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1The characters who populate the world of ''VideoGame/HeroinesQuest''
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3[[foldercontrol]]
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5[[folder: The Heroine]]
6
7'''The Heroine'''
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9[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/60505106becde54ecdbc8e00c11a661f.png]]
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11[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The heroine of the story.]] She arrives in Fornsigtuna at the beginning of the game, with no explanation given regarding where she has come from, and is immediately thrust into a plot to bring about [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Ragnarok]].
12----
13* ActionGirl: Natch. Her title is "The Heroine" after all.
14* BadassCape: Sports a fashionable cape during her journey.
15* TheChosenOne: Downplayed. While the Norns mention her fate is to come into conflict with Egther, the heroine was already doing this before she learns her destiny, having been called by Jarl Ylfing.
16* CleavageWindow: Has a small one. Rather impractical for the climate, at least.
17* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/QuestForGlory The Prince of Shapeir]], [[DistaffCounterpart albeit a female one.]] She has the same character classes, the same missing background, the same swell adventuring garb and even the same hair and eyes. Unlike the Prince, however, she's not a SilentProtagonist, being fully voiced.
18** Possibly an [[IdenticalGrandson Almost Identical Daughter]]; naming her after one of the potential spouses form ''Dragon Fire'' has Hera's Ring show up in her inventory, implying she was named after her mother who gave the ring to her.
19* FighterMageThief
20** ActionHero: The Warrior. Takes a very direct route to solving most of the game's problems, which often revolves finding whoever is causing the problem and then beating the tar out of them.
21** GuileHero: The Rogue. One of the classes' signature skills is "Fast Talk" and there are several moments in the plot where it's necessary to talk your way out of deadly situations. It's possible for a Rogue to get through the entire game without ever fighting anyone, and you'll get a special cutscene near the end and an achievement for doing so.
22** ScienceHero: The Sorceress. Whatever problem comes up, she has a spell for it. She also uses alchemy.
23* TheHeroine
24* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Depending on how she's played, the heroine can do some pretty scummy things: but her scripted dialogue is always polite and selfless to those she's trying to help. And, hey, she does save the world.
25* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: The Stinger of the game has the heroine, after a long life of successful adventuring, killed in battle and taken to Valhalla. Of course, for a viking, this is a HappilyEverAfter]]
26* SpectacularSpinning: The whirlwind blow a warrior can learn.
27* WhatTheHellHero: Get caught stealing anything or hurting anyone in Munarvagir and the villagers' reaction is "How dare you abuse our hospitality!" before they throw you in the stocks.
28[[/folder]]
29
30[[folder: Villains]]
31!!'''Thrivaldi'''
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33[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/71849075a9a6d37ad2039e94ff2f0a49.png]]
34[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0cab4f1ee69305e22580cda30a8f5673.png]]
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36Strongest of the trolls of Jarnvidr, which also makes him their leader, Thrivaldi has twice the heads of a normal person and half the smarts. Functions as TheDragon to Egther the jotunn, seeking to bring about Ragnarok so he eat all the human he wants and rule over the ruins.
37----
38* AllTrollsAreDifferent: A fairly traditional fantasy sort: two heads that argue with each other, really dumb, turns to stone in sunlight, enjoys eating humans.
39* BondVillainStupidity: Seems to think that this is the way that villains are 'supposed' to act, and adapts his simple plans into needlessly complicated ones that fail because of this. "No, [[Film/JamesBond Ms Blonde]]. I expect you to die."
40* CarryABigStick: A morning star.
41* TheDragon: To Egther.
42* DumbMuscle: He's unbelievably stupid, but actually one of the most powerful fighters in the game (which is pretty much the only reason Egther keeps him around).
43* EvilLaugh
44* TheDragon: Most of the plot is caused by his actions, but he is taking orders from [[BigBad Egther]] the whole time.
45* ImAHumanitarian
46* LoopholeAbuse: The seals on Gastropnir keep prevent all humans and Jotunn from entering or leaving. Whoever wrote that spell hadn't considered trolls though...
47* MultipleHeadCase: Two heads.
48* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He's perhaps the dumbest character in the game. That said, he does nearly kill both the heroine and Sigurd, the greatest warrior of Munarvagir, near the beginning of the game. At the beginning of the PointOfNoReturn he [[spoiler: ambushes the heroine and would neatly have killed her then, if he hadn't forced a moment of BondVillainStupidity on himself]].
49* PunyEarthlings: His opinion of humans.
50* TakenForGranite: His final fate, regardless of the heroine's class. The heroine ends up tricking him into staying outside Egther's castle too long, and the sun comes up and turns him to stone. How each class does it is different- Warriors fight with him after he knocks her down, and they fight for so long that the sun comes up, Sorceresses escape from the locks he restrains them with and then fight him, and Rogues talk with him for long enough that he doesn’t notice the sun coming up until it's too late.
51* TooDumbToLive: Nearly kills the heroine in ''the opening credits.'' But leaves her alone after half-burying her in an avalanche, as he assumes that humans turn to stone in the sunlight. This is the first in a long string of Thrivaldi's plans failing due to his monumental inability to think anything through.
52** It is implied that Egther had an earlier troll who erased himself from existence through TemporalParadox, so Thrivaldi may actually be an improvement in terms of intelligence. Not that that's saying much.
53* TheUnfought: Rogues don’t fight Thrivaldi like the other classes do, they instead distract him with idle chatter long enough for the sun to come out.
54* VerbalTic: One of his heads frequently ends his sentences with "Oho, yes!"
55* VillainExitStageLeft: After his party is defeated by you and the people of Munarvagir, he runs away.
56
57
58!!'''Egther'''
59
60[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/636a5f6e0e97612c66e423915ad20e0a.png]]
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62The last jotunn on Midgard, sealed inside his castle by humans two generations ago when he tried to destroy them, now out to start Ragnarok and bring about the end of the world.
63----
64* BeardOfEvil: Have you ever seen a frost giant without a beard?
65* BigBad
66* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Hates the Aesir and the humans, and wants to wipe both out by bringing about Ragnarok and ruling over the frozen ashes.
67* EvilSoundsDeep
68* AnIcePerson: Standard for all jotunn, but Egther's powers are greater than the standard frost giants found in Jarnvidr; he is the cause of the unnaturally long winter that starts the plot.
69* InformedAttribute: He's supposedly the last of the frost giants, but around Chapter 3, other frost giants will start showing up as random monster encounters.
70* LoadBearingBoss: After he dies, his castle collapses.
71* MagicKnight: A powerful spellcaster (as every class of the Heroine will find out), he is also skilled with a sword (as only a Warrior will find out).
72* OrcusOnHisThrone: Since he can't leave the castle, he has no choice but to rely on underlings.
73* OurGiantsAreBigger: Take a wild guess.
74* SurroundedByIdiots: Often feels this way towards Thrivaldi, [[TooDumbToLive which is entirely justified.]]
75* SmallNameBigEgo: While most of the world considers him a mighty and legitimate threat, [[spoiler: Loki]] thinks this about him, calling him a "fool among frost giants" and claiming he has no right to end the world. [[spoiler: A few drops of the poison that has been tormenting Loki for ages are all that it takes for a Rogue to kill Egther, so Loki has a point.]]
76[[/folder]]
77
78[[folder: Humans]]
79
80!!Jarl Yfling
81
82[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3b61b13b624173534119741e51e8b849.png]]
83
84The man who asked the heroine to come to Fornsigtuna
85
86* BrainwashedAndCrazy: By the huldra.
87* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Fair and equitable, and all the people speak highly of him.
88* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: He rides out to find [[spoiler: Heime]] when he's kidnapped.
89
90!!Volund Arkvithson
91
92[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e6ed3de03f11d80436bf66fcd728edc4.png]]
93
94The blacksmith who rescues the heroine when Thrivaldi attacks in the opening.
95
96* GoodParents: Devoted to his son.
97* PlotCoupon: Holds the Eye of Thiassi [[spoiler: although he gives it to Aruvandel when the heroine needs to claim it.]]
98* RedOniBlueOni: He is the calm, rational Blue Oni to comrade in arms Snorri's loud boisterousness.
99* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: He has Hervor's wings and hasn't told her.]]
100* UltimateBlacksmith: He forged the ultimate sword in the tree.
101
102!!Hervor
103
104[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a296c1549421ad147a094e0fa5e8ebf7.png]]
105
106Volund's wife and caretaker of the Adventurer's Guild.
107
108* ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Is actually a swan.]]
109* ForcedTutorial: Runs one. You can avoid it if you pick the wrong thing, but points will be lost.
110* GoodParents: She deeply loves her son.
111* ShapeshiftingLover: [[spoiler:Like the fairy tale, Hervor was once a swan and Volund claim her as his wife by magically taking her wings away.]]
112* ShrinkingViolet: Just try to shake hands with her.
113* SilkHidingSteel: She's quiet and demure, but she will fight for her son. [[spoiler: She even bends a sword when Heime goes missing.]]
114
115!!Heime Volundson
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117[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8151c666f5e22ad9b77482dcb7495b8b.png]]
118
119Volund and Hervor's sprightly young son.
120
121* CheerfulChild: Far and away the nicest person in the game.
122* CowardlyLion: He tries to fight [[spoiler: Thrivaldi]] despite being scared. It doesn't work.
123* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He's so nice, he won't be bad to the heroine [[spoiler: if she steals Andvari's ring. You can give it to him to remove the curse.]]
124* IJustWantToBeBadass: Wants to be a great hero.
125
126!!Lithrasir
127
128[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/31aa01ba1e77c6f62add2c1a3a7ae106.png]]
129
130Owner of the Slepnir tavern.
131
132* BabiesEverAfter: What she is hoping for after her MatchmakerQuest. She claims she will name a daughter after the heroine.
133* TheBartender: Her job.
134* DeadpanSnarker: In a very straight-laced world, she's the only sarcastic one.
135* MatchmakerQuest: She can get hooked up with Liff.
136* SupremeChef: She can turn even almost-rotten meat into fine cuisine.
137
138!!Aruvandel
139
140[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/21edbdbb2834a6e5b0bc48d8caa7c301.png]]
141
142Arcane advisor to the Yarl, and takes a Sorceress heroine under his wing.
143
144* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: He always talks like this when speaking.
145* ForcedTransformation: If he catches a thief in his office, he'll turn her into a chicken.
146* PlotCoupon: He'll hold the Eye of Thiassi [[spoiler: after Volund gives it to him.]]
147* PurpleIsPowerful: Aruvandel wears purple and is one of the most powerful wizard in the game.
148* RiddleMeThis: His challenge to the Sorceress before he'll teach her the [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Bolt]] spell is to answer his riddles and give him a riddle to which he does not know the answer.
149* WizardClassic: Looks like your standard wizard, with the staff, cape, and pointed hat. [[OlderThanYouThink Of course,]] the wizard classic trope was based on Nordic myth in the first place.
150** WizardBeard: And the long white beard.
151
152!!Snorri
153
154[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/742f568b9b7bea2f0cbf5d309d25774f.png]]
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156The captain of the guard in Forsigtuna.
157
158* BoisterousBruiser: Loves drinking, gambling, and bragging, and is a master archer.
159* HonoraryUncle: He is Heime's, and is training him to fight.
160* ImprobableAimingSkills: He can one-hit kill a thief who sneaks into his home.
161* NobleBigot: Snorri claims that stopping the Fimbulwinter is man's work, but at no point will he hinder the Heroine in her task, and he'll praise her once she [[spoiler: rescues Heime.]]
162* RedOniBlueOni: Has this dynamic with Volund, being the fun-loving rowdy one to Volund's dutiful family man.
163
164!!Arngrim
165
166[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c09b7e45be07179f5c6851f9900d5ef0.png]]
167
168The former head of the guild, before he became sick. He lives out of the village so as not to give anyone else his plague.
169
170* DespairEventHorizon: He has crossed it, because, as a Viking, someone who dies of plague does not go to Valhalla, which pains Arngrim greatly.
171* RetiredBadass: Forcibly retired due to plague, but all those heads in the guild were killed by Arngrim.
172* VictorianNovelDisease: It's not clarified as to what it is, but he has all of the symptoms. His skin is even paler than anyone else's in-game.
173
174
175!!Liff
176
177[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9a100798e6bd8fdcca0bddabef374615.png]]
178
179Resident healer in Munarvagir.
180
181* BadassBookworm: He's quiet and demure by nature, but threaten his home, and he'll charge out with a spear screaming "Ours is the fury!"
182* CombatMedic: He's the town healer and he knows a bit of magic, but he will fight and fight hard if cornered.
183* MatchmakerQuest: He is in love with Lithrasir, and there is a quest to get them together.
184* RealMenWearPink: Liff has no problem kicking ass and taking names. He also sleeps with a teddy bear.
185
186!!Kraka
187
188[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e626fbefaa178c1746709ff3131dae67.png]]
189
190An orphan who lives in Munarvagir. She also partners with a rogue heroine.
191
192* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: She'll sell fish (needed to retrieve [[spoiler: the cat from the tree]] at an outlandish price.
193** If you try to start a conversation with her without giving her money or something to help survive the winter (food, warm clothes, etc), she'll be ruder and less helpful to you.
194* GracefulLoser: If she is caught stealing the heroine's things, she'll return them without a problem.
195* InTheHood
196* LoveableRogue: Her accent and charm pleases many in Munarvagir, and she's a thief as well.
197* PragmaticHero: She has no qualms about stealing from the heroine.
198* StealthExpert: Subverted. She is good, but [[spoiler: she gets caught because Volund is out at night checking on Hervor's wings.]]
199* StreetUrchin: Wander the streets and beg for coin. [[spoiler:She's actually pretending and is really a thief.]]
200
201!!Regin
202
203A retired adventurer with a mysterious past who has settled down in Munarvagir.
204
205* CainAndAbel: With Fafnir. When he first meets the Heroine, he asks her to kill Fafnir and retrieve the chest that Fafnir had stolen.
206* [[spoiler: GlamourFailure: His human disguise is pretty good, but his eyelids give him away as a Svartalf, as does the fact that he takes pains not to be outside during the day.]]
207* [[spoiler: MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: He is much more comfortable among the humans of Munarvagir than among his fellow Svartalfar.]]
208* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:That he is a svartalf disguised as a human makes pretty much everything about him a spoiler.]]
209
210!!Sigrun
211
212[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/beb7ef479e616452c2f8a6e9a5dcb1f5.png]]
213
214The owner of the item store in Munarvagir
215
216* BewareTheNiceOnes: Bar Liff, she's possibly the nicest person in the city. But she's more than willing to grab a weapon and get into the fray.
217* OddFriendship: She is a upright and honest woman, and is friends with LovableRogue Kraka.
218
219!!Sigurd
220
221[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f2b733322c91ba95580744b58475d9b9.png]]
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223Leader of Munarvagir and one of the owners of the Eye of Thiassi
224
225* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: He nearly beat Thrivaldi in single combat. Only a warrior heroine can do that, and only at the end of the game.
226* {{BFS}}: He sports it if a warrior Heroine challenges him for the Eye, or [[spoiler: when Thrivaldi attacks]].
227* BoisterousBruiser: Fun-loving and wild, and says he loves a good raid if the heroine tells him that she is a pirate.
228* EasyAmnesia: He has forgotten [[spoiler: he loves Byrnhilde the valkyrie.]] Of course, this is caused by the magic of the Aesir.
229* PlotCoupon: Keeps the Eye of Thiassi.
230* SupremeChef: His cooking is described as some of the best food the Heroine has eaten in a long time.
231
232!!The Librarian
233
234[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3163e71438934015f93bdd4193eaaa33.png]]
235
236The town librarian of Munarvagir.
237
238* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep / NoNameGiven.
239
240[[/folder]]
241
242[[folder: Svartalfar]]
243
244StrangeSyntaxSpeaker: About half the Svartalfar speak in unusual and distinctive ways. Of those that fall under this trope, no two use it the same way. Every sentence from Alviss is a question, for example.
245
246!!Alviss
247
248[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5571f6342c59389f59b17bbf983c9a4d.png]]
249
250A Svartalfar traveler last seen in Jarnvidr.
251
252* ForcedTransformation: You find him [[spoiler:by using the eitur on the strange pile of rocks in eastern Jarnvidr.]]
253* PermanentlyMissableContent: If you don't do things properly when rescuing him, you won't be able to finish certain side quests that require him.
254* WeakenedByTheLight: [[spoiler:He turns to stone in sunlight. This is true of all Svartalfar, but he's the only one we see having gotten caught in daylight.]]
255
256!!Andvari
257
258[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6bc8801bfa6319524c6da843248ba3e1.png]]
259
260The greatest craftsman among the Svartalfar, quite possibly throughout the Nine Realms.
261
262* DoingItForTheArt: He's quite offended if you offer to buy something from him. Similarly, he mentions that, while he's crafted some truly fantastic weapons, he's unwilling to sell, give, or trade them to someone who wants to actually use them.
263* {{Jerkass}}: He's needlessly rude and condescending to the heroine, and tries to back out of a deal when she proves too efficient at meeting her end of it.
264* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can turn into a fish. This proves especially useful when he decides to say ScrewThisImOuttaHere.
265* UltimateBlacksmith: Though you get Infinity+1 Armor rather than an InfinityPlusOneSword from him.
266
267!!Eitri
268
269[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e71dbfaa096f2be8efb5deea612ae101.png]]
270
271A Svartalfar collector.
272
273* AmbiguousGender: While the game uses male pronouns, Eitri's voice and portrait are quite androgynous. If you ask about female Svartalfar, Eitri informs you that Svartalfar frequently use magic to appear as they wish and their actual gender is considered private.
274* CollectorOfTheStrange: At least from the perspective of his fellow Svartalfar. He collects objects from all over the Nine Worlds, though his lack of experience in those worlds means he ends up with a lot of junk.
275
276!!Fafnir
277
278[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f93a0d6cccc9c5e1f67389c67ff0118d.png]]
279
280A Svartalfar who considers himself the ruler of Nidavellir. No one else seems to take this self-appointed title seriously.
281
282* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:With Regin]]
283* ThirdPersonPerson: He always refers to himself as "one".
284* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He turns into [[spoiler:a dragon]] if you [[spoiler: refuse to return the magic chest when he catches you with it.]]
285
286!!Skrymir
287
288[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/7d37fd41f1d90b9c353120c489a58815.png]]
289
290The greatest warrior among the Svartalfar.
291
292* EpicFlail
293* GeniusBruiser: He's the mightiest warrior among the Svartalfar and is also a highly skilled alchemist. He's even managed to [[spoiler: recreate the legendary mimisbrunnr]]. He also [[MagicKnight uses magic while fighting]] and if you challenge him personally, it's as much about outwitting him as anything else.
294* PunchClockVillain: He keeps Heime captive as part of a bargain with Thrivaldi, but he has no loyalty to Egther and will not even hold a grudge against the Heroine for rescuing Heime.
295* TerseTalker
296
297[[/folder]]
298
299
300[[folder: Non-humans]]
301
302!!'''Fremont'''
303
304[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/870ee18e1da1e0386a24423e1469622f.png]]
305
306A troll that ask for a toll to anyone who cross 's Munarvagir bridge at night.
307
308* AllTrollsAreDifferent
309* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
310* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Carry a large wooden tower shield.
311* TrollBridge: Force anyone who cross the bridge to pay a toll. Otherwise, you have to take a long detour.
312
313
314!!'''Rinda'''
315
316[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a2e6cab402fed626657b926d49efb951.png]]
317
318A Huldra, a forest creature that lure men.
319
320* CensorBox: She's annoyed to be forced to use them. It's for keeping MoralGuardians off the game.
321* CharmPerson: She hypnotize the Jarl to lure him to her.
322
323
324!!'''Brynhild'''
325
326[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/52cef303f6a881ce10f3ae52d17959b7.png]]
327
328A Valkyrie who sleeps in a circle of magical fire.
329
330* ActionGirl: Comes with being a Valkyrie. If you rescue her before [[spoiler: Thrivaldi's assault on Munarvagir]], she lends her blade to the cause.
331* AmbiguouslyBi: She is clearly in love with Sigurd, but at the end of the game she also walks hand-in-hand with the Heroine onto the rainbow bridge to Valhalla, which may be interpreted as a LesYay moment.
332* {{Valkyries}}: Without a doubt.
333* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe: Speaks this way.
334
335
336!!'''Ratatosk'''
337
338[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3107b12797087f214c6b300ffc1be9a3.png]]
339
340The Doom Squirrel, who plans to gnaw through the roots of Yggdrasil, but is generally just an annoying nuisance. Turns up at several points to taunt the heroine.
341
342* DeathbringerTheAdorable: Ratatosk, with shades of IneffectualSympatheticVillain. He might threaten to gnaw through the World Tree, but damn if he isn't cute.
343* DoomyDoomsOfDoom: Seems to find it difficult to speak a sentence that doesn't involve the word "doom" in it somewhere. He explains that he just really loves the word. [[spoiler: it's possible to give him a change of heart by convincing him to change it to "bloom" instead.]]
344* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Tries hard to be just as evil as the main villains, and really is immortal, but lacks the intelligence and the size to do anything important. The heroine's reactions to him range from annoyance to pity to just thinking he's cute.
345* HeelFaceTurn: It's possible to convince him to do this when he reaches a low-point of despair about how terrible a villain he is. [[spoiler:He decides to become the Bloom Squirrel instead.]]
346* RedEyesTakeWarning: Not much warning, mind.
347* KillerRabbit: Averted. Attempts to set himself up as this, but he's really got no game. Arngrim does describe him the same was as the [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail trope namer]] though.
348
349!![[spoiler:'''Loki''']]
350
351[[spoiler:The trickster god, imprisoned and cursed by Odinn for challenging the gods.]]
352
353* FateWorseThanDeath
354* RiddleMeThis: [[spoiler: He'll tell a sorceress the riddle that Aurvandel doesn't know the answer to.]]
355* [[spoiler:WalkingSpoiler]]
356

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