#knightbeyondvoidandveil

“ I HOPE you don’t think any LESS of us, ” the public PI says OVER his shoulder. It’s all OUT there now. The WORLD knows that former-criminal Harvey Dent AKA Two-Face is BACK on the good guys side. Some say that Dent never LEFT. Some claim it’s the commissioner who brought him back. And others believe it won’t last. “ It was just HUMAN nature, after all. ”

there are other worlds than this.

She is born under a NEW MOON, pink and without hair, save for the dark lines above her eyes. Just ONCE, it is whispered, did Angrboda and Loki have a NORMAL child, as much as the term can apply to Jotnar. How readily they FORGET what the Ironwood holds. 

If she is an UGLY infant, she is UGLIER STILL as a PUP, half-fur, half-gnarled, exposed flesh. Half of her maw is stripped, revealing where her teeth might still grow if she survives. Angrboda is a mother of MONSTERS, and if you ask those who have seen her youngest, they will tell you the Giantess OUTDID HERSELF when it came to her daughter. WOLF or GIRL, Hel is never WHOLE.

She limps through FULL MOON NIGHTS, twisted and naked forepaw lending her a discomforting gait. She is a RUNT, true, and most still speak quietly, without cruelty, of how it will be KINDER if the beast does not live. Her BROTHER does not allow it, always sharing his kills with his sister, always protecting her neck.

If the IRONWOOD was so put off by the girl’s changes, one cannot imagine the horror of ASGARD at the first full moon. Soon, Hel learned not to leave her chambers when the moon rose fat in the sky. Her loneliness runs DEEPER for her dual nature than it ever could in a world where she is only an UGLY GIRL.

There is NO MOON in Helheim. There are no STARS. There is no SUN. Her people never know what their Queen becomes under the sway of Mani’s BAUBLE. She arranges her business outside of Helheim in a manner almost ARTFUL, never once coming close to the days when the moon is at its fullest. The Aesir won that much, at least – they TAMED the SHE-WOLF, made her AFRAID of her own bestial nature.

HATI and SKOLL are FINE BOYS. they see the Wanness of their dear auntie, see how DREADFUL her cold realm is. They promise her, in that proud, boyish way of theirs, that they when they catch the SUN and the MOON, they will bring them to her, so she might have something BEAUTIFUL in her spartan hall.

hard mode.

17. What was your character’s favorite toy as a child?

Acknowledging that Asgard likely had some marvels in terms of technology, even when Hel was a girl in her mainverse… I feel like Hel had a preference for sentiment over design. More than that, Hel has always had a preference for austerity over showing off, even as a girl. Between her youth spent in the woods and her love for birds, I can imagine Hel had a toy not unlike a duck carved from antler that was uncovered from a pre-11th century Viking settlement. The material might remind the child of Angrboda’s hall, while the bird shape showed a preference for winged creatures that would endure throughout Hel’s life.

Not the most cuddly toy, nor the most well designed, but Hel certainly loved her little duck and took him on many errands across her childhood homes. Norns help any would-be bullies who attempted to tear her companion from her arms. Even after she outgrew toting him around constantly, he had a place of honor in her room and was still liable to be taken down to play with until the day Hel went away.

20. In what ways does your character compare themselves to others? Do they do this for the sake of self-validation, or self-criticism?

Hel tends to use comparisons to better empathize with others, trying to better understand those who come to her in spite of her reservations. In many ways, it is a form off self-validation, but this will largely depend on the scenario.

33. In the face of criticism, is your character defensive, self-deprecating, or willing to improve?

Coming out of a particularly unfair childhood – one rife with xenophobia due to her origins – Hel often has to fight to keep her tongue still and will herself to listen to criticism without lashing out or taking things too close to her heart. She’s learned to take criticism with far more grace as she aged, but then, how many would dare to criticize a goddess of death?

 Hel writes off any condemnation of her from mortal sources as uneducated blather, unworthy of her time. If anyone else were to speak out, Hel would swallow her pride and try to consider the words against her. If they are fair in their judgment, she might be willing to improve, though with warning to watch their tone in the future if they were especially impertinent. If the criticism is baseless vitriol, she will become immediately defensive, poking holes into the other’s summation of her faults and letting them know precisely who they are talking to.

44. Has your character ever had a parental figure who was not related to them?

Sapphire hues expressed a warm smile that corresponded with cherry lips. They bore deep into Eris’s warm golden eyes, albeit it was a soft stare, an endearing one. The flirting at first, was ironic. But it grew into more genuine feeling. The shift from platonic to romantic was a vast one. It was like a leap of faith. But regardless, she cupped Eris’ chin gingerly, swept a stray strand of hair from her face, and kissed her passionately.

finale.With regard to Ran and our Makarov/Julia ‘S Nami Bog’ verse.

Here, in the twelfth hour, there is nothing to save her.

There is no talking her way out of the clutches of her enemies, no balm for what burns inside of her. As she watches the heavily armed ants skitter across the lawn, she is more concerned for the fates of her roses trampled underfoot than herself. Julia knows there is one way out for her, and the only variation she is allowed is how she is remembered at the moment of death.

Old and grey, she weighs her options, weak as they are.

Martin usedto own a rock collection. He would pick up random rocks during his time in theforest.