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{{Character Infobox | {{Character Infobox | ||
|name = Loki | |name=Loki | ||
|image = ACV DB Loki.png | |image=ACV DB Loki.png | ||
|native = [[IsuScript - Loki.png]] | |native=[[IsuScript - Loki.png]] | ||
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'''Loki''' was an [[Isu]] with [[Jötnar]] ties who was nominally aligned with the [[Æsir]] of [[Asgard|Ásgarðr]] led by his blood-brother [[Odin]]. However, his loyalties were tested when Loki became involved in a clandestine but passionate extramarital affair with [[Aletheia]], the mother of their son [[Fenrir]]. Secrets between Loki and Odin, [[Calculations|who saw Fenrir as a threat]], gradually unraveled their relationship. | |||
'''Loki''' was an [[Isu]] nominally aligned with the [[Æsir]] of [[Asgard]] led by [[Odin]]. However, | |||
Loki was | Thousands of years after the [[Great Catastrophe]], Loki was remembered by [[human]]ity as the god of mischief in Germanic and [[Norse mythology]], and stories of his superior wits and charismatic nature have endured. | ||
Long after his demise, Loki would be [[Isu incarnation|incarnated]] as the 9th century [[Assassins|Hidden One]] [[Basim ibn Ishaq]], who inherited the Isu's [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]]. | |||
==Names== | ==Names== | ||
Known by many other epithets in Norse mythology, Loki also went by the alias '''{{Wiki|Þökk}}''' when disguising himself | Known by many other epithets in Norse mythology such as Lokkju, Loki also went by the alias '''{{Wiki|Þökk}}''' when disguising himself in [[Jupiter|Suttungr's]] court.<ref name="A Feast to Remember">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
A descendant of the ''jötnar'' faction of the Isu, Loki eventually became blood brothers with Odin, leader of the Æsir faction | A descendant of the ''[[jötnar]]'' faction of the Isu, Loki eventually became blood-brothers with [[Odin]], leader of the [[Æsir]] faction, who brought Loki to [[Asgard]] to serve as his own trusted confidant and advisor next to [[Týr]].<ref name="View Above All">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[View Above All]]</ref> | ||
===A forbidden love=== | ===A forbidden love=== | ||
{{Dialogue2|Loki|You swore an oath to never spill my blood!|Odin|Step aside, and I won't have to!|This is my blood! [...] He is my son!|Loki revealing himself as Fenrir's father.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Extended Family}} | |||
At some point, Loki became married to the Asgardian Isu [[Sigyn]]. However, he quickly grew dissatisfied with his wife, and engaged in a passionate but illicit affair with the ''[[Dikastes]]'' of [[Atlantis]], [[Aletheia]], a member of the ''jötnar'' faction. The union between the two lovers produced three children: [[Fenrir]], [[Jörmungandr]], and [[Hel]].<ref name="Mistress of the Iron Wood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Mistress of the Iron Wood]]</ref> | |||
Loki would regularly leave Asgard to visit Aletheia and their eldest child, Fenrir. As such, Aletheia and Loki were forced to smuggle their son to Asgard with help from [[the Builder]], who intended to travel there to kill Odin.<ref name="The Big Finish">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Big Finish]]</ref> Before leaving for Asgard, Loki learned from his lover that the [[Capitoline Triad]], composed of [[Juno]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Minerva]], was working on a seventh method of salvation in order to survive the [[Great Catastrophe|upcoming disaster]]. He was unconvinced by this statement, as they had already failed six times before.<ref name="Anomaly Hlutrholt">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Hlutrholt</ref> | |||
Loki then secretly allowed an attack on Asgard's walls,<ref name="View Above All"/> creating a diversion in order to hide his son in the [[Urðarbrunnr|Well of Urðr]].<ref name="The Big Finish"/> After leaving him there, he often wrote to him in an attempt to comfort Fenrir, but his plan was soon foiled, as Odin and Týr entered the site and found the child. Odin begrudgingly spared him, having him caged instead.<ref name="Well-Traveled">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Well-Traveled]]</ref> | |||
Later, Loki, alongside Týr and [[Freyja]], met with Odin, who informed them that the Builder had requested Freyja's hand in marriage in exchange for constructing a [[Towers|tower]] to protect Asgard. Loki suggested that they give the Builder an impossible deadline of {{Wiki|Numbers in Germanic paganism|nine days}} to complete the tower so they would not have to uphold their end of the bargain, and Odin asked that Loki deliver the offer to the ''jötunn''.<ref name="Extended Family">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Extended Family]]</ref> | |||
At that moment, however, a teenaged Fenrir escaped his imprisonment, fighting against his oppressor. When Odin left the fight victorious, Loki rushed to his wounded son, revealing to the other Æsir that Fenrir was his own flesh and blood, exposing his affair and shocking Odin,<ref name="Extended Family">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Extended Family]]</ref> as Fenrir had been [[Calculations|prophesied]] earlier to kill him in the wake of the cataclysm.<ref name="View Above All"/> Just then, an anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field appeared in the sky, prompting Odin to have Fenrir imprisoned once again in [[Lyngvi]], under the care of Týr.<ref name="Extended Family"/> | |||
Sometime afterwards, Loki, Týr, and [[Thor]] devised a plan to deceive the Builder by having the former disguise himself as Freyja. They almost succeeded in tricking him, but Loki's voice denounced his identity. Loki subsequently led Odin to investigate a cave below the tower, where the Builder kept his technology. They realized they were not alone, as disguised ''jötnar'' revealed themselves and attacked them. After defeating their assailants, Odin demanded answers from Loki, who confessed that he had brought the Builder to Asgard after he had rescued his son.<ref name="The Big Finish"/> | |||
After Odin defeated the Builder when he double-crossed the Æsir, he accused Loki of treason in front of the other Æsir. Loki retorted that Odin's selfish ways would lead to his own destruction, and left angrily.<ref name="The Big Finish"/> | |||
===Betraying Odin=== | |||
{{Dialogue3|Odin|Your own distrust has undone you. Now go, and do not show your face again.|Loki|I cannot be other than who I am. All this was fated. All this will happen again.|But you will not be here to see it.|Do not be so sure of that. The game is not over. The game is never over.|Odin and Loki following the latter's defeat.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|The Price of Wisdom}} | |||
When Odin traveled to [[Jötunheimr]] in search of the much-talked about seventh method so he could use it to save his own kind, Loki secretly followed him. After Odin met Aletheia, who tricked him into subjecting himself to a truth device which left him weakened, Loki revealed himself and demanded to know what the All-Father would do with Fenrir. Odin was honest and told them that he intended to keep their son imprisoned until the [[Great Catastrophe|solar flare]] struck the [[Earth]]. Satisfied with the answer, Aletheia incapacitated him and the two Isu hung Odin from a tree.<ref name="Mistress of the Iron Wood" /> | |||
Odin later escaped with the help of Juno, who directed him to [[Útgarðar]] so he could steal the seventh method—the "[[Mead of poetry|Mead]]"—from Jupiter's vault, as Juno secretly had her own need of the serum.<ref name="Mistress of the Iron Wood" /> After Odin recovered his lost "cauldron", Jupiter organized a feast, which Loki secretly attended, disguised as the ''jötunn'' {{Wiki|Þökk}}. During the party, Odin saw the disguised Loki and, thinking he looked familiar, went to speak with him, but the trickster Isu dismissed the notion that they knew each other.<ref name="A Feast to Remember" /> | |||
Following Odin's theft of the Mead, Loki denounced his actions to Jupiter, who angrily confronted the Æsir leader, leading to a fight between the two. After Odin emerged victorious,<ref name="A Feast to Remember" /> Loki confronted him on his way to [[Mímisbrunnr]], where Juno had asked him to bring the Mead so it could be synthesized. Loki fought his former friend and once again called him out for his seflishness, as Odin only cared about the Æsir's survival and would leave the other Isu to their fate, including Loki and his family. Eventually, Loki was defeated and forced to flee, though not before reminding Odin that he would never stop seeking revenge for his imprisonment of Fenrir.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Price of Wisdom]]</ref> | |||
On the | Later, outraged at Odin's treatment of his son, who he believed had been imprisoned for "invented crimes",<ref name="Anomaly Thornburg Henges">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Thornburg Henges</ref> Loki decided to punish the one-eyed Isu by robbing him of his own son, [[Baldr]].<ref name="Anomaly Quartzite Ridge">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Quartzite Ridge</ref> He secretly told the [[Muspels]] how to [[poison]] Baldr with [[mistletoe]],<ref name="The Rescue">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[The Rescue (Valhalla)|The Rescue]]</ref> something the Isu had told him earlier in confidence,<ref name="Forgotten Myths 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 2|Issue #2]]</ref> and left Odin to grieve over the loss of his child.<ref name="Anomaly Quartzite Ridge"/><ref name="Pride of the Aesir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[Pride of the Aesir]]</ref> | ||
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===Imprisonment=== | |||
{{Dialogue|Loki|srræsnos! dű hm làygw r zàrhàsi!|Guard|Seylos!|Loki, during his torture by a prison guard.|Assassin's Creed: Mirage|In Pursuit of Truth}} | |||
Once Odin learned of Loki's role in Baldr's death, he sent [[soldier]]s to capture him. As the soldiers arrived at his and Aletheia's doorstep, Loki revealed that he was unafraid of his actions' consequences, as he intended to appeal to the [[High Council]] and tell them about Odin's crimes.<ref name="Anomaly Kildesbig">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Kildesbig</ref> | |||
[[File:ACMir In Pursuit of Truth 49.png|thumb|250px|left|Loki backing away from a guard]] | |||
However, Loki's plan ultimately failed, and he was imprisoned in what would become the [[Alamut Temple]]. Restrained within a pod, the Isu was subjected to intense psychological and physical torture, suffering abuse at the hands of the prison's guards, who took glee in his suffering. At some point, a recording of these events was made and stored on a [[Memory Seals|Memory Seal]], which was kept within the facility's archives alongside the recorded experiences of other inmates.<ref name="In Pursuit of Truth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[In Pursuit of Truth]]</ref> | |||
===Cheating death=== | |||
{{Dialogue|Aletheia|How long till your rebirth?|Loki|A long time, love. You must wait in your endless present, and I will sail the black sea of nonbeing. But if all goes well, I'll find you again. On the far side of our doom. We'll be together. Again.|Loki assuring Aletheia that they would be reunited.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Animus Anomalies}} | |||
Shortly before the Great Catastrophe, Loki managed to escape his imprisonment and began rallying all of Odin's enemies for a final assault on Asgard. He freed Fenrir from captivity, awoke Jörmungandr from his slumber, and rallied Hel and the forces of [[Niflheimr]]. As the Muspels also sought revenge on Odin for his killing of their leader [[Surtr]], and Jupiter still sought retribution for the Æsir leader's theft of the Mead, Asgard was sure to fall in the [[Ragnarök|upcoming battle]].<ref name="The Reckoning">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[The Reckoning]]</ref> | |||
However, Odin was more preoccupied with searching for ways to resurrect his son and departed from Asgard to explore other lands. Taking advantage of his absence, Loki and Aletheia decided to infiltrate Odin's domains and steal the seventh solution to survive the Great Catastrophe.<ref name="Anomaly Aqueduct">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Aqueduct</ref> Aletheia had learned that the method involved transferring one's essence into a human host, allowing the Isu to be "[[Reborn Isu|reborn]]" as humans millennia in the future. Although Loki found the idea of living as a human unfavorable and even somewhat disgusting, Aletheia convinced him that there was no other way.<ref name="Anomaly Briudun Hill">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Briudun Hill</ref> | |||
The two lovers ultimately failed to steal the serum, and Aletheia was mortally injured in the process. To save her life, Loki transferred her consciousness into [[Hermes Trismegistus|Hermes]]' [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|personal]] [[Staves of Eden|Staff of Eden]]. The process was similar to the failed fifth method of salvation, which had left Juno's husband [[Aita]] catatonic, yet Loki believed he had no other option.<ref name="Anomaly Basilica Ruins">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Basilica Ruins</ref> To his relief, Aletheia survived the procedure and, although she no longer had a physical body, Loki assured her that he would find a way for them to be together again, even if it took eons.<ref name="Needham Lake">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Needham Lake</ref><ref name="Anomaly Seven Sisters">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: Seven Sisters</ref> | |||
[[File:ACV The Hidden Truth 14.png|thumb|250px|Loki using Yggdrasil to upload his DNA and consciousness]] | |||
On the day of the Great Catastrophe, Loki bid farewell to Aletheia as he returned the Staff to Hermes, and used the [[calculations]] to time his infiltration of the [[Yggdrasil]] chamber,<ref name="Anomaly Needles">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: The Needles</ref> where Odin and his trusted eight had used the seventh method to upload their essence into a human bloodline. He waited for the Æsir to leave the chamber, whereupon he made his move, killing all the guards and scientists present. Now alone, Loki killed [[Heimdall]] and took his mask before uploading his own essence into Yggdrasil, vowing to meet Odin again on "the other side of [their] doom." He then left the chamber himself to meet his fate.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]: AA_Complete</ref> | |||
Millennia later, in 844 CE,<ref>{{Youtube|video=dKox5i_T6XA|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage: Developer Trailer Breakdown <nowiki>|</nowiki> #UbiForward|channel=Ubisoft|channelname=Ubisoft|quote=Basim is around 17 years old, on the trailer here. It's actually the beginning of the game.}}</ref> Loki was successfully incarnated as [[Basim ibn Ishaq]].<ref name="A Brother's Keeper" /> | |||
==Legacy and influence== | |||
During the 870s, a group of cultists opposed to [[York|Jorvik]] laid a cursed artifact within a [[Ritual Circle]] in [[Yorkshire|Eurviscire]], hoping that the city would burn and "''yield to Loki's yoke.''"<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Viking Expansion notes]]: "Hexed Scroll III"</ref> | |||
Loki had a totem named after him in the popular dice game [[Orlog]]. The piece "Loki's Trick" would banish opponent's dice from a round. An Anglo-Saxon man in Jorvik possessed the piece, which he gave to the [[Vikings|Viking]] [[shieldmaiden]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] after being defeated.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
A key personality trait of Loki | {{Quote|The fear of ''death'' is the root of my "callousness."|Loki to Baldr.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths 2}} | ||
A key personality trait of Loki was his intelligence, which led him to be remembered as the "trickster god", known for always outsmarting those around him. He hungered for lore, knowledge, and wisdom, and these desires were passed on to his human incarnation, Basim.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper" /> He also valued loyalty and was deeply devoted to Odin, his best friend and blood-brother. He remained loyal to Odin even when the Æsir went to war with the ''jötnar,'' Loki's own kind. Loki later went on to state that he trusted Odin with everything and only became antagonistic towards him when the [[Nornir]] declared that Fenrir, Loki's illegitimate son, would be Odin's killer during Ragnarök.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom" /> | |||
Loki also displayed a very protective side, especially concerning his family, and | Loki also displayed a very protective side, especially concerning his family, and could become wrathful if they were in danger. When Odin had Fenrir imprisoned for life, Loki retaliated by secretly poisoning Odin's son Baldr with mistletoe berries.<ref name="Anomaly Quartzite Ridge" /> Loki was even unwilling to let his love, Aletheia, die and was determined to save her consciousness at the very least, despite knowing the great risks involved and neglecting her wishes to die in peace.<ref name="Anomaly Basilica Ruins" /> Loki was also paranoid enough to not trust Odin's word that he would not harm Fenrir, stating that eventually Odin would try to kill Fenrir to prevent his fate.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom" /> | ||
=== | ===Skills and equipment=== | ||
Loki's most prominent ability | Loki's most prominent ability was his power to shape-shift into any form he wanted. He used this to disguise himself as Freyja in order to fool the Builder.<ref name="The Big Finish"/> During his fight with Odin in Eivor Varinsdottir's visions of Odin's memories, Loki displayed more supernatural abilities. While not possessing the raw physical might and battle lust of the Æsir Isu, he utilized his masterful swordsmanship in tandem with his superior speed and power to teleport short distances.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom" /> | ||
Loki also displayed some elemental abilities via his sword. He was able to generate electricity as well as throw shards of electricity towards his targets. He could even generate explosive balls of light from his sword by stabbing the ground. These balls could act like mines and explode on impact.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom"/> | |||
== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
Loki is a Norse god and a character introduced in the 2020 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'', where he is portrayed by [[Canada|Canadian]] actor [[Carlo Rota]], who also portrays Loki's incarnation, Basim ibn Ishaq. | |||
Loki | ==Gallery== | ||
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ACVFM - Loki.png| Loki in ''Forgotten Myths'' | |||
ACMir In Pursuit of Truth 50.png|Loki face-to-face with his torturer | |||
ACV Orlog Loki.png|''Loki's Trick'' piece for Orlog | |||
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==Appearances== | ==Appearances== | ||
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Loki was an Isu with Jötnar ties who was nominally aligned with the Æsir of Ásgarðr led by his blood-brother Odin. However, his loyalties were tested when Loki became involved in a clandestine but passionate extramarital affair with Aletheia, the mother of their son Fenrir. Secrets between Loki and Odin, who saw Fenrir as a threat, gradually unraveled their relationship.
Thousands of years after the Great Catastrophe, Loki was remembered by humanity as the god of mischief in Germanic and Norse mythology, and stories of his superior wits and charismatic nature have endured.
Long after his demise, Loki would be incarnated as the 9th century Hidden One Basim ibn Ishaq, who inherited the Isu's genetic memories.
Names[edit | edit source]
Known by many other epithets in Norse mythology such as Lokkju, Loki also went by the alias Þökk when disguising himself in Suttungr's court.[4]
Biography[edit | edit source]
The enclosed content covers events or items that, while canonically experienced, may or may not have been altered in some manner and cannot be taken at face value.
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Early life[edit | edit source]A descendant of the jötnar faction of the Isu, Loki eventually became blood-brothers with Odin, leader of the Æsir faction, who brought Loki to Asgard to serve as his own trusted confidant and advisor next to Týr.[5] A forbidden love[edit | edit source]At some point, Loki became married to the Asgardian Isu Sigyn. However, he quickly grew dissatisfied with his wife, and engaged in a passionate but illicit affair with the Dikastes of Atlantis, Aletheia, a member of the jötnar faction. The union between the two lovers produced three children: Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel.[6] Loki would regularly leave Asgard to visit Aletheia and their eldest child, Fenrir. As such, Aletheia and Loki were forced to smuggle their son to Asgard with help from the Builder, who intended to travel there to kill Odin.[7] Before leaving for Asgard, Loki learned from his lover that the Capitoline Triad, composed of Juno, Jupiter, and Minerva, was working on a seventh method of salvation in order to survive the upcoming disaster. He was unconvinced by this statement, as they had already failed six times before.[8] Loki then secretly allowed an attack on Asgard's walls,[5] creating a diversion in order to hide his son in the Well of Urðr.[7] After leaving him there, he often wrote to him in an attempt to comfort Fenrir, but his plan was soon foiled, as Odin and Týr entered the site and found the child. Odin begrudgingly spared him, having him caged instead.[9] Later, Loki, alongside Týr and Freyja, met with Odin, who informed them that the Builder had requested Freyja's hand in marriage in exchange for constructing a tower to protect Asgard. Loki suggested that they give the Builder an impossible deadline of nine days to complete the tower so they would not have to uphold their end of the bargain, and Odin asked that Loki deliver the offer to the jötunn.[10] At that moment, however, a teenaged Fenrir escaped his imprisonment, fighting against his oppressor. When Odin left the fight victorious, Loki rushed to his wounded son, revealing to the other Æsir that Fenrir was his own flesh and blood, exposing his affair and shocking Odin,[10] as Fenrir had been prophesied earlier to kill him in the wake of the cataclysm.[5] Just then, an anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field appeared in the sky, prompting Odin to have Fenrir imprisoned once again in Lyngvi, under the care of Týr.[10] Sometime afterwards, Loki, Týr, and Thor devised a plan to deceive the Builder by having the former disguise himself as Freyja. They almost succeeded in tricking him, but Loki's voice denounced his identity. Loki subsequently led Odin to investigate a cave below the tower, where the Builder kept his technology. They realized they were not alone, as disguised jötnar revealed themselves and attacked them. After defeating their assailants, Odin demanded answers from Loki, who confessed that he had brought the Builder to Asgard after he had rescued his son.[7] After Odin defeated the Builder when he double-crossed the Æsir, he accused Loki of treason in front of the other Æsir. Loki retorted that Odin's selfish ways would lead to his own destruction, and left angrily.[7] Betraying Odin[edit | edit source]
When Odin traveled to Jötunheimr in search of the much-talked about seventh method so he could use it to save his own kind, Loki secretly followed him. After Odin met Aletheia, who tricked him into subjecting himself to a truth device which left him weakened, Loki revealed himself and demanded to know what the All-Father would do with Fenrir. Odin was honest and told them that he intended to keep their son imprisoned until the solar flare struck the Earth. Satisfied with the answer, Aletheia incapacitated him and the two Isu hung Odin from a tree.[6] Odin later escaped with the help of Juno, who directed him to Útgarðar so he could steal the seventh method—the "Mead"—from Jupiter's vault, as Juno secretly had her own need of the serum.[6] After Odin recovered his lost "cauldron", Jupiter organized a feast, which Loki secretly attended, disguised as the jötunn Þökk. During the party, Odin saw the disguised Loki and, thinking he looked familiar, went to speak with him, but the trickster Isu dismissed the notion that they knew each other.[4] Following Odin's theft of the Mead, Loki denounced his actions to Jupiter, who angrily confronted the Æsir leader, leading to a fight between the two. After Odin emerged victorious,[4] Loki confronted him on his way to Mímisbrunnr, where Juno had asked him to bring the Mead so it could be synthesized. Loki fought his former friend and once again called him out for his seflishness, as Odin only cared about the Æsir's survival and would leave the other Isu to their fate, including Loki and his family. Eventually, Loki was defeated and forced to flee, though not before reminding Odin that he would never stop seeking revenge for his imprisonment of Fenrir.[11] Later, outraged at Odin's treatment of his son, who he believed had been imprisoned for "invented crimes",[12] Loki decided to punish the one-eyed Isu by robbing him of his own son, Baldr.[13] He secretly told the Muspels how to poison Baldr with mistletoe,[14] something the Isu had told him earlier in confidence,[15] and left Odin to grieve over the loss of his child.[13][16] |
Imprisonment[edit | edit source]
Once Odin learned of Loki's role in Baldr's death, he sent soldiers to capture him. As the soldiers arrived at his and Aletheia's doorstep, Loki revealed that he was unafraid of his actions' consequences, as he intended to appeal to the High Council and tell them about Odin's crimes.[17]
However, Loki's plan ultimately failed, and he was imprisoned in what would become the Alamut Temple. Restrained within a pod, the Isu was subjected to intense psychological and physical torture, suffering abuse at the hands of the prison's guards, who took glee in his suffering. At some point, a recording of these events was made and stored on a Memory Seal, which was kept within the facility's archives alongside the recorded experiences of other inmates.[18]
Cheating death[edit | edit source]
- Aletheia: "How long till your rebirth?"
- Loki: "A long time, love. You must wait in your endless present, and I will sail the black sea of nonbeing. But if all goes well, I'll find you again. On the far side of our doom. We'll be together. Again."
- —Loki assuring Aletheia that they would be reunited.[src]-[m]
Shortly before the Great Catastrophe, Loki managed to escape his imprisonment and began rallying all of Odin's enemies for a final assault on Asgard. He freed Fenrir from captivity, awoke Jörmungandr from his slumber, and rallied Hel and the forces of Niflheimr. As the Muspels also sought revenge on Odin for his killing of their leader Surtr, and Jupiter still sought retribution for the Æsir leader's theft of the Mead, Asgard was sure to fall in the upcoming battle.[19]
However, Odin was more preoccupied with searching for ways to resurrect his son and departed from Asgard to explore other lands. Taking advantage of his absence, Loki and Aletheia decided to infiltrate Odin's domains and steal the seventh solution to survive the Great Catastrophe.[20] Aletheia had learned that the method involved transferring one's essence into a human host, allowing the Isu to be "reborn" as humans millennia in the future. Although Loki found the idea of living as a human unfavorable and even somewhat disgusting, Aletheia convinced him that there was no other way.[21]
The two lovers ultimately failed to steal the serum, and Aletheia was mortally injured in the process. To save her life, Loki transferred her consciousness into Hermes' personal Staff of Eden. The process was similar to the failed fifth method of salvation, which had left Juno's husband Aita catatonic, yet Loki believed he had no other option.[22] To his relief, Aletheia survived the procedure and, although she no longer had a physical body, Loki assured her that he would find a way for them to be together again, even if it took eons.[23][24]
On the day of the Great Catastrophe, Loki bid farewell to Aletheia as he returned the Staff to Hermes, and used the calculations to time his infiltration of the Yggdrasil chamber,[25] where Odin and his trusted eight had used the seventh method to upload their essence into a human bloodline. He waited for the Æsir to leave the chamber, whereupon he made his move, killing all the guards and scientists present. Now alone, Loki killed Heimdall and took his mask before uploading his own essence into Yggdrasil, vowing to meet Odin again on "the other side of [their] doom." He then left the chamber himself to meet his fate.[26]
Millennia later, in 844 CE,[27] Loki was successfully incarnated as Basim ibn Ishaq.[3]
Legacy and influence[edit | edit source]
During the 870s, a group of cultists opposed to Jorvik laid a cursed artifact within a Ritual Circle in Eurviscire, hoping that the city would burn and "yield to Loki's yoke."[28]
Loki had a totem named after him in the popular dice game Orlog. The piece "Loki's Trick" would banish opponent's dice from a round. An Anglo-Saxon man in Jorvik possessed the piece, which he gave to the Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan after being defeated.[29]
Personality and traits[edit | edit source]
A key personality trait of Loki was his intelligence, which led him to be remembered as the "trickster god", known for always outsmarting those around him. He hungered for lore, knowledge, and wisdom, and these desires were passed on to his human incarnation, Basim.[3] He also valued loyalty and was deeply devoted to Odin, his best friend and blood-brother. He remained loyal to Odin even when the Æsir went to war with the jötnar, Loki's own kind. Loki later went on to state that he trusted Odin with everything and only became antagonistic towards him when the Nornir declared that Fenrir, Loki's illegitimate son, would be Odin's killer during Ragnarök.[11]
Loki also displayed a very protective side, especially concerning his family, and could become wrathful if they were in danger. When Odin had Fenrir imprisoned for life, Loki retaliated by secretly poisoning Odin's son Baldr with mistletoe berries.[13] Loki was even unwilling to let his love, Aletheia, die and was determined to save her consciousness at the very least, despite knowing the great risks involved and neglecting her wishes to die in peace.[22] Loki was also paranoid enough to not trust Odin's word that he would not harm Fenrir, stating that eventually Odin would try to kill Fenrir to prevent his fate.[11]
Skills and equipment[edit | edit source]
Loki's most prominent ability was his power to shape-shift into any form he wanted. He used this to disguise himself as Freyja in order to fool the Builder.[7] During his fight with Odin in Eivor Varinsdottir's visions of Odin's memories, Loki displayed more supernatural abilities. While not possessing the raw physical might and battle lust of the Æsir Isu, he utilized his masterful swordsmanship in tandem with his superior speed and power to teleport short distances.[11]
Loki also displayed some elemental abilities via his sword. He was able to generate electricity as well as throw shards of electricity towards his targets. He could even generate explosive balls of light from his sword by stabbing the ground. These balls could act like mines and explode on impact.[11]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Loki is a Norse god and a character introduced in the 2020 video game Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, where he is portrayed by Canadian actor Carlo Rota, who also portrays Loki's incarnation, Basim ibn Ishaq.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Loki in Forgotten Myths -
Loki face-to-face with his torturer -
Loki's Trick piece for Orlog
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first appearance)
- Dawn of Ragnarök (mentioned only)
- The Forgotten Saga (mentioned only)
- The Last Chapter (mentioned only)
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths
- The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Mirage
- Valley of Memory (indirect mention only)
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