The Red and The Grey

by Fishing Four Finnick

Post-Apocalyptic Midgard's Greatest Kingdoms are on the brink of a war foretold by the Prophecies from the Oracles of Old. A war that will certainly destroy their realm once and for all. But another prophecy tells of a great Warrior, The Reckoner, from Asgard who will deliver them to salvation. But will the warrior Odin sends be up for the task?

1. Prologue

Prologue

"The Prophecy of the Reckoner:

From Asgard the warrior will descend,

Come to reckon, not offend.

He will rid Midgard of the Foulest Grey,

Cleanse our tomorrow for a better today.

Turn your head, and mark your fate,

Or the Red becomes a dinner plate.

Hide the warrior, keep him safe,

Protect the innocent from deadly strafe.

Meet the powers from above,

But if her heart is not tainted with love,

He will fight, and he will die,

The Grey will shoot us where we lie.

Trust not the King, be armed for flight.

For perhaps the Grey is in the right.

Masking darkness in the color of ash,

Red and Grey will start to clash.

Trust the warrior, to deliver you from plight,

He who is cursed by heavenly might.

He will conquer, and unite,

And leave us all in righteous light."

-From: The Book of the Oracle

"…From the skies came the Asgardian known as Loki, who challenged the power of Old Midgard's mightiest defenders, who are known only as the Avengers. And even Loki, in all his heavenly glory, fell at their hands. But not after destroying the lives of five hundred and damaging one of Old Midgard's great cities. He returned to his world cursed by Odin the All Father. For these deeds of treachery he is feared, for this, we pray he will never return to us again…But even in all of its splendor, Old Midgard fell to pieces, plunged into a war of worlds that it could not hope to win…And out of the ashes of a world fallen into rubble came the Red, a vast and powerful kingdom known for its resourcefulness and might. But no powerful kingdom can be truly happy for all time, and soon out of the ashes rose another equally powerful kingdom to match it, that which is called the Grey. A kingdom known for its cunning and wizardry, one may be better being slain where he stands than shot down by a witch of Grey…After many years of strife came the Great War, a war foretold by the Oracles since the rising of the Red themselves, a war so horrible it threatened to plunge New Midgard into the darkness and ashes once and for all…And from the war came a new people, a neutral party, who called themselves the Nøytral. A people who kept to the sky in great vessels called airships, and many came to call them Sky Pirates, as they showed no one any loyalty…But after all these years, one thing is for certain. The Kingdoms Grey and the Red will not truly have peace, unless the Reckoner of Legend can deliver us to that which the first Oracle has prophesized…"

-From: Midgard, a History

I was raised on the stories of Old Midgard and the Prophecies of the Oracle, and I often looked to the stars in wonder to see if what the Oracle said could truly be written there …But as I grew older, I came to realize that the Reckoner was nothing more than a fable. I realized that the fate of the Red and the Grey lie in the hands of humans, not in the hands of a mystical being from a place that didn't exist. My name is Blaise, Crown Princess of the Kingdom of Red, and High General of my King's Armies, and this is my story.