was the size of an average baby Terran snake. Due to his Fomorian heritage, as he grew older, he also grew in size tremendously. Once casted into the Atlantic Ocean, Jörmungandr grew so large that he is theoretically able to bite his own tail, as he does in the Astral Plane. Jörmungandr grew gills near the base of his head as well as numerous fins and spines giving him a Sea Serpent appearance.

## Biography

### Early Life

#### Child of Loki

Jörmungandr was born the middle child of Jötunns Angrboda and Loki, god of mischief, along with his siblings Fenrir and Hel on the planet Jötunheim. Due to his unnatural serpent anatomy, Jörmungandr was classed as a River Giant, the first and so far only one of his kind.

#### Taken by the Æsir

After learning of the eventual Ragnarök and Loki's children's involvement in the battle, the Asgardians travel to Jötunheim using the Bifröst to take Loki's children away and bring them Asgard. By taking Jörmungandr and his siblings away from the potentially dangerous Jötunns, the Æsir hoped to raise Loki's children to be friends with them.

#### Banished to Midgard

However, due to Jörmungandr's giant physiology, he quickly grew to dangerous sizes. Although he was friends with the Æsir and Vanir of Iðavöllr, the gods betrayed Jörmungandr and used the Bifröst again to throw him out of Asgard and into the Atlantic Ocean on Earth. Upon entry, Jörmungandr's large body bumped into the living statue of Atlas on the island of Atlantis. The unexpected added weight caused the island to collapse into the ocean. Jörmungandr sunk to the bottom of the ocean where he would grow to monstrous proportions, reaching vertically across the northern and southern hemisphere of the planet.

### Banishment from Banishment

#### Poisoning the Earth

Jörmongandr, now resting in the Midgardian Atlantic Ocean, began producing poision which seeped into the water toxifying the world's seas. These toxins killed the remaining Dinosaurs who survived the K-T Extinction Event. He would have destroyed all life on Earth had the Olympians not step in.

#### Stuck in the Spirit Realm

Noting that the statue of Atlas has gone missing as well as the island of Atlantis, the Olympians traveled to Earth to investigate. There they found Jörmangandr poisoning the oceans and to prevent him from continuing

## Powers

### Powers

* **Jötunn Physiology:** The Trolls are magical beings of the Nine Realms known for large size, great strength, and affiliation for chaos. Although he was not raised with the Fomorians of Jötunheim, Jörmungandr is a descendant of them and regarded as being the only River Giant
	+ **Enhanced Strength:** With his large size, Jörmungandr is incredibly strong and very heavy. Not even the strongest of the Æsir, Thor could lift something comparable to his weight. He is destined to fight and win a battle against the Behemoth and fight on even standings with the aforementioned Thor until they kill each other
	+ **Gigantism:** His body is massive, he is the largest corporeal being on Midgard despite being dormant. His true size is shown in the Astral Plane, where he is able to wrap around the Earth and bite his own tail
	+ **Longevity:** Possibly because his physical body is left dormant at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, Jörmungandr is well over 60 million years old and will go on to live until Ragnarök. Because Ragnarök is a fixed point in time Jörmungandr cannot die in any way until he i killed in battle by Thor
* **Poison Manipulation:**
	+ **Poison Breath:**
	+ **Poison Generation:**
	+ **Poisonous Bodily Fluids:**
		- **Poisonous Blood:**
		- **Poisonous Saliva:**
* **Water Breathing:** Jörmungandr exists at the bottom of the ocean without access to breathable air. it is unlikely that he does not need to breathe as he is a corporeal being, therefore River Giants are possibly amphibious creatures able to breathe underwater

## Relationships

* Angrboda - Mother
* Fenrir - Older Brother
* Hel - Younger Sister
* Sleipnir - Half Brother
	+ Æsir
		- Thor - Arch Nemesis
* The Behemoth - Future Aggressor
* Olympians

## Trivia

* For the sake of realism, the Midgard Serpent was "disguised" as the Mid-Atlantic Ridge as a way hide something so massive essentially in plain sight

## External Links

* *See Jörmungandr on Wikipedia*
* *See Leviathan on Wikipedia*
* *See Jǫrmungandr on the Myths and Folklore Wiki*
* *See Leviathan on the Myths and Folklore Wiki*