Full Name: Surtr/Sinamara

Nicknames/Aliases: “He Who Burns Way The Heavens and Earth”, “Protector of Laevetainn”, “Guardian of Muspellheim’s Gate”

Age: Ancient

Gender: Male

Powers:

-Immense physical strength and durability, and the other physical bonuses of being a jotun.

-Jotun alternate form transformation, though it outsizes normal jotun by at least 50%.

-Capable of changing his form physically, from that of the “jotun who will burn the world to ashes” and a normal-sized human form. Can also change into a jotun and human variant of his Sinmara form.

-Sun Sword: A gleaming blade that glows brighter than the sun and is merely a vessel imbued with some of his power over the millenia. This makes it a very strong implement of battle, however, and it can shoot or emit flames from it.

-Laevetainn: A staff covered in all manner of runes, a branch broken off of the world tree Yggdrasil itself. It is a weapon capable of killing Vidofnir, a rooster who sits atop the tree of Mímameiðr and that Surtr finds to be...very annoying. The staff itself can cast much magic, however, and can morph into a sword and back into a staff at the wielder’s will.

The blade is under 9 seals only Sinamara/Surtr can willingly undo, only which after being undone would allow others to wield the blade other than Sinmara/Surtr.

-He can also summon and control fire, from basic forms all the way up to the great scorching flames of Muspellheim themselves. It surpasses any of the crude elemental control of normal jotun. Even the Bifrost bridge isn’t safe from him if he so desires to destroy it, such is his power.

-Immortality: It just means he cannot be killed permanently, and always comes back quickly via the flames of Muspellheim.

Description: (What do they look like? Even if you've got a picture, a bit of writing would be nice. Include their usual attire, any notable scarring or markings, etc.)

While the Surtr's two forms as a jotun are fiery and terrifying, standing tall with hair of fire, skin dark like greyed charcoal, glowing eyes like suns, glowing cracks on their skin, and a boom in their voices akin to a volcanic eruption, they are not the only forms Surtr can utilize. Unlike other Jotun, beyond having two forms that is, Surtr has access to the magic to change his form to that of a human.

His male human form takes the form of a man with short black hair and a mustache/beard combination of small length. It has great musculature all over its body, similar to Surtr's actual body, and a big gut that leads some to think he might be slow and fat. However, one look from those somber and steeled eyes is enough to send chills down the spines of foes, and frankly made him a great stoic bartender back in the day. His female human form, on the other hand, has short black hair as well with small bit of styling to it, along with a muscled body and a relatively attractive overall figure to boot. She may look good, however, but one must not underestimate Surtr's capabilities even in this for due to the jotun's great might.

Personality:

A very relaxed yet dedicated/passionate sort of person, he trains constantly for his role in Ragnarok without fail...yet can also be found chilling back in a chair in a cafe or other restaurant on another as well. His temper is fiery when it is actually set off, but at the same time he is very tempered and with immense self-control. However, one can taste his prowess in battle and feel the heat of his passions and drive. He is also not one to leave a task unfinished when he sets out to do it, but also appreciates the down time when he is not involved in things. In regards to his duty, he stands by it without fail or hesitation...to waver him from this would be impossible in reality due to his level of dedication to it.

Skills:

-Sword Wielding

-Writing Poetry

-Fire Starting/Making

-Making drinks (worked part-time at a bar for a few decades once)

-Cooking (worked at a number of restaurants and other food-cooking places, and enjoys spicy food a great deal as a result as well)

Weaknesses:

-His physical vessel can be killed, removing him from an area or location, only to reincarnate in the fires of Muspell and then be forced back into the mortal world again in a random area. A great way to hold him back from an area or distract him otherwise.

-His lack of choosing a side has put him in a dangerous spot against both of them, and should they discover his true identity it would be an even worse situation for him in terms of how much attention it would garner.

-Can only use Laevatainn in his Sinmara form, and his Sun Sword only in his Surtr form.

-The ice of Nifilheim can oppose his world-burning flames, though only at the climax of Ragnarok (where he finally burns the heavens and earth) these flames will finally and briefly become too powerful to oppose in this manner at that time.

-The normal “fracture marks”, aka the vulnerable scar tissue areas of a jotun, and his human forms are squishier than a jotun but stronger than any normal human body.

Brief History:

The very powerful and unique jotun who lived at the gates to Muspellheim, guarding the fiery frontier since time immemorial. A being whose origins are unknown, theorized to maybe be a brother of Ymir himself....or to have been around even longer. He is the being who brings forth the flames of Muspellheim to scorch all the world (heaven and Earth) with flames and destroy it. This, so that it will be reborn, the remaining gods begin over again at an appointed meeting place, the two surviving humans can reproduce and cover the earth again, and the cycle can continue on again as he returns to his duties guarding Muspellheim’s flames once more. In particular, he is destined to slay the god Freyr as well as shatter the Bifrost bridge, and he is a skilled warrior who has continued to hone his skills over the many ages. Overall, he is one who’s role is: "at the end of the world he will go and wage war and defeat all the gods and burn the whole world with fire".

Likewise, Surtr possesses an aspect named “Sinmara” who was thought to be his wife/consort due to human interpretations of ancient texts. In reality “she” is but a part of Surtr, being his “other skin” and female form which possesses the legendary blade Laevetainn to guard it from others. Truly a unique situation for the jotun beyond his odd nature, but a role he has always had nontheless. It could be theorized that he is the “origin” of all fire Jotun, and the fact he originated before Ymir (the jotun who originated all other Jotun but Surtr).

When “The End” was started and then halted in progress, Surtr was during this pulled from his home and into the mortal realm in preparation for his role. Due to it not being the appointed time for his scorching of the heavens and earth at the climax of Ragnarok, however, he has been left in an...odd position over the last many years. Mostly he was left with trouble, and a lot of nothing to do. Loki’s children he ignored, with them thinking he was a fire Jotun who just didn't want to fight, and the Blessed and those aligned with the gods have attacked him many a time as they have hunted him down with intent to kill....since they think him a normal fire Jotun as well so far.

Currently, no one on either side has any idea who he really is, all very much because he has held back in power and not used his blades save in personal practice so far in private. He also has used magic to take on another human form, disappearing and becoming listed as a “dangerous fire Jotun in hiding” by both sides. He has lived in a human form in the mortal realm for many, many years due to this, which exist as “but a glimmer or twinkling” amidst his immortal lifespan.

Truth be told, he takes no sides in Ragnarok between Loki’s spawn (with their allies) and the gods. He is a third party, a middle man and force of the universe whose role is to fertilize the new world with the ashes of the old one. This, so that the cycle of life can continue. To this end he seems frustrated with both parties for his own reasons, and notes that a stagnation of the end will only create more problems for the worlds. One example being a “modern” problem like “global warming” here in Midgard, which has actually arisen due to influence from Muspellheim leaking into the mortal world due to his own presence there (itself triggered due to Ragnarok being delayed and incomplete).

This being said, he has become accustomed to his current settings in the modern human world, but remains ready for his role to play out in Ragnarok.

...Though with the emergence of the Runes, and the Blessed being out in force, who knows how long his cover might still last?

Other: Currently works as a chef at a steakhouse, and has an orange pet cat named Muspell at an apartment he procured using magic.

Full Name: Lina Ericksdaughter

Nicknames/Aliases: “Rune of Uruz”, “The Mighty Tinker”

Age: 21

Gender: Female

Rune/Location: Uruz; the rune is visible lower on her collarbone down towards her chest, and is a deep blue color.

Rune Powers: (While some Blessed do have magic, and World Eaters do have powers, you would remove the “Rune” bit for them if using them)

Enhanced physical attributes, including strength, speed, and senses. Her might is comparable to a jotun, allowing her to lift loaded mini-vans at most and tank serious hits. Likewise, she can ‘expand’ her senses to reach farther than normal, but this requires focus. Little focus is needed to enhance senses within the normal range, so in-battle use is practical. Yet the longer the range the more focus that is needed increases exponentially, to the point that long-range stuff it isn’t practical for in-battle use in those situations.

Her reaction time and movement speed are also boosted, the former more than the latter but both being distinct from normal human beings’ capabilities. The overall boost in physical attributes makes her like unto a street-level superhuman of some sort, from from unbeatable or unable to be harmed...but also very bad to get in a fist fight with.

Description: A lightly tanned Caucasian beauty, boasting a head full of soft, red hair that has been stylled into a ponytail. Her eyes are a soft blue, almost like an ocean, and usually one can find her in an upbeat kind of mood. She has a very shapely and well-endowed figure, though nothing inhuman in its quality. Her penchant for tinkering has left her wearing clothing she finds most comfortable for tinkering in, though when out in public she tends to wear comfortable jeans and a comfortable T-shirt or tank top normally. If its cold she tends to pull on a jean jacket she has, thick and durable and very warm to wear in her opinion. Tinkering has also left some wear on her hands that is visible on the palm, though she usually tends to wear gloves when fiddling about with things.

Personality: An upbeat and energetic kind of individual, who enjoys a good swim as much as she enjoys a session of tinkering with something or another. She can be rather laid-back when not busy, though when she is doing things she enjoys she gets very excited about it (and potentially a but hyper). She has a passion for building things on the side, however, crafting them with her own two hands and putting them to use. She takes pride in the super-custom gas-fueled grill she made for herself, as one example of this and her high intelligence.

She does hate if people dismiss her work as “trash”, however, and frankly her temper is a bit “fiery” in general if it is set off. Her excess of energy also seems to be offset by a certain level of anxiety about herself. Does anyone in this world want her for who she is? Is she worthy of the love she has received in life so far...but also desires to gain one day as well? Things such as this are questions that “side” of her is apt to fill her mind with, dragging her down mentally and emotionally. Such things in her are normally triggered by an existing negative state of mind on her end, usually spurred on by some kind of event or interaction.

Skills:

-She is very skilled with mechanical and computer-related forms of work, tinkering to make things like a super-customized gas grill and even put together and get her own computer working from salvaged and customized parts. She is a tinker who enjoys her craft, perhaps being comparable in this manner to the dwarves of Norse legend.

-She is an average kind of cook, with it being an area she wants to learn more about and has been improving in steadily over time.

-Helping about the house, she has a good grasp of general housework...especially in regards to cleaning due to her tinkering hobby. Home repair also isn’t a thing outside of her reach, being as she is with tinkering.

-Great at swimming, and able to hold her breath underwater for about 5 minutes.

Weaknesses:

-Her anger can be exploited.

-Her anxiety can be exploited as well.

-Despite being the Uruz rune bearer, she does not have any combat experience, capabilities, or training for that matter in that area.

-She is a killable mortal

Brief History: A girl with a middle-class upbringing in the Deep South, her father (a Scandinavian immigrant’s son) was a local mechanic who took to fixing cars and had married his high-school sweetheart after she got out of college with a Criminal Justice degree. Though his wife became a lawyer, they were always very close and kept in contact with each other despite the stress of their jobs. They eventually had four kids: Lina, Erik, Kristie, and Wade, and their home was filled with the scampering of the kids and much of the usual hijinks four children could viably get into. Yet for Lina herself, she caught her father’s “mechanic bug” and eventually started learning with him how to fiddle with things, make them, and put them together.

Eventually, by some unknown event, Lina’s father died when a gas explosion happened at his place of work. The result left Lina’s mother the only financial provider at home, and the then 16 year old Lina was in turn left virtually alone to help manage the house and care for her siblings in part. It was a...growing up moment, a struggle at first that she had to adjust to and master as best as she could. Her tinkering and such hobbies picked up along with this, however, to help her cope with the added stresses of being an older sibling having to pick up what slack her dad’s death had left behind.

When the Uruz rune appeared on her body, she was swimming at the time and found herself ramming head-first into the pool wall....and making an actual lengthy crack into the side of it with great force and speed. She was surprised like anyone else there, to say the least, and she walked off after the incident was theorized to be because of a structural fault in the pool by staff.

She'd barely been home a few hours, caring for her siblings, when a ring came at the door. Several people in suits were there, like some kind of secret service members in appearance, and it soon evolved into a conversation at the door about her being the "last Rune to be found" and "chosen by Odin" and something about preventing the apocalypse. However, this was quite a lot to throw at the tinkerer, enough that even after she thought about it she politely refuse and closed the door. She was no battler, she was a tinkerer, and frankly she had her own thoughts about the end of the world.

This...did not seem to sit well with the other party, who after a week of her pushing their approaches away made a public announcement in her town that "one of the saviors of mankind doesn’t want to prevent the apocalypse cause she doesn’t feel like it".

Safe to say, this went very badly for Lina as a result. It started with just angry emails, phone calls from strangers, and some people in public giving her dirty looks. Eventually, her usual tools and parts place eventually blocked her from coming on the premises, and her siblings began to see harassment and bullying at school. She couldn't get a job, even, after her mother was fired from her job for reasons of "her daughter" when the Blessed's announcement continued to go viral. Even the local grocery stores wouldn't let them buy groceries, or would otherwise drop eggs and spill products without giving refunds.

It culminated in one night, where several people threw rock at her home. Teenagers, with supporting adults watching on from their cars they had driven over in. All that pressure, all of that anger, it pushed Lina to finally snap after hiding her siblings and mother in a nearby closet. She stepped out, catching some stones and trying to plead for the people to stop. Then began the taunts and jeers were made at her by the attackers and their parents, a few whom began drinking and enjoy the sight like it was a picnic.

They acted like they were somehow just in this. Like any of those assholes were JUST in all of this. The rocks didn't even hurt her, they couldn't but as windows were smashed and she heard the laughing...and she snapped in that moment. Jeers at her ancestry, the hate thrown at her family members, the vile side of the people of this town tossed onto her...as a scapegoat for the world's suffering. Her family barely could get food as it was, their vehicles were broken, life had become literal hell all because she was chosen for something she didn't want to do.

She returned the stones, then, without thinking about it in her blinding pent-up rage that had finally erupted from within her. Then the police showed up after neighbors called them on her, and their bullets plunked off of her skin harmlessly. It became a sort of small rampage, resulting in the Blessed rapidly arriving on scene after being called about the incident. Lina was rapidly incapacitated, bound, and then carted off by the group to some facility or another.

Safe to say, Lina’s not exactly a happy person with what has happened, or the death, or being arrested and contained by the Blessed. She's not happy about all of the “hero” and “stopping Ragnarok” nonsense she was told to boot. Though its not like she’s made an escape attempt....yet, anyways.

Other: Cooks good burgers, and was voted “most likely to MacGyver her way out of a bad situation” in high school.