Hel
Goddess of Death, Hel Lokisdottr
Hel is a deity in the Norse pantheon. The daughter of Loki and the witch-giant Angrboða, she rules the underworld of the dead of Midgard.
Hel appears as a thin woman, beautiful on one side but like a rotting zombie on the other. For this horrid visage she is outcast among the gods, but admired by the dead.
Hel's visage is frightening for mortals to view. When she reveals the undead half of her face, it inflicts fear in even the bravest of mortals.
She occasionally sends an avatar to Kralkan who takes the form of a warrior-priestess with a swarthy complexion and black hair. Her avatar is often tasked with recovering a man who Hel favors and taking him to Helheim.
The kiss of her avatar causes death, and mere proximity to her is dangerous.
Hel is sometimes depicted with half of her face a featureless white, and the other half black.
Personality and Alignment
Hel is grim and fierce. She is merciless in destroying those who offend her.
Hel rarely conveys emotion, except for the occasional mocking smile.
Titles
She is called "The Merciless". She is known as the Goddess of Death, or the Goddess of Death and the Underworld. Some know her as the Mistress of Death.
She is dangerous in combat. Any opponent or object she strikes can be obliterated with a single strike. She can also drain the life from a creature by touch. She has a third power, which can surround her with a cloud of darkness which drains the life of those who enter it. A fourth power lets her instantly slay any mortal she can see, and she can raise anyone back to life too. Should anything survive these powers, her weapon attacks are especially deadly to celestials and good-aligned gods.
Hel is also highly resilient. Her wounds repair quickly, like the regeneration of a troll. If slain, she will simply return to life days later. She is immune to cold and fire.
Her skill with both arcane and divine magic is unsurpassed. She can cast wizard spells instantaneously. She is particularly skilled with divine necromancy spells. She is also talented with metamagic.
She holds power over the undead. She can instantaneously command or destroy any undead, and can summon undead as she wishes. She can inflict plague and pestilence upon Midgard with a wave of her hand.
Hel can create magic items that can deal damage, or have an evil alignment, or impose a penalty. She can create all but the most legendary of magic items in this way.
She automatically senses all deaths by disease, accident, or poison, and anything which occurs in graveyards.
Hel has no particular dogma.
Worshipers
The people of Hivendelge typically worship the Norse pantheon as a collective group. All living mortals fear Hel, but she has few dedicated worshipers. Cultists of Hel tend to be those seeking revenge against a society or group of people which wronged them, including those unjustly imprisoned or exiled.
There is rumoured to exist an order of assassins is called the Daughters of Hel. They are known to use a type of dagger which can destroy a soul and prevent their victims from being raised from the dead.
Clergy
Hel has few priests among the living. Her clergy tend to be women, and their duties involve cremation of the dead. Some devote themselves to placating Hel to avoid bringing her wrath upon a community, while others use it as a path to personal power.
Holy Sites
Hel has no temples among the living.
Recent reports by Deathguard have suggested the Hell Portal is the entrance to her realm, but no evidence to support this has been found.
Holy Symbol
Hel's holy symbol is her own face. It is variously depicted as a half-living, half-dead face, and as a half-white, half-black symbol.
Favored Weapon
Hel favors the longsword.
Hel is the daughter of Loki, the trickster god of the Norse pantheon; and the giant-witch Angrboða. She has two monstrous brothers: Fenrir the wolf, and the world-serpent Jörmungandr.
Enemies
Hel will fight against the gods of Asgard at the final battle of Ragnarok. She looks forward to this day.
Allies and Minions
Hel rides white, spectral three-legged horse.
Her realm is guarded by the powerful draconic Niddhog and the great bloodstained wolf Garm.
All those who die of sickness, old age, or accident go to Hel's realm. It is believed that Hel cannot claim someone who is buried wearing ritual triangular coverings called Hel shoes.
Description
AppearanceHel appears as a thin woman, beautiful on one side but like a rotting zombie on the other. For this horrid visage she is outcast among the gods, but admired by the dead.
Hel's visage is frightening for mortals to view. When she reveals the undead half of her face, it inflicts fear in even the bravest of mortals.
She occasionally sends an avatar to Kralkan who takes the form of a warrior-priestess with a swarthy complexion and black hair. Her avatar is often tasked with recovering a man who Hel favors and taking him to Helheim.
The kiss of her avatar causes death, and mere proximity to her is dangerous.
Hel is sometimes depicted with half of her face a featureless white, and the other half black.
Personality and Alignment
Hel is grim and fierce. She is merciless in destroying those who offend her.
Hel rarely conveys emotion, except for the occasional mocking smile.
Titles
She is called "The Merciless". She is known as the Goddess of Death, or the Goddess of Death and the Underworld. Some know her as the Mistress of Death.
Abilities
As a deity, Hel is immortal. She cannot be harmed by disease, paralysis, poison, stunning, magical imprisonment, extraplanar banishment, or other effects to which deities are typically immune. She can see, sense and communicate at a distance of 15 miles from herself or any of her worshipers, holy sites, or any where her name or one of her titles were spoken.She is dangerous in combat. Any opponent or object she strikes can be obliterated with a single strike. She can also drain the life from a creature by touch. She has a third power, which can surround her with a cloud of darkness which drains the life of those who enter it. A fourth power lets her instantly slay any mortal she can see, and she can raise anyone back to life too. Should anything survive these powers, her weapon attacks are especially deadly to celestials and good-aligned gods.
Hel is also highly resilient. Her wounds repair quickly, like the regeneration of a troll. If slain, she will simply return to life days later. She is immune to cold and fire.
Her skill with both arcane and divine magic is unsurpassed. She can cast wizard spells instantaneously. She is particularly skilled with divine necromancy spells. She is also talented with metamagic.
She holds power over the undead. She can instantaneously command or destroy any undead, and can summon undead as she wishes. She can inflict plague and pestilence upon Midgard with a wave of her hand.
Hel can create magic items that can deal damage, or have an evil alignment, or impose a penalty. She can create all but the most legendary of magic items in this way.
Portfolio
Hel is a goddess of death and the underworld.She automatically senses all deaths by disease, accident, or poison, and anything which occurs in graveyards.
Worship
DogmaHel has no particular dogma.
Worshipers
The people of Hivendelge typically worship the Norse pantheon as a collective group. All living mortals fear Hel, but she has few dedicated worshipers. Cultists of Hel tend to be those seeking revenge against a society or group of people which wronged them, including those unjustly imprisoned or exiled.
There is rumoured to exist an order of assassins is called the Daughters of Hel. They are known to use a type of dagger which can destroy a soul and prevent their victims from being raised from the dead.
Clergy
Hel has few priests among the living. Her clergy tend to be women, and their duties involve cremation of the dead. Some devote themselves to placating Hel to avoid bringing her wrath upon a community, while others use it as a path to personal power.
Holy Sites
Hel has no temples among the living.
Recent reports by Deathguard have suggested the Hell Portal is the entrance to her realm, but no evidence to support this has been found.
Holy Symbol
Hel's holy symbol is her own face. It is variously depicted as a half-living, half-dead face, and as a half-white, half-black symbol.
Favored Weapon
Hel favors the longsword.
Relationships
FamilyHel is the daughter of Loki, the trickster god of the Norse pantheon; and the giant-witch Angrboða. She has two monstrous brothers: Fenrir the wolf, and the world-serpent Jörmungandr.
Enemies
Hel will fight against the gods of Asgard at the final battle of Ragnarok. She looks forward to this day.
Allies and Minions
Hel rides white, spectral three-legged horse.
Her realm is guarded by the powerful draconic Niddhog and the great bloodstained wolf Garm.
Artifacts
Hel wields a wounding longsword of disease. Its strikes inflict bleeding wounds and illness.Realm
Hel inhabits Helheim, where the gods confined her. Hel's great citadel here is also called Hel.All those who die of sickness, old age, or accident go to Hel's realm. It is believed that Hel cannot claim someone who is buried wearing ritual triangular coverings called Hel shoes.
Divine Domains
Relationships
Divine Classification
Goddess
Current Status
Shepherding the Dead
Current Location
Realm
Church/Cult
Age
Immortal
Spouses
Siblings
Jörmungandr
(Brother)
Fenrir
(Brother)
Children
Current Residence
Citadel Hel, Helheim
Pronouns
she/her
Sex
Female
Gender
Woman
Presentation
Feminine
Eyes
Pale green (right), severe decay (left)
Hair
White blonde (right), Black (left)
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Soft white (right), decaying (left)
Aligned Organization
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