Yggdrasil's War of the Undead Category: Uncategorized
This blog will feature the war in comments. Please if you where not invited do not comment below. This has been a ongoing story line in the Norse for a few years. All the drama is in the story lines and talked about among members whom are involved.
Sven had a greater calling for finding those whom died to soon and bringing them back for his army this one in particular was going to be the greatest warrior for his army. He returned to Jotunheim a part where the ocean was frozen far away from his brother′s newly built castle. He would be safe. He moved some of his undead army commanded by his son Arkin here as well. They needed what lay under the ice as Arkin ordered the undead to break under the ice and chained what lay under it. Sven gave the nod to his son Arkin who then yelled for the undead to pull and it took ten minutes for the head to break the surface of a dragon preserved from the ice. Sven′s father rode the back of this dragon into war against Odin. Odin put him and the dragon down in the ice his father walked away but the dragon was left in the icy water. Sven grinned when the dragon lay on the surface now. Arkin sent the undead army back to base camp and he stood to watch his father Sven. Sven placed a simple hand on top of the dragon′s snout and he moved to to bring him back with the enchantment he knew when the dragon′s eyes opened he grinned even wider. The breath from the Dragon was loud and he looked over his shoulder to Arkin who was standing next to Collector and the maker. "Amora may have her weapon of choice but I now have mine. She always did seem to choice wrong." His eyes glowed blue and appearing beside the maker where the sons of Odin and Odin him veryself. "I saw we attack at dawn. We will send a horde to the Queen's gardens.
Arethusa was in the gym doing push ups when she noticed the golden light to the side of her. She moved to rest on her forearms to plank and she looked over to see her friend Amora. Although she looked panicked like she had been crying and she moved to her knees before asking. "Amora? What′s wrong?" she asked and she noticed the blue wash of light behind her and she turned to see Sven who′s glare was locked on Amora. Arethusa moved to take Amora′s hand tugging her behind her as Arethusa stood up fully. "I suggest you leave." Arethusa told him in a even tone.
Sven had followed Amora after telling her what he had done to her husband and his brothers even her father in law. He wasn′t expecting her to leave Asgard to go to a place where they fought for fun. When he noticed the blue hair woman try to hide Amora from him he tilted his head to the side and laughed when she spoke a grin upon his face. "Listen girl this has nothing to do with you. Step aside." Sven stepped closer.
Amora knew she shouldnt have run, especially to a place where there was others Sven could hurt, but she had panicked cornered by him, hearing his news. And if he followed her he was nowhere near her children. But she was now endangering others and she couldnt even muster a proper glare for her ex husband, she needed time before her cool mask would be back in place, time she and Arethusa didnt have.
Arethusa′s eyes narrowed and she moved her hands out in front of her. A warning to most but he seemed to not know anything about her so she could use that to her advantage. "Take your leave. I won′t say it again." Arethusa′s eyes scanned around them before resting on Sven once more. She was supposed to train with a few people today but they seemed to be late and she looked back over her shoulder to a scared looking Amora.
Sven sighed and he moved forward to back hand Arethusa across the face hard so she could fall at his feet he moved to look at Amora his head tilted. "Well seeing as you involved her." his grin was wide and he moved down to yank Arethusa up by her hair. "Her death will be on your hands now Amora."
Arethusa felt the sting across her cheek it shocked her he would backhand her and she fell at his feet she shook her head. Her hand moved to her cheek and she yelped out when she felt him pulling hard at her blue hair and she moved to elbow him in the gut and her foot coming down to smash on his. Spinning around she moved her hands out as water poured from her finger tips the swirl moving around Sven before encasing him in a bubble of water. "Amora you have to go get help." she yelled back to her even though Amora seemed to come to her for help.
Amora didn’t bother responding to Arethusa she turned to run down unfamiliar halls. Her heels slowed her progression and made control hard so when she rounded a corner hard into a wall she kicked them off hiking her skirts as she ran faster towards the sound of heavy metal clacking together. Skidding to a halt in the doorway of a weight room she saw Aten, happier then she could have imagined that he was in the building. “You need to go help Arethusa now, theres a man in there ready to kill her,” she said by explanation knowing he wouldnt need anything else.
Aten′s kind eyes, so happy to see Amora turned instantly to a look beyond rage. "Arethusa?" He said, his voice trembling between fear and a wrath strong enough to tear through the heavens that had banished him. "Wait here" he said charging through the door throwing the large weights he had been lifting aside as if they were paper, running to save the women he loved.
Sven gritted his teeth when he felt the blow to his gut and the stomp on his foot he was about to shove her forward when he felt the water enclose around him. He closed his eyes his hands moved out in front of him as he froze the water and he yelled the ice smashing to pieces going flying around the room. "I am going to love snapping your neck." he growled and he lounged forward slamming into Arethusa′s body sending them crashing to the floor the ice on the ground had them both sliding into the floor length mirror it broke falling on top of them. He moved out to take a shard and he stabbed it into Arethusa′s outer thigh.
Arethusa′s eyes went wide as Sven froze the water around him and her hands moved to block her face when the ice smashed around them. She looked at him when he threatened her and she sort of panicked because she never had anyone trying to out right kill her before. Them sliding across the floor and sliding into the mirror had her closing her eyes to protect them. What she didn′t expect was him to stab her in the leg and she screamed out her hands moved to his chest and she used water to push him back to send him flying back into the wall. She cried sitting up feeling the glass around them cutting into her palms and her hands where shaking looking down at her leg. Tears in her eyes she held up her hands out towards him creating a ice wall. She didn′t know where Amora was but she hoped she ran.
Sven grin grew when she cried out she was powerful that was clear when she sent him flying across the room he sat up laughing seeing her create an ice wall. "You would have ice powers." he moved towards her ice wall and he punched his fist out the ice wall cracking down the middle so he could step closer to her blood at his feet he leaned down to yank her up by the hair and he slammed her back into the wall his hands moved to each side of her face. "You like ice so much have some." his hands created blizzard like temperatures as fog engulfed them both as he tried to freeze her from the inside of her skull.
Amora was slower in running then Aten, he had a huge stride and a mission but she ran behind him all the same. She could hear the sounds from the room she had left Arethusa in, and they dropped a pit of ice in her belly.
As Aten charged towards the room he could feel the temperature drop. His skin knew the feel of Arethusa′s abilities and whilst they were at play here they were not alone. Whatever or whomever was attacking her had powers similar in a way to hers, and he by a small mercy had the perfect way to counter it. He had spent so long denying his god hood. But now he had to embrace the thing he had reject. He was Aten, the Sun God. And charging towards the room his skin began to radiate a golden hue, a heat eminating that caused steam in the frosty damp environment created by the battle underway.
Arethusa felt dizzy when he cracked into her ice wall and she yelled out in pain feeling him yank her up again her leg seemed to be on fire where he stabbed her and she groaned feeling her back slam into the wall. His hands moved to each side of her head and she felt the sting of the cold she was used to the cold but this was different it hurt and she screamed out in pain her breath fogged over.
Suddenly the ice walls, the ice spears the shattered shards surrounding them began to melt. The temperature raised shockingly as the water itself turned into a hot blinding mist. "NEVER!" Came a deep roar from within it. A heavy strong body smashed into Arethusa′s attacker sending him across the room. "Rest my love" he said in a brief gentle tone Aten glaring through the mists. He paced across, lifting Sven and slamming him into the wall "You will never hurt her. NEVER!" He threw his forehead into the mans skull burning as it bruised and then hurled him across the room.
Aten paused seeing Amora and turned kneeling next to Arethusa. "Rest easy my dear. You are in my arms now, nothing can harm you".
Thor stood over a map with his brother's whom where fighting the war with him. Hodr, Vali, Baldur and Hermodr all stood around as Thor explained how they would attack to which brother would lead what. Hermodr was the least experienced in battle but he trained his whole life for it. As Thor explained something was released into the camp. Five Ice bugs where sent in by the maker dressed in a cloak.
As the ice bugs reached the tent that housed currently the sons of Odin they moved to their marks. All five brothers seemed to slap the back of their necks at once as the Ice bug bit them. Each son of Odin placed their hands on the table feeling woozy. Thor having to close his eyes heard a ringing in his ears before he heard the words whispered by Sven. "Kill." Thor's eyes snapped open they where no longer his blue but his eyes where now iced over. Baldur, Vali, Hodr and even Hermodr all stood listening to the voice telling them to kill their eyes matching one another's.
Thor was the first to grab his knife and he moved out of the tent his brother's quickly following suit. Thor lead into the tent closest to his own and he moved to cut a Asgard guard's throat in one swift movement. The next few hours the sons of Odin lay waste to to most of the army Thor took out to start with. They didn't touch their sons because Sven had plans for them later. But each son of Odin dropped their knifes and moved to walk towards Sven's army.
As they reached the camp Sven's laughter could be heard echoing off the woods each son of Odin covered in blood of their people that they just slaughter like pigs. "KNEEL!" Sven spoke and each son of Odin did and Sven looked to the maker. "You said these bugs where magnificent and they are." Sven's lips pulled into a grin and he walked over to stand in front of Thor. "I knew you would kneel before me. Oh if Amora could see you now." his laugh was loud and the wind carried it back to camp where Magni, Lif, Zilch, Maximus, Svala woke with a start.
Quickly they found of of half the camp was murdered by the sons of Odin and it wasn't a question of whom was controlling them. Lif quickly made the choice to pack up and head back to Asgard. They would need to take counsel up with Odin as quick as possible but they where to late Odin was just arriving in Sven's camp kneeling with his sons.
Baldur had kissed his wife and daughters goodbye. His sons where to hold down Breidabilk for him and their kingdom. One he didn't know if Helen could handle the stress of them all leaving after the last stressful year they endured. He didn't ride out like his brother did he met him there in a flash of golden light. He pasted the tents lined up on the outskirts of Asgard as he sloshed through the snow that was falling on the ground he knew was from Sven. The attack on his home of the undead in his wife's gardens he knew had to be his brother. The unworthy son of Odin.
He walked into the tent of Thor to see him studying a map. "Don't know the lands well enough already?" he teased Thor and he moved to look what his brother had laid out. Baldur told him what had happened the other morning in his kingdom of his early morning attack of the undead although his brother seemed to not be really paying attention and Baldur couldn't blame Thor at all the nine rested on Thor's shoulders and Sven and his party tricks where becoming tiresome.
As Thor rode to the training yards he could see the vast of the Asgard army all waiting on horse back. A cheers could be heard as he rode in with his sons and Thor didn't stop as he lead his army out of the city grounds just outside of the wall where they would make camp for the night going over the plans of attack. The Oracle said that Sven would attack come morning although he would spread fear the day before.
As he dismounted his horse he looked to see the empty field covered in snow it almost looked peaceful as if war was pending. As he looked around seeing men set up tents and start fires he looked to his sons. Not a one smiling like they would be in the training yards fighting among each other as they tried to best one another.
As his tent was set up he walked into it table in the center maps already laid out he leaned over the table looking over where his scouts spotted Sven's army. They where not far away from each other a few miles at best. He felt his whole body tense when the light from the tent flap turned the pale blue he knew this to be Sven as he had done it before. When he walked out of his tent he noticed the men around him all on edge. He warned everyone that Sven would try to rattle them days before.
A hour later a man on horse back was riding towards camp. Thor was sitting by the fire with a few of his best warriors when he was handed the letter. "The Queen." the man said out of breath and Thor took the letter reading it quickly before he looked up to the messenger. "You tell her not to do anything stupid." the man nodded his head and was off once more. Thor sighed looking up at the pale blue light of the moon. He knew Sven would be filling Arkin with lies he just hoped if he was up against him he would not have to put him down. After all Sven had a plan for everything so fair.
Amoras plans for her family were simple. She wanted her daughters to stay as close a possible and to her sons credit they didn’t push returning to their own homes at night when she asked that everyone stay there. It meant they had a full wing again but that’s the way Amora preferred it. With so many not under the same massive palace roof she wanted the ones who remained as close as possible. Arriving back in their home, safe from the snow that fell Amora watched as Alva ran to the glass balcony doors looking out. Asa and Raknar went to tuck their children in for a nap and the others decided on talking down the hall away from Amoras ears. She sat by the fire, Sassa asleep in her swing and Arkin watching her with large blue eyes. “Everything will be ok, you’ll see everyone will be home soon,” she assured the boy who couldn’t possibly understand her words, but her tone remained soothing, she had been firm in her resolve none would see her worry.
That facade started to crack though when a soft blue hue wrapped around the bundle she held swaddled in her arms, and she watched, felt the weight of Arkins aging against her knees before he was gone in a bright gold flash. There was this strangled panicked cry from her lips and her guards Ubbi and Otto were the first to rush in. Amora looked over to see Sassa still sleeping happily and she knew instantly what had happened. Thor had saved Arkin from Svens grasps the last time he tried to push into the city and now Sven was returning the favor.
“I want the fastest rider still within the city limits. Bring him or her here now. I need to send word to Thor before the troops are out of range and sending someone would put them in danger.” Otto went to order the rider be brought and Amora wiped at her cheeks as Harr and his sister peeked into the room, “Keep everyone in their rooms, for now. And ill be back to explain everything soon.” Alva being the only one to see Amora crying was back to clinging to her skirts and she scooped the little girl up before she added to Herdis, “Actually, I want you to do something for me. Go into my back office and get the protection jewels I told Asa about. All of you hide a stone on your persons, find cords to make bracelets for the babies.” Herdis nodded her head as Alva buried hers into her mothers shoulder.
A rider that came was given a short message, charmed to only be opened by her husband or one of their sons. On it was simply one line, a warning, and a plea so that they knew Arkin was in danger and they should expect to see him, “Arkin was aged and Sven has him.” She didn't know in what condition Sven would have their son, as prisoner or leader but if Thor didn't know then there was no way to ensure his protection though she hoped that he didn't need it, and would come home without their needing to drag him.
Amora watched the dusting of snow the rider kicked up from the balcony, as her children started dinner. The sky had fallen dark, a steely gray dipping into a midnight blue. She rubbed at her arms for warmth, sending prayers to the ancient gods with names long forgotten and spirits that might take some pleasure in war or a vested interest in Asgard and her prevailing in the glory Odin and now his Son had ensured the golden city. The loss or prevailing of this war would mean the loss or prevailing of her family, and such a thought made Amora feel sick with a worry she masked as she went inside shaking snow from her golden hair to join her children and try to put their worry at ease.
Sven walked out of his tent that was housed just outside of Asgard the snow lightly falling his hands moved up towards the skies. The sky turned the pale shade of blue as it fell upon the lands and the growls and cheers from his undead army could be heard. He also knew the gusts of wind would bring those growls into Asgard and he hoped to feed off the fear of every Asgadian. The first step was to take the Throne of Asgard as it was personal to him. Second he would go take his home world of Jotunheim from his brother Loki which he would make quick work seeing as Sven had already set plans in motion on the ice covered world.
As the pale blue skies where falling he closed his eyes and chanted the words he spoke on his son Arkin's blessing of ice and when he opened his eyes he had a wicked grin upon his lips. His son Arkin would age in his mother's arms and disappear to him. As a bright golden light appeared in front of him his son stood before him. Arkin's was now grown and looked around confused. "My son." Sven spoke holding his hands out to hug him.
A few hours later Sven was standing with his allies and he looked to The Collector, The Maker, The Unworthy Son, Magneto and his son Arkin he looked out to the vast sea of undead. "THE NINE SHALL BE COVERED IN ICE WHEN WE ARE DONE! PEOPLE WILL BOW TO US. WE ALL WILL BE GODS!" The roaring of the undead army could be counted as deafening.
Watching her husband and sons ride off was one of the toughest moments of Amoras life. True this wasn’t the first time, but last time had been so drastically different. When the frost giants had tried attacking the royal family Thor and his brothers had rode out, Odin was still king and they had not yet been married. They had no children then and so her worry had been about Thor and Thor alone. Now she watched her husband and three of their sons riding off with no assurances they would come back. She never said as much, to Thor, to them or the others who remained behind, but that worry was very real when your family was one of warriors.
Alva had tucked her head into her mothers shoulder, it was a defense to not have to watch daddy leaving, but Amora welcomed the closeness. She turned after wiping her own eyes dry and motioned for her girls to go ahead, “Come on, its cold and will only be getting colder.” Her boys who stayed behind to protect helped them inside and she brought up the rear with her guards. Alva watched over her mothers shoulders to see if she could still catch sight of her father but she couldn’t and the realization brought her to tears.
Amora wasn′t the warrior her husband was, her fighting wasn′t brute force and so she was little help now. But she had done what she could before they left and she would continue to make sure Asgard kept moving forward while their troops were away. She had ensured the childrens home in the city center was well staffed and stocked. Then she had seen to the wives and children of the soldiers going away with her husband, making sure no family within her kingdom would be hungry or lacking in anyway. The troops that remained to protect the cities walls were well supplied as well and she was confident they would be ok. Confidence was the only face anyone would see from her. She would cry at night, when she was alone in bed and nobody could hear her. But to Asgard and everyone in it she would show nothing but confidence, because no matter her worry for her family she knew they were elite, they would prevail, there was no other option.
The time had come where Thor had to kiss his wife goodbye and his younger children. War was upon Asgard and he spent the last few months preparing for this. Sven and his undead Army had attacked twice before. But Sven had new tricks up his sleeves and new Allies. This caused Thor to bring back the Berserkers that his father Odin had when he ruled all of Asgard.
Thor couldn't tell if he was scared he knew he had to protect his family and his kingdom so fear didn't register in his mind. Thor pressed a kiss to his wife's lips and he made sure to tilt her chin up so she could look at him. The tears in her eyes ready to fall made him want to run away with her so he didn't have to leave her but he forced a smile on his lips and he spoke. "I love you my Queen. I shall return to you." he leaned down to press a kiss upon her lips once more before he pulled back to whisper to her. "Don't do anything reckless. If something is to happen you get the babies and our daughters and follow Ubbi and Otto. They know where to take you." he rested his forehead against hers before he pressed another kiss to her lips and he pulled back to see Alva holding on to her mother's skirts and Thor grinned kneeling down to her level.
He opened his arms and she quickly stepped into them and Thor hugged Alva closely. She was far to young to know what was happening she just knew Daddy was leaving. "I love you." he told her gently and he pressed kisses to her cheeks to hear her little giggle once more. Standing up he looked to see Herdis who held a pout on her lips because she wanted to help with the war but Thor and Amora both thought it best for her to stay with her mother. She needed so much more training. He pulled her into a hug and he felt her hugging him back. "Take care of your mother." he told her and Herdis nodded into his chest and he felt her tears and he pressed a kiss to the top of her head.
Asa was crying Raknar behind her with the babies. Thor opened his arms for her and she stumbled into them. "Your going to make your mother cry you know." he tried to joke and he got a watery laugh from her before he pressed a kiss to her forehead. "It's going to be okay." When he pulled from her he looked at Lin who was trying to blend into the background but he held open his arms for her next and she stepped into them slowly. "Good luck." she whispered to him and Thor smiled pressing a kiss to her cheek. "You take care of Herdis and don't let her steamroll you." he laughed. As Lin stepped back to her protector he looked at his sons already on horse back.
Magni, Zilch and Lif had already said their good byes and Thor looked to his two sons that where to stay behind to help protect the woman at home. Harvi and Harr stood the tallest among the Ladies and Thor moved to hug both of them. "I am so grateful that I have two strong sons that are staying behind to help here. Nothing should get through the walls but remember what I said to you both if something does." Both sons nodding to him he looked back to his wife she was holding Alva now.
He walked towards Amora once more and his arm wrapped around her and he pressed a heated kiss to her lips and he had to pull himself back from her. "I love you Amora." he spoke before turning away to mount his horse. He didn't look back but he knew his wife was now crying as he kicked off on his horse and him and his sons rode out of the stable area towards the training yards where his army was waiting.
