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Player Information
Your Nickname: Meek
OOC Journal: Flaerd (other au Loki journal, I do not have an OOC journal)
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Email/IM: andwiththeworms@gmail.com / aim: bonepistol / plurk: sonofbelial
Characters Played at Singularity: None yet!
Character Information
Name: Loki Laufeyson
Name of Canon: Marvel (cinema)
Canon/AU/Other Game CR: AU
Reference: Right here
Canon Point: After letting go of Gungnir on the destroyed bifrost; events leading up to this point is different and will be explained in justification section.
Setting:
Loki hails from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where not much is entirely explained in a linear fashion. The core principle of this universe is that everything is the same, except with additions - magic exists as a science on levels that mankind cannot comprehend, monsters and gods exist, and genetic mutations. Things from myth and legend are real, perhaps not the same as what is written in mortal literature, but nonetheless are present in MCU.
The star system Loki hails from is separate from the known solar system (or realm at that) that Earth belongs to. It theoretically consists of nine realms that are all magically connected through a inter-spacial network called the Yggdrasil. These worlds differ greatly in appearances and they might not all be circular in structure as it is difficult to tell from the films, but we know the name of the realms and who or what resides within them. Unfortunately, the only realms we get to see (as of now) are Asgard, Midgard, and Jotunheim. Other mythological places in Norse myth like Valhalla, Niflheim, Alfheim and so on are mentioned, but their actual proximity and location are left vague.
Interplanetary travel between Asgard and other realms is made primarily through the Bifrost, the great rainbow bridge as it is known in myth. In Marvel canon it is more like a giant particle collider that generates enough energy through magic to create a wormhole, allowing quick travel. We witness that at one point the Jotun, who do not have access to the Bifrost, were capable of travel. The Bifrost is not the only means of travel, however, as other wormholes exist and some races are powerful enough that they can travel on their own.
Midgard, known as Earth, is the realm of humans. It is very similar to our world with the exception that superheroes exist. Many of these superheroes have varied origins; from scientific experiments gone wrong, to space, to genetic mutation, to good old magic. It is also noted that Midgard's technological advancements are further ahead than our own. Examples of these are: HYDRA's tech and the Erskine formula during World War 2; Bruce Banner's progress in the field of gamma radiation; Tony Stark's arc reactor and Iron Man suits; the Foster Theory; and SHIELD's own PHASE 2. Such advancements are a normal part of everyday life enough that when the Destroyer touched down in New Mexico and almost leveled the city therein, Coulson and a handful of nameless SHIELD Agents immediately assumed that it was a test phase of one of Stark's weapons. The more relaxed and accepting view of supernatural is furthered by when Thor regains his power and none of the SHIELD members were particularly disturbed by the revelation.
Meanwhile on Asgard, life is extremely regal, especially in the House of Odin. Asgard, the Realm Eternal, lays at the very top of the nine realms and presides over them all. It houses the Gods of the universe which are not the same as what Earth understands, they are not actually immortal, but what they are gods of is their skill. Thor is the God of Thunder not because he is the embodiment of Thunder but that he can command it better than anyone known in his universe, and Loki is God of Mischief because his skill with it is so intense that he bests everyone else. It is difficult to kill them but it is possible.
Asgardians are known to have traits which set them apart. Primarily their over abundance of physical strength and extremely prolonged lifespan.
While Asgard in general applies advanced sciences to their daily lives, much of its culture is extremely old in style. The existence of a monarchy is still very much in place. They hold feasts for battles won; as a warrior culture they place much of their pride in the courage and strength. While gender roles are sometimes not adhered to (like Sif being a warrior and Loki being magic-proficient) it is not easy to make a name for yourself in being different and is often very looked down upon. Like in the olden days, the hearth is ruled by men, and the men are ruled by the king, Odin Borson, the All-Father, King of Asgard and with such unknown and extreme power.
In this, Thor and Loki are both princes of Asgard. They represent everything that Asgard stands for. However Thor is chosen over Loki, with Asgardian standards of life and roles coming into play with the choice. Furthermore, known to the great kingdom of Asgard is Lady Sif who forged her way from the gender role of a woman and picked up a sword. Then there is Hogan the Grim, Fandral the Dashing, and Volstagg the Valiant. The Lady Sif and The Warriors Three are very close friends to Thor and Loki and are the best of the best at their chosen craft.
The last world that we get to see is Jotunheim, the realm of cold and darkness. Once upon a time it must have had the same glory as Asgard. As we see in the beginning of Thor, the Jotuns travel to Earth without the use of the Bifrost. With this in mind, their power at one point must have been very great. Jotunheim and Asgard have a strained political relationship, especially after the Great war that left Jotunheim in waste. Now Jotunheim lies in a questionable truce that was made between Odin and Laufey, Jotunheim's King. When we enter Jotunheim in the film we notice its barren look of desolation. It is naturally dark and extremely cold. This realm is where Loki was actually born in.
There is a vague understanding that other universes, worlds, and realms exist outside of the concept known as Yggdrasil (that unseen object which connects all nine realms). However even when he catch a glimpse at where Chittauri are residing the location is vague and unknown. Furthermore, Loki mentions to Thor in Avengers that he has seen worlds but any expansion on this is left unknown. For the most part, the universe remains focused on Asgard, Midgard, and Jotunheim with the knowledge of other realms and worlds.
Personality:
Personality notes: I have integrated both canon and au history in to his personality; the first few paragraphs go in to what he was like pre-movie then we slide in to movie personality with the au adjustments and then in to what we're going to see in game as his darkness continues to grow. Furthermore I have added paragraphs separated by key relationships and how he feels about them then lastly I have written out key traits in personality and finished it off with ambitions and motivations.
The progression of one to another
Once upon a time, Loki was a quiet and inquisitive child. He always preferred to see things from a distance, to observe, and learn - however he did have a penchant for harmless adventure. He was a scholar in the house of warriors with a sharp and smart tongue and a thirst to know things. It was no surprise at all that he would have a knack for sneaking about, listening to secrets, watching others in the Golden Halls of Odin's Home. Loki was generally a bit lonely from the get go as he knew he was out of place fairly early on in his years. While he and Thor often played and fought together, Loki was known for running or tricking his way out of situations that a "real" Asgardian man would battle their way out of. For this fact, he was often called a coward. His exemplary (and also natural) skill in magic only extended most Aesir's unease and displeasure. This caused him to build a great need for approval and began the workings of performance issues.
A good amount of his time, when not spent learning magic from the Aesir women by example, was spent in the libraries where he not only schooled himself in various magical arts but also schooled himself in various knowledge. As a curious kind, even at such a ripe young age, he had an attraction to the 'forbidden' and would sneak in and out of all those area's he shouldn't be and read all those books he shouldn't read. He soaked up information like a sponge and never forgot it. History of the realms, philosophies, prophecies, sciences plenty. His curiosity brought him to the vaults one day and this is where he learned a very dark secret. He was extremely not like the rest of Asgard. He wasn't even Aesir at all. The first turn in his long winding road. It scared him, a lot, as the stories of Jotunheim were very vivid in his mind. Loki hid this, he told no one, absolutely horrified of what they might do if anyone found out and more so... scared to know why Odin had never said anything.
The older he became the more weight his differences put on him. The harsh reality that he was not a warrior; he didn't have the strength of one and he didn't think like one, was coming to fruition just as much as that deep hidden secret he kept. Loki began to feel like an outcast more than ever and his loneliness only grew. He withdrew far more that before unknowing that he was playing right in to his own grief, and became quick to change moods with a mean tongue when angered. Spending more time to strengthen his magic, he started using it to cause trouble more than before and sometimes in a way that was questionable. At least negative attention was attention, right? Thor was better, stronger, more glorious. The thunderer, the great slayer of beasts, the obvious heir. No one wanted the wordsmith, the magician.
When Loki finally visited Jotunheim here came an extreme turning point in his personality. It was right at those ripe years where his youth could be blamed for the instability he began to sometimes display but the truth was, he felt torn. He had known and loved Asgard even if it had not always been too kind to him. He cared what Thor thought of him, he cared what Odin thought of him, he just cared too much. Now knowing that his real Father might have kept him and he might have had a home there and he might have been raised with the care and respect of an heir not a sloppy second plagued him deeply, it made him angry, it made him want vengeance.
As he started to plot the unraveling of Asgard, he began to crawl down a darker path. His glare was more sharp, his tongue more forked and biting, his illusions and tricks a little less fun and a bit more frightening. He wanted power, and Laufey did nothing but encourage this. He wanted to prove that he was better. He wanted to be a King. He was an Heir, he was made to rule. Odin had been right on one thing, at least, and Loki would show them. He'd show them all.
He'd show them what they claimed to know, the stories of old, the monsters of Jotunheim. If he could not be good enough for them then he would be bad enough. His downward spiral and falling from grace only furthered as the trick to deprive Thor from the Aesir Throne succeeded and the Odinson was banished to Earth. Slowly the jealousy, anger, and hurt from his conversations with Laufey to his fighting match with the All-Father which lead him to his sleep began to madden him. His mind was becoming a battlefield like Jotunheim and Asgard was soon to be. In many ways he had doubts, he struggled with his long lost ideas of peace and community and fun and youthfulness against this consuming blackness of hate; feelings of betrayal and broken trust, of living a lie, of being completely fooled his entire life, of being used as a tool. Split in two and torn in half.
As his mind settles from the dust, from the falling out, from everything that had transpired all so suddenly, he will become something more chaotically solid and deeply twisted. "Accepting" of his place, believing in his alignment. He is not from Asgard, he is not an Aesir. He does what he wants, takes what he wants, he will become powerful and strong. He will be a formidable enemy to Thor and to Asgard. He will raise Jotunheim up from the ground and rebuild their empire in every way the All Father fears.
His lies will twist the truths. He will manipulate, cheat, steal, and trick his way in and out of things if it befits him. When it fits him, he'll actually be honest. When it fits him, he might help you out. He does for him, and what he cares about, and what he thinks is right. He no longer wants to be the person who is always depending on what others think. He's never been good enough? Fine. You have never been good enough to see how skilled he actually is.
Now that Laufey is gone? The throne is his, and he'll get that casket, and he'll win that war. Asgard will fall.
These are his darkest hours; this is his all time low and he's going to revel in it. He is mean. He is ruthless. He is cruel and slimy and cold. He is manipulating and lying. He is righteous and he is dangerous to himself and everyone around him.
Overall Traits
Loki was raised a Prince and therefore has a natural opinion of superiority and a wealth of pride which is only growing now that he is "King" (although unbeknownst to anyone since he fell off the bridge before he could claim Kingship). Loki wants to be worshiped. He feels entitled to it and the fact that he has always been slighted for who he was and never looked at in the same way that Thor was only excels this almost sickening desire. He's a King and he's a God. He does not care by whom he is worshiped although it means more if he knew you as strong and once respected you. The more of a challenge someone presents to him the more he aches to surpass it. He will not be bested; not by anyone. In this he is determined.
Loki thirsts for power more now than ever before and since his falling from the wrecked bifrost he feels a little liberated; he let go, he just let go. He is of Asgard no longer. Loki is vaguely aware that his connections to Asgard are still a weakness and impact him greatly and while he refuses to fully admit this he does - perhaps subconsciously - seek to severe it. He feels that if he is to claim Jotunheim and bring it to new glory that he cannot afford this weakness and he also wants to prove to himself that he no longer needs these people in his life; he needs to justify the incredible deep pit of loneliness and dismay that he is experiencing and (again, perhaps not consciously) he will self destruct in every way possible and twist his truths and facts all to justify that he is alone and always has been.
When something is determined in his mind it is incredibly hard to steer him away from his path to achieving it. Loki is unbelievably stubborn and therefore he is also very resilient, persevering, and determined. These traits can be a very good thing but since his path has turned dark these very things can be his destroyer. Sometimes it is questionable how much he actually wants to be a ruler anymore compared to how much he wants retribution for his agony; power and revenge.
Lastly, Loki is as his name stands testament to: an incredibly good liar and almost flawless actor. It is a natural gift and he will use this to his full advantage to get him in and out of any and all situations if possible. Thor even said (in the movie) that he has always been a talented liar. In conjunction with what we see in the films and what the au required in means of acting it is easy to say this is a very strong skill of his. Furthermore, he has a strong tongue that is not only good with lies but good with story telling. His sarcasm can be exceptional and his insults can be venomous. He is very good at talking and matching word for word and furthermore his pattern of speech tends to have a slight bit of olden flair.
The impact of his family and friends
Abilities, Weaknesses, and Power Limitation Suggestions:
Prelude to Loki's Magic:
I personally explain magic as an energy that constantly surrounds us. In the film Thor, Magic is explained as a science unknown to mankind and therefore the 'unseen energy that surrounds us' makes sense to me. As a Mage, Loki has a natural ability to tap in to this and channel it. The stronger you are and the more you know about this energy the easier it is to manipulate it.
Spell Casting/General Magic
Teleportation
Cloaking
Power sensing / Arcane Lore
Summoning
Intelligence
WEAKNESSES (that are not listed alongside his abilities)
Inventory: Loki is armed with three black throwing daggers and is coming in wearing Aesir armor that consists of heavy gold plating and a large horned helmet.
Appearance: Loki is very tall 'for an Aesir'. He stands at 6'4" and I would put his weight in at a little over 250LBs. In the comics he is pegged at over 500LBs but I am not entirely sure the validity of such. His body is lithe but lean. While Loki is not bulky like many other Aesir he has toned muscles all the same and his body fat percentage is extremely low. Normally fare peach skin and flawless of scars or blemishes he has a sharp cut jawline with black hair that is pulled back and reaching the bottom of his neck and emerald green eyes. Now, I know that in the film he has blue eyes. I do like playing him with green eyes but if this detail doesn't fly then it's fine. I'll play him with blue. He has long legs and arms so that you could call him a bit willowy; additionally his fingers are slender but not without their masculinity.
In dress, he prefers black and green. As appearing in game he will be wearing Aesir ceremonial battle uniform which consists of black leather and green lining, knee high boots, plenty of belts and layers, heavy golden armor that is usually accompanied with his infamous horns but unfortunately this fell and did not fall with him. Loki is portrayed by Tom Hiddleston in MCU. Here is an example
He exists under the constant charm that was cast and integrated in to him at young by Odin, however his actual and natural form is much different. His skin is blue and his eyes are full red. He has what seems to be tribal markings over his flesh; this form takes a hold of him when he is near something of extreme cold and in connection to his land.
Age: Early 1000's.
OC/AU Justification
If AU, How is Your Version Different From Canon, and How Will That Come Across?
Loki found out his real heritage much younger than in Canon. As an always curious type and a seeker of secrets and knowledge, Loki cloaked himself from Heimdall's eyes one day in order to enter the vaults where such ancient artifacts laid. Successfully tricking the guards into believing there was an emergency elsewhere but nearby, he went to wander. While the young Prince was in there he gathered information consuming the energy he could feel from each one. However none had a bigger draw than the Casket of Ancient Winters. He could not explain this yearning, he could only feel it. Slowly but surely Loki found himself tracing the dead cold object and was overwhelmed by it's power. However, it wasn't just power he felt. There was something binding that could not be explained until his eyes caught a glimpse at his own flesh. He was blue. Terrified, Loki fled the vaults and spoke of it to no one.
This was constantly on his mind. It woke him up at night. He began piecing together the dots one by one. Why could he so easily create weapons from ice with his magic; why not fire, why not wind, why not earth or other elements? Why ice? Why could he tolerate the cold winters and had such an intolerance for heat? He longed to ask these things of the man he'd known as his father, the All Father, but he could not. He was too scared. Too scared what the answer would be: he was a monster. So Loki continued to hide it and tried to push it out of his thoughts.
Years later as the second Prince reached the edge of teenage hood, his magic was almost unparallelled to the other Asgardians. As his feelings of misplacement, inadequacy, and loneliness grew only stronger, s did his curiosity. He was sickened by it and he had tried everything to change these little similarities that connected him to winter and frost but he could not. Loki finally visited Jotunheim, horrified and frightened. He was met with hostility but yet also reason. Laufey adhered to the truce in place and Loki did not come with threat. Instead, he came to seek answers about that faithful night when Jotunheim fell.
To Loki's surprise, Laufey was far more cooperative and wiling to speak than he had thought would be. Nevertheless it was clear both were suspicious of each other and both being stubborn gave short answers with more questions to follow. Loki had inquired about why the Jotun went to Earth that one day and the history he was told, well. It was shockingly sound. Not exactly right, but not exactly monstrous in reasoning either. Wanting to believe that the Jotun were monsters, in a pinch and in Loki's own fear of what he were being told, he used his quipping tongue to insult the King which caused him to lash out. Here it was revealed that Loki was one of them and not only was he one of them, he was Laufey's son. The shock, anger, and mild anguish in the great warrior's eyes when he recognized those markings broke something inside of the still young prince. Did Laufey... care? He was demanded to leave, and so in silence he did.
To no surprise, Loki returned months later. He was still so curious and there were so many questions that went unanswered. He did not know how to feel about Odin who clearly knew all along what he was. Why was he not told about his real heritage? After speaking more with the Frost King, Loki was informed that it was believed he were dead. They eventually came to the same conclusion: knowing that Laufey had lost everything and was unlikely to kill his own kin, Odin wanted to keep Loki as a peace offering when the time was right.
He was nothing more than a pawn. He was stolen from his own world and home, taught to believe they were gruesome, horrible, and primative monsters; taught to fear and loathe them, and for what? To take over when Laufey dies and make Jotunheim more like Asgard? To eventually bridge the gap between both Kingdoms when Odin felt revealing this truth was right?
The same stories about Jotunheim and how Jotuns were savage and ugly monsters who cared for nothing but power was shared with Asgard who were not very different and just as thirsty for war. Speaking with Laufey and conducting a rational and even intelligent conversation about their cultures and what the King believed as truths about Odin and his own people slowly began to make him wonder how honest Odin had been about... anything. What better a way to squash an enemy and keep them oppressed than to only talk about their weaknesses and slights to your fellow comrades? Asgard had weaknesses plenty and Loki had always known that. Clearly there was much more to the Jotun than just battle thirst. Loki resented this information at first and refused to see it, but slowly he began to. Slowly he accepted it.
In a year's time later, Loki's loyalty and belief in Asgard had fallen. He was the heir to Jotunheim; he was Laufey's only child. He was a Prince, he was every bit as worthy as Thor if not more so and besides, Odin always said that both he and Thor were born to rule -- perhaps the All Father had no idea how right he truly was. Finally Loki had a purpose. He had a place. He could rebuild these desolate walls. He could be an equal match to Thor as a King of his own land once his Father stepped down. He had a new ambition. A better ambition. Here began his beautiful downward spiral in to seeking power and revenge.
The plot to ruin Thor's rise to the Throne was planned and known by both Loki and his real Father. Knowing that Thor could easily be talked in to going to Jotunheim after Asgard's security had been breached in the weapons vault, he put this plan in to motion. The sacrifice was necessary and the Jotun who entered the vaults were aware of the risks. Indeed Thor demanded they forward in to Jotunheim and Loki posed as a ally to the Asgardian warriors acting his role flawlessly. As Loki suspected, there would be great consequence to opening the realms to war once again. This fact alone only served to further spawn something terribly dark in him. Odin was of war and yet he feared it because he feared the Jotun who once were just as strong. Such thoughts began to form in Loki's mind.
After Thor was banished to Earth, Loki entered the vaults in attempt to take the casket and return it to Jotunheim. He was stopped by Odin and when Loki revealed that he knew his true heritage he was questioned. Why Loki lead the Jotun in?. Loki responded that it was because Thor was not worthy of the Throne with his reckless ways and it was proven so. To Loki's surprise, Odin claimed that he was right. He further asked how long Loki had known but in a slight panic, baffled by Odin's calm presence and mild praise, he responded that it did not matter how long, the point remained that he was not an Odinson, he was the blood of an enemy. The Allfather then replied that Loki was not correct; he might not be truly an Asgardian but he is of Asgard and he is loved as one. This set Laufeyson on a rage and much like in the movie Loki's rage put Odin in to his sleep.
For a moment, he really did panic. At one time Loki did love Odin and saw him as a father. What if Odin did love him regardless of his initial plans? This thought made him stall for just a moment but his bitterness and anguish battled the remorse he felt. He felt doubt, then. Torn between two worlds and unsure which one to believe. Asgard was his life and all he knew but how much of it was a lie? How often was he accepted here? When he could have Jotunheim, the Throne, a place to rebuild and reshape. These thoughts raced through his mind as the guard brought the All Father to his personal chambers.
Now that Thor was gone? He was King of Asgard and he had Gungnir. For a long moment or two, Loki entertained simply claiming Asgard in the name of Jotunheim.. Laufey could have Jotunheim and he could have Asgard. They could rule together. Peace, finally, except not how Odin wanted it to be.
He had planned to continue plotting with Laufey in secrecy before the Warriors Three beseeched him to remove Thor from exile. When Loki denied the request and they went to Earth to find him, he sent the Destroyer. The same as canon, Thor's power reawakened and he fought the destroyer and sacrificed himself. Instead of killing Laufey when he and a handful of his soldiers come to Asgard, Loki brought him and his soldiers in quickly before Heimdall escaped the ice coffin he was placed in for his treason by allowing the warriors to pass.
Thor reentered Asgard just in time kill Laufey himself before Laufey killed Odin. Loki tried to stop Thor with Gungnir but it was just a bit too late. Loki's already overemotional mind went in to overload and he fled to activate the Bifrost setting it to overload and take Asgard with it. Now he had been taken of everything. Everything. His family was a lie, his life was a lie, and his only real family was dead because of Thor because everything always begins and ends with Thor. He did not want Asgard anymore, he wanted to destroy it.
Thor followed Loki and they fought out on the bridge. Here is where Loki revealed that he was never Thor's brother but instead was an enemy except he did not explain why - perhaps because he couldn't find the strength to voice it in all of his emotional uproar. The only way to stop the Bifrost from destroying Asgard was destroying it and thus it was done. Once again, like in Canon it exploded and the sacrifice awoke Odin from his sleep in time to catch them both.
Completely torn up, Loki says "goodbye" and lets go.
How will this come across?
In his CR, mainly. Some facts from this AU and from Canon directly conflict. Example being: Loki did not kill Laufey, Thor did. Example being: Loki planned with Laufey all along to get Thor off the throne.
Furthermore, his motives and beliefs have altercations. Loki does not want Asgard anymore and he does not want to be welcomed back to it (in his own mind. Whether this is entirely true is debatable). The only reason Loki would want Asgard is to destroy it and terraform it with the cask in order to claim it for Jotunheim under his rule (now whether he would is questionable as well. He feels like this is what he wants but his adoptive family does still have meaning in his heart). He furthermore desires to rebuild Jotunheim.
Unlike in Canon, Loki had grown a small attachment to his real father in the minimal time they had together. He does not know whether or not anything Laufey said was true but it all sounded reasonable and unlike Odin, Laufey had not said anything that was detectable as a lie. Also, Loki is more aggressively villainous as he's had longer to fester on who and what he is. Instead of pulling the 'I was adopted and cast out' card for sympathy and manipulation he is more likely to pull the 'I was stolen and my real family was abused and destroyed' card for sympathy and manipulation. He clearly is a bit more unstable and more dark than what we see of Loki as of right now.
If OC, Did You Run Your Character Through a Mary-Sue Litmus Test? N/A
And What Did You Score? N/A
Samples
Log Sample:
It was as if he had stopped breathing; as if his heart at stopped beating. In a rush of hot oxygen he takes his first breath once again. A long and gasping inhale that left his throat so raw and aching. Tears almost shed from his eyes as he coughs and spurts. Everything pained him beyond any aftermath of battle he had ever known. He felt ill and his guts twisted in on them selves again and again. For some time after stirring those emeralds awake, Loki could not remember what had happened. He could not quite recall events leading up to this. Had he died? Muscles and bones pulled in to a slow motion, flexing and reawakening and his first glimpse at what surrounded him proved this was not so. If he had died, he was certain to have been bound for Niflheim. Somehow he thought this was not quite the same.
Consciousness began to slip in as he moved his body up right. Shattered from his falling, at first he thought nothing, no wandering thing slid in and out of his mind. He felt hallow. Gone. Vacant. So completely void. Gradually he begins to assess his surroundings. He notices what pit of scraps he had landed in and the seeming wormhole above that items fall from; other 'visitors' and things both identifiable and not. He notices the layout of the area and a sense of higher technology - something in which does not trouble him. The hospitable holographic, as it seems to be, directing him here and there. Loki works his body in to motion almost out of auto-pilot. Like a drone, he moves. He has to move. He has to keep going but he's wobbly and weak and almost falls a couple of times.
Now he feels something else. Something restricting, something clamped shut on his very soul. His magic is not how it was. It is not as strong, not as free, he cannot grasp that source around him with quite as much ease. Was this his punishment, then? Had he purposely been cast to this place after falling? Now he remembers falling. How long had he been falling? That blinding darkness consuming him; consuming his mind; engulfing his body. Tearing everything apart until here. Now he remembers everything as he always has. Who he was, what he was, what he planned, how it played out. Thor taking his only truth from him because Thor takes everything. Thor takes all things. Thor is the only thing, to Asgard. Loki is not from Asgard. He remembers this. The lies. He'd never lie about things so great and so impacting. Well, long ago he wouldn't. He didn't care anymore.
He looks ill to anyone surrounding him but follows the guides for now - listening, observing, thinking. Deep hollows sink around his once bright eyes. His skin is pale but looked waxed and it's even sweating a little. He needs to get back. He has a throne to claim, an empire to build, a war to wage. Yet he cannot just snap his fingers. There is much to do and much to learn until that time. That is fine, he supposes. In time, it will come. Until then, he awaits what lay for him here.
Network Sample:
[ Loki has spent some time looking over the device fitted upon his arm after the ever informing tour. He's run through various navigations and pages accessible therein as he firstly did researching of his own. He's spent a large amount of time in this hostel simply reading to himself in a claimed corner, silently. Something about him made any fellow bunkers, well, avoid trying to speak with him much. He all but radiates unwell. Even though he is silent. Even though he's kept to himself. It's written all over his face. He looks ill. Well, he was in truth. He has just fallen in to some endless abyss of space. The tearing such a fall does to one's mind and one's body... he had no way of telling how long he had been falling.
As for those who post to the network? It's very likely that he has been stalking you. That unwell face mentioned? You get to see it now. For a moment he is silent making sure the video feed is focused. ] Good tidings, fellow residents as it were.
I feel this unannounced vacation is consistent with many if not all of those connected to this network.
Shall we introduce?
Your Nickname: Meek
OOC Journal: Flaerd (other au Loki journal, I do not have an OOC journal)
Under 18? Nope
Email/IM: andwiththeworms@gmail.com / aim: bonepistol / plurk: sonofbelial
Characters Played at Singularity: None yet!
Character Information
Name: Loki Laufeyson
Name of Canon: Marvel (cinema)
Canon/AU/Other Game CR: AU
Reference: Right here
Canon Point: After letting go of Gungnir on the destroyed bifrost; events leading up to this point is different and will be explained in justification section.
Setting:
Loki hails from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where not much is entirely explained in a linear fashion. The core principle of this universe is that everything is the same, except with additions - magic exists as a science on levels that mankind cannot comprehend, monsters and gods exist, and genetic mutations. Things from myth and legend are real, perhaps not the same as what is written in mortal literature, but nonetheless are present in MCU.
The star system Loki hails from is separate from the known solar system (or realm at that) that Earth belongs to. It theoretically consists of nine realms that are all magically connected through a inter-spacial network called the Yggdrasil. These worlds differ greatly in appearances and they might not all be circular in structure as it is difficult to tell from the films, but we know the name of the realms and who or what resides within them. Unfortunately, the only realms we get to see (as of now) are Asgard, Midgard, and Jotunheim. Other mythological places in Norse myth like Valhalla, Niflheim, Alfheim and so on are mentioned, but their actual proximity and location are left vague.
Interplanetary travel between Asgard and other realms is made primarily through the Bifrost, the great rainbow bridge as it is known in myth. In Marvel canon it is more like a giant particle collider that generates enough energy through magic to create a wormhole, allowing quick travel. We witness that at one point the Jotun, who do not have access to the Bifrost, were capable of travel. The Bifrost is not the only means of travel, however, as other wormholes exist and some races are powerful enough that they can travel on their own.
Midgard, known as Earth, is the realm of humans. It is very similar to our world with the exception that superheroes exist. Many of these superheroes have varied origins; from scientific experiments gone wrong, to space, to genetic mutation, to good old magic. It is also noted that Midgard's technological advancements are further ahead than our own. Examples of these are: HYDRA's tech and the Erskine formula during World War 2; Bruce Banner's progress in the field of gamma radiation; Tony Stark's arc reactor and Iron Man suits; the Foster Theory; and SHIELD's own PHASE 2. Such advancements are a normal part of everyday life enough that when the Destroyer touched down in New Mexico and almost leveled the city therein, Coulson and a handful of nameless SHIELD Agents immediately assumed that it was a test phase of one of Stark's weapons. The more relaxed and accepting view of supernatural is furthered by when Thor regains his power and none of the SHIELD members were particularly disturbed by the revelation.
SHIELD is a American government agency that is ruled by "The Council" as it seems and the Director Nick Fury. It is a constant important presence within the universe from which Loki It stands for Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division. Before it became known as SHIELD it was first known as the SSR, "Strategic Scientific Reserve". The SSR was founded by Howard Stark. They are first seen with heavy involvement during WWII. It is clear that Rogers was recruited by them and within the experiments preformed during these times the Super Soldier formula was born.
They are now considered the eyes and ears of everyone and everything Top Secret. Within their division they hold a variety of skilled workers that range from spies to assassins to scientists. The plethora of technology and intelligence and networking in which SHIELD has under their thumb is only proven within the Marvel Films and especially within The Avengers where SHIELD and the Avengers that had been gathered under SHIELD's working come together and make a formidable enemy to Loki and the Chitauri. They have extensive research facilities and access to a wide range of technologies. We see this with not only their laboratory in which Selvic does studies with the Tesseract but also within the Helicarrier (and the Helicarrier itself being a rather advanced item of technology.)
SHIELD's primary motive is to investigate the events in which require more highly educated levels of intelligence and are beyond the handle of regular law enforcement. They are, when needed to, capable of taking the next steps. Proof of this is their involvements with HYDRA and the defeating of it -- HYDRA being a sub-sect of the Nazi-Germany Army in WWII which was commanded by the Red Skull. It was primarily known for creating highly advanced weaponry. This incredible advancements in weaponry was harnessed through the discovery of the Tesseract upon storming in to Norway one day. HYDRA later becomes their own Army and look beyond WWII and toward world domination. A plot which is stopped by Captain America and company (company being SHIELD/SSR).
SHIELD becomes a part of Loki's timeline when they enter the scene upon the landing of Mjolnir (Thor's hammer). Confiscating the research Foster has prepared on what later becomes known as the Bifrost. The Avengers Initiative eventually is put in to motion in the film "The Avengers" where Selvig had been aiding Director Fury and SHIELD with studies and calculations pertaining to the use of the Tesseract.
They also gather exemplary intelligence and skilled persons or, well, eradicate them if they are causing trouble and such is how Agent Romanoff (Black Widow) gets involved. Hawkeye (Clint Barton) is also enrolled under their duty but it is not entirely known how this comes to be.
Meanwhile on Asgard, life is extremely regal, especially in the House of Odin. Asgard, the Realm Eternal, lays at the very top of the nine realms and presides over them all. It houses the Gods of the universe which are not the same as what Earth understands, they are not actually immortal, but what they are gods of is their skill. Thor is the God of Thunder not because he is the embodiment of Thunder but that he can command it better than anyone known in his universe, and Loki is God of Mischief because his skill with it is so intense that he bests everyone else. It is difficult to kill them but it is possible.
Asgardians are known to have traits which set them apart. Primarily their over abundance of physical strength and extremely prolonged lifespan.
While Asgard in general applies advanced sciences to their daily lives, much of its culture is extremely old in style. The existence of a monarchy is still very much in place. They hold feasts for battles won; as a warrior culture they place much of their pride in the courage and strength. While gender roles are sometimes not adhered to (like Sif being a warrior and Loki being magic-proficient) it is not easy to make a name for yourself in being different and is often very looked down upon. Like in the olden days, the hearth is ruled by men, and the men are ruled by the king, Odin Borson, the All-Father, King of Asgard and with such unknown and extreme power.
In this, Thor and Loki are both princes of Asgard. They represent everything that Asgard stands for. However Thor is chosen over Loki, with Asgardian standards of life and roles coming into play with the choice. Furthermore, known to the great kingdom of Asgard is Lady Sif who forged her way from the gender role of a woman and picked up a sword. Then there is Hogan the Grim, Fandral the Dashing, and Volstagg the Valiant. The Lady Sif and The Warriors Three are very close friends to Thor and Loki and are the best of the best at their chosen craft.
The last world that we get to see is Jotunheim, the realm of cold and darkness. Once upon a time it must have had the same glory as Asgard. As we see in the beginning of Thor, the Jotuns travel to Earth without the use of the Bifrost. With this in mind, their power at one point must have been very great. Jotunheim and Asgard have a strained political relationship, especially after the Great war that left Jotunheim in waste. Now Jotunheim lies in a questionable truce that was made between Odin and Laufey, Jotunheim's King. When we enter Jotunheim in the film we notice its barren look of desolation. It is naturally dark and extremely cold. This realm is where Loki was actually born in.
There is a vague understanding that other universes, worlds, and realms exist outside of the concept known as Yggdrasil (that unseen object which connects all nine realms). However even when he catch a glimpse at where Chittauri are residing the location is vague and unknown. Furthermore, Loki mentions to Thor in Avengers that he has seen worlds but any expansion on this is left unknown. For the most part, the universe remains focused on Asgard, Midgard, and Jotunheim with the knowledge of other realms and worlds.
Personality:
Personality notes: I have integrated both canon and au history in to his personality; the first few paragraphs go in to what he was like pre-movie then we slide in to movie personality with the au adjustments and then in to what we're going to see in game as his darkness continues to grow. Furthermore I have added paragraphs separated by key relationships and how he feels about them then lastly I have written out key traits in personality and finished it off with ambitions and motivations.
The progression of one to another
Once upon a time, Loki was a quiet and inquisitive child. He always preferred to see things from a distance, to observe, and learn - however he did have a penchant for harmless adventure. He was a scholar in the house of warriors with a sharp and smart tongue and a thirst to know things. It was no surprise at all that he would have a knack for sneaking about, listening to secrets, watching others in the Golden Halls of Odin's Home. Loki was generally a bit lonely from the get go as he knew he was out of place fairly early on in his years. While he and Thor often played and fought together, Loki was known for running or tricking his way out of situations that a "real" Asgardian man would battle their way out of. For this fact, he was often called a coward. His exemplary (and also natural) skill in magic only extended most Aesir's unease and displeasure. This caused him to build a great need for approval and began the workings of performance issues.
A good amount of his time, when not spent learning magic from the Aesir women by example, was spent in the libraries where he not only schooled himself in various magical arts but also schooled himself in various knowledge. As a curious kind, even at such a ripe young age, he had an attraction to the 'forbidden' and would sneak in and out of all those area's he shouldn't be and read all those books he shouldn't read. He soaked up information like a sponge and never forgot it. History of the realms, philosophies, prophecies, sciences plenty. His curiosity brought him to the vaults one day and this is where he learned a very dark secret. He was extremely not like the rest of Asgard. He wasn't even Aesir at all. The first turn in his long winding road. It scared him, a lot, as the stories of Jotunheim were very vivid in his mind. Loki hid this, he told no one, absolutely horrified of what they might do if anyone found out and more so... scared to know why Odin had never said anything.
The older he became the more weight his differences put on him. The harsh reality that he was not a warrior; he didn't have the strength of one and he didn't think like one, was coming to fruition just as much as that deep hidden secret he kept. Loki began to feel like an outcast more than ever and his loneliness only grew. He withdrew far more that before unknowing that he was playing right in to his own grief, and became quick to change moods with a mean tongue when angered. Spending more time to strengthen his magic, he started using it to cause trouble more than before and sometimes in a way that was questionable. At least negative attention was attention, right? Thor was better, stronger, more glorious. The thunderer, the great slayer of beasts, the obvious heir. No one wanted the wordsmith, the magician.
When Loki finally visited Jotunheim here came an extreme turning point in his personality. It was right at those ripe years where his youth could be blamed for the instability he began to sometimes display but the truth was, he felt torn. He had known and loved Asgard even if it had not always been too kind to him. He cared what Thor thought of him, he cared what Odin thought of him, he just cared too much. Now knowing that his real Father might have kept him and he might have had a home there and he might have been raised with the care and respect of an heir not a sloppy second plagued him deeply, it made him angry, it made him want vengeance.
As he started to plot the unraveling of Asgard, he began to crawl down a darker path. His glare was more sharp, his tongue more forked and biting, his illusions and tricks a little less fun and a bit more frightening. He wanted power, and Laufey did nothing but encourage this. He wanted to prove that he was better. He wanted to be a King. He was an Heir, he was made to rule. Odin had been right on one thing, at least, and Loki would show them. He'd show them all.
He'd show them what they claimed to know, the stories of old, the monsters of Jotunheim. If he could not be good enough for them then he would be bad enough. His downward spiral and falling from grace only furthered as the trick to deprive Thor from the Aesir Throne succeeded and the Odinson was banished to Earth. Slowly the jealousy, anger, and hurt from his conversations with Laufey to his fighting match with the All-Father which lead him to his sleep began to madden him. His mind was becoming a battlefield like Jotunheim and Asgard was soon to be. In many ways he had doubts, he struggled with his long lost ideas of peace and community and fun and youthfulness against this consuming blackness of hate; feelings of betrayal and broken trust, of living a lie, of being completely fooled his entire life, of being used as a tool. Split in two and torn in half.
As his mind settles from the dust, from the falling out, from everything that had transpired all so suddenly, he will become something more chaotically solid and deeply twisted. "Accepting" of his place, believing in his alignment. He is not from Asgard, he is not an Aesir. He does what he wants, takes what he wants, he will become powerful and strong. He will be a formidable enemy to Thor and to Asgard. He will raise Jotunheim up from the ground and rebuild their empire in every way the All Father fears.
His lies will twist the truths. He will manipulate, cheat, steal, and trick his way in and out of things if it befits him. When it fits him, he'll actually be honest. When it fits him, he might help you out. He does for him, and what he cares about, and what he thinks is right. He no longer wants to be the person who is always depending on what others think. He's never been good enough? Fine. You have never been good enough to see how skilled he actually is.
Now that Laufey is gone? The throne is his, and he'll get that casket, and he'll win that war. Asgard will fall.
These are his darkest hours; this is his all time low and he's going to revel in it. He is mean. He is ruthless. He is cruel and slimy and cold. He is manipulating and lying. He is righteous and he is dangerous to himself and everyone around him.
Overall Traits
Loki was raised a Prince and therefore has a natural opinion of superiority and a wealth of pride which is only growing now that he is "King" (although unbeknownst to anyone since he fell off the bridge before he could claim Kingship). Loki wants to be worshiped. He feels entitled to it and the fact that he has always been slighted for who he was and never looked at in the same way that Thor was only excels this almost sickening desire. He's a King and he's a God. He does not care by whom he is worshiped although it means more if he knew you as strong and once respected you. The more of a challenge someone presents to him the more he aches to surpass it. He will not be bested; not by anyone. In this he is determined.
Loki thirsts for power more now than ever before and since his falling from the wrecked bifrost he feels a little liberated; he let go, he just let go. He is of Asgard no longer. Loki is vaguely aware that his connections to Asgard are still a weakness and impact him greatly and while he refuses to fully admit this he does - perhaps subconsciously - seek to severe it. He feels that if he is to claim Jotunheim and bring it to new glory that he cannot afford this weakness and he also wants to prove to himself that he no longer needs these people in his life; he needs to justify the incredible deep pit of loneliness and dismay that he is experiencing and (again, perhaps not consciously) he will self destruct in every way possible and twist his truths and facts all to justify that he is alone and always has been.
When something is determined in his mind it is incredibly hard to steer him away from his path to achieving it. Loki is unbelievably stubborn and therefore he is also very resilient, persevering, and determined. These traits can be a very good thing but since his path has turned dark these very things can be his destroyer. Sometimes it is questionable how much he actually wants to be a ruler anymore compared to how much he wants retribution for his agony; power and revenge.
Lastly, Loki is as his name stands testament to: an incredibly good liar and almost flawless actor. It is a natural gift and he will use this to his full advantage to get him in and out of any and all situations if possible. Thor even said (in the movie) that he has always been a talented liar. In conjunction with what we see in the films and what the au required in means of acting it is easy to say this is a very strong skill of his. Furthermore, he has a strong tongue that is not only good with lies but good with story telling. His sarcasm can be exceptional and his insults can be venomous. He is very good at talking and matching word for word and furthermore his pattern of speech tends to have a slight bit of olden flair.
The impact of his family and friends
Odin
Loki’s relationship with his adoptive father is an incredibly important one and is just as impacting as his relationship with Thor. Long ago when he and his brother were young, Loki yearned to be looked at in the same way that Thor was through Odin’s eyes. He craved the affection and care that Loki felt he did not receive as much as Thor did. All he wanted, so desperately, was to be told that he was accepted and loved for who he was; that it was okay he was a mage, that it was okay he wasn’t as brash or battle crazed. He trusted and admired Odin and was highly interested in the wisdom and power the All-Father always seemed to display. Loki was, at one point, very invested in the politics of Asgard and all that which details being a King but he simply was never seen in the same light.
This has now been replaced with a great feeling of abandonment, distrust, and anguish. Loki cannot bring himself to believe anything the All Father says when it comes to his claims of love and firmly believes that Odin's prior claims of such were all just to keep him around until he was necessary in the political exchange between Asgard and Jotunheim. Considering how intelligence and wise Odin was? It's very difficult to make him think otherwise. This unfathomable amount of rage and pain reflects just how important Odin’s opinion of Loki once was (and still might be, although he refuses to say so). Shattered barely begins to cover his feelings.
Thor
Loki once looked up to Thor as a role-model when he was young. Thor was his older brother and he was strong and well respected and he was the thing that Loki should be -- but Loki was not. They were brothers, and while they fought sometimes he still felt an incredibly strong bond. They played together, they fought by eachother’s side, they walked the Golden Hall together and feasted together. However, Loki's jealousy started at a very young age and it only grew as years went by. He always wanted to feel like an equal to Thor and never did. He always wanted to be seen just as worthy as Thor but never did. Loki all but ached to feel like Thor understood him and appreciated him but he never did.
Since Loki’s falling he feels almost estranged from his adoptive brother. All of a sudden “everything makes sense”. It “makes sense” why he was never like Thor. It “makes sense” why Odin never looked at him the same way. "it makes sense" why they were never the same and the feeling that he was never the same and never as good as Thor has suddenly become a very crucial and defining part of who he is. Loki is NOT the same, he’s NOT Thor’s brother, he’s NOT an Asgardian. He IS different. He’s better, even. He’s going to prove it.
Again here is where his new mindset of "if I cannot be good enough I will be bad enough" comes in to play.
Lady Sif and Warriors Three
The emotional turmoil with these friends is not as strong nor as powerful as that with his adoptive brother and father. Loki’s dislike toward the Lady Sif and W3 mainly comes through their association with Thor. There is a bit more terseness with Sif since she also was different but managed to become accepted, more or less, when he never felt like he was. While he cared well enough for Volstagg, Hogun, and Fandral, he feels like he can severe that relationship with ease. In reality, it might be a struggle due to the old feelings of just wanting peace, and fun, and family and community. Nevertheless, he is determined.
Laufey
Loki’s relationship with his real Father was short but impacting. While he is not as emotionally connected to Laufey it is the IDEA that he could have had a home; it is the WHAT IF’s of everything that could have been that continuously plague him. He never got the chance to know what could have happened if he began to build a relationship with the King of Jotunheim. He never got to know what could have been if he was left there and cared for by Laufey. Loki remembers what Odin told him about being abandoned and left to die but he also remembers what Laufey told him which is quite the opposite. Laufey hadn’t lied to him (that he knows of) and was all but reasonable (if a bit hostile, understandably). Odin had lied to him his entire life. This is something that Loki cannot forget.
He mourns, a little, that he lost his Father (and is enraged by it especially because, once again, it was at Thor’s hand like everything always was). It was his limited meetings with Laufey that helped guide Loki to his new ambition which is to take the Throne of Jotunheim and build anew all the while crushing Asgard along the way.
Ambitions and Motives
Loki's mind still needs to settle a bit from the aftermath of that battle on the bifrost and his drop into nothingness before he gets pulled in to game. However, his new ambition is fairly clear in his mind: he wants to assume the throne of Jotunheim, rebuild their empire, and destroy Asgard. His ambition to destroy Asgard is driven by deep-seeded feelings of loss, betrayal, inadequacy, and distrust.
When he comes to realize that he cannot go home his ambition will shift from wanting to crush Asgard and slide in to generally making the lives of anyone affiliated or important to Aesir persons a living nightmare, crushing their souls, destroying everything that is good in their lives, in any way possible. It is motivated by this need to be better and prove that he is just as great if not greater. Furthermore the desire to destroy is motivated by the aforementioned feelings of being lied to and being inadequate.
Abilities, Weaknesses, and Power Limitation Suggestions:
Prelude to Loki's Magic:
I personally explain magic as an energy that constantly surrounds us. In the film Thor, Magic is explained as a science unknown to mankind and therefore the 'unseen energy that surrounds us' makes sense to me. As a Mage, Loki has a natural ability to tap in to this and channel it. The stronger you are and the more you know about this energy the easier it is to manipulate it.
Spell Casting/General Magic
Loki's general energy magic glows a vibrant green and he can use this to create blasts of energy. We never see (yet) just how good of a spell caster he is and therefore until the next movie comes out I feel it's best to put a really big cap on this. He might be able to enhance his abilities for short amounts of time, speed, strength, and things like this but it will be very short and it will drain him. Until we know more about his general abilities in spells, I'm going to leave this to be something he can learn from others in game. He may be able to pick up mind-control and telekinetic abilities later on.
Transmogrification / CloningLoki's abilities to cast illusions and temporarily alter reality is very strong. He can make a plethora of duplications when it comes to his own body and although it is not observed in the films one can assume he can do this to other objects as well. In deleted scenes of Thor we observe that Loki can change one thing into another, re: wine in to snakes. When he transforms an object from one thing to another they are very real in nature.
However, as a cap to this he cannot hold it too long. The longer he attempts to retain this illusion or transformation the more energy it takes from him as he is incapable of permanently altering reality at this time. This may or may not change in time as his power grows via game advancements IF opportunity arises (or canon update IF such happens) As for his clones, the more he creates and the longer he sustains them the more energy it consumes. An example being that if he chooses to create twenty duplications of himself and holds it for ten minutes at a time his level of energy would decline significantly and some duplications may drop out or fade before the time is up.
However, as a cap to this he cannot hold it too long. The longer he attempts to retain this illusion or transformation the more energy it takes from him as he is incapable of permanently altering reality at this time. This may or may not change in time as his power grows via game advancements IF opportunity arises (or canon update IF such happens) As for his clones, the more he creates and the longer he sustains them the more energy it consumes. An example being that if he chooses to create twenty duplications of himself and holds it for ten minutes at a time his level of energy would decline significantly and some duplications may drop out or fade before the time is up.
Teleportation
Loki can teleport in short distances and in conjunction with his ability to both cloak and create illusions of himself this can be a very useful skill. Doing such will take a good chunk of energy if its further than, say, five feet or more. The further he attempts to transport the more he might get a bit wobbly upon landing.
Cloaking
Loki can cast spells that can cloak himself and others from even the most sharpest eyesight and hearing (as proven by being able to sneak past Heimdall). He can make it so that he can only be seen by one specific person or one group of persons or that he can only be heard by one specific person or persons. The actual limit of this ability is unclear from the movies and I would wish to have a suggested cap from the mods for such due to this reason. I would assume that the more people be brings under this cloaking spell the more energy it drains and the less likely he can hold it for too long.
Elemental Magic
Loki's elemental magic is true to his heritage, frost and ice. He has a natural cooling ability and is capable of creating small weapons with ice, usually daggers. Without the cask in hand he cannot conjure storms or anything of great proportion. With plenty of concentration be might be able to freeze objects that are immersed in water however this takes great concentration and amounts of energy. His main skill with elemental magic is purely in creating ice spears and daggers. Loki has a natural ability to withstand great amounts of cold but he is very weak against heat. Any attacks that are fire based would damage him more significantly.
Power sensing / Arcane Lore
Loki is naturally attracted to power arcane knowledge. The darker they are and the more powerful they are the more he is attracted to it (seemingly). He has a gift of being able to wield ancient artifacts with little to any schooling in how.
I believe that the game itself would cap this due to the fact that many of the ancient artifacts will not be here.
I believe that the game itself would cap this due to the fact that many of the ancient artifacts will not be here.
Summoning
Loki can summon objects of various types. We only see this happen once in the film: the cask. The limitations to this are as follows:
1. He can only summon one object at time
2. He needs a few seconds between summoning one object to summon another and cannot summon more than five objects in rapid succession at a time.
3. He can only summon objects that are within the world he's been pulled into. He cannot summon objects that are not. Example: he cannot summon the cask of gungnir.
4. He cannot summon objects that are larger than himself.
1. He can only summon one object at time
2. He needs a few seconds between summoning one object to summon another and cannot summon more than five objects in rapid succession at a time.
3. He can only summon objects that are within the world he's been pulled into. He cannot summon objects that are not. Example: he cannot summon the cask of gungnir.
4. He cannot summon objects that are larger than himself.
Intelligence
Loki is incredibly intelligent. His mind is like a sponge and he is capable of retaining a large quantity of information without forgetting anything that he knew prior to it. He is a schemer and a strategist who works best when there is time to plot and plan.
Enhanced Senses and Combat Skill
Loki has enhanced strength and durability in which we see plenty in both films involving him. He can take multiple hits from Mjolnir, he can endure bullets and even the more enhanced technology of SHIELD. He is a good match for Thor but not stronger and while he is strong he is not at the same level of either his adopted race or his actual race. Nevertheless he can kick a human halfway across the room.
One of Loki's skills when it comes to combat is his speed and agility in which we see in the end fight with Thor. Loki is very flexible and fast on his feet and furthermore he is extremely talented with staff-like objects. When it comes to weapons, a staff is definitely his preference. Lastly, Loki has superhuman reflexes as it is proven in Avengers when he catches an arrow with ease.
An easy cap for this is that they can be less strong.
One of Loki's skills when it comes to combat is his speed and agility in which we see in the end fight with Thor. Loki is very flexible and fast on his feet and furthermore he is extremely talented with staff-like objects. When it comes to weapons, a staff is definitely his preference. Lastly, Loki has superhuman reflexes as it is proven in Avengers when he catches an arrow with ease.
An easy cap for this is that they can be less strong.
WEAKNESSES (that are not listed alongside his abilities)
- Fire/Extreme Heat
- Emotions ( His anger, for one, heavily controls him and often makes him irrational. The fact that some distant part of him still cares deeply about his adopted family makes those from his past a very large weakness as well. They know where to hit him and what to say in order to drive him away from thinking and just doing. He is deeply emotionally and psychologically troubled and it is probably the largest weakness he has).
- Attraction to power and hunger for power ( This trait in him can be so destructive to both himself and others that not only can he kill a plethora of people without thinking in order to gain it but he can kill himself with this as well. The limits to which he will go in order to satisfy the pain he feels is extremely questionable).
Inventory: Loki is armed with three black throwing daggers and is coming in wearing Aesir armor that consists of heavy gold plating and a large horned helmet.
Appearance: Loki is very tall 'for an Aesir'. He stands at 6'4" and I would put his weight in at a little over 250LBs. In the comics he is pegged at over 500LBs but I am not entirely sure the validity of such. His body is lithe but lean. While Loki is not bulky like many other Aesir he has toned muscles all the same and his body fat percentage is extremely low. Normally fare peach skin and flawless of scars or blemishes he has a sharp cut jawline with black hair that is pulled back and reaching the bottom of his neck and emerald green eyes. Now, I know that in the film he has blue eyes. I do like playing him with green eyes but if this detail doesn't fly then it's fine. I'll play him with blue. He has long legs and arms so that you could call him a bit willowy; additionally his fingers are slender but not without their masculinity.
In dress, he prefers black and green. As appearing in game he will be wearing Aesir ceremonial battle uniform which consists of black leather and green lining, knee high boots, plenty of belts and layers, heavy golden armor that is usually accompanied with his infamous horns but unfortunately this fell and did not fall with him. Loki is portrayed by Tom Hiddleston in MCU. Here is an example
He exists under the constant charm that was cast and integrated in to him at young by Odin, however his actual and natural form is much different. His skin is blue and his eyes are full red. He has what seems to be tribal markings over his flesh; this form takes a hold of him when he is near something of extreme cold and in connection to his land.
Age: Early 1000's.
OC/AU Justification
If AU, How is Your Version Different From Canon, and How Will That Come Across?
Loki found out his real heritage much younger than in Canon. As an always curious type and a seeker of secrets and knowledge, Loki cloaked himself from Heimdall's eyes one day in order to enter the vaults where such ancient artifacts laid. Successfully tricking the guards into believing there was an emergency elsewhere but nearby, he went to wander. While the young Prince was in there he gathered information consuming the energy he could feel from each one. However none had a bigger draw than the Casket of Ancient Winters. He could not explain this yearning, he could only feel it. Slowly but surely Loki found himself tracing the dead cold object and was overwhelmed by it's power. However, it wasn't just power he felt. There was something binding that could not be explained until his eyes caught a glimpse at his own flesh. He was blue. Terrified, Loki fled the vaults and spoke of it to no one.
This was constantly on his mind. It woke him up at night. He began piecing together the dots one by one. Why could he so easily create weapons from ice with his magic; why not fire, why not wind, why not earth or other elements? Why ice? Why could he tolerate the cold winters and had such an intolerance for heat? He longed to ask these things of the man he'd known as his father, the All Father, but he could not. He was too scared. Too scared what the answer would be: he was a monster. So Loki continued to hide it and tried to push it out of his thoughts.
Years later as the second Prince reached the edge of teenage hood, his magic was almost unparallelled to the other Asgardians. As his feelings of misplacement, inadequacy, and loneliness grew only stronger, s did his curiosity. He was sickened by it and he had tried everything to change these little similarities that connected him to winter and frost but he could not. Loki finally visited Jotunheim, horrified and frightened. He was met with hostility but yet also reason. Laufey adhered to the truce in place and Loki did not come with threat. Instead, he came to seek answers about that faithful night when Jotunheim fell.
To Loki's surprise, Laufey was far more cooperative and wiling to speak than he had thought would be. Nevertheless it was clear both were suspicious of each other and both being stubborn gave short answers with more questions to follow. Loki had inquired about why the Jotun went to Earth that one day and the history he was told, well. It was shockingly sound. Not exactly right, but not exactly monstrous in reasoning either. Wanting to believe that the Jotun were monsters, in a pinch and in Loki's own fear of what he were being told, he used his quipping tongue to insult the King which caused him to lash out. Here it was revealed that Loki was one of them and not only was he one of them, he was Laufey's son. The shock, anger, and mild anguish in the great warrior's eyes when he recognized those markings broke something inside of the still young prince. Did Laufey... care? He was demanded to leave, and so in silence he did.
To no surprise, Loki returned months later. He was still so curious and there were so many questions that went unanswered. He did not know how to feel about Odin who clearly knew all along what he was. Why was he not told about his real heritage? After speaking more with the Frost King, Loki was informed that it was believed he were dead. They eventually came to the same conclusion: knowing that Laufey had lost everything and was unlikely to kill his own kin, Odin wanted to keep Loki as a peace offering when the time was right.
He was nothing more than a pawn. He was stolen from his own world and home, taught to believe they were gruesome, horrible, and primative monsters; taught to fear and loathe them, and for what? To take over when Laufey dies and make Jotunheim more like Asgard? To eventually bridge the gap between both Kingdoms when Odin felt revealing this truth was right?
The same stories about Jotunheim and how Jotuns were savage and ugly monsters who cared for nothing but power was shared with Asgard who were not very different and just as thirsty for war. Speaking with Laufey and conducting a rational and even intelligent conversation about their cultures and what the King believed as truths about Odin and his own people slowly began to make him wonder how honest Odin had been about... anything. What better a way to squash an enemy and keep them oppressed than to only talk about their weaknesses and slights to your fellow comrades? Asgard had weaknesses plenty and Loki had always known that. Clearly there was much more to the Jotun than just battle thirst. Loki resented this information at first and refused to see it, but slowly he began to. Slowly he accepted it.
In a year's time later, Loki's loyalty and belief in Asgard had fallen. He was the heir to Jotunheim; he was Laufey's only child. He was a Prince, he was every bit as worthy as Thor if not more so and besides, Odin always said that both he and Thor were born to rule -- perhaps the All Father had no idea how right he truly was. Finally Loki had a purpose. He had a place. He could rebuild these desolate walls. He could be an equal match to Thor as a King of his own land once his Father stepped down. He had a new ambition. A better ambition. Here began his beautiful downward spiral in to seeking power and revenge.
The plot to ruin Thor's rise to the Throne was planned and known by both Loki and his real Father. Knowing that Thor could easily be talked in to going to Jotunheim after Asgard's security had been breached in the weapons vault, he put this plan in to motion. The sacrifice was necessary and the Jotun who entered the vaults were aware of the risks. Indeed Thor demanded they forward in to Jotunheim and Loki posed as a ally to the Asgardian warriors acting his role flawlessly. As Loki suspected, there would be great consequence to opening the realms to war once again. This fact alone only served to further spawn something terribly dark in him. Odin was of war and yet he feared it because he feared the Jotun who once were just as strong. Such thoughts began to form in Loki's mind.
After Thor was banished to Earth, Loki entered the vaults in attempt to take the casket and return it to Jotunheim. He was stopped by Odin and when Loki revealed that he knew his true heritage he was questioned. Why Loki lead the Jotun in?. Loki responded that it was because Thor was not worthy of the Throne with his reckless ways and it was proven so. To Loki's surprise, Odin claimed that he was right. He further asked how long Loki had known but in a slight panic, baffled by Odin's calm presence and mild praise, he responded that it did not matter how long, the point remained that he was not an Odinson, he was the blood of an enemy. The Allfather then replied that Loki was not correct; he might not be truly an Asgardian but he is of Asgard and he is loved as one. This set Laufeyson on a rage and much like in the movie Loki's rage put Odin in to his sleep.
For a moment, he really did panic. At one time Loki did love Odin and saw him as a father. What if Odin did love him regardless of his initial plans? This thought made him stall for just a moment but his bitterness and anguish battled the remorse he felt. He felt doubt, then. Torn between two worlds and unsure which one to believe. Asgard was his life and all he knew but how much of it was a lie? How often was he accepted here? When he could have Jotunheim, the Throne, a place to rebuild and reshape. These thoughts raced through his mind as the guard brought the All Father to his personal chambers.
Now that Thor was gone? He was King of Asgard and he had Gungnir. For a long moment or two, Loki entertained simply claiming Asgard in the name of Jotunheim.. Laufey could have Jotunheim and he could have Asgard. They could rule together. Peace, finally, except not how Odin wanted it to be.
He had planned to continue plotting with Laufey in secrecy before the Warriors Three beseeched him to remove Thor from exile. When Loki denied the request and they went to Earth to find him, he sent the Destroyer. The same as canon, Thor's power reawakened and he fought the destroyer and sacrificed himself. Instead of killing Laufey when he and a handful of his soldiers come to Asgard, Loki brought him and his soldiers in quickly before Heimdall escaped the ice coffin he was placed in for his treason by allowing the warriors to pass.
Thor reentered Asgard just in time kill Laufey himself before Laufey killed Odin. Loki tried to stop Thor with Gungnir but it was just a bit too late. Loki's already overemotional mind went in to overload and he fled to activate the Bifrost setting it to overload and take Asgard with it. Now he had been taken of everything. Everything. His family was a lie, his life was a lie, and his only real family was dead because of Thor because everything always begins and ends with Thor. He did not want Asgard anymore, he wanted to destroy it.
Thor followed Loki and they fought out on the bridge. Here is where Loki revealed that he was never Thor's brother but instead was an enemy except he did not explain why - perhaps because he couldn't find the strength to voice it in all of his emotional uproar. The only way to stop the Bifrost from destroying Asgard was destroying it and thus it was done. Once again, like in Canon it exploded and the sacrifice awoke Odin from his sleep in time to catch them both.
Completely torn up, Loki says "goodbye" and lets go.
How will this come across?
In his CR, mainly. Some facts from this AU and from Canon directly conflict. Example being: Loki did not kill Laufey, Thor did. Example being: Loki planned with Laufey all along to get Thor off the throne.
Furthermore, his motives and beliefs have altercations. Loki does not want Asgard anymore and he does not want to be welcomed back to it (in his own mind. Whether this is entirely true is debatable). The only reason Loki would want Asgard is to destroy it and terraform it with the cask in order to claim it for Jotunheim under his rule (now whether he would is questionable as well. He feels like this is what he wants but his adoptive family does still have meaning in his heart). He furthermore desires to rebuild Jotunheim.
Unlike in Canon, Loki had grown a small attachment to his real father in the minimal time they had together. He does not know whether or not anything Laufey said was true but it all sounded reasonable and unlike Odin, Laufey had not said anything that was detectable as a lie. Also, Loki is more aggressively villainous as he's had longer to fester on who and what he is. Instead of pulling the 'I was adopted and cast out' card for sympathy and manipulation he is more likely to pull the 'I was stolen and my real family was abused and destroyed' card for sympathy and manipulation. He clearly is a bit more unstable and more dark than what we see of Loki as of right now.
If OC, Did You Run Your Character Through a Mary-Sue Litmus Test? N/A
And What Did You Score? N/A
Samples
Log Sample:
It was as if he had stopped breathing; as if his heart at stopped beating. In a rush of hot oxygen he takes his first breath once again. A long and gasping inhale that left his throat so raw and aching. Tears almost shed from his eyes as he coughs and spurts. Everything pained him beyond any aftermath of battle he had ever known. He felt ill and his guts twisted in on them selves again and again. For some time after stirring those emeralds awake, Loki could not remember what had happened. He could not quite recall events leading up to this. Had he died? Muscles and bones pulled in to a slow motion, flexing and reawakening and his first glimpse at what surrounded him proved this was not so. If he had died, he was certain to have been bound for Niflheim. Somehow he thought this was not quite the same.
Consciousness began to slip in as he moved his body up right. Shattered from his falling, at first he thought nothing, no wandering thing slid in and out of his mind. He felt hallow. Gone. Vacant. So completely void. Gradually he begins to assess his surroundings. He notices what pit of scraps he had landed in and the seeming wormhole above that items fall from; other 'visitors' and things both identifiable and not. He notices the layout of the area and a sense of higher technology - something in which does not trouble him. The hospitable holographic, as it seems to be, directing him here and there. Loki works his body in to motion almost out of auto-pilot. Like a drone, he moves. He has to move. He has to keep going but he's wobbly and weak and almost falls a couple of times.
Now he feels something else. Something restricting, something clamped shut on his very soul. His magic is not how it was. It is not as strong, not as free, he cannot grasp that source around him with quite as much ease. Was this his punishment, then? Had he purposely been cast to this place after falling? Now he remembers falling. How long had he been falling? That blinding darkness consuming him; consuming his mind; engulfing his body. Tearing everything apart until here. Now he remembers everything as he always has. Who he was, what he was, what he planned, how it played out. Thor taking his only truth from him because Thor takes everything. Thor takes all things. Thor is the only thing, to Asgard. Loki is not from Asgard. He remembers this. The lies. He'd never lie about things so great and so impacting. Well, long ago he wouldn't. He didn't care anymore.
He looks ill to anyone surrounding him but follows the guides for now - listening, observing, thinking. Deep hollows sink around his once bright eyes. His skin is pale but looked waxed and it's even sweating a little. He needs to get back. He has a throne to claim, an empire to build, a war to wage. Yet he cannot just snap his fingers. There is much to do and much to learn until that time. That is fine, he supposes. In time, it will come. Until then, he awaits what lay for him here.
Network Sample:
[ Loki has spent some time looking over the device fitted upon his arm after the ever informing tour. He's run through various navigations and pages accessible therein as he firstly did researching of his own. He's spent a large amount of time in this hostel simply reading to himself in a claimed corner, silently. Something about him made any fellow bunkers, well, avoid trying to speak with him much. He all but radiates unwell. Even though he is silent. Even though he's kept to himself. It's written all over his face. He looks ill. Well, he was in truth. He has just fallen in to some endless abyss of space. The tearing such a fall does to one's mind and one's body... he had no way of telling how long he had been falling.
As for those who post to the network? It's very likely that he has been stalking you. That unwell face mentioned? You get to see it now. For a moment he is silent making sure the video feed is focused. ] Good tidings, fellow residents as it were.
I feel this unannounced vacation is consistent with many if not all of those connected to this network.
Shall we introduce?