Chapter 11 – Rings

D38/4 ABY

It had taken a few days and a few stops along the way, but the ship Avenger – II had finally reached the capital of Jotunheim. The ship and the crew were relatively unscathed after the attack of the fire giant fleet, which had pursued the Aesir ship, before being utterly destroyed by Loki. As the ship received coordinates to land on an icy plateau, which was a short distance (for giants) away from the Palace of Thrym, the King before Laufey. As the ramp of the warship was lowered to let the entourage out, they were all greeted by icy winds that would have frozen any mortal being, no matter how properly they were covered. If not for the divine presence, Hera, Kanan, their son Jacen and all of the ship's crew except for Thor and Loki would have frozen.

King Thor was sitting atop his goat – Tanngnjóstr (Old Norse for Teeth Grinder), as he rode down the ramp and met up with his brother – Kuzan the most recent Archangel, and the current King of the Frost Giants, riding a giant penguin. As Thor and Kuzan approached each other, Tanngnjóstr brayed in a sad tone and reared up on his hind legs, he then brought his front legs down and brayed sadly again.

"I see Tanngnjóstr has not changed much, dear brother.", Kuzan said.

"I am Otis.", the goat brayed sadly.

"Otis is not a proper name, Tanngnjóstr.", Thor said.

Behind him the remaining entourage appeared, with Loki riding Sleipnir – the eight-legged horse (whose birth was due to Loki's antics). Kanan along with Chopper (properly strapped in) rode a horse – named Alvis (meaning all wise), while Hera and Jacen rode Thor's other goat – Tanngrisnir (Old Norse for Teeth-barer), who had taken quite a liking to the ones riding him and Kanan as well, Chopper… not so much. He came over and menaced at his brother, Tanngnjóstr and spoke, "Oh will you stop being such a dillweed Otis."

"Life has no meaning Marvin, we are all going to die.", Tanngnjóstr/Otis brayed.

"Cheer up you, before I beat it into you.", Tanngrisnir/Marvin bared his teeth.

"Marvin, lay off your brother.", Hera said while Thor looked at the goats with a frown.

Kuzan then greeted all of them, "Welcome to Jotunheim. We have a lot of lovely events planned for you, to show that our savage ways are truly in the past."

"That would be a welcome surprise, dear brother.", Loki said with a smile.

"Then prepare to be surprised.", Kuzan said as he led them to the palace. He, Loki and Thor led the way, "Is Aegir here?", Thor asked in a whisper.

"He is, we will meet him tonight at dinner.", Kuzan whispered back, "Any trouble getting here?"

"A little.", Thor whispered back.

"Utgard-Loki?", Kuzan asked.

"Fire Giants, bearing Surtre's symbol.", Loki answered shaking his head.

Behind the two, Marvin was growling unnecessarily at Otis's back, while Otis occasionally brayed in a sad tone. Jacen, who was covered in head to toe by his mother with proper winter gear gave a little laugh as he caught snow in his hands, while the parents smiled at this – being the first time Jacen had seen snow. Chopper meanwhile was unnecessarily complaining about how the weather would be harmful to his circuits.


Back on their vacation home in the unknown regions of the Republic, Tarre was cradling the sleeping baby Gabriel, while Ahsoka was reading the information on Kvasir. After a while, she sighed in frustration and put the datapad down and put her head in her hands.

"Till now, the only meaningful thing I've gotten is that there was a war between Aesir and another order – the Vanir, which isn't even described. It's like a long prose, where they are just going on and on…", Ahsoka said. She then paused and said, "I tried having JARVIS scan the datapad to get the important details, but I only got a bunch of nonsense."

"Ahsoka, this isn't like you… getting impatient so easily.", Tarre said.

"I know… there's this sense of urgency, like if I don't figure it out, everything will be destroyed.", Ahsoka said.

"Breath, let your frustration out, release it with each breath.", Tarre said.

"I can't… how are you able to remain so calm right now?", Ahsoka asked.

"This isn't the first time I've had visions of Thor's doom.", Tarre answered. "This lack of any meaningful information isn't what's bothering you, you have to face what is truly bothering you."

"You know what's bothering me?", Ahsoka said slightly heated up. She then got up and walked away.

"I know… but do you?", Tarre asked.

"Tarre… this vision of doom, not only concerns Thor but also our son. How can you be so calm?", Ahsoka asked again.

"I am better at hiding it.", Tarre smiled slightly. "Ahsoka, let it be in the open.", he whispered, but his words were clearly heard by Ahsoka.

"I am worried I won't be able to save Gabriel, like I failed to save Anakin, and when I failed to save you.", Ahsoka said and sat down, a single tear falling from her eyes.

Tarre reached and placed his metal arm on her shoulder, "We will keep Gabriel safe; we will teach him all he needs to know to survive. I swear it on my life, nothing bad will ever happen to you or Gabriel as long as I am in the world of the living." In the distance, there was a thunderous boom and Ahsoka looked up.

Tarre cradled the baby who had woken up because of the sound. "It's okay Gabe,", Tarre whispered, "Just a little lightning, nothing to worry about."

Ahsoka saw Tarre effortlessly comforting their son and lulling him back to sleep. She then picked up the datapad and gave it another look, this time with a calmer mind. After a while, her eyes widened as he gained information about Kvasir. After a bit of reading she turned to Tarre and said, "I learnt a bit about Kvasir."

"Then tell me.", Tarre said in a low tone.

"He was known as the living treaty, created by Odin from God-spit to end a long and disastrous war between Aesir and Vanir. The datapad also says that the Vanir were once part of the Aesir, and years after Kvasir's creation the two orders reunited under the Aesir banner. It doesn't state much about his past, but it refers to his title – Kvasir the wise, the one with answers to everything."

"When did he die?", Tarre asked.

"35 million years ago. The records state him to be much older than Thor, nearly 350 million years.", Ahsoka answered, "There is no mention of the serpent."

"Then we go to Shili. There are questions, for which we have no answers.", Tarre said.


On Tarrgoviszla, Sabine and Ezra had successfully infiltrated their target – an armory, deep underground and very close to the planet's core. The security was exceptional, but thanks to their skills and tech the two entered the innermost chamber and found the objects that Tarre had tasked them to secure.

"Ok, this will give us a few minutes to get the job done.", Sabine said. Then she and Ezra looked at the center of the chamber and reached out through the force.

As they did so, the ground opened up and revealed a box within. The two could feel huge amounts of power coming from the box.

"This reminds me of the sith holocron on Malachor.", Ezra commented.

"Don't talk about that.", Sabine said.

"Sorry.", Ezra said.

"Let's just replace the contents and get out of here.", Sabine said. She then grabbed the box and opened it, revealing ten rings within it, which were the source of power the two felt. Sabine used the force to pick them out, while Ezra took them from her (using the force) and placed them inside another box.

"Ok, we got them.", Ezra said.

"Now, we make our way back carefully.", Sabine said, after replacing the rings with fakes in the original container and sealing them away.


Inside the cathedral, the group (Fenrir, Satine, Tristan, Ava, Sira and Mira), were currently listening to a tour guide telling them about the planet's rich history and culture. Fenrir had a look on his face, which said 'This is all a load of crap.'

"You know what the true account is, don't you?", Satine asked, as she and Fenrir hung back. Meanwhile Ava was sitting in one of the benches, barely paying attention and petting Sira, who after a while came and snuggled up at Fenrir's leg.

"You could say so.", Fenrir answered as he reached down a hand to caress the wolf, "Want me to tell you the true account?"

"No, actually I have something I wanted to tell you.", Satine said as she whispered into Fenrir's ear, while no one else was paying attention. As she spoke Fenrir was completely surprised and even stuttered a bit. As he opened his mouth to say something, a voice rang out from behind them, "LOKISON."

Following this the whole group turned around to look at the source of the voice and they saw a red headed middle-aged human male, panting at them. His eyes had a wild look and his face was full of excitement and aggression, almost a manic look.

"I am sorry, do I know you?", Fenrir asked.

"I am Thoros.", the man said furiously.

"Thoros?", Fenrir wondered aloud, "I do not know anyone by that name."

As Thoros started to answer, Fenrir stepped in front of Satine, and had his mould out.

"Your father once offered me great insult. Today you pay for his crimes.", Thoros said.