u/RamboBambiBambo

The Sword of the King is a weapon that is enchanted so that the more people respect and adore you, the less the sword weighs. This has allowed the dynasty to gauge how well their rule is received by their people, getting direct feedback to their decrees and edicts.

One fateful day, the King has passed and a succession crisis has unfolded. The sons and daughters of the King have found that the sword weighs exceedingly heavy when they attempt to pry it from the ground where the blade has dug itself into. Their succession crisis has caused great turmoil in the kingdom.

You seek to undo this mess. To stabilize your home village and ensure that all threats posed to it are quelled and rendered null. Through your deeds, the people can potentially grow fond of you and - in time - you will claim the Sword of the King by effortlessly plucking the sword from the cobblestone road where the King fell.

Will your players be worthy of the blade? Or will they be judged poorly by the people that were scorned while others were favored? After all, negotiations can lead to prosperity for all while merely being murder-hobos can lead to favor from some and vitriol from others.

"How absurd, they all go in the square hole," the god answered as he pushed me into the abyss.

People have been speculating that the Gjallarhorn is the reason why the purple light from that observatory shines. That may or may not be the case, but I have an alternative theory regarding the Gjallarhorn.

The Gjallarhorn is stated to be indestructible by any known means across the nine realms. It is also stated that it can only be used by a God of sufficient power to blow the horn and, as we saw in Ragnarök, it dissolved into nothing upon serving its purpose.

I believe that the Gjallarhorn is actually a native instrument from the Everywhen, hence why it is unable to be destroyed by any means known in the Nine Realms. Upon its use, it dissolves not for the sole reason that it has served its purpose, but also because it was just sent there to the Nine Realms as an item on lend to the Nine Realms mythos.

I theorize that the Gjallarhorn is an item that Laufey will actually interact with and send it to Odin; knowing it would kickstart his belief that Ragnarök is unavoidable as the Gjallarhorn - and object seen only in visions and that he knows the purpose of by viewing through the tear - suddenly appears among the other items of his hoard collection. This would spark the need to conceive a god worthy of carrying it, thus leading to Heimdall's conception and upbringing.

Eventually, the dominos fall in line and Gjallarhorn is sounded. Upon being used, the item on loan is returned to its original owner in the Everywhen. Whether or not that is the person or persons within the observatory or just someone unrelated to the observatory entirely? Who knows.

"Dije que se supone que la Torre de Babel estará terminada la próxima semana," my fellow brick layer replied.

When I got home I was greeted by her freshly exhumed corpse, sitting in her reading nook.

We know that the Everywhen is where all magical things are sourced from and, in due time, where they all return. When Gods and other magical things perish, they will eventually end up here in the Everywhen.

In GoW Ragnarök, Kratos has dialogue with Mimir regarding the powers he had claimed from the Greek Gods. Upon his self-imposed death with the Blade of Olympus, Kratos was revived and found that in time the powers he stole away would fade away. Mimir and Atraeus attribute it to the fact that the lands of Greece were ravaged and dying; so the power faded.

However, I believe that this could be evidence of the magical/divine power he stole away from the Greek Pantheon would - after his final death and the fading of the lands - the powers that be would return to their origin in the Everywhen. And, since this is where the fallen Gods tend to end up within; does that mean that they would be seeking to reclaim their lost power? Perhaps some other Gods who have been there longer - such as Sekhmet - would have already taken this power for themselves?

It could make for some interesting plot points to see a Zeus practically be reduced down to being a mere mortal in terms of divine powers but beyond mortal in terms of strength and durability.

Thoughts anyone?

Of course my prankster dad would have the organist play 'Pop Goes The Weasel' at his funeral.

Unfortunately, you cannot take off a space suit without risking immediate death.

The tide has never been so low before, so I might go surf that wave coming in.

So far the dentist has pulled 61 teeth from my mouth and he isn't showing any signs of stopping.

I accidentally said "I wish I knew what to wish for", and now I'm down a wish.

The parents couldn't find their son, but searching the room revealed deep scratches in the hardwood that led under the bed.

Now that my favorite actor has stopped by my hospital bed & showered me with gifts, I know the meaning behind those words.