Newt Ulgrimsdottir

Occupation: | * Council of Five
 * Magic Wand
* Magic Broom
* Valkyrie Blade
* Bionic Hand
* Sigrun Armor
* Alioth
* Skirmisher Robe

**Newt Ulgrimsdottir** is a Valkyrie and successor to the title of **Sigrun the Shadow Cutter Valkyrie** in *Little Witch Academia: Witches of Midgard*. She is one of Valkyrie Corps.' Council of Five, the former mentor of the latest Geirdriful the Sky Valkyrie Chariot du Nord during her Valkyrie training, the estranged mother of Eitria Ulgrimsdottir and wife of wizard-blacksmith Brok.

## Personality & Character

Originally aspired to become a world traveler like her idol Thorsen the Wanderer, the young Newt reluctantly put such dream aside to become the proper heir of Shadow Cutter Valkyrie title and armor. Her luck changed upon becoming one of Valkyrie Corps.' Council of Five however, in which she inherited Alioth from her predecessor and thus given the chance to see the world outside Thapoli like she always wanted. It was then she realized her true calling was to protect the very outside world her role model introduced to his people. At some point during her line of duty, she met her eventual husband Brok, a talented wizard-blacksmith who worked at Blytonbury's branch of Sindri's Forge and gave birth to their daughter Eitria.

Approximately 12 years prior to the present, Newt was appointed by the former Sky Valkyrie Miranda Holbrooke to be the mentor of her successor Chariot du Nord, the same young witch whom she and the Warband saved when the latter's ship got sunk in the ocean due to being upturned by a ferocious storm 10 years back, presumably leaving her as the sole survivor. At that time, the White Valkyrie also trained another candidate to inherit both Geirdriful Armor and title in form of a talented young witch named Helviti. Although a strict mentor to both girls, Newt is a good observer of character. She realized that the latter lacked the heart of a protector unlike Chariot and that Helviti was obsessed with ultimate power, a suspicion which proved correct upon finding her meddling with tainted magic of Helheim.

Confronting her fallen protégé, Newt tried to persuade Helviti to turn away from the dark path she had taken, but her pleads fell into deaf ears. Newt had the upper hand until little Eitria arrived in the middle of battle. Blinded by rage and ambition, Helviti rushed to kill her, prompting the White Valkyrie to push her daughter out of the way and lost her right arm in process. Before her fallen protégé could kill her and the traumatized Eitria however, Croix arrived in her Fomorian form followed by Chariot with Geirdriful armor on to intercept the blow, leading to an epic and destructive battle which culminated to their former friend fled from Thapoli.

Newt was among Council of Five who approved the idea of Chariot using magic as part of her show under the stage name Shiny Chariot as part of social experiment conducted by a collaboration between Valkyrie Corps. and Thapoli to prove the latter's belief of old magical families' part in the decline of magic through their insistence in maintaining old ways regardless of changes around them. Although the experiment proved successful somewhat through how conservative magical families labeled Shiny Chariot as a fraud despite the fact of her truly the shining example of what witches should've been, neither Chariot, nor anyone in both the coven and the kingdom predicted Croix to sabotage it through tricking Chariot in casting Dream Fuel Spirit on her audience at Japan, severely affecting the latest Geirdriful to damage the moon in her next and final show. Although Chariot was found guilty in both incidents, Alvilda and Newt managed to point out of her being the scapegoat in the former, alleviating her punishment to spending the rest of her days in hiding until she managed to set things right and not to restore the moon as a reminder to her mistake. Although dismayed by Chariot (now under the pseudonym Ursula Callistis)'s decision to seal away the true power of her Valkyrie Armor as a penance even after redeeming herself by guiding Akko in unlocking Seven Words of Arcturus and restoring Yggdrasil, Newt nevertheless respected her protégé's decision, but reminded her that she is still Luna Nova's protector despite everything.

### Skills & Abilities

* **Peak Human Conditioning**: Newt's rigorous training as a Valkyrie greatly enhanced her bodily functions to the pinnacle to human conditioning and perfection on the same vein with her protégé Ursula. Her strength, speed, stamina, reflexes, agility, durability, senses, intelligence, and healing time are greatly heightened as much as possible for a normal human being and is at the brink of reaching superhuman mental and physical capabilities.
* **Magic**: As expected from a Valkyrie, Newt is well-versed in magical arts as much as martial ones.
	+ **Flight Spell**: Newt possesses a decent skill in broom flight.
	+ **Holy Magic**:
	+ **Object Control Magic**: Newt can magically move objects without touching them with her wand as focus.
* **Master Combatant**: Being the latest heir of Sigrun Armor and one of Council of Five, Newt is highly proficient in Thapolian Martial Arts, a universal form of fighting techniques Thapoli developed to help witches and wizards an edge in physical combat.
	+ **Polearm Mastery**: Newt is skillful in using sword-staff form of her Valkyrie Blade.

### Tools & Equipment

* **Magic Wand**: Newt carries a wand as the instrument to cast magic.
* **Valkyrie Blade**: Wand attachment in form of an extendable blade with seven rings on the sides arranged in Big Dipper-like formation similar to Shiny Rod's orbs and even shares the latter's abilities in addition of transforming into different weapons that compliments the user's fighting style. Newt usually changes her Valkyrie Blade into a sword-staff with meridian green glow for combat.
* **Sigrun Armor**: As the Master Valkyrie who became one of Council of Five, Newt is given the title of **Sigrun the White Valkyrie**. As such, she can don white and silver Sigrun Armor. She performs this by reciting the spell *Venta Herkleda*, forming a straight magic blade around Sigrun Bracelet to draw a circle above her head with. The circle then forms into a Valkyrie Sigil, opening a portal from which Sigrun Armor descends and equips on her, completing her transformation.
* **Magic Broom**: TBA
* **Solais Metal Fist**: An enchanted right-handed prosthetic. It was forged by Eitria with help of Brok after her right hand was cut off by Helviti. It was designed not only to restore her original abilities, but also enhancing it at the same time. In addition of a full range of motion, the hand can be fired and reeled back in, enabling her to reach things from distance.
* **Skirmisher Robe**:

## Relationships

* **Brok**:
* **Eitria Ulgrimsdottir**:
* **Chariot du Nord**:
* **Clarisse Harden**:
* **Amanda O'Neill**:
* **Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank-Albrechtsberger and Jasminka Antonenko**:
* **Red Team (Akko, Lotte, and Sucy)**:
* **Diana Cavendish**:
* **Molly McIntyre:**
* **Helviti**:
* **Croix Meridies**:

## Notes & Trivia

* Newt's design was inspired by Lalaco Godspeed from *Space Patrol Luluco* and Baozhai from *Indivisible*, while her prosthetic hand alludes those of Zadornov and Venom Snake from *Metal Gear* series and Najenda from *Akame ga Kill*.

## Navigation

Council of Five: **Newt Ulgrimsdottir**
 **Luna Nova Magical Academy**
Headmistress: Miranda Holbrooke
 **Obsidian Dragons**
 **Sword of Laeradr**
 **Naglfar**
Tower of Frost Serpent: Hrimgandr
 **Thapoli**
Warband of Thapoli: Scudder Holbrooke | Viveka
 **People**
 **Magical Beings and Other Entities**
Ancient Beings: Great Lindworm
Storm Weasels: Nova Clan (Hendrik)
Faeries: Annabel Pen's Faery | Hunger Faery (Mo) | Wispy
Undead: Draugr | Devilclaw | Spirit Minions | Valkyrie Spirits