NPC for Loki - Radnarok Doll [DONE]

Real Name:
Vali
Super Hero/Villain/Renegade/etc Name:
Radnarok Doll
Title:
N/A
Alignment:
Lawful Neutral
Age:
Unknown
Gender:
Male
Race:
Demi-God
Asgardian
Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Stunning Purple
Height:
5'9''
Weight:
130

Costume Description/Image:


Personality:
Cunning, silent, and always watching. Vali is the king of thinking, always making sure to understand the world around him, always taking in information, and using it to build on everything that he is. Vali has a complex personality that is hard to sum up with mundane words. Within this complexity, there are numerous key factors. The first key factor is that Vali is misunderstood. While living each day as though he were his own being, Vali is actually nothing more than a shadow of his father, trying his best to live up to the expectations that his father ones left. As if trying to imitate that image and abilities of a god, Vali allows himself no room for failure, and relies on what he thinks are the more important components of the art of war in order to pull through, and last. This said, Vali is not one to fight, and is not much a fan of combat. It does not mean that he cannot be violent, but instead that he is more obsessed and interesting in others. Like a psychologist, always studying other's next move, or the reason behind why someone did what they did the way they did it, Vali is always watching, and learning from other's actions. Always studying, until one day he is able to imitate and react to them. Vali lives his entire life forming hypothesis after hypothesis until he is ready to make a move. This move is often not the kind of move in combat that someone would expect - Vali will never, or rarely ever, run into combat with a large battle ax screaming a war theme and attacking another. He knows that he is not fit for this kind of combat. Despite being of the gods, he is not stronger than even some of the lowly mortals around him. Vali, in his own way, is almost innocent. While watching other's with real interest, he longs to be loved, and cared for. He does what he does because he wants to prove that he is worth something, despite the fact that he is hardly ever listed in legend. He feels forgotten. Jealous even. He wishes to be known as the mighty son of Loki, or something to that effect, but knows, deep inside, that he is not the kind of individual to be crowned with such a name. Because of this inner innocence, and almost child like behavior, it is hard for others, or even himself, to classify him as evil, or good, despite the fact that he performs actions that could easily, and readily be classified as either. His alliance is, for the most part, to himself, and others that he forms bonds with, should they prove useful, or of emotional value. What is more, he relies purely on his manipulation to be able to allow others to "see his point of view."

This brings me to the next bit of Vali's complex personality. Being of the gods has played many huge effects on Vali, and the kind of person that he is. He is, as stated, always watching. Genuinely curious about what it is that motivates a human, about what it is that causes a human to pick up an ax and run. He is always trying to figure out why the humans were created, and looks at them as nothing more than his own play toy. Egotistical thoughts allow him to wind his mentality around others in the form of overwhelming intellect, and tact that allows him to form a more dense ax, figuratively speaking. Also, being the son of Loki has bestowed many intense, almost genetic traits onto Vali. Growing up within his father's shadow, as the only child of Loki that was not destined to do anything, or did not have some huge meaning for the realm, he was also forced to rely on his own will to survive. Because of this, Vali developed a powerful ability to act, always employing it as a way to bend rules, corners, expectations, and anything that he wanted to bend. A silver tongue, one might say, only more expansive than this. Vali has taken his ability to use words to produce whatever effect he wants on others to a higher level than even his father, Loki, and has learned to manipulate and throw his entire body into whatever kind of act he wants, effectively making him a powerful actor that is unable to be seen through - even by other extremely talented actors, or lie detectors. Calm, cool, collected, Vali is never afraid of an opponent, should he ever come up against one, despite knowing his own weaknesses, he is confident that he can find the same weaknesses within his opponent, and use his mind to exploit them faster than they would be able to. However, this said, Vali is smarter than to think that he can out match certain individuals at his level of combat prowess, never honoring himself with self esteem in the combat area, and thus will withdraw in most cases in order to preserve himself.

History:

In Norse mythology, the evil trickster fire god, always mischievous, deceptive, and scheming, and one of the most well-known characters in Norse poetry and saga. As his name is derived from the Germanic root of flame, Loki is believed to have originally been a fire spirit. He was a trickster figure, and, as a shape-shifter, could become different animals at will. He was the father of two sons, Nari (or Narfi) and Vali, by his wife, the Asynjur goddess Sigyn (Siguna). But since he could also assume the shape of the opposite sex, he could give birth, and he had a number of other offspring in this way. In the surviving literature, Loki's name is mentioned more than that of any other god, and he is certainly one of the most inventive conceptions in folklore. He was a participant in many of the gods adventures, often accompanying the principal god Odin, or Odin's son the thunder god Thor, on their travels, though he was always stirring up trouble. Loki was able to charm everyone, despite his deep cunning, with his cleverness and good looks. In the 'Prose (or Younger) Edda', Loki is cited as one of the 12 Aesir gods. Strictly speaking, however, in the Norse pantheon Loki was not a god but a giant, since he was the son of the giant Farbauti (Dangerous Striker) and the giantess Laufey, or Nal. This is why he was sometimes referred to as Loki Laufeyiarson. He had brothers named Byleist and Helblindi. Although he was usually an antagonist to the gods, he sometimes lived in Asgard, the heavenly realm of the gods. The gods and the giants were usually enemies, but at some time in the distant past he had taken an oath with Odin that made them blood brothers, and because of these ties, the other gods enjoyed his company and tolerated his excesses and schemes until they got out of hand.

Loki was always thinking up new angles - sometimes these worked to the advantage of the gods, but often they led to disastrous consequences. When the gods burnt the giantess Angerbotha as a witch, Loki ate her heart and as a result became impregnated. He gave birth to three monstrous children who later threatened the world: the wolf Fenrir, the serpent Jormungand (the Midgard Serpent, or World Serpent), and the goddess Hel. Odin flung the serpent into the depths of the sea that surrounded the world and set Hel down in the underworld to be its queen. The Aesir were able to leash the huge Fenrir, but the god Tyr lost his right hand in the effort. According to the 'Prose Edda', it was Loki who thought of a plan to cheat the architect and builder of Asgard, a giant, out of his payment. Assuming the shape of a mare, Loki seduced the giant's stallion Svadilfæri. The horse was essential to completing the work on time, and the dalliance delayed the giant's task. In this case, the gods were grateful for Loki's intervention, for had the giant finished on time, they would have had to turn over the sun, the moon, and the beautiful goddess Freya to him. As a result of this episode, Loki, as a mare, gave birth to the swiftest horse in the world, the eight-legged Sleipnir. Loki had a hand in the disappearance of the goddess Idunn. He lured her outside Asgard so she could be kidnapped by the giant Thiassi. Since Idunn was the keeper of the golden apples of youth, which the gods needed to eat to keep from growing old, they were anxious to get her back, and they therefore forced Loki to use his trickery and magic to retrieve her from Jotunheim (Giantland). Loki aided Thor in deceiving the giant Thrym, who had stolen the thunder god's magic hammer, Mjolnir. Thrym wanted to exchange the hammer for Freya, and Thor himself went in her stead, impersonating the beautiful goddess. Loki accompanied him, disguised as Freya's handmaiden. Loki's quick answers to Thrym's questions about the bride kept the ruse from being discovered too soon.
Loki was a seasoned thief. He stole Freya's famous Brisingamen necklace and hid it in the sea. He fought the god Heimdall in a battle for it in which both of them assumed the shape of seals. The shining god Heimdall, watchman of the gods, was a particular adversary of Loki's. Their animosity was to culminate at Ragnarok, the battle at the end of the world, when the two gods would engage in mortal combat and kill each other.

In another story Loki cut off the beautiful blonde hair of Thor's wife, Sif. Thor was ready to kill him, and Loki, fearful but always scheming, promised to make Sif a better head of hair out of pure gold that would root and grow just like real hair. After calming Thor's rage with this promise, Loki went to the Sons of Ivald, dwarfs of the forge. He had them make not only the golden hair for Sif, but a magic ship, Skidbladnir, and a magic spear, Gungnir, which later belonged to Odin. But Loki loved to gamble, and he wagered with two other dwarf smiths, Brokk and Sindri, that they would be unable to forge objects comparable to those made by the Sons of Ivald. Brokk and Sindri then forged the magic ring Draupnir, a golden boar, and Mjolnir, the magic hammer that Thor was to use ever after. But as they worked, Loki, who had disguised himself as a fly, stung them continually to distract them so that he could win his bet. When the gods had seen all these marvelous objects, they declared that Brokk and Sindri had won. Loki vanished, but Thor caught him. Brokk wanted to decapitate the trickster god, but in the end Loki convinced him merely to sew up his lips so he could no longer fast-talk his way out of difficulties. But Loki painfully pulled the threads out of his wounds and was free to lie again, and the gods were the beneficiaries of the wonderful magic creations the dwarfs had made.

In some stories, Loki is merely too clever for his own good; in others, he performs terrible acts out of sheer maliciousness, jealousy, and spitefulness. A poem in the 'Poetic (or Elder) Edda', describes how Loki intruded on a banquet given by the sea god Aegir for all the gods and goddesses. He had not been invited, but since he was polite, they let him stay. Then he began to viciously insult each of them in turn, no matter how conciliatory they tried to be. Since Loki knew most of their secrets, he was able to genuinely embarrass them all. Finally Thor's wife, Sif, offered him a bowl of mead, and asked him to stop his insults. Loki drank it, but then revealed that he had once had a sexual encounter with Sif. Immediately Thor appeared, ready yet again to kill Loki, and Loki began insulting him as well. Finally, afraid that Thor would carry out his threat, Loki left, still in a foul mood, saying that the gods would never again have such a banquet and cursing the host, his home, and all his possessions with the statement that they would all be set aflame. This mention of destruction by fire was a foreshadowing of Loki's role as leader of the forces of evil at Ragnarok.

Loki's most terrible deed before the end of the world, however, was to cause, through trickery and sheer maliciousness, the death of Balder, Odin's beautiful and peaceful son, whom all the other gods loved dearly. Loki disguised himself as an old woman and tricked Balder's mother Frigg into revealing Balder's weakness, and then tricked Balder's blind brother, Hod, into killing the innocent god. After Balder's death, Loki, disguised as a giantess named Thokk (Thanks), was the only creature in the universe who refused to weep for Balder's death, and this meant that Balder would have to stay in Hel until the end of the world. This time Loki had gone too far, and the gods, in their grief and anger, had to punish him. Knowing that they would come after him, Loki fled Asgard and hid in a mountain. At its summit he built a house as a lookout from which he could see in all directions. But he often turned himself into a salmon and hid in a waterfall called Franang (or Franangr). Odin soon spied Loki's hideout from his lofty tower throne, Hlidskjalf, and the gods came after him with a fishnet. At first Loki was able to avoid it, but Thor, with his great strength, waded along the middle of the river until the net almost reached the sea. Finally Loki, as the salmon, had no alternative but to leap up over the top of the net, and as he did, Thor got hold of his tail. Once captured, Loki was taken to a deep cave. The gods took three stone slabs, set them on edge, and made a hole in each. They sent for Loki's sons Vali and Nari (or Narfi). The gods turned Vali into a wolf, and he immediately tore his brother to pieces. Then the gods took Nari's entrails and used them to bind Loki across the stones, with one stone under his shoulders, one under his loins, and one under the backs of his knees. Once bound, these cords turned into iron. The giantess Skadi brought a poisonous snake to the cave and set it above Loki's head so that its poison would drip onto his face. There they left him, and there he would stay until the time of Ragnarok, when he would break free of his bonds, summon up all the wretched souls in Hel, and lead the forces of evil in battle against the gods. But until then he would remain bound, with his faithful wife, Sigyn, holding a basin over him to catch the poison drops. When the basin filled she would go to empty it, letting the poison drip for a brief time onto Loki's face. At these times, Loki strainecd at his bonds and jerked so hard in his agony that he rattled the Earth. This was the Norse explanation for the phenomenon of earthquakes.

Vali, however, moved on, and broke the transformation of the wolf that he had been placed in. In order to further punish Loki, Vali was said to have been banished, when, in reality, the gods actually simply lost track of him. Vali ended up in the realm of the humans, where he had removed himself to remove the temptation to trick the gods as his father once had, and be banished and punished with similar destructive consequences. That said, he grew a hatred for the gods, and their cruel attitude towards his father - the only individual among the gods who he respected for being pure genius. Loki, in fact, was simply the smartest of them all, and this was something that he had passed onto Vali. Now Vali is within the human's realm, living and scheming just as his father did, only playing his tricks on the humans where he could not be banished to such a dull existence.

However Loki split Vali's soul in numerous parts during the travel to the human realm. He did this in order to teach Vali to live as needed, and grow before gathering his power back to a god's level and enacting his ultimate plans. Because of this, Radnarok dolls were scattered about the area where Vali landed, requiring that he find them in order to gain back his original power. Loki created these dolls using the exact same DNA, and the same soul as Vali, making them complete matches. However, the dolls each are extremely flawed in certain areas, and cannot generally act by themselves.

Powers:

Vali Fusion (6 EP):

This doll has one power, and one power alone. It is a complex power that is, in reality, extremely simple. Radnarok Doll has the ability to act as a catalyst for a fusion that can be conducted in order to being together others of the exact same DNA as the doll. Because of this fusion, Radnarok doll is able to bring others together into its body where will allow the most dominant personality to come forth, as well as the more advanced skill sets surface. Because of this, numerous bodies will be stored into this one doll, acting as a shell. This doll does this by reversing the flow of its huge soul and pulling others in. However, there is a catch. Once absorbed by the doll, there is no way to once again remove oneself, and that makes it a life long choice. This does not effect stats in any way, shape or form, and will only boost Radnarok Doll's ability to perform based on the stats that he is absorbing. These people have to be completely willing, and participate in the sealing, fully knowing that it is a life long choice. What is more, if they di not meet the requirements to be sealed, being of the exact same DNA, then they will be unable to be sealed. In this way, all of Radnarok's stats will be replaced if and only if they replacing stats are higher, if not, then there is no replacement. Also, each individual that is absorbed will be able to use their power, channeling it through radnarok doll as if it were his own. Once they are fused, they become parts of his mind, fragments that make up his personality.

Power Grid:

STR: 1
SPD: 2
END: 2
INT: 4
EP: 6
FS: 2

Power Grid colours:
Black With Purple Font

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