Chapter 2 – The Hammer of The Gods
Republic City Outskirts
"Ugh…where am I…ah. Midgard" Thor said as he came back to be. He saw that he was surrounded by snow. At first he didn't noticed it but he felt the cold.
"My powers…they are but a shadow of their former self! Agh! What is this, coldness?!" Thor said angrily as he discovered that his divine birthright was torn from him, just leaving him with skills similar of those the mortals use.
Thor saw that his mighty armor, astonishing cape and all-powerful hammer had been taken from him. He was left with a simpler garb, one that was similar to that of Fandral the Dashing, a typical but yet honorable Asgardian and one of Thor's best friends.
In the distance Thor noticed lights, golden lights that shined through the night sky. He thought he might as well find his hammer. He still felt that connection he had to his mighty mallet and he felt that it was somewhere in the city, if not in its proximity. So the once mighty God of Thunder set off to the mortal city.
Air Temple Island
"What was that!?" screamed Tenzin as he came outside from his study. He felt the earth shake before his feet as if a dozen of earthbenders were moving the island itself. Tenzin ran outside to see what had happened and there he stood frozen along with the other Air Acolytes that were drawn by the earthquake.
On the center of the training grounds was a massive hole and in it laid a war hammer. It was full of electricity and unknown energies and had old northern writing on it. Tenzin could not believe his eyes.
"I can't believe my eyes. It can't be it, it can't be." Tenzin said. "Get the island in lockdown until further notice unless it's the Avatar and her companions. I need to meditate on this." Tenzin ordered several Acolytes as he walked towards the spiritual grounds.
A moment later a ferry arrived at the island, it contained the Avatar and her friends. They were alarmed when they saw a lightning bolt hit the island; they went to see if everyone was okay.
"Tenzin, you okay? I saw a bolt hit the island and…" Korra the Avatar was saying until she was interrupted by Master Tenzin. "Korra, tell your friends to wait inside. I need to show you something."
Korra was quite surprised by Tenzin's secretive motions, but she agreed nonetheless. She told the others to wait inside while she checked on something that Tenzin asked her to see. She went to the training grounds, or what was left of it.
"What are you trying to show me Mas…is that the hole caused by the lightning bolt?" Korra said.
"Yes, but look inside." Tenzin told her. She gazed into the crater and saw something unusual.
"Why is there a hammer in the middle of the crater?" Korra asked unknowingly.
"Walk with me." Tenzin said. Korra knew that Tenzin was going to tell her something he only knew, or something very boring.
"On years past, the Northern Water Tribe was not the power it is today or was during the Hundred Year War. But it was divided; there were the more "civilized" folk we know and the plunderers. The Plunderers were known to be barbaric and strong. "Tenzin explained to Korra.
"What does any of that have to do with a hammer that was brought by a lightning bolt?" Korra said, obviously confused and impatient.
"I'm getting there, listen. The Plunderers believed that the Spirits were not the makers of this world. But it was the Gods." Tenzin told a surprised Korra.
"You are telling me that those people believed in Gods?" Korra asked.
"Yes, they called them The Aesir or Asgardians in their old text. They hailed from the "Golden Realm of Asgard", ruled by the God of Gods, Odin." Tenzin continued.
"It was said that Odin created a weapon that would protect his kingdom and all of the real eternal from his enemies. It was a hammer, a hammer that could control the skies and the earth." Tenzin said.
"So you are saying that the mallet there is Odin's?" Korra said as she realized it.
"Indeed. I though those stories to be myths told by drunken barbarians that had too much time in their hands. But now I see that they might have some fact in them." Tenzin said. "I urge to meditate and try to connect to the Spirit World. To see if the spirits know anything of this."
"Agh, Tenzin! Remember that I can't do that…yet. I am not so spiritual, don't you remember what the White Lotus said?" Korra answered back.
"You have to try. There might be something bigger going on." Tenzin said as he returned back to the temple to see Korra's friends and his family.
Korra sat down next to the gaping crater, and she tried to meditate. Nothing was happening; she couldn't connect to her spiritual side. But, after a couple of minutes past, she thought that if she meditated closer to the mystical mallet she would get something since this was supposedly the hammer of the gods.
She went down the hole and sat next to the hammer. After 5 minutes of meditating she got something, the mallet was spiritually connected to someone. Someone close, close to the city. She opened her eyes.
"I have to tell Tenzin." Korra said as she ran back to the Air Temple.