#297 – Twilight of The Hod: Death of a Phoenix
The story so far: The Norse Force (minus Hod and Loki and led by Odineye) uses their fancy time ripper to pull two elves into the future from their moment of death in their past. Only, they didn’t die because they already existed in the future, and they wouldn’t have died anyways because they were hiding in a closet. While the Norse Force works on figuring out the mystery of their time ripper survivors, Dark Hod and his minions attack Hel, Hod and Balder (who exists in Hel’s realm and Asgard simultaneously for some reason) in Hel’s domain. But it’s not Dark Hod… it’s a robot. And that Hod down there isn’t Hod either… it’s the Celtic dragon god Dewi. Why are there two Balders? Where’s the real Hod? Why was Dewi sent to the underworld? What happened to Odin and Frigg? How did Odineye get that scar? Where’s Loki? How come the future Arazel and Xarenia don’t know anything about their past selves?
Keep reading… if you’ve read our stuff over the years, you know we always have a reason for everything. You’ll just have to wait to find out what it’s all leading to.
Also, when did Devi get his horns clipped?
I bet the ying-yang phoenix pair in fact WERE mortal and never actually died and went to hel becsuse of the simple fact that the phoenix gets reborn. So, the two probably came down from the mortal world through a portal or whatever.
Also, isn’t Devi an immortal dragon?
Good to see Balder’s role in their plans stays consistent after all these years!
Love it!
Obviously, Dewi missed his ball of Balder…
I’m confused ;-)~
Oh gods, some things are starting to make sense… I’m elated and terrified… LOL!
I love Balder’s little comment. “I… hate… you…” *grins* poor guy… Wasn’t the Phoenix Girl in love with Hod? and Hod in love with Hel? Hmmm… Phoenixes (phoenices??) die and are immediately reborn… but if time itself is compromised, anything can happen. I love this! The sheer metaphysical and exegetical implications could keep us going for years…
Which is, of course, the point. *grins* Thanks guys!
So… should we assume the Norse Victory was the last Pantheon Games for a long epoch?? *giggles*
Scar? I thought that was a hairpiece.
I can’t figure out what Dewi is saying – it doesn’t make sense. “But kill ‘em off a Phoenix like you just did and you get to witness one of the most beautiful displays of power in the universe.” How did Hel kill them? What WAS she doing? Was she throwing the dragon? Did he land on top of Baldur and the “lovers”? Are they the ones who had been teaching Hod all those many years ago? And “… kill ‘em off a Phoenix like you just did …” makes NO sense! I’m having a REALLY hard time following this. HELP!!!
@Katy Yea that part doesn’t make much sense. I think he meant kill em off, a phoenix, like you just did, which still doesm’t quite make sense.
That dragon has got to weigh tens of tons, so obviously they got pancaked when she threw Dewi on top of them and balder.
Basically he was saying ‘kill a phoenix off like you just did, and you get to witness one of the most powerful displays of power in the universe.
Guess who else is immune to fire… Loki
@Katy – That’s my bad. The line was supposed to read “But kill off a Phoenix like you just did…” I changed that line at the last minute while lettering and forgot to remove the “‘em” in there. I wound up lettering this at 5 in the morning on Thursday (because of a busy week at work), so I’m guessing my first dose of caffeine hadn’t kicked in yet.
So, what about Hel? Is she immune/immortal? I would think so, but ye never know….
edit: I somehow missed that bit “wish you were immune”……what’s happened to her? Especially since they’re in the “land of the dead” to begin with?
We should know in a couple hours as it usually gets posted about 10 or 11 PM PST, local time for me. Not always though, but it definetly will be put up in the next couple hours.
@Wynni – Let’s see, Hel burned up in the land of the dead. Not really anywhere else she can go except… she did die a warrior’s death. So technically, the Valkyries could carry her off to Valhalla. It’s just the Valkyries are… well, read on. ^_^
Unfortunately, the gods’ immortality does not count for much once the “Ragnarok” card is played. Special circumstances and all that…