10-09-2013, 02:30 PM
This is so genius, there is some room to give Mickey V a little bit of the credit for fleshing it out. *bows. Well done Mickey V.
For the background information:
In the context of Norse gods being "human," it is known that Loki was not human or perhaps half-human. He was the child of the race of Jotunn. The were a race of giants from the world Jötunheimr, one of the nine worlds of Norse cosmology, all of which are connected by a great tree. The rainbow bridge, Bifröst, is guarded by a god called Heimdallr, a reknown warrior, wise protector, and keeper of a legendary golden horn called Gjallarhorn. Legend says this horn will be blown at the onset of Ragnarök by Heimdallr himself. However, legend also says that Loki, being the one who brings about Ragnarök, and Heimdallar deliver one another mortal wounds, and they each die at the others' hand during this world-ending war.
Loki was originally not of the Asgard world, but rather arrived there to be raised in Odin's hall by an adopted family as a child. His homeworld was said to be inhabited by non-human creatures described as blood-thirsty man-eaters and wielders of dark magic. They are described as both hideous and beautiful in appearance, but with general overall humanoid shape. Odin was said to have gone to them to seek ancient knowledge. Overall, the relationship between the gods and the Jotunn was complex and embedded with violence. It was with this nature, Loki was raised among his adopted family of gods.
The final betrayal of his family was in engineering the death of Baldr, one of Odin's sons. For this, he was punished &/or banished. He was bound and a venemous snake was fastened over his face and from it dripped poison, tended only by his wife, who accompanyed him to this prison.
Legend says that when Loki escapes his prison, he was responsible for the onset of Ragnarök.
Now for the Wheel of Time version:
For reasons unknown to us, a child was born in a dimension of those evil son of a bitches known as the Finn. Long long ago they could be reached by the Tower of Ghenjei or the twisted redstone door ter'angreal in the Stone of Tear or Rhuidean. Seeking knowledge, a channeler, likely Odin as he was known to have dealings with the race, returned from the world of the Finns with this child -- whom he would adopt and call Loki.
Yours truly was raised by "good people" but he was a bastard just like the Finns from his homeworld. After he orchestrated that little accident that got Baldr killed, Odin decided to banish him back to the dimension he originally came from, which was about the only thing that could really punish Loki.
He was sent back to the world of the Aelfinns along with his wife, and stayed there for hundreds of years as a prisoner to those Snakes, where they constantly tortured him, feeding off whatever emotional, experiencial high they get off human emotion. Likely the presence of his wife watching him suffer added a nice little cherry on top.
But Loki doesn't die there. Eventually, he escapes (or was set free on the promise of handing over a few dozen badass channelers in his place for their 'food') and returns to our world pretty bloody pissed off to fight the gods he once lived with. He was outright aided by the Finns themselves, probably in the form of a weapon, as legend says. He instigated Ragnarök (the really big war of their Age where the gods got their asses handed to them) and died fighting the heroic blower of the Horn of Valere that everybody fucking loved, Heimdallr, but not before dealing that dick a mortal wound himself.
This is why Loki hates snakes. Fucking snakes, with hatred blending with fear. This is also why he's a dick. I mean, he killed the guy that was their Age's version of the beloved Mat. He sold out his adopted family to the Finns for food, but that's a reasonable enough revenge. His soul's connection to finnland is also why he is such a successful and cunning trickster. He kind of is one of them. And should we ever encounter them in the future, oh the fun that shall be had. The prodigal son returns.
For the background information:
In the context of Norse gods being "human," it is known that Loki was not human or perhaps half-human. He was the child of the race of Jotunn. The were a race of giants from the world Jötunheimr, one of the nine worlds of Norse cosmology, all of which are connected by a great tree. The rainbow bridge, Bifröst, is guarded by a god called Heimdallr, a reknown warrior, wise protector, and keeper of a legendary golden horn called Gjallarhorn. Legend says this horn will be blown at the onset of Ragnarök by Heimdallr himself. However, legend also says that Loki, being the one who brings about Ragnarök, and Heimdallar deliver one another mortal wounds, and they each die at the others' hand during this world-ending war.
Loki was originally not of the Asgard world, but rather arrived there to be raised in Odin's hall by an adopted family as a child. His homeworld was said to be inhabited by non-human creatures described as blood-thirsty man-eaters and wielders of dark magic. They are described as both hideous and beautiful in appearance, but with general overall humanoid shape. Odin was said to have gone to them to seek ancient knowledge. Overall, the relationship between the gods and the Jotunn was complex and embedded with violence. It was with this nature, Loki was raised among his adopted family of gods.
The final betrayal of his family was in engineering the death of Baldr, one of Odin's sons. For this, he was punished &/or banished. He was bound and a venemous snake was fastened over his face and from it dripped poison, tended only by his wife, who accompanyed him to this prison.
Legend says that when Loki escapes his prison, he was responsible for the onset of Ragnarök.
Now for the Wheel of Time version:
For reasons unknown to us, a child was born in a dimension of those evil son of a bitches known as the Finn. Long long ago they could be reached by the Tower of Ghenjei or the twisted redstone door ter'angreal in the Stone of Tear or Rhuidean. Seeking knowledge, a channeler, likely Odin as he was known to have dealings with the race, returned from the world of the Finns with this child -- whom he would adopt and call Loki.
Yours truly was raised by "good people" but he was a bastard just like the Finns from his homeworld. After he orchestrated that little accident that got Baldr killed, Odin decided to banish him back to the dimension he originally came from, which was about the only thing that could really punish Loki.
He was sent back to the world of the Aelfinns along with his wife, and stayed there for hundreds of years as a prisoner to those Snakes, where they constantly tortured him, feeding off whatever emotional, experiencial high they get off human emotion. Likely the presence of his wife watching him suffer added a nice little cherry on top.
But Loki doesn't die there. Eventually, he escapes (or was set free on the promise of handing over a few dozen badass channelers in his place for their 'food') and returns to our world pretty bloody pissed off to fight the gods he once lived with. He was outright aided by the Finns themselves, probably in the form of a weapon, as legend says. He instigated Ragnarök (the really big war of their Age where the gods got their asses handed to them) and died fighting the heroic blower of the Horn of Valere that everybody fucking loved, Heimdallr, but not before dealing that dick a mortal wound himself.
This is why Loki hates snakes. Fucking snakes, with hatred blending with fear. This is also why he's a dick. I mean, he killed the guy that was their Age's version of the beloved Mat. He sold out his adopted family to the Finns for food, but that's a reasonable enough revenge. His soul's connection to finnland is also why he is such a successful and cunning trickster. He kind of is one of them. And should we ever encounter them in the future, oh the fun that shall be had. The prodigal son returns.