#blainn

Norsery Rhymes from A to Z Happy Thorsday - Blainn, of the Blue Black Skull (Ymir)

Well here we are another Thor’s Day and another 20 min sketch of a Norse (and Germanic, sometimes Celtic) mythological character.  This week it’s Blainn, the “Blue and Black Skull”, (Ymir, Bainn, Aurgelmir “Roar of the Wet Sand”, Brimir “the bloody moisture“) the original Giant (Jotnar/Jotun). The primeval being and ancestor of all Jotun and so also many Aesir and Vanier Like Loki and Thor.  Also selfish and lazy and destined to get killed by Odin and his brothers Vili and Ve, so they could use his body to make the worlds. As apart from cold and heat and the place that they meet where he was formed, he was all of the matter in the world.  Not counting the giants and monsters he was sweating out, the Aesir that were revealed in the ice, and of course the Primeval cow Audhumla and her rivers of milk, that was the second creature formed of the heat and ice as Ymir was. Blainn seems more of a title that a name, as it describes the inside of his skull once it’s thrown into the sky to create the roof of the worlds. Blue in the day when the sun illuminates it, and Black with Flaming rocks from Muspelheim thrown up there as stars at night.

and I do mean old. this is some of the original drawings that I have of these characters from when I first made them

Existence squad ref (Jun 2024) Grian • he/they • 5'11" / 181 cm • 21 (at start) • cat shifter • sometimes spaces out (secretly he's astral projecting) Auryn • he/him • 5'8" / 172 cm • 20 (at start) • human • occasionally blips out of existence Blainn • they/them • 5'7" / 169 cm • age uncertain, may or may not have been born • seemingly human • in two places at once Ceilia • she/they • 5'5" / 164 cm • 19 • human • occasionally blips into existence Morrigan • she/her • 5'4" / 162 cm • age uncertain • undine • effectively a ghost

Arall & Yma ref (Jun 2024) Arall • any/all • 6'0" / 184 cm • timeless Yma • any/all • 6'5" / 195 cm • timeless The resident Narrators who initiated the Squad Shenanigans but otherwise prefer to stay on the sidelines and watch the story unfold.

Naar ref (Jun 2024) Naar • she/any • 5'0" / 153 cm • late teen (not keeping track) • human (dragon at heart)

Mo ref (Jun 2024) Mo • he/him • 6'2" / 187 cm (humanoid), ~37' / ~11m (tree) • 110 (at start) • dryad (coast live oak)

Galien ref (Apr 2025) Galien • he/him • 5'9" / 175 cm • 23 (at start) • shapeshifter His animal forms are domestic majestic goat, European turtle dove, and orange underwing (moth).

I'll hopefully remember to explain the lore later, particularly for the existence squad. maybe when I remake the refs.