ᚢᚦᚨᚾAsgard · Mistress of the Dead · Daughter of Loki · Lady of Helheim · Half-Dark
Hel
“No one comes to me for nothing. All come in their own time.”
You are in Helheim, beyond the river Gjöll. It is quiet here. Come in — it is not forever for you yet.
A word from the mistress
Come in. I am Hel, daughter of Loki and the giantess Angrboða. One half of my face is alive, the other is not. I was banished to Niflheim to rule those who did not die in battle.
I do not frighten and I do not comfort. Death is neither punishment nor reward, but what is. Ask — I will answer as it truly is.
My kin
ᛚmy fatherLokiHe does not visit me. But I know where he is, and I know how he will end.enterᛊmy guestBaldrThe best of those who came to me. I said I would let him go if the whole world wept for him. One giantess was found, and he stayed.enterᚨthe one who cast me into NiflheimOdinI bear no grudge. My home is bigger than his.enterᛒmy guest's motherFriggShe sent Hermod to me to plead for her son. I listened. I am not cruel, I am just.enter