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Desert in Oklahoma
Sometime-in-March, 2005
Dawn -roughly 6am-

Tarene was in shock. What she felt transcended shock. She'd thought after Ragnarok that nothing could surprise her, afterall, bearing witness to The End tended to leave one hard to shock. She'd wandered aimlessly for quite some time, she didn't count the days because time mattered not when you lived many many centuries. She was still slumped down on the ground, her knees had buckled beneath her once she'd realised what she was looking at was entirely real and not some cruel desert mirage. It had been hours and she still hadn't pulled herself up.

The band of wagons that she'd been rolling along with had kept moving, but something had called her to step away and following a strange inexplicable instinct, she was drawn to the crater. Within it lay the very hammer that had borne legends and legacies. The hammer that had the power to destroy worlds, or save them. The hammer that had belonged to her dear friend and ally, her former-prince, then her King.

Mjolnir.

She stared at the hammer for so long that the sun had begun to rise. Last she'd seen it, Thor Odinson had thrown it across the battlefield, knocking Odin's sceptre, Gungnir, just before Loki could deliver a fatal blow. It was then that she knew that the Thor Odinson who'd attacked her so mercilessly, leaving her vulnerable for Loki to deliver the killing strike, had been a fake, an imposter. The real King of Asgard had arrived to save them all. She'd watched that very hammer soar back into his grasp, he glanced over his shoulder and yelled at her to run, to escape and to live.

And now it was here.

She squinted as the sun began to rise, spreading blistering heat across the barren sandy wastes that surrounded her. Finally, after what may have felt like an eternity of drinking in the sight of the relic infront of her, she clambered to her feet though with little grace for an Asgardian such as herself. Such clumsiness from an Asgardian warrior would make Valkyries blush with embarassment, but it didn't matter.

Mjolnir called to her. It whispered her name and asked her to come forward. She obliged and found herself wrapping her fingers around the leather-wrapped hilt. The handle fit comfortably in her grasp and a warmth spread through her fingers and palm. The hammer spoke to her again and asked her to lift it. She found herself replying aloud to the omnipresent voice.
"What if I cannot wrest thee from thine crater?" she asked.

Mjolnir whispered again, ignoring her question, urging her to lift. Tarene wanted to argue, to tell the hammer that she had not been worthy on Asgard, how could she be worthy now? She had failed her destiny and allowed Asgard to fall. Every night she relived those battles and wondered what would happen if she'd reacted differently? She punished herself for not being able to recognise the evil-Thor Odinson as a fake, if she had been his true friend she should have known it was not him who attacked her, if she'd known, she would have fought him without hesitation and without hesitating maybe she could have saved Asgard.

She looked at her hands, Mjolnir nestled in its crater, waiting to be held aloft.
"Whosoever holds this hammer ... if she be worthy, shall possess the power of Thor"
Her breath caught in her chest and for a giddy moment she wondered if she'd utterly lost her mind, with the small portion of her brain which she still had some ability to control, she urged the muscles in her arms to contract, her fingers to hold tightly ...

It moved.

Out of nowhere, the sky filled with heavy, dark brooding clouds. The barren desert became soaked with spontaneous rain showers and thunder struck the crater Tarene stood in. The prongs of lightning licked across her body and the hammer, but she didn't burn, it didn't even hurt. Her arms tingled and she managed to draw her gaze to her forearms, silvery scales shimmered into existence along her arms, materialising out of the very lightning itself that was striking her. Her worn out Asgardian armour, that had been in need of repair since Ragnarok, began to restore itself and change before her eyes. She felt her heart thunder against her chest and a strange sensation swept through her body. She lifted Mjolnir higher, now it was above her head and the pillar of lightning that shot down upon her bled into the hammer.

As quickly as the thunder had appeared, it suddenly dissipated and Tarene found herself standing as she had done moments before in the crater, except Mjolnir was no longer lying in a crater, it was in her hand.

"I am the Mighty Thor, Goddess of Thunder."

All the past mistakes ... her failures, she would undo them all and correct those faults that haunted her dreams. From this moment forth, she was Thor, the Mighty Thor, and she was going to save this realm.

Somewhere, far far far away from the desert, scientists shouted to draw the attention of their colleagues.
"Massive anomaly in Oklahoma ... Sudden spontaneous electrical surge ... readings off the scale ... unexpected radiation spikes in a virtually barren region."
Various secret service organisations all found their attention drawn to the same location, a number of these secret operations had access to satellite technology and they honed in on that spot, getting a clear visual of Thor's face and body and the hammer. The manhunt would begin to capture this unusual specimen. If she was another mutant, they had to assess her powers, if she was some kind of non-human creature, they had to catch her, study her, understand her. Most of all, a number of interested parties wanted to capture her to harness her power. The readings from the spontaneous storm were astronomical and she'd stood at its core and escaped entirely unharmed.

"Find that woman, bring her to me."

Stonehenge, United Kingdom
March 21st, 2005
Midnight

Thor felt strange, she felt all of Thor-Odinson's power surging within her, she could feel instincts she didn't know existed, the hammer was like an extension of herself and she knew how to use it, it came as natural to her as breathing. She flicked her wrist and the hammer began to spin from the strap, like a propellor and she threw it. She didn't know where exactly she was going, how to control her direction, somehow Mjolnir managed to fill in the blanks, it bent to her command, and it corrected itself if it moved ever so slightly off course. She landed with a steady "thump" on her feet and found herself in Stonehenge.

It wasn't quite London, but she knew Stonehenge was significant, it was here that Thor Odinson's ally Erik Selvig, had unravelled a number of clues about the Convergence before Odinson battled Malekith. Though there was no sign of Selvig here now, Thor knew that she was certainly getting closer, at least she was closer than when she was in the middle of the desert. From here she'd find her way to Selvig and he would help her find out more. She needed to learn more about this realm if she were to do it any justice and Selvig was a man that Odinson had trusted, and thus, he was the only man she was willing to trust, for now at least.

Maximum Comics: Dawn of Justice | REBRANDING - PLEASE STAY TUNED

I'm back for now!!! (bad internet connection in my area, plus, I'm accident prone and keep injuring myself!)

I'll work on a post now while I'm still on the same plane of existence as the rest of ya'll!

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| Identity |

Name: Thor Goddess of Thunder
Alias: Tara Olsen (a human name if she is on the DL), Tarene (birth name), Thor Girl (previous title), Hammer Girl.

| Origin & Backstory |

Humble Beginnings
Born with a predetermined destiny, Tarene believed her life was perfectly scripted out for her and all she had to do was play her part. A future seer declared that she would become a great hero and save many world's from darkness. What she did not know was that even a prescripted destiny was hard to follow.

A Hero is Born
At first, she was subject to much ridicule and scorn from the larger, older and more battle-hardened Asgardian men whom didn't believe a young girl such as Tarene could hold her own in battle. Although disappointed at first, she wasn't dissuaded and fought to convince the nay-sayers that she was just as capable as they were. Thor Odinson noticed the young girls enthusiasm and determination and encouraged her to train harder, his encouragement, along with that of the Lady Sif whom was also making a name on the battlefield for herself, allowed Tarene to get her first taste of battle on the cold wastes of Jotunheim.

Out in the frosts, Thor Odinson noticed that Tarene was indeed a brave warrior, and so he allowed her to fight alongside him in future conflicts. He bestowed unto her many tips and stories to aid her growth as a warrior. She learned to use a variety of weapons before finally settling on a golden hammer, thus earning her the nickname Thor Girl as she fought alongside Thor Odinson using a hammer, much like he did with his Mjolnir.

Over time Tarene became a powerful goddess in her own right, proving herself to be a formidable Asgardian warrior, comparable to the Lady Sif. She earned the respect and admiration of her peers, yet despite her many courageous feats, she often appeared as little more than a sidekick to Thor Odinson. Although she greatly admired and respected her mentor, Tarene wanted to live out her own destiny and not spend her days living in the shadow of her mentor. She loyally served under the All Father Odin, and later under Thor following his coronation as King of Asgard.

Brother Dearest
Loki, adopted brother of Thor, often wrought havoc in Asgard and across a number of the 9 Realms. Despite having more than one opportunity to kill Loki, Thor could never bring himself to slay his brother, and despite Tarene's protests, he would not allow her to slay Loki either. Sparing Loki would later prove to be Thor's greatest mistake as Ruler of Asgard. Tarene, reluctant to commit treason and betray her King, stayed her hand, though she was reluctant to spare Loki's life. Loki was committed to prison but even locked in a cage, Loki could not be stopped.

When Heroes Fall: Ragnarok
Loki, bitter and vengeful, allied himself with the Fire Demon Surtur so that he could escape his prison and destroy Asgard, the events that transpired culminated in Ragnarok, a war which would destroy the Asgardians and the entire realm of Asgard.

When Ragnarok (the end of days) struck her precious realm of Asgard, Tarene took up arms to face off against the End itself. During the fight, an evil clone of Thor appeared and attacked her she believed she had been betrayed by her greatest ally. She sought out Loki to fight him head on and kill him once and for all but despite her years of battle, Loki proved to be a more formidable opponent, catching her out with tricks and sorcery. Moments before Loki, alongside the evil Thor-clone could deliver what would have been a fatal blow, the real Thor Odinson appeared and saved her. Thor Odinson had lost one of his arms, but in the other arm, he clung onto Mjolnir. He told her to fall back, to take the Bifrost to Vanaheim before it was destroyed.

While Asgard crumbled around her and became consumed by fire, death and destruction, she managed to make her escape, under Odinson's orders and reached Vanaheim where the Vanir used their magic to heal her. During her escape and subsequent recuperation, Asgard fell and the Asgardian's were killed in the war.

The Aftermath
Dreadfully depressed about what she believed to be her failure to stop the end and save the realm she loved so dearly Tarene began to roam the 9 realms in search of Thor Odinson and in search of answers. SHe believed that Thor Odinson was so strong that he could not possibly have perished.

Her spirit broken by what she believed was her utter failure to live up to her destiny, she wandered the world like a lost soul for many years, digging through the wreckage of Asgard and discovering only ashes and bones.

A Hero Reborn
Tarene's life would take an interesting new course when she found Mjolnir, Thor's legendary hammer. With nothing left of Asgard, Tarene wound up on Midgard (Earth), a realm which Thor Odinson had always held a great fondness for. She adopted the alias "Tara Olsen" to blend in with Midgardian society, but it was largely a struggle and she found herself living a nomadic lifestyle travelling with caravaners across the United States. In the wilds of Oklahoma she discovered Mjolnir lying abandoned in a desert crater. To her own disbelief, she was able to lift the hammer and thus she acquired Thor's powers. Believing her own destiny was a lost cause she took up the mantle of Thor taking his name and his legacy and seeking to right the wrongs that had befallen Asgard.

The discovery of Mjolnir abandoned on Midgard was both a comfort, and also distressing. With Mjolnir on Midgard instead of Asgard, she believed perhaps Odinson had escaped, however, Odinson would never part with his hammer willingly, which led Tarene to believe perhaps something untoward had happened to her former King.

Regardless of Odinson's fate, Tarene became "Thor, Goddess of Thunder" and vowed to remedy the wrongs that had befallen Asgard and protect Odinson's precious Earth Realm. She made her way out of the desert to begin her new life. Armed with Mjolnir, but no idea what Midgardian life and culture consisted of, she had a shaky start. The city is a whole other world compared to the desert wilds or the pristine uninhabited mountains, still new to this world, the new Thor has to learn who her friends and enemies are, and also how to use a cell phone.

Does History Repeat Itself?
A deep seeded self-loathing, and an unstable lust for revenge against those who played a role in Ragnarok (namely Loki Laufeyson) mean that she walks along a thin line between saving the world, and destroying it herself.

Will she become the hero she was meant to be or will she end up causing more destruction than Ragnarok unleashed upon her world?

| Attributes |

Strenghts:
Mjolnir: mythical hammer only those deemed worthy if it's power shall lift it and with the hammer she possesses the powers of Thor. The hammer can be called "telepathically" (for lack of a better word) to fly into her hand whenever she needs it. Forged from Uru it is virtually indestructible and packs a mean punch.

Powers of Thor: with the hammer comes Thor Odinsons powers, aka possessing the power of the God of Thunder. She can manipulate thunder and lightning and create dangerous storms and even tornados with a little help from Mjolnir.

Flight: Thor can use Mjolnir to fly, in a pinch it can be used for interdimensional travel so she can traverse between realms which is great since travelling between realms is tricky since the Bifrost was destroyed.

Asgardian: as she is an Asgardian she is immune to all human illnesses and possesses extreme longevity and a pretty impressive healing factor. Superior strength, speed and stamina and damn good reflexes.
Years of training have resulted in her being a formidable opponent in hand to hand combat as well as being able to use a variety of weapons although Mjolnir is always her trusted weapon of choice.

Asgardian armour: forged by dwarves her armour can take quite a beating, as the Thunder Goddess, she can generate scale-maile armour made of lightning energy itself to protect her arms.

Weaknesses:
Technologically incompetent. She cannot utilise any modern technology.

Unworthy? If Mjolnir no longer deems her worthy she loses the ability to wield the hammer and the perks that come with it thus leaving her in a weakened but not entirely useless state. Without Mjolnir, she still possesses the abilities of a battle hardened Asgardian.

Ignorance is bliss: Thor doesn't know much about earth or its customs, she's also prone to act first and think later so strategizing is not a strong point. On a super hero scale her intelligence is below average but she possesses incredible strength to compensate.

Destiny unbound: with her "failed" destiny as Tarene, she now has a whole new destiny as Thor however this destiny could take her down the wrong path.

Ghosts of the past: she is haunted by her past and believes she failed Odinson and failed Asgard. Her lack of self confidence in Tarene is a weak point and her confidence as the "new Thor" is built on shaky foundations leaving her open to emotional manipulation. She also gets homesick and lonely for good company which means she's likely to hang around with the wrong crowd if they appear inviting.

Ragnarok PTSD: She experiences flashbacks of unimaginable horrors, sometimes reliving what happened on Asgard during Ragnarok. She can react violently and unpredictably.

| Character Notes |

Supporting Casts & Rogues

Thor Odinson: THE God of Thunder and former wielder of Mjolnir. He has been MiA, presumed KiA, following Ragnarok, no traces of him have yet been found thus he cannot be officially declared dead, however given how long it has been without any sign of him, its presumed he perished on Asgard. (SThor will mention him a lot possibly, but I'm not going to touch this chararcter, in case someone wants to jump in and play Odinson, it would be cool for the two to meet in the future and see how that pans out!)

Jane Foster: Former love interest of Thor Odinson, Foster, and fellow physicist Dr Erik Selvig, were good friends of Odinson's. Given that a total stranger is going to shope up around town swinging a hammer and declaring to be the "God of Thunder" when she is certainly not the Odinson Selvig and Foster are familiar with, they will be displeased with whats going on.

Erik Selvig: (See Jane Foster)

Loki Laufeyson: Thor's greatest enemy, and Odinson's adopted brother. Thor would tear the 9 Realms to shreds if it would reveal Loki's location so she could proceed to tear him limb from limb. The Trickster, Loki is the God of Lies and played a large role to say the least, when it came to bringing about the events of Ragnarok.

Lady Sif and the Warriors Three (Hogun, Volstagg and Fandral): Asgardian warriors and dear friends of Thor's, all presumed dead after the events of Ragnarok, though like Odinson, it is difficult to confirm.

Locations

Bifrost:The bridge between realms, Thor used it to escape Asgard but it has since been destroyed and she has relied on powerful magic or other means of travel to get from place to place.

Asgard: Her former home, this realm was destroyed and all that remains is death and rubble.

Jotunheim: Realm of the Frost Giants, a barren, ice cold world where Tarene once fought alongside Thor Odinson.

Vanaheim: A realm of healers and magicians, Thor spent some time here recovering after escaping Asgard.

Midgard: Basically Earth though in Asgard it is referred to as Midgard.

Oklahoma: This is where Tarene discovered Mjolnir lying in a crater and she became Thor.

| Character Goals |
Thor is evil but has good intentions. She is an anti-villain, a villain who does not want to be a villain or is not aware she is a villain.

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She is at risk of becoming unworthy of Mjolnir, as her desire for revenge and the horrors of her past threaten to send her down a dark path.

Destiny doomed to fail: Thor winds up allying with the bad guys believing they are the good guys. She's generally their muscle and does what they say with minimal questions. Running from her past eventually things catch up with her and she realises she is going down the wrong path. Perhaps it's too late and she loses the hammer she hold dear and has to make peace wirh herself in order to become worthy again (of the hammer and/or of being a hero) and fix her mistakes before its too late. Perhaps it will be too late and in her despair and grief she only turns darker and more dangerous and destructive regardless of Mjolnir.

I've played Thor and SThor before in a few different styles and scenarios, while Loki is my babe, I think that my strength lies in playing Thor/SThor when it comes to RP-ing Asgardians. -Loki is still my #1 MCU character though and I love him so much omg-

I want to explore Thor unworthy or evil Thor themes, and also Thor's identity crisis and inability to accept her past mistakes.

| References |

(Comic RP reference)
#3 - Sample Post: SThor Threatens Stark Towers, Marvel Group RP

Maximum Comics: Dawn of Justice | REBRANDING - PLEASE STAY TUNED

Sorry for my absence. My Internet is cut off and my cell phone has crap mobile Internet. I'll be back sooooooooon to get a post up.

The Lucidae

Ugh bummer, but hey at least you're using a decent keyboard again, just sucks that you had to lose out on your crappy one :/ at least you didn't shell out megabucks for it though!!

Wooo hooray for plot progression! I'll probably reply tomorrow coz I dunno how late Ill be up tonight, I'm the chauffeur tomorrow *lols*, my aunt needs a lift and she's always been very good to me so I don't mind ^___^b

The Lucidae

Oh Wow! I didn't know you were part twin! (I wish i was a twin, but nope its just me,myself,and I all alone in my head LOL). I always thought twins were fasinating and have a deep unfathomable relationship and connection. ((Still haven't forgiven Rowling for killing off Fred. That was Totally Uncalled For.))

My research wasn't very much really LOl i just pick a word and then go scrolling through thesaurus.com for alternitives until i find one that is simmiler/and sounds cool and namelike. Or I riffle through BehindTheName.com for diffrent name meanings and orgins. I think names are a really important part of defining a character, although i do try to avoid Nomitive-Determination (where the name determines the characters main traits)... its just so clever! I can't resist!

@Henwen

Behindthename is like my guilty pleasure x'D haha wait that just sounds unreally weird, its not really, but I totally love using BTN to come up with names :D

Haha yeah twins are pretty awesome, I wish I'd gotten the chance to get to know my sister, but I think that she's special, and here in her own way anyway, and isn't that incredible!!!! Whenever people ask my mom or me or anyone if I have siblings, the answer is usually just "Nope, I'm an only child" coz explaining the half-twin thing tends to be longwinded ^^" I can relate on being the one and only with ya!!!

My cousin (who was born the same day as me but years before me) gave birth to twin boys last year, its a weird coincidence because twins aren't prevalent in my family!!! My mom is TINNNYYYY so her sisters told her she'd probably never have kids because she didn't have childbearing hips, and yet she was the only one to carry twins, same goes with my cousin, she's very dainty and now she has 2 GORGEOUS boys, they were SO tiny though, very fragile because they arrived very early, even for twins.

Twins really make interesting characters to play dont they, because you can play them as 2 parts of one whole, yet they are two separate entities too, the relationship between twins can be explored very differently to other relationships, even between siblings that aren't twins!

The Lucidae

But yeah, I had an inkling that you would focus in on that one. Cause she's got an name that starts with an N and she's a manipulative lil shit just like Noah. She'd be like his female counterpart. They will prolly hate each other on sight! Fantastic!

@Henwen

Oh my god I didn't even notice that (but its kinda late and Im wiped out after todays class but hey). Thats incredibly perceptive of you and now that you mention it, thats probably why subconsciously I was drawn to that one!!!

I think its so cool how you put all this research into the names!

Loire is a river in France I think (I think its typically a girls name as opposed to a boys name) and I liked the idea of Loire having some kind of French roots (obv he was born on a different planet, but I like the ideas of tracing his ancestry back to France somehow), and a river tends to flow, sometimes in unexpected directions, changing course etc and I thought a river would somehow suit Loire. Lanrete is Eternal spelled backwards, I thought it sounded very Frenchy and complimented "Loire", it rolls nicely off the tongue "Loire Lanrete", plus, given that he's lost his sister at a young age yet still pines and cares deeply for her,I think that their love as twins is eternal, so the name is a nod to that too. (I believe twins are forever, life or death, I know another girl who is a half-twin like me and she says that her twin is still with her in a special spiritual way!)

The Lucidae

I'm really drawn to Naomi Dybuk, but I don't really know why ... I'm just exceptionally drawn to that one!!!

Also yeah, Noah's pretty stressed so he probably turned up the heat a little too much for Viva when it came to blaming Val, I'd say the blame is 50/50 between the two of them, Noah feels as though Viva thinks its all his fault and that Val is a total angel, but he knows that isn't the case, but to Viva it seems as if Noah thinks hes totally innocent which he totally isn't x'D

Oh man, I feel so bad for these poor fuckers x'D