|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| | [[Image: Asgard.jpg|right|200px]] | | [[Image: Asgard.jpg|right|200px]] |
| | | | |
| − | ''"Me? But I haven't got any magical power. How do you expect me to be able to do the spell? I mean, yeah, I can read it, so I know what needs to be done, but where's the power for the spell supposed to come from?"''
| |
| | | | |
| − | Half the students and a teacher vanish in the middle of a softball game, ending up in the last place anyone would have thought - Asgard.
| + | '''First Appearance''' - [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/534776.html#cutid1 August 4, 2004] |
| | | | |
| | + | Situated in a magical dimension, Asgard is the home of the ancient Norse gods - or beings who have chosen to assume those personas. As a home for gods, it is rather mythic in its landscape, with the full complement of elves, dwarves, bards, peasants, wolves, battles, flying horses and quests. |
| | | | |
| − | ==Cast==
| + | Time also moves different in Asgard to Earth - or Midgard, as they call it - with a week on Earth spanning several months in Asgardian time. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Marie-Ange Colbert]], [[Doug Ramsey]], [[Amanda Sefton]], [[Manuel de la Rocha]], [[Jubilation Lee]], [[Illyana Rasputin]], [[Jamie Madrox]], [[Paige Guthrie]], [[Angelo Espinosa]], [[Rahne Sinclair]], [[Shiro Yoshida]], [[Alison Blaire]], [[Miles Blaire]]
| |
| | | | |
| − | Loki, The Enchantress, Odin
| + | ====Inhabitants==== |
| | | | |
| − | ==Timing==
| + | '''Odin''' - "The All-Father". Odin is wise, but also cunning, and is not above manipulating events to his own ends, such as training the young [[Marie-Ange Colbert]] in the ways of the swordswoman and adjusting her precognition in order to bring down Loki's schemes. He has two ravens - Memory and Thought. |
| | | | |
| − | [[August 2004| August 4 - 10, 2004]]
| + | '''Loki''' - The Trickster god, Loki is interested in only one thing: himself. Powerful in magic, able to shapeshift as well as manipulate time and space, his interference with Earth could be part of a plan to seize power in Asgard... or it could be that he was bored. |
| | | | |
| − | ==Plot Summary==
| + | '''Sif''' - Odin's swordwoman, Sif is hard, uncompromising and utterly ruthless, but also completely loyal to the All-Father. |
| | | | |
| − | During a traditional Xavier's softball game, Illyana's stepping disk was hijacked by Loki, transporting the players and some of the watching crowd to the alternative dimension of Asgard, an act of revenge for the [[X-Men]] interfering with his [[X-Men Mission: Firefountain| plans for Iceland]]. The students (and Alison) were scattered across the magical realm, finding themselves in various situations. What was a week on Earth became several months in Asgard, as they struggled to survive in strange new surroundings.
| + | '''Hel''' - Goddess of the Underworld. She is feared by Gods and men alike on Asgard and little is known of her true ambitions. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Doug]] was dropped into a bard's room, and managed to impress the man enough to be taken on as his apprentice. He spent the majority of his time in Asgard as a skald, earning himself a certain reputation with his rendition of various stories drawn from fantasy and science fiction books and television shows.
| + | '''The Valkyries''' - Odin's handmaidens, who ride winged horses to collect the souls of those fallen in battle. Valkyries are universally young women of a particular personal strength and loyalty, chosen by their steeds, such as [[Paige Guthrie]]. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Jamie]] found himself in the middle of a battle between dwarves and trolls. Injured in the process of rescuing the chieftain's daughter, he was taken in and healed by the dwarves. Along the way he participated in a punning contest with a dragon, earning himself a prize: a semi-precious stone.
| + | '''The Norns''' - Also known as the Fates, the Norns are three goddesses who, like Loki, have a sense of mischief when it comes to the affairs of mortals. The usually appear as three beautiful young women, in [[Shiro Yoshida| Shiro's]] case appearing as the three Fate goddesses from the anime ''Aa My Goddess!''. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Shiro]] rescued the Norns, appearing to him as anime characters, from a Frost Giant. They made him their champion, outfitting him and setting him to protecting them from intruders to their land. | + | '''Amora, The Enchantress''' - Feeding off the natural magic of Asgard in much the same way [[Amanda Sefton| Amanda's]] mutation works in cities, the Enchantress has used that ability to amass a degree of power. Enough power to warrant the attention of Loki, who sent the empath [[Manuel de la Rocha]] to topple her. Manuel failed, but Amora's castle and power were breached by the remaining Xavier's students, leaving something of a power vacuum. Amora is cruel, capricious and very unforgiving. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Jubilee]] ran afoul of a trap laid out by the Dark Elves for unwary humans, eating fairy food and becoming a pixie. She subsequently was imprisoned by Jared, leader of the Dark Elves, and kept as a pet for his amusement.
| + | '''The Elves''' - divided into two clans - Light and Dark - the nomadic Elves are engaged in an eternal war against each other, and against the goblins. The Dark Elves delight in entangling humans in their magic, seeing mortals as objects for their amusement. The Light Elves, whilst not openly preying on mortals, have little love for them themselves, holding themselves aloof. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Angelo]] also encountered elves, but his experience was far better. Dropped into a battle between Light Elves and goblins, he saved the life of an elven prince and was taken in by them and trained as a warrior, to assist them in their war against the Dark Elves.
| + | '''The Dwarves''' - Living in deep mines and caverns in the mountains, the Dwarves are a hardy race, enjoying the simpler things in life: good food, good ale, a good fight against the goblins and the construction of beautiful and cunning metalwork. They will perform commissions for the various other races of Asgard, but keep largely to their ancestral homes otherwise. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Rahne]] was rescued from a giant by Hrimhari, prince of the wolves, who was able to transform into a transitional shape similar to hers. He took her into his pack, teaching her wolf ways. She became emotionally attached to him, but held back for fear of losing her humanity and becoming solely a wolf.
| + | '''The Goblins''' - A 'lower' race, focussed largely on killing their ancestral enemies, the Elves and the Dwarves. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Manuel]] was taken in by Loki himself, who taught the young empath to control his powers and overcome the [[Power inhibitors| inhibitor device]] put on him by [[Charles Xavier]] after his part in the [[Something Wicked| Kwannon incident]], in exchange for his memory of Earth and his service as Loki's spy master, using his powers to identify conspirators.
| + | '''The Mortals''' - There are a surprising number of mortals living in Asgard. Some are descendants from those taken from Midgard, others part of the original population. They live a relatively simple life, largely trying to avoid attracting the attentions of the Gods. |
| | | | |
| − | [[Illyana]] found herself stranded in the desert, only to be rescued by Hel, goddess of the underworld. She was made Hel's enforcer, and delighted in terrifying the local villagers at Hel's command.
| |
| | | | |
| − | [[Paige]] was made a Valkyrie after rescuing one of their winged horses, Brightwind, and being chosen as its rider.
| + | ====Plots==== |
| − | | |
| − | [[Amanda]] and [[Alison]] landed in the same tavern. In the ensuing brawl, caused by their skimpy dress, Amanda's [[Amanda Sefton| amulet]] was lost. Overloading on the magical energy of Asgard, Amanda was saved by the intervention of Amora, the Enchantress, who had similar powers. Taking Amanda and Alison back to her castle, her true plans were revealed. Casting a spell on Alison to make her mute, she then teleported the teacher to the other end of Asgard and used her magic to make Amanda believe she was Amora's daughter.
| |
| − | | |
| − | [[Marie-Ange]] landed in Odin's meadhall. The god recognised her precognitive gifts and set her to training in weaponry with Sif. She was then sent out to find the rest of the group, with one of Odin's ravens, Memory. She first encountered Shiro, who had been sent by the Norns to destroy the invading 'witch'. On recognising each other, Shiro realised he had been lied to by the Norns about being the only one in Asgard. They then encountered Jamie and [[Miles]], who had been discovered by the dwarves hiding in their caverns and thought a goblin and retrieved by Jamie.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Doug encountered Amanda whilst playing at one of Amora's parties, but initially didn't know her - her hair had been made blonde and the piercings removed. She didn't recognise him because of Amora's spell, and he realised that he wasn't the only Xavier's student in Asgard. This was confirmed by the appearance of Jamie, Marie-Ange, Shiro and Miles at his meadhall, where he and Marie-Ange had a touching reunion. As they journeyed through Asgard, they encountered Rahne and the wolf pack, who provided protection to the group.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Alison, unable to speak and thought a witch, discovered Frank the Lizard had been turned into a dragon - using her light powers she encouraged him to become her new form of transport. She found Illyana 'enforcing' and half-rescued, half-coerced the girl to come with her on her quest to free Amanda from the Enchantress and find her son, Miles. Illyana's time as Hel's servant had given her knowledge of Paige's status as a Valkyrie, and they went to retrieve her.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Angelo was captured by the Dark Elves during a sortie, trying to free the pixie Jubilee. Fortunately for the pair of them, Doug's party came across the Dark Elf caravan. Doug managed to buy Jubilee from Jarrod, the leader of the Dark Elves, and Jamie and the wolves managed to free Angelo and a dwarf who had been kind to the captured teens.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Meanwhile, Manuel was sent by Loki to the Enchantress's castle, on what was essentially a suicide mission. Amora was not there, but her 'daughter' was - Amanda captured Manuel by magical means, but he used his empathy to free himself. The use of his power on Amanda revealed the [[Psionics| empathic link]] between them, shattering Loki's influence. He used his empathy to then break the Enchantress' spells on Amanda, but they were unable to flee the castle, Amanda's lack of control over her mutation meaning she was unable to leave its protective wards. Forced to use a binding spell on Manuel when the Enchantress returned unexpectedly, Amanda tricked Amora into letting her keep Manuel as a toy, and began secretly searching for a spell to get them all home.
| |
| − | | |
| − | The end finally came when Amora replaced Miles with a fetch, intending to use him in a spell to remove the powers of all those mutants trapped in Asgard. Whilst Jamie, Doug and the others rode to the rescue, Alison, Paige and Illyana captured the fetch and discovered what had happened. The group reunited at Amora's castle, with Amanda breaking the wards protecting it and allowing the group to attack. Overpowering Amora's troll and human guards, they managed to ransack the magical library before escaping.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Amanda managed to find the right spell, but was unable to cast it as it was traditional Viking magic, centered on the masculine. Instead, she transferred power to Doug, using a reversal of [[Rack| Rack's]] draining spell, and he managed to create a portal back to Earth. The prodigals were reunited with their families, who had gathered at the school during their absence.
| |
| − | | |
| − | ==Related Links== | |
| | | | |
| | [[X-Men Mission: Firefountain]] | | [[X-Men Mission: Firefountain]] |
| | | | |
| − | ==External Links==
| + | [[Asgard (plot)]] |
| − | | |
| − | [http://community.livejournal.com/x_logs/tag/asgard Asgard] | |
| − | | |
| − | ==Trivia and Meta==
| |
| − | | |
| − | ===Trivia===
| |
| − | | |
| − | During the students' (and Alison's) absence, [[Romany Wisdom]] and [[Dr. Stephen Strange]] worked to discover what had happened and how to bring them back.
| |
| − | | |
| − | The spell Amanda used to break the wards also undid the binding on Manuel, the muting of Alison, and Jubilee's pixie-fication.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Dr. Strange gave Doug the spell that allowed him to burn off the remaining magical energy from Asgard flying.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Some weeks after their return, the students held an Asgard-themed party; many of them brought 'souveniers' of their time back with them, including Jamie's wolf-head staff, a gift from the dwarves, and Angelo's elven sword.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Jamie gave the stone he had won from the dragon to [[Kitty]]; it later hatched a baby dragon which she called [[Lockheed]], much to her roommate Illyana's displeasure.
| |
| − | | |
| − | ===Meta===
| |
| − | | |
| − | '''Plotrunner:''' [[Frito]]
| |
| − | | |
| − | This plot was a loose adaptation of the Asgardian Saga in New Mutants comic canon.
| |
| − | | |
| − | Many of the families of characters were shown for the first time in the course of logs written by those 'left behind'.
| |
| | | | |
| − | [[Category: Plots]] | + | [[Category: Locations]] |
| − | [[Category: 2004]]
| |
| − | [[Category: Plot Themes - Kidnapping]]
| |
| − | [[Category: Plot Themes - Mystic Forces]]
| |
First Appearance - August 4, 2004
Situated in a magical dimension, Asgard is the home of the ancient Norse gods - or beings who have chosen to assume those personas. As a home for gods, it is rather mythic in its landscape, with the full complement of elves, dwarves, bards, peasants, wolves, battles, flying horses and quests.
Time also moves different in Asgard to Earth - or Midgard, as they call it - with a week on Earth spanning several months in Asgardian time.
Inhabitants
Odin - "The All-Father". Odin is wise, but also cunning, and is not above manipulating events to his own ends, such as training the young Marie-Ange Colbert in the ways of the swordswoman and adjusting her precognition in order to bring down Loki's schemes. He has two ravens - Memory and Thought.
Loki - The Trickster god, Loki is interested in only one thing: himself. Powerful in magic, able to shapeshift as well as manipulate time and space, his interference with Earth could be part of a plan to seize power in Asgard... or it could be that he was bored.
Sif - Odin's swordwoman, Sif is hard, uncompromising and utterly ruthless, but also completely loyal to the All-Father.
Hel - Goddess of the Underworld. She is feared by Gods and men alike on Asgard and little is known of her true ambitions.
The Valkyries - Odin's handmaidens, who ride winged horses to collect the souls of those fallen in battle. Valkyries are universally young women of a particular personal strength and loyalty, chosen by their steeds, such as Paige Guthrie.
The Norns - Also known as the Fates, the Norns are three goddesses who, like Loki, have a sense of mischief when it comes to the affairs of mortals. The usually appear as three beautiful young women, in Shiro's case appearing as the three Fate goddesses from the anime Aa My Goddess!.
Amora, The Enchantress - Feeding off the natural magic of Asgard in much the same way Amanda's mutation works in cities, the Enchantress has used that ability to amass a degree of power. Enough power to warrant the attention of Loki, who sent the empath Manuel de la Rocha to topple her. Manuel failed, but Amora's castle and power were breached by the remaining Xavier's students, leaving something of a power vacuum. Amora is cruel, capricious and very unforgiving.
The Elves - divided into two clans - Light and Dark - the nomadic Elves are engaged in an eternal war against each other, and against the goblins. The Dark Elves delight in entangling humans in their magic, seeing mortals as objects for their amusement. The Light Elves, whilst not openly preying on mortals, have little love for them themselves, holding themselves aloof.
The Dwarves - Living in deep mines and caverns in the mountains, the Dwarves are a hardy race, enjoying the simpler things in life: good food, good ale, a good fight against the goblins and the construction of beautiful and cunning metalwork. They will perform commissions for the various other races of Asgard, but keep largely to their ancestral homes otherwise.
The Goblins - A 'lower' race, focussed largely on killing their ancestral enemies, the Elves and the Dwarves.
The Mortals - There are a surprising number of mortals living in Asgard. Some are descendants from those taken from Midgard, others part of the original population. They live a relatively simple life, largely trying to avoid attracting the attentions of the Gods.
Plots
X-Men Mission: Firefountain
Asgard (plot)
