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Loki
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PLAYER INFORMATION

Name: Psi Yamaneko (or just "Psi")
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CHARACTER

Name: Loki Laufeyson
Canon: Marvel Comics Universe (Earth #616)
Age: Loki appears to be in his late thirties or early forties but is actually an immortal being who has been around since (at least) the dawn of human civilization.
History: When asked about his past, Loki looks towards the sky, as if trying to decide whether or not he should answer a question from a mere mortal. After several long moments he seems to be willing to humor you and he says your inquiry is one with a very long answer. His history goes for millennia and stretches beyond the boundaries of even his own memory. All he can tell you are the details of the most recent cycle of his long and unfortunate life, and he has doubts that you have enough time to really hear his story through to the end.

It is necessary, when writing Loki's history, to skip over some details and gloss over others. He's been in sixty years worth of material...that's a lot. The following are some of the more major events that have shaped him into the man he is now.



Childhood: Time circuit's on. Flux capacitor, fluxing. Engine running. All right.

Loki was born in the snowy drifts of Jotunheim, amongst the native Frost Giants, as the son of the warrior and clan-leader Laufey. His relationship with his father was not a happy one, as he had been born undersized and physically weak. Laufey kept him hidden away in shame most of the time and had a habit of beating him or swatting him across rooms in fits of rage. Because of this, young Loki felt no compassion for his own species. He kept to himself, never played with the other children, and spent his time thinking dark thoughts and longing for an escape.

The opportunity to leave this life behind came to him in the form of an Asgardian, the enemy race of his people, who approached him one day while he was sitting alone in the snow and sulking. He demanded to know who the stranger was and came to realize that the Asgardian was Loki himself, as he would one day appear. The Asgardian asked him what it was he desired most and Loki was quick to answer that he wanted to be a god and be able to what wanted to do and kill whoever he pleased. This was possible, according to the Asgardian, but to achieve such a goal he'd have to sacrifice his parents. Loki barely had to think about it; he was willing to make such a sacrifice.

Later that day, Loki mumbled to Laufey and told him where Odin could be found and Laufey set out to take his enemy by surprise. Odin proved to be too great a foe for him and he fell in battle. Under direction of his future self, Loki rushed to the side of his father, wailing and screaming, and Odin instructed that he be taken in and raised alongside Thor as his son. To the people of Asgard this seemed to be a gesture of mercy, but Odin had actually taken the Jotun child in to appease the restless spirit of his father, Bor, who had been turned to snow by a mysterious sorcerer in a homespun hood from which curled a pair of golden horns...

Back in the future an adult Loki emerged from the veil of time and wondered if he had influenced his own fate or simply ensured it, then decided he did not care. He returned to the body of the war goddess Sif and went back to his task of getting Thor exiled from Asgard, which was now floating over Broxton, Oklahoma.....More on that later.

Resentment: He is my most beloved friend and my bitterest rival

Loki was granted an Asgardian form and raised as an Aesir in the Golden Halls alongside the Sons of Odin. In a place that valued strength and honor, Loki possessed neither and he became increasingly resentful of Odin's biological son, Thor, who had all of the characteristics and skills that were so highly valued in Asgard. No matter how hard he tried, he could never match Thor in his areas of expertise and so Loki turned to sorcery, which he had a natural affinity for. Over time, his skills with magic became highly developed and he vowed to one day use his power to become the most powerful of the Gods, and to destroy Thor.

Growing up, he used his magic as a defender of Asgard but was still often untrusted thanks to his mischievous ways. It was not a secret that he was a Frost Giant, either, and this made people guarded when they were around him. Loki eventually grew resentful towards other Asgardians, feeling that they were too harsh on him and that they had no real fondness for him. In the end he chose to turn his back on the race he felt was turning its back on him. Clearly, the power he'd been promised by his older self was not something that would be given to him. It was something he would have to take.

Lord of Evil: One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse

As he aged, his mischievous stunts with magic became more violent and malicious. Eventually, the God of Mischief came to be called the God of Evil. Loki found ways of mastering the darkest magics that existed in his world. He studied, for a time, under the sorcerer Eldred then sold Eldred's soul to the demon Surtur in exchange for even more power. He mated with the giantess Angerboda and, through her, fathered the death goddess Hela, the Midgard Serpent Jormungand and Fenris Wolf all three of whom would serve as his allies later in life. He also tricked the goddess Sigyn into marrying him by slaying her lover, Theoren, and assuming his form. Loki was exiled after the marriage and Sigyn went with him, causing her to become the Goddess of Fidelity.

Odin, who had long tolerated his adoptive son's outbursts, finally sealed Loki's power into a tree. Loki was sentenced to remain imprisoned there until someone wept over him, which was not something anyone felt likely to do. As time went on, Loki found that he had become the essence of the tree itself and could command its branches and leaves, though only slightly. One day, Heimdall walked past and Loki dropped a leaf into his eye, causing him to weep. The Trickster was free again, and more full of rage than ever before.

Loki started looking beyond Asgard for his mischief and decided that targeting Thor while he was on Midgard as a mortal would be his best chance at victory. He tried, many times, to take his adoptive brother out and pave his own way to the throne and he failed each time. At one point, after being exiled to the Isle of Silence, he manipulated the Hulk into wreaking havoc via astral projection and accidentally caused some of Midgard's greatest warriors, including Thor himself, to meet and team up against him. This gathering of warriors called itself the Avengers and Loki would long regret leading to their creation. From that point onwards, many of his plans on Midgard would involve a divide-and-conquer mechanic to prevent any more team ups.

Ragnarok: By way of deception, thou shalt do war

Loki developed a burning need to determine why he existed. After all, hadn't his future self orchestrated his adoption to give his life meaning? He went to the Norns to ask about his fate and the news they had shook him. He was to be the architect of Ragnarok; a cataclysmic war that would see the Asgardians destroy themselves with their own power. It was Loki that was to lead the enemies of Asgard into the Golden City and wage the war that would destroy the race that lived in the realm at the crown of Yggdrasil. After a while, Loki warmed up to the idea. Why not bring Ragnarok? Through the war he could become the god who ruled all others. Ragnarok became an obsession and he attempted, many times, to bring it about. Due to his caution, his attempts were subtle enough that Odin could not justify punishing him.

Loki's first real pass at Ragnarok came dangerously close to fruition, but was ultimately a swing and a miss. He knew that Balder's death would herald the end of days. Odin passed a law to make sure Balder was immune to all elements and immune to harm from all the plants, animals, and minerals that existed in the Nine Realms. Loki, believing Balder must have some sort of weakness, asked the Norns for advice. Initially, they were reluctant to tell him but they eventually revealed that Mistletoe did not make any vows to protect the God of Beauty.

Loki tricked blind Hoder into firing an arrow tipped in mistletoe at Balder during a display of the latter's invulnerability. When Balder fell, the events of Ragnarok started to slide into place. Loki's treachery was discovered and he was chained to a set of stones with a great serpent dripping venom into his eyes as punishment. Sigyn sat loyally at his side, collecting the venom in a bowl, but she had to get up from time to time when the bowl started to spill over. The pain of the venom dripping on to him caused Loki to writhe in agony and when he got free he blamed his misery on Sigyn and parted ways with her.

His Ragnarok did not pan out. The Asgardians rescued Balder from death, and the World Serpent devoured Roger Norvell, who had been carrying Mjolnir, instead of Thor. The Prophecies did not come true and the people of Asgard were able to stave off Ragnarok...for a time.

Loki spent the following years continuing in his quest for Ragnarok and his quest for the crown. He tormented Thor on Midgard, tried to capture the Infinity Gems from the Ultraverse, and just generally spent his days harassing the cosmos.

Loki did not get another good shot at seeing his cataclysm until many years later. By this time, Odin had fallen in battle against Surtur and Asgard was being ruled by Thor. Loki had, for a while, enjoyed his brother's rule. He saw it as an opportunity to get power of his own (by causing civil unrest in Asgard while Thor was busy with the mortals) and he smirked at watching Thor try to impose Asgardian values on the people of Midgard. Unfortunately, Thor withdrew from Midgard in the end, after having a vision of a future where he ruled as a despot. Loki found himself at odds with his brother once more and used his power to raise the demon Surtur from the abyss.

He delivered the newly found mold of Mjolnir to Surtur and requested the demon to forge him an uru weapon of his own. Now armed with great power, Loki gave uru weapons to his allies and led them in a march on Asgard. Ragnarok, once again, was set into motion. The war consumed all who took part in it, bringing the city to its knees and Loki erected himself as its sole ruler. Thor turned to the Well of Mimir, and the spectral form of the Odinforce, for guidance on how to lead his people out of this tragedy. The truth Thor learned was one that was never supposed to be discovered: That Ragnarok had happened before and would happen again. That Asgard was trapped in an endless cycle of death and rebirth, each new cycle being a faded echo of the one before. A race of deities called Those Who Sit Above in Shadow has, since the beginning of time, been feeding off the people of Asgard through Ragnarok. Thor saw only one way of breaking the cycle, and that was to allow Ragnarok to play through to its end and then finish what it started: The absolute, total destruction of all things. He tore Loki's head from his shoulders and tied it at his belt before laying into the Yggdrasil and the Norns and allowing Surtur to destroy Asgard. Loki's head, still alive and cognizant of its surroundings cried out for Thor to stop. Loki never wanted to see Asgard destroyed, he'd only meant to rule it. Thor ignored his brother's cries and in the end, the cycle was terminated and Those Who Sit Above in Shadow faded with Asgard. Thor alone remained, the rest of his people living only in his memory.

Life on Earth: She had the body of Venus, Lord imagine my surprise

After Thor awoke from the darkness he used the Odinpower to pull Asgard into Midgard, and into Broxton, Oklahoma. For wherever Thor was, Asgard had to be. This achieved, he set out to find the other Asgardians, if indeed they had somehow been reborn after the cataclysm. When he found Heimdall and the Warriors Three reborn into mortal bodies he started searching with urgency. Heimdall led him to the desert where an Asgardian war machine called the Destroyer seemed to have a large number of humans imprisoned. One of the humans, a pale woman with long, black hair, called out to Thor and claimed to know him. She begged him for help. Thor, falling for the trap, returned godhood to the people gathered in that spot. They all scattered, except the woman, who he initially mistook for Sif but was actually Loki reborn into a female form.

During reincarnation, Loki had taken the body intended for Sif and locked Sif away in the dying form of an elderly cancer patient. Loki kept this secret to himself for a long while and returned to Asgard with his people, where he claimed to have turned over a new leaf. After Ragnarok he claimed he had become an entirely new creature; one who was honest. Amongst the Asgardians truth became Loki's new weapon as he slowly set plans into motion to bring about a new era of change and shake the foundations of Asgard to its core.

Being the trickster that he was, Loki's plan involved him playing on each side of the conflict he intended to bring to Asgard's doorstep. It was a manifold, highly intricate plan that saw him weakening the resolve of Thor and having him exiled, weakening the morale of the Asgardian people, and rallying the forces he intended to set upon Asgard's walls. He joined forces with Norman Osborn, went back in time to become the sorcerer that turned Bor into snow, and made plans with Doctor Doom to relocate the Asgardians to Latveria. He took the form of the Scarlet Witch and attempted to form a new group of Avengers that he could manipulate and use to humiliate Osborn and place cracks in his emotional armor. His trickery and his meddling with the Mighty Avengers led to the dissolving of the team.

His plans came together and the city of Asgard came under a siege of his own design. The mortals brought chaos, and Osborn, hysterical and under the full influence of his inner demons, cried out to the Sentry's dark persona, the Void, to bring Asgard down. Loki, who had now been in a male form since the Asgardian exodus to Latveria, watched as the Void toppled the great city out of the sky and turned it to rubble. The final phase of the trickster's plan now came about: Free from Asgard, free from the cycle of Ragnarok, and with his name now struck from the Book of Hel, Loki was a being who would see no afterlife. He craved change and a chance to be born again anew, free from the prison of his own personality. Loki begged the spirit of Odin to grant him one final use of the Norn Stones, so that he could imbue the Avengers with magical power and give them the strength to defeat the Void. The stones came to his hands and he sent his magic into the heroes. The Void, detecting mischief turned on Loki and Loki managed to lock eyes with Thor, beg his forgiveness, and shed one last bloody tear before being torn to shreds. The surviving Asgardians were left wondering if the trickster had repented in his final moments. Thor wept, already hoping to see Loki again as the God of Mischief was turned into nothing more than a piercing scream in the wind.

[History]
Point in canon: Just after his arrival in Latveria. He has taken on a male form again, signifying that he ready to put the final plans of his Siege into place. He is done trying to win people over, and has resumed lying. This state of urgency means he is currently at his most dangerous.
Window Location: His chambers at the Latverian castle where the Asgardians are staying.
Universe: Earth 616 being a place like modern earth, with much of the same history, only more insane. Loki is specifically in the fictional nation of Latveria which has a very obvious naming convention for its cities.
Abilities: The Aesir of the 616 universe are deities in a much more literal sense than the Aesir of the MCU. Their world, rather than being based in technology, is based in magic and Loki is one of the most powerful magicians of all. Knowing everything from illusion to conjuration from healing to destruction, from dark arts to Runestones, he is a force to be reckoned with. He's a god.

[Super-Human Strength] While he is a powerful sorcerer, he's also no slouch in terms of physical might. Compared to Thor and other Asgardian warriors, he's no match (though he has fought his brother to a standstill before by enhancing his strength through magic), but compared to mortals he is incredibly strong. He's smashed boulders with his bare fists, taken down buildings with a single punch and effortlessly torn his way through steel doors. In terms of brute strength, he is able to lift about thirty tons.

[Durability] Loki can shrug off immense damage in ways no mortal ever could. He can take a direct blow from Thor; a blow powerful enough to shatter a mountain, and merely be staggered by it. Crushing blows in general have a significantly reduced impact on him. Magical attacks also have a reduced effect, since he can weather magical blows from powerful casters. Like other Aesir, his body is capable of recovering from grievous injury. He can survive decapitation and dismemberment and he can even survive having his heart wrenched out, provided it is returned to his body before the body fully passes. He is immune to all earthly diseases and toxins and barely feels pain, even when in the middle of a furnace. He is also able to survive in the vacuum of space. There are forces, such as the Void, which are strong enough shred even Loki's form. If his body is thoroughly destroyed in one go, he dies. This is easier to do now than it was prior to Ragnarok.

[Speed] While not the fastest of the Aesir he is certainly up there. He moves "at the speed of thought", able to take action as quickly as his mind allows. He's kept pace with Silver Surfer while being chased around the Earth and has, on rare occasion, been able to dodge Mjolnir. Mjolnir, however, can travel at the speed of light which is a speed he cannot achieve.

[Silvertongue] Loki is a talented diplomat where it serves him and is also a talented liar. His ability to lie is preternatural.

[The All-Tongue] Loki speaks in the All-Tongue, the magical, ancient language from which all other languages descend (in his universe, anyway). When he speaks, people are able to understand him as if he were speaking their language, regardless of what language that is.

[Intelligence] Loki has a genius-level intellect and is considered to be among the most intelligent and wise of the Aesir outside Odin himself. He is one of the very few Asgardians to have invented magical artifacts and complex machines to assist him in his schemes. Among his inventions are the Cosmic Transmuter, the Cold Condenser and the Psychic Beacon. In recent years he seldom relies on inventions, and this skill might be rusty at this point. His intelligence also allows him to be highly literate and a masterful strategist.

[Weapon Finesse] Along with his strength, Loki is surprisingly capable with many different kinds of weapons including a sword (his weapon of choice most of the time), war staffs, polearms, two-handed battle axes, claymores, bows, even a cat o'nine tails. He even once managed to disarm and grapple Lady Sif but this was in a very old story and he managed this by seizing her Standard Female Grab Area (her upper arm). By modern times he's a bit more humbled by the likes of Sif in melee combat.

[Magic; General] Loki is the most potent sorcerer in Asgard, a fact that is even grudgingly admitted to by the Norn Queen herself (though she, too, is exceptionally powerful). His power often rivals if not exceeds the power of the most potent magical beings in the Marvel Universe (which isn't to say there are no characters more powerful than Loki; there are). His magic gives him a very definite arcane signature that can be sensed by those sensitive to such things...unless he's choosing to cloak himself. He can also sense magic in others, sometimes by literally being able to smell it.

[Magic; Flight] Loki can fly! He uses magic to levitate and his flight speed, like his ground speed, is the "speed of thought".

[Magic; Energy Thrust] Loki can magically charge the very air around him and throw it out as a nuke. This nuke was strong enough to cause cracks in magical shields created by Dr. Strange's Amulet of Agamotto (Or "Lesser Eye of Agamotto"). He can channel this same energy into his sword or into arrows, filling them with arcane power. Using his body as the focal point, he can emit the energy as a blastwave that knocks enemies off their feet.

[Magic; Force Barrier] Loki can use that same technique to charge the energy around him and create barriers of magical force that deflect incoming attacks, both magical and physical. A particularly powerful blow can crack the barrier.

[Magic; Imbuement] Loki can grant powers to others, as he did with Absorbing Man, Sandu and Storm back home. His power can also animate entirely new beings, born entirely from magic.

[Magic; Simulacrum] Loki can create multiple physical copies of himself to join in his attacks.

[Magic; Illusion] As God of Mischief, he is a master of illusions. They take on many forms and can fool even the wisest characters, such as Odin. His illusions in game will be handled on a case-by-case basis in terms of their limits. I'm always okay with limits.

[Magic; Invisibility/Non-Detection] Using Norn spells Loki can make himself completely invisible. He has enough control over this that he can even pick who can see him and who cannot. He can turn others invisible as well.

[Magic; Phasing] Loki can turn intangible to avoid attacks or pass through walls. He can also phase others.

[Magic; Shapeshifting] Loki did not gain the kenning "The Shape-Changer" for nothing. He is a powerful shapeshifter, able to assume any organic form. He can shift from one form to another without having to take on his true shape in between. He can turn into anything from a fly to a wolf to a swarm of insects to a great dragon. Being in a beast form does not lock him out of the rest of his spells, either. He was able to cast a silence charm while in the form of a fly. The ability to alter shape also extends to size. He can shrink himself and others. He can alter the form of something not alive into something alive, which allows him to animate statues or turn objects into animals. Creatures created in this way are only able to last for a short time before reverting back to their true form and are magical constructs, not actual life.

[Magic; Binding] Loki can use his spells to bind people either by creating magical cages or animating things around them, like fabric or branches, into bonds. He can also use his power to reinforce doors or simply "bind" a person by making them unable to move.

[Magic; Enchantments and Curses] Loki can grant power to objects and people, usually by using Rune Magic. He can enchant weapons to be stronger, or charm mirrors so that people looking into them fall in love with the ones holding them. He's even enchanted doors so that they open up on different locations. As a reverse to enchants, he can create curses just as easily.

[Magic; Dispel/Spellbreak] Loki can use his magic to crack through the magic of others and remove enchantments and curses created by less powerful sorcerers than himself.

[Magic; Elemental] Loki can utilize frost magic to create ice barriers, slow enemies down or freeze enemies solid (temporarily). He can also conjure magical flame and use geomancy to encase himself in solid ston. He also has limited control over weather.

[Psionics; Clairvoyance] Loki can use his power to scan entire worlds and see individuals that walk upon them. He is fond of using this ability to spy on Thor. He can also see into people's pasts by using temporal magic and a good deal of focus. Clairvoyance also grants him the passive ability to know when people are watching him which makes him very hard to sneak up on. This ability will never be used without player permission.

[Psionics; Psychoportation] Teleporting at the speed of thought! Loki can teleport himself across universes and take others with him. He can teleport individual targets from one place to another without even being present. He can also create portals people can walk through to go from one place to another. Teleporting between universes requires him to be in full possession of his power, so the ability hasn't saved him from spending time in exile.

[Psionics; Astral Projection] By going into a trance, Loki can leave his body and travel in an astral form. In Astral form he is able to travel any distance, and can even move between worlds. In astral form he can whisper to other people, affecting their minds, and he can even possess other people. He can still use his spells in astral form, but they are weakened. While using this ability, Loki's body is left vulnerable.

[Psionics; Hypnosis] Loki is able to hypnotize people and animals and even entire crowds. He can use this ability to place people directly under his control for short periods of time or to give simple suggestion. This is an ability that will never be used without player permission.

[Psionics; Psycho-Projection] Loki can project images with his mind, allowing him to show other people what he's talking about. He can project images of entire, animated scenes or small "holograms" of individuals.

[Psionics; Psychokinesis] Loki can move objects with his mind, allowing him to break free of non-enchanted bonds such as ropes, knock down walls and shatter weapons. He can also use this ability to fling enemies around like ragdolls.

[Psionics; Telepathy] Loki can scan the minds of others and also communicate with them using telepathy. He can project images, sometimes nightmarish, into the minds of other people. He can also use this ability to draw minds together and unify them in strength, as he did with himself, Thor and Balder to pierce the reality-warping spells of the Enchantress.

[Spell; Silence] "Silence" has been used both to prevent people from speaking and to remove all sound from a given area. The spell can also be used to prevent people from saying certain things.

[Spell; Reanimate] Loki can animate the dead. This is not the same as bringing people back to life-they merely rise as animated corpses under his control.

[Spell; Sleep] Loki can magically put someone to sleep by looking into their eyes, then awaken them later. This ability has been used to put some characters, like Sif, down so deep that they seem to be dead.

[Spell; Heal] Loki can heal others from grievous injury using his power.

[Undying] Loki made a deal with Hela, granting her a portion of Mephisto's Hell as her new underworld, and she struck him from the Book of Names. He is no longer bound to go to either Valhalla or Hel upon his death but, instead, will keep reincarnating. This will probably not come up unless it's part of a crazy, mod-approved plot of some kind.

With this many abilities, Loki is obviously a being of immense power. His magic is apparently capable of just about anything (he'll have a Permissions Post for this).

He does have some natural limitations, however. Despite his powerful psionics and position as a god, he cannot manipulate free will. He also cannot directly read minds, even with clairvoyance (telepathy allows him to do so only to a very limited degree). When he starts trying to bring his plans to fruition he is often met with failure thanks to his tendency to severely underestimate what mortals can actually do. Mortal races have, to him, always been "somebody else's problem" so he doesn't know many of the details of human history, which can also lead to some bad calls. He once tried to get a team of supervillains to switch dance partners and fight each other's heroes which involved asking Red Skull and Magneto to team up. Since Red Skull is a Nazi and Magneto is a Holocaust survivor, this did not end very favorably. He has spent less time on Midgard than his adoptive brother, Thor, and many modern conventions still confuse him. Pop cultural references go straight over his head and he isn't very good with technology that's not of his own design.

While he is probably destined to be among the most powerful characters in the game, he is also destined to play a villainous/antagonistic role. The bigger the baddie, the harder he falls. In his own universe Loki feels cursed to always lose, no matter how hard he tries. In game this means that I will always work with people to make sure he faces the IC consequences for his actions. Hopefully, him being a sneaky and powerful character means that victory over him will be all the sweeter when it comes.

It is also worth mentioning that the Aesir work differently than other super-powered humanoids. Some people in the Marvel mythology have power. The Aesir are power. Loki is no different. If a Void robs him of all supernatural power he won't just become human, he will become incredibly frail and sickly or possibly even catatonic.

Possessions:

-His scale mail armor, along with a homespun fur cloak, silk clothes and his ornamental headdress.

Personality:
Loki has, for much of his long life, been called the God of Evil, but this is not a title he's ever fully embraced. Despite the countless aeons of suffering he's caused, and a tendency to revel in his own wickedness, and the many years of bloody carnage, he's never truly considered himself an inherently sinister creature. In the ongoing conflicts between good and evil he fights on his own side and will temporarily ally with good or with evil or drop from the conflict entirely as suits his needs. He thinks of himself as a naturally contrary creature; something he playfully blames on his Frost Giant heritage.

He is driven by a deep lust for power and a vindictive hatred for Thor and Odin. He rants, continuously, about wanting to kill Thor. During his rare moments of genuine anguish he reaches out to Thor. However, he has a feeling that Thor stopped loving him at some point and this brings new feelings of rage to a boil. In his mind, Thor stole away glory that he believes should have been his. Just because there is something deep inside his twisted soul that prevents him from killing Thor even after countless attempts doesn't mean Loki won't stop at nothing to see Thor emotionally and socially destroyed. He is a deeply vindictive person.

Towards Odin, Loki feels venomous. Odin had always treated him harshly when he was a child. There had been a time that young Loki genuinely wanted to help Asgard, but people tended to not trust him due to his race. Eventually, he decided that the godhood and power he'd once been promised would have to be taken, not given, and he gave Asgard plenty of reasons to never trust him again. Odin rarely struck Loki, but was emotionally abusive (at least in Loki's mind he was) and often shrieked at him. It often fell to Loki to fix things when they went wrong and Odin never thanked him for his efforts, usually because Loki was the reason things went wrong in the first place. The fact that Loki caused many hardships for Asgard is something that he tends to gloss over when he looks back on his own life. From where he stands, he's always been treated unfairly and he feels like he's always been hated and mocked. Still, he does have some love and respect for Odin, it's just buried down very deep in his soul, to the point that he's not consciously aware of it.

While protective over Asgard itself, he feels little for the other people who live there. He is willing to sacrifice them in horrible ways if it means furthering his own goals. Ragnarok destroyed countless Asgardian lives even before Thor terminated the cycle and Loki was willing to let Dr. Doom perform torturous experiment on Asgardians. In fact, Loki assisted Doom in doing so. He looks out for number one above all things and if others have to die agonizing deaths for him to achieve greatness then so what? He legitimizes his own actions to himself by believing the Asgardians have no love for him. He's right about this, most of them don't, but that's because he's ensured it through his own bloody history. Being feared is actually something he enjoys, since he feels like fear is a form of respect; something he thinks he got little of growing up. He has a very "ends justify the means" way of looking at things. Sometimes he believes his ends are for the greater good of his people, though the rest of Asgard usually doesn't agree.

When left to himself, Loki has a deep hunger for knowledge, especially knowledge of magic. He can be found curled over books, even after so many years of study. He's learned dark magic from Eldred, what it's like to have infernal power from Surtur, and he's even hanged himself by the neck from the branches of the World Tree to learn Rune Magic. His search for knowledge of all kinds is never ending but his curiosity towards the arcane is insatiable. He needs magic to do mischief and he considers mischief his tool and weapon to shape the world.

Loki is an extremely self-aware man and has a vast understanding of the landscape of his own heart. This grants him a level of insight that few other Asgardians possess and it gives him the ability to easily manipulate others. He knows how other people work and how they think, he knows how he himself works and thinks. What he doesn't know is why. He doesn't know why people do what they do, and he doesn't know why he does what he does. When he watches mortal creatures interact he usually knows what they will do but finds himself baffled when he tries to determine the reason they do it. If others ask Loki why he is what he is; why he causes so much destruction, why he permits himself to be such an unrelenting source of chaos, he finds himself with no easy answer. He does these things because it's in his nature to do them. Why is it in his nature to do them? He's not sure, it just is. As he said to Heimdall and Balder during the Siege "I am Loki. The fire that burns. And why does the fire burn!? … I know not. But I am he…" Over his many centuries of existence he's resigned himself to being the villain of the people of Asgard and he takes on that "responsibility" willingly, albeit with some bitterness. He feels hurt that Norn (fate) dealt him this hand to begin with, which is why he had himself struck from the Book of Hel. He hopes, upon his death, to enter oblivion, find his way through, and reemerge as a new Loki. Usually, though, he doesn't seem care about the "why" of his own life.

In fact, Loki seems to care about very little. Mortals come and go and the other Asgardians, he thinks, hate him unjustly and are thus free to be manipulated. After all, he feels they'd do the same to him if only they were smart enough. That said, his apparent lack of care for all things is partially a lie in and of itself. He does care about family (in his own way), he cares what Odin thinks about him, he is curious about the fact of his own existence, and he cares about Asgard itself. When Asgard is under threat Loki will fight to protect it, like when Surtur attacked the city (in an event prior to Ragnarok) and during the Siege. When Surtur attacked, he'd even signed an agreement that he would not help Asgard, but he did it anyway for his own reasons. He will fight for Asgard even if he was the one that placed it in harm's way to begin with. After all, how can he rule all things when all things are destroyed? He also has a surprising protective streak for his countless progeny on Midgard and refuses to let any of them know he's their father, in case they do anything foolish or gain enemies with such information. He gave Spider-man a Runestone to summon him if one of his daughters found herself in danger and Spider-man was convinced that Loki's concern was genuine. He also had some genuine fondness for Sigyn and used to come to her aid when she was in trouble because of him but their relationship remained a tumultuous and unhealthy one until the end.

After the events of Ragnarok, Loki's fiery temper cooled slightly. Even before the Twilight of the Gods, he was a man of immortal patience but he could still burst into moments of explosive anger and childish tantrums. After he'd achieved the cataclysm he'd been destined to bring, he grew a bit calmer. His plans were much more carefully laid, much more intricate, and in many ways were more subtle. Instead of being the cat leaping upon its prey he became the serpent waiting in ambush.

In the end, Loki is a chaotic and complicated being. He has no remorse for his countless sins and will repeat them if he feels it will place him in a position of power. He kills without regret. He's watched ages of mankind rise and fall and felt nothing. He is not a creature worthy of sympathy but he is not inherently evil, either. As the God of Mischief and Father of All Lies, he is cursed to fight a losing battle in any attempts he makes at being moral (in the widest sense of the word). Such is the way of Loki.


Thread Sample:
Dear Mun,
Philosophy of Gods
Where are we going?

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Loki gazed out into the wintery darkness. Nighttime in Latveria was cold and hostile, but compared to the unrelenting heat and cultural stagnation in Broxton, the ancient Trickster found it welcomed. His people....those beings that the uninformed thought of as his people...would surely feel more at home here. They could loaf about in blissful ignorance as the Doom Bots hunted down and destroyed the mortal shell that Thor often hid away in. Once Thor was dead, only Balder, fair Balder the clueless, would remain. Balder was already wrapped tightly around Loki's fingers. It was all falling together so perfectly.

If I could slay my odious siblings with my own hands, I would he thought darkly. But to kill a King of Asgard meant exile and he had suffered exile enough to know he had no taste for it. Being shackled in any way filled his heart with pain and anxiety. Ragnarok had already freed him from fate, but he remained trapped by Asgard. Thor was still mighty, Balder still brave and Loki was still....Loki. It was for this reason that he was preparing his own fail-safes. If he could not gain control of Asgard and return it to its rightful place in the Nine Realms then he would die. He would die with no chance of an after life; allowing him to either return free from the shackles of his own personality or not return at all. Kingship or death. Change or oblivion. He could not allow things to remain as they were...

"Sir?"

The voice roused him his reverie and he stepped away from the old battlement to look back at the woman who had addressed him. It was Lady Kelda; a beautiful woman who had taken a liking to a human. Loki's gaze ferreted about the shadows in search of this pet mortal.

"William is not here," Kelda said, as if knowing his thoughts. "Our Lord Balder calls for a meeting in the dining hall. He has requested your presence as well." Her tone suggested that she disapproved of Balder's wishes.

"Tell our king that I shall be along shortly. If I am not, he may continue without me."

He waved a hand to gesture her away but she was already leaving, eager to rid herself of the Trickster's company.

"...Loki has much to think about."

[Bonus Sample: Turning lawyers into frogs]

Plans: Loki is a villain! Like all great villains Loki is known to stir the pot when he is active. Obviously, I would never run an epic-grade “Villain Plot” without talking to other players first. Upon arrival I imagine he may lie low and try to gather information. He’d bide his time. He’d make his first strike and reveal himself as a monster at whatever time he’d deem to be to his strategic advantage. Being a god, he is likely to seek worshipers amongst the desperate. It should also be mentioned that, despite his fierce nature and how potent an adversary he is, Loki ultimately loses. It's part of being a comic book-style villain. What this means in an RPG setting is that when I cause chaos with Loki I fully expect him to face the consequences sooner or later.

If allowed (and with player permission), it could be fun to play with Loki's teleporting abilities in the setting.

Notes: Loki speaks in an ancient language called the All-Tongue. The All-Tongue is automatically understood by anyone who comes from the Nine Realms, one of which is Earth. This means all Earth-based characters can understand Loki regardless of their native language. He, in turn, can speak all their languages as well. For most people, he seems to speak to them in whatever language they're speaking to him in. The astute may notice that he is actually speaking in an alien tongue, but be able to understand him anyway.
Being a god and a sorcerer, he can feel the energy around himself, especially if it is magical. This can allow him to sense something unusual about another person (with permission). Daemons of all kinds, thanks to their nature, are bound to be able to sense something about him as well.

DÆMON

Name: One-for-Sorrow
Sex: f
Form: Eurasian Magpie
Additional notes: At first glance, she appears to be an ordinary magpie. Closer inspection reveals singed feathers from passing through the flames of Ragnarok.
Why this form: The Eurasian Magpie is counted amongst the most intelligent animals on the planet. It has episodic-like memory, recognizes its own reflection, and knows how to use tools. Magpies also have an infamous lust for shiny things and causing trouble. They've been known to mimic the cries of other birds to trick predators. In Europe, magpies were considered symbols of bad luck (hence the nursery rhyme the daemon takes her name from).
Loki of Earth 616 also has close ties to magpies. After his death, his soul became seven magpies which fled from the ruins of Asgard. Only one survived a long journey across the Nine Realms and back again. When it came back to Asgard it promptly died, leading the reincarnated Loki on a quest to find the spiritual remains of his former self (a secret never to be told). When he discovered them, Loki bound his previous self into the body of the dead magpie and named him Ikol. So, Loki lives on in the form of a magpie, lending his assistance to his reincarnation.