08-28-2013, 03:54 PM
It sounds like the trickster characters all kind of coincide with one another. But their stories definitely diverge.
If Coyote was a 'discoverer' of fire, that could definitely line up with him having helped discover a weapon, or at least take a known weapon and be one of the first to use it against an 'immortal.' The remnant might owe you a debt!
Growth over time is good. We're all infants still in the span of how long we could live.
I'm guessing for the majority of his life, Loki was a rather immature fellow. When it came to the gods of norse pantheon, the channelers that ruled their part of the world, though he was one of them, I tend to think Loki told them 'where they could put it pretty' often and pretty much did his own thing all the time anyway. This usually saw him in deep shit, or pissing off the more fearsome channelers, but he always found a way to scrape by and make amends.
The general discord between him and the rest of the pantheon was so strong that legend says he will lead the non-gods into battle against his own kind. That sounds like something Loki would do.
Over all, I think the guy is pretty much your standard evil bastard. He definitely doesn't have the traits of your classic hero. He's crafty, malicious, selfish, arrogant, and a sore loser. But he was talented. He was said to be able to take any form, and is most renowned among the gods for the use of "magic" in this sense. In particular, he was excellent at shapeshifting, and legend says he could change into any number of animals (including females), but I'm going to go with that general hype having been due to skill with Illusion.
One of his greatest moments of infamy was that he was responsible for the death of Balder, the son of Odin, the leader of their pantheon. It sounds like Balder dreamt of his own death and his parents extracted oaths from all living beings that none would harm their son, but Loki, in an attempt to prove a point about mortality, oh so kindly demonstrated that no man can escape death. I don't think he really thought a dart carved from a mistletoe could actually kill the famous god of light, but it did. Oh well. It happens. Then again, in revenge, they killed one of Loki's sons (Narvi). Sounds like one of his sons (Vali) was forced to do the deed. Ripping out your own brother's throat: not awesome.
Good thing he had a wife and a mistress to take his mind off the grief. *grin. But things weren't smooth sailing for long. Supposedly, Loki was tossed in some sort of channeler god prison, which they used his dead boy's guts (Narvi's) to tie him up. A bit harsh, wouldn't you say? Then they left him to rot, poisoning him just enough to make his world unbearable but not enough to actually kill him. I imagine he died of old-channeler age. But at least his wife, Sigyn, stayed by his side. Divorcee is such an ugly color for a goddess.
Luckily, his awesome legacy didn't end with the throatless Narvi and the idiotic Vali. He had two more sons which should have gone on to do awesome things: Fenrir and Jormungand.
Now Fenny is your standard father of werewolves figure. Probably some half-crazed wolfkin. Damn bad blood! Got it from his mother's side. *grin. Jor is pretty well accepted as an actual evil monster. Far surpassing his father's mildly heroic virtues and gone off the deep end of crazy. So monstrous and evil was this guy, he was eventually depicted as the great serpent coiling around the world. This guy was doom incarnate. So mixed up with the imagery of snakes, he may be the lucky bloke to be the one to get to poison ole helpless dad (who suffered the continual poisoning with snake venom while imprisoned). Jor. Thumbs up. Great kid. Also takes after his mother's side. *flat stare.
Edited by Jaxen Marveet, Aug 28 2013, 03:56 PM.
If Coyote was a 'discoverer' of fire, that could definitely line up with him having helped discover a weapon, or at least take a known weapon and be one of the first to use it against an 'immortal.' The remnant might owe you a debt!
Growth over time is good. We're all infants still in the span of how long we could live.
I'm guessing for the majority of his life, Loki was a rather immature fellow. When it came to the gods of norse pantheon, the channelers that ruled their part of the world, though he was one of them, I tend to think Loki told them 'where they could put it pretty' often and pretty much did his own thing all the time anyway. This usually saw him in deep shit, or pissing off the more fearsome channelers, but he always found a way to scrape by and make amends.
The general discord between him and the rest of the pantheon was so strong that legend says he will lead the non-gods into battle against his own kind. That sounds like something Loki would do.
Over all, I think the guy is pretty much your standard evil bastard. He definitely doesn't have the traits of your classic hero. He's crafty, malicious, selfish, arrogant, and a sore loser. But he was talented. He was said to be able to take any form, and is most renowned among the gods for the use of "magic" in this sense. In particular, he was excellent at shapeshifting, and legend says he could change into any number of animals (including females), but I'm going to go with that general hype having been due to skill with Illusion.
One of his greatest moments of infamy was that he was responsible for the death of Balder, the son of Odin, the leader of their pantheon. It sounds like Balder dreamt of his own death and his parents extracted oaths from all living beings that none would harm their son, but Loki, in an attempt to prove a point about mortality, oh so kindly demonstrated that no man can escape death. I don't think he really thought a dart carved from a mistletoe could actually kill the famous god of light, but it did. Oh well. It happens. Then again, in revenge, they killed one of Loki's sons (Narvi). Sounds like one of his sons (Vali) was forced to do the deed. Ripping out your own brother's throat: not awesome.
Good thing he had a wife and a mistress to take his mind off the grief. *grin. But things weren't smooth sailing for long. Supposedly, Loki was tossed in some sort of channeler god prison, which they used his dead boy's guts (Narvi's) to tie him up. A bit harsh, wouldn't you say? Then they left him to rot, poisoning him just enough to make his world unbearable but not enough to actually kill him. I imagine he died of old-channeler age. But at least his wife, Sigyn, stayed by his side. Divorcee is such an ugly color for a goddess.
Luckily, his awesome legacy didn't end with the throatless Narvi and the idiotic Vali. He had two more sons which should have gone on to do awesome things: Fenrir and Jormungand.
Now Fenny is your standard father of werewolves figure. Probably some half-crazed wolfkin. Damn bad blood! Got it from his mother's side. *grin. Jor is pretty well accepted as an actual evil monster. Far surpassing his father's mildly heroic virtues and gone off the deep end of crazy. So monstrous and evil was this guy, he was eventually depicted as the great serpent coiling around the world. This guy was doom incarnate. So mixed up with the imagery of snakes, he may be the lucky bloke to be the one to get to poison ole helpless dad (who suffered the continual poisoning with snake venom while imprisoned). Jor. Thumbs up. Great kid. Also takes after his mother's side. *flat stare.
Edited by Jaxen Marveet, Aug 28 2013, 03:56 PM.