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{{Quote|I will find you, Mad One. On the far side of our doom.|Loki, while uploading his consciousness into Yggdrasil.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Animus Anomalies}} | {{Quote|I will find you, Mad One. On the far side of our doom.|Loki, while uploading his consciousness into Yggdrasil.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Animus Anomalies}} | ||
'''Loki''' was an | '''Loki''' was an [[Jötnar|''jötunn'']] [[Isu]] nominally aligned with the [[Æsir]] of [[Asgard]] led by [[Odin]]. However, secrets between the pair seeded a distrust that gradually unravelled their relationship. | ||
Loki was later remembered as the god of mischief in Germanic and [[Norse people|Norse]] [[Norse mythology|mythology]]. | Loki was later remembered as the god of mischief in Germanic and [[Norse people|Norse]] [[Norse mythology|mythology]]. | ||
==Names== | == Names== | ||
Known by many other epithets in Norse mythology, Loki also went by the name '''{{Wiki|Þökk}}''' when disguising himself as a '' | Known by many other epithets in Norse mythology, Loki also went by the name '''{{Wiki|Þökk}}''' when disguising himself as a ''jötunn''.<ref name=":0">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
=== Early life === | |||
A descendant of the main faction of the Isu, the ''jötnar'', Loki eventually became blood brothers with Odin, leader of the Æsir faction of the Isu, who brought Loki to Asgard to serve as his own trusted confidant and advisor next to [[Tyr|Týr]].<ref name=":1">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[View Above All]]</ref> | |||
Aletheia | === A forbidden love === | ||
After some time, Loki was married to [[Sigyn]]. However, he eventually grew dissatisfied with his wife and engaged in a passionate but illicit affair with the Isu ''[[Dikastes]]'' of [[Atlantis]], [[Aletheia]], a union which produced three children: [[Fenrir]], [[Jörmungandr]], and [[Hel]].<ref name="IronWood">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Mistress of the Iron Wood]]</ref> Loki would regularly leave [[Scandinavia]] to visit her and their eldest son in [[North America]] (where she lived after the sinking of Atlantis). Apparently, the child displayed a mark that was somehow connected to the impending [[Great Catastrophe]], a sign that scared all thee other ''jötnar'' Isu.<ref name="Anomaly" /> As such, Aletheia and Loki were forced to smuggle their son to Asgard with the help from [[the Builder]], who intended to travel there to kill Odin.<ref name=":2" /> Before leaving for Asgard, Loki learned from his lover that the [[Capitoline Triad]], composed by the ''jötnar'' [[Juno]], [[Jupiter]], and [[Minerva|Sacred Voice]], was working on a Seventh Method of salvation in order to survive the disaster. He wasn't convinced by this statement, as they had already failed many times before.<ref name="Anomaly" /> | |||
Loki then secretly launched an attack on the Asgardian city's walls,<ref name=":1" /> creating a diversion in order to hide his son in the [[Urðarbrunnr|Well]] of [[Urðr]].<ref name=":2" /> After leaving him there, he often wrote to him in an attempt of trying to comfort Fenrir, but soon his plan was foiled, as Odin and Týr entered the site and found the child. Odin grudgingly spared him, having him caged instead.<ref name="WellTraveled">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Well-Traveled]]</ref> A while after, a teenaged Fenrir escaped custody, fighting his opressor back. When Odin left the fight victorious, Loki rushed to his wounded son, revealing to the other Æsir that the Isu was in fact his son, exposing his affair and shocking Odin,<ref name=":3" /> as Fenrir was prophesied earlier by the [[Nornir]] to kill him in the wake of the cataclysm.<ref name=":1" /> That moment, an anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field appeared in the sky, prompting Odin to have Fenrir imprisoned once again in [[Lyngvi Island]], at the care of Týr.<ref name=":3" /> Then, after the Asgardian discovered and killed the Builder, who had infiltrated the Æsir's ranks, Loki tailed Odin to North America as the latter went searching for the much talked about Seventh Method in order to save his own kind.<ref name=":2" /> | |||
After a while, the one-eyed Isu imprisoned Fenrir for life<ref name=":3">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Extended Family]]</ref> on grounds Loki deemed false. In retaliation, Loki poisoned Odin's son [[Baldr]] with mistletoe and watched from afar as the All-Father grieved over his son.<ref name="Anomaly">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]</ref> | |||
As Odin left Asgard to search for a way to ressurect his son, Aletheia and Loki planned to steal the "[[Mead]]", the Seventh Method of salvation designed by the ''jötnar'', that Odin had stolen from the [[Grand Temple]] years prior,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":4" /> from his domains in order to escape their doom. In the process, Aletheia became gravely wounded, and Loki, wanting to save his lover, transferred her mind into [[Hermes Trismegistus|Hermes]]' [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|personal]] [[Staves of Eden|Staff]] of [[Eden]]. The method was similar to the fifth, with the Isu's mind being uploaded to the [[human]] gene pool. Loki and Aletheia then plotted to use this plan to their advantage, although Loki stated to his lover that his rebirth would take eons.<ref name="Anomaly" /> | |||
On the day of the [[Great Catastrophe]], Loki snuck into the Yggdrasil Chamber and waited until Odin's trusted eight had uploaded themselves and left before striking, killing all the guards and scientists present. Loki then killed [[Heimdall]] and took his mask before uploading himself. Millennia later, in the 9th century, he was reincarnated into [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]].<ref name="Anomaly" /> | On the day of the [[Great Catastrophe]], Loki snuck into the Yggdrasil Chamber and waited until Odin's trusted eight had uploaded themselves and left before striking, killing all the guards and scientists present. Loki then killed [[Heimdall]] and took his mask before uploading himself. Millennia later, in the 9th century, he was reincarnated into [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]].<ref name="Anomaly" /> | ||
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A key personality trait of Loki is his intelligence and he is nearly as intelligent as others believe him to be. He hungered for lore, knowledge and wisdom and these desires were passed on to his [[Basim Ibn Ishaq|human reincarnation]]. He also valued loyalty and was strictly loyal to Odin, his best friend and blood-brother, at all times. He remained loyal to Odin, even when the Æsir were at war with the ''jötnar,'' Loki's own kind. Loki even went on to state that he trusted Odin with everything and only became antagonistic towards Odin when the Nornir declared Fenrir, Loki's illegitimate son, would be Odin's killer during [[Ragnarök]]. | A key personality trait of Loki is his intelligence and he is nearly as intelligent as others believe him to be. He hungered for lore, knowledge and wisdom and these desires were passed on to his [[Basim Ibn Ishaq|human reincarnation]]. He also valued loyalty and was strictly loyal to Odin, his best friend and blood-brother, at all times. He remained loyal to Odin, even when the Æsir were at war with the ''jötnar,'' Loki's own kind. Loki even went on to state that he trusted Odin with everything and only became antagonistic towards Odin when the Nornir declared Fenrir, Loki's illegitimate son, would be Odin's killer during [[Ragnarök]]. | ||
Loki also displayed a very protective side, especially concerning his family, and can become wrathful if they are in danger. When Odin has Fenrir imprisoned for life, Loki retaliated by secretly poisoned Odin's son [[Baldr]] with mistletoe berries. Loki was even unwilling to let his love Aletheia die and was determined to save her consciousness at least, despite knowing the great risks involved and neglecting her wishes to die in peace. Loki was also paranoid enough to not trust Odin's word that he would not harm Fenrir, stating that eventually Odin will try to kill Fenrir to prevent his fate. <ref>'' | Loki also displayed a very protective side, especially concerning his family, and can become wrathful if they are in danger. When Odin has Fenrir imprisoned for life, Loki retaliated by secretly poisoned Odin's son [[Baldr]] with mistletoe berries. Loki was even unwilling to let his love Aletheia die and was determined to save her consciousness at least, despite knowing the great risks involved and neglecting her wishes to die in peace. Loki was also paranoid enough to not trust Odin's word that he would not harm Fenrir, stating that eventually Odin will try to kill Fenrir to prevent his fate.<ref name=":4">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Price of Wisdom]]</ref> | ||
=== Equipment and skills === | ===Equipment and skills=== | ||
Loki's most prominent ability is his power to shape-shift into any form he wants. He used this to disguise himself as Freyja in order to fool the Builder.<ref>'' | Loki's most prominent ability is his power to shape-shift into any form he wants. He used this to disguise himself as Freyja in order to fool the Builder.<ref name=":2">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Big Finish]]</ref> During his fight with Odin in Eivor's reliving 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. | ||
He even 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 can even act like mines and explode on impact by their targets. <ref | He even 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 can even act like mines and explode on impact by their targets.<ref name=":4" /> | ||
==Legacy and influence== | ==Legacy and influence== | ||
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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, [[Yorkshire|Eurviscire]] possessed the piece, which he gave to the [[Vikings|Viking]] [[shieldmaiden]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] after being defeated.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''</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, [[Yorkshire|Eurviscire]] possessed the piece, which he gave to the [[Vikings|Viking]] [[shieldmaiden]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] after being defeated.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''</ref> | ||
==Appearances== | ==Appearances == | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}} | ||
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Loki was an jötunn Isu nominally aligned with the Æsir of Asgard led by Odin. However, secrets between the pair seeded a distrust that gradually unravelled their relationship.
Loki was later remembered as the god of mischief in Germanic and Norse mythology.
Names
Known by many other epithets in Norse mythology, Loki also went by the name Þökk when disguising himself as a jötunn.[2]
Biography
Early life
A descendant of the main faction of the Isu, the jötnar, Loki eventually became blood brothers with Odin, leader of the Æsir faction of the Isu, who brought Loki to Asgard to serve as his own trusted confidant and advisor next to Týr.[3]
A forbidden love
After some time, Loki was married to Sigyn. However, he eventually grew dissatisfied with his wife and engaged in a passionate but illicit affair with the Isu Dikastes of Atlantis, Aletheia, a union which produced three children: Fenrir, Jörmungandr, and Hel.[4] Loki would regularly leave Scandinavia to visit her and their eldest son in North America (where she lived after the sinking of Atlantis). Apparently, the child displayed a mark that was somehow connected to the impending Great Catastrophe, a sign that scared all thee other jötnar Isu.[1] As such, Aletheia and Loki were forced to smuggle their son to Asgard with the help from the Builder, who intended to travel there to kill Odin.[5] Before leaving for Asgard, Loki learned from his lover that the Capitoline Triad, composed by the jötnar Juno, Jupiter, and Sacred Voice, was working on a Seventh Method of salvation in order to survive the disaster. He wasn't convinced by this statement, as they had already failed many times before.[1]
Loki then secretly launched an attack on the Asgardian city's walls,[3] creating a diversion in order to hide his son in the Well of Urðr.[5] After leaving him there, he often wrote to him in an attempt of trying to comfort Fenrir, but soon his plan was foiled, as Odin and Týr entered the site and found the child. Odin grudgingly spared him, having him caged instead.[6] A while after, a teenaged Fenrir escaped custody, fighting his opressor back. When Odin left the fight victorious, Loki rushed to his wounded son, revealing to the other Æsir that the Isu was in fact his son, exposing his affair and shocking Odin,[7] as Fenrir was prophesied earlier by the Nornir to kill him in the wake of the cataclysm.[3] That moment, an anomaly in the Earth's magnetic field appeared in the sky, prompting Odin to have Fenrir imprisoned once again in Lyngvi Island, at the care of Týr.[7] Then, after the Asgardian discovered and killed the Builder, who had infiltrated the Æsir's ranks, Loki tailed Odin to North America as the latter went searching for the much talked about Seventh Method in order to save his own kind.[5]
After a while, the one-eyed Isu imprisoned Fenrir for life[7] on grounds Loki deemed false. In retaliation, Loki poisoned Odin's son Baldr with mistletoe and watched from afar as the All-Father grieved over his son.[1]
As Odin left Asgard to search for a way to ressurect his son, Aletheia and Loki planned to steal the "Mead", the Seventh Method of salvation designed by the jötnar, that Odin had stolen from the Grand Temple years prior,[2][8] from his domains in order to escape their doom. In the process, Aletheia became gravely wounded, and Loki, wanting to save his lover, transferred her mind into Hermes' personal Staff of Eden. The method was similar to the fifth, with the Isu's mind being uploaded to the human gene pool. Loki and Aletheia then plotted to use this plan to their advantage, although Loki stated to his lover that his rebirth would take eons.[1]
On the day of the Great Catastrophe, Loki snuck into the Yggdrasil Chamber and waited until Odin's trusted eight had uploaded themselves and left before striking, killing all the guards and scientists present. Loki then killed Heimdall and took his mask before uploading himself. Millennia later, in the 9th century, he was reincarnated into Basim Ibn Ishaq.[1]
Personality and traits
A key personality trait of Loki is his intelligence and he is nearly as intelligent as others believe him to be. He hungered for lore, knowledge and wisdom and these desires were passed on to his human reincarnation. He also valued loyalty and was strictly loyal to Odin, his best friend and blood-brother, at all times. He remained loyal to Odin, even when the Æsir were at war with the jötnar, Loki's own kind. Loki even went on to state that he trusted Odin with everything and only became antagonistic towards Odin when the Nornir declared Fenrir, Loki's illegitimate son, would be Odin's killer during Ragnarök.
Loki also displayed a very protective side, especially concerning his family, and can become wrathful if they are in danger. When Odin has Fenrir imprisoned for life, Loki retaliated by secretly poisoned Odin's son Baldr with mistletoe berries. Loki was even unwilling to let his love Aletheia die and was determined to save her consciousness at least, despite knowing the great risks involved and neglecting her wishes to die in peace. Loki was also paranoid enough to not trust Odin's word that he would not harm Fenrir, stating that eventually Odin will try to kill Fenrir to prevent his fate.[8]
Equipment and skills
Loki's most prominent ability is his power to shape-shift into any form he wants. He used this to disguise himself as Freyja in order to fool the Builder.[5] During his fight with Odin in Eivor's reliving 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.
He even 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 can even act like mines and explode on impact by their targets.[8]
Legacy and influence
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."[9]
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, Eurviscire possessed the piece, which he gave to the Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan after being defeated.[10]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first appearance)
- Discovery Tour: Viking Age
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths
Gallery
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Loki close-up -
Loki using the Yggdrasil to upload his DNA and consciousness. -
Loki's Trick piece for Orlog
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Animus Anomalies
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Feast to Remember
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – View Above All
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mistress of the Iron Wood
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Big Finish
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Well-Traveled
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Extended Family
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Price of Wisdom
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Viking Expansion notes: "Hexed Scroll III"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
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