God of War: Daughter of War

As they stepped into the Realm Between Realms, and the Door behind them closed so none of the Einherjar could follow them into their new safe haven, Flurry found that Tyr was absorbed by where they were and just came to a stop on the start of the branch they had to walk on.

"Yggdrasil! It's been so long since the last time I saw it, to that point that I had forgotten it's beauty." Tyr commented, while at the same time Flurry refrained from saying anything about his comment, because she doubted that a hundred or so years in a prison would have caused someone who traveled the Lands like Tyr to simply forget about Yggdrasil, regardless of the type of cell he had been left in.

"Tyr, in your travels across the realms, did you ever hear of the Giants and the name 'Loki'?" Atreus asked, because that was what he was interested in, as the only person who would be able to make sense of what the Giants had left behind was the one that the Giants had trusted the most, even more than Mimir, and Tyr was the key to figuring everything out.

"I'm sorry, but no... the name doesn't sound familiar. But you know the Giants, they are... no, they were... rather secretive, so they likely kept that from me as well." Tyr replied, which just caused Flurry's eyebrow to twitch, because after everything the Giants had entrusted him with, enough to hide the way into their realm behind all those trials and challenges, she doubted that the very race that asked for his assistance, and he gave it gladly, would keep something like this from him, "Though perhaps after a rest... true rest, not the madness Odin put me through... might clear my mind and allow me to think more clearly."

Atreus told him that they would speak to the dwarves that were helping them out, which was when the other Door appeared in front of them and Kratos stepped through it without delay, though as Tyr laid eyes on Sindri's house all he could say was that it was a 'tree house', almost like he expected more from the legendary dwarves. Of course they found Sindri sweeping right outside his house and he was excited by the fact that Tyr was alive, in fact using the title of 'Lord' for him, since he had been an inspiration to all of the realms before his capture and disappearance, all for Tyr to reply 'am I', like he was trying to imply something without drawing attention to it. Even Sindri was weirded out by what the god was saying, like he expecting a different person and not what was in front of him, though he did listen to Atreus for a few seconds and agreed that getting Tyr some rest was a good idea, which was why he welcomed them into the house. Of course Atreus also wanted to talk with his father about their next move, now that they had freed Tyr from his prison, where Kratos told him that they should rest as well, as an exhausted mind could spell trouble, all while Brok broke the collar that was around Tyr's neck, fully freeing him at long last.

When the topic of food came up, however, Tyr seemed to go along a path of saying that he likely couldn't stomach too much since he hadn't been fed properly during his prison sentence, but he did, oddly enough, request hardtack or even humble ship's biscuits, like he was a bird, and his decision for a room was in the broom closet, of all places.

"Hey, I know you would like to rest for a while, but can I ask you about my species?" Flurry asked, because she was similar to her brother in one regard, both of them needed answers about certain things and Tyr was the only one that could give them the best answers, especially since all Mimir could give her was secondhand information.

"Sorry, but... I don't think I can be of any help to you... I don't recall meeting or learning about anyone like you before." Tyr replied, something that sent warning flags up in Flurry's mind, because Tyr clearly knew that she was an alicorn, Mimir had said so since the Norse God of War had been the one to tell him about her species in the past, so the fact that he now dared to claim that he knew nothing told her more than he was probably planning on revealing, "But I wouldn't mind learning more about your kind... maybe a feather or something will help me gain some insight for tomorrow?"

Instead of presenting an annoyed front Flurry just smiled and told Tyr not to be disappointed, she never gave anyone any of her feathers, in fact she reduced the fallen ones to ash, where he sighed and nodded his head in understanding before he turned towards Sindri, who handed a couple of biscuits over to him, though once they were in hand he retreated into the broom closet, where Flurry magically sealed it with a wave of her hand.

"Woah, what are you..." Sindri started to say, though in the next few seconds he and the others watched as Flurry weaved a bit more of her magic into the spell she had created, making a spherical barrier around the closet that would keep Tyr in one spot without leaking any information, along with a few other spells based on what they were seeing.

"Sorry, but I don't trust him. Don't buy his excuse of not knowing my species... Mimir realized what I was the moment he laid eyes on me, and that was from secondhand stories." Flurry remarked, because so far 'Tyr' hadn't given her any reason to trust him, to the point where she had to wonder if he was actually someone else pretending to be Tyr, no doubt on Odin's orders to ensure their plans were known to the All-Father, and if that was the case they were failing miserably, "I added a few spells to make sure no one gets in or out of that closet, along with a spell to prevent him from listening in on what we're saying... if he turns out to be the real god, and this is just him recovering from 'Odin's torture', I'll apologize... but if not, well, we'll cross that bridge if we reach it. Besides, did you see how he looked when he mentioned wanting to learn more about me and my species? Whoever he is, he's as bad as Odin."

"If you aren't going to accept the fact that we saved Tyr, and you're going to ignore what the Giants said, then why did you bother coming with us?" Atreus asked, as it sounded like his sister was just going to forget about what they had seen in the shrine, that the Giants knew Tyr would be imprisoned and would leave a way for someone to figure out where he was being hidden by Odin, and view the God of War that was destined to lead them during Ragnarok as someone else.

"Because, like our father and sister, I want to keep you safe... no matter how much you annoy me... it's also to try and stop you from starting Ragnarok." Flurry said, which was the truth, her brother was bound to do something stupid and cause the start of the end of the Nine Realms if they weren't careful, so a lot of her focus was on making sure he kept himself in check, before she moved up to the area that Sindri had set up as her bedroom, "I know you won't listen to me... you never do when it's an important matter... but I would suggest getting some sleep. We'll discuss things in the morning, when we're rested and have time to talk without an army descending on us."

Flurry headed into the room that Sindri had made for her, where she found that her annoyed brother did the same thing, no doubt ticked off that she was treating 'Tyr' as a prisoner or a traitor, while Pandora slipped into her own chamber without delay, leaving Kratos to thank the dwarves for their hospitality again before retiring to his room. Sure enough she found that Kratos was talking to Albis and Mimir about how difficult it was to raise Atreus, since he was far too restless, far more than Flurry had been when she was younger, even though she had constant wars and battles going on to keep her busy. It wasn't that she was listening in on them, rather she could hear them just fine, it was like Sindri had set up a hidden way for them to listen to each other or just speak when they wanted to, but Flurry wasn't in the mood to talk, not with her brother's constant stupidity and his growing desire for Ragnarok to happen. Her father seemed to understand that fact and didn't make any comments that were directed towards her, allowing Flurry to just listen as she magically dismissed her wings and sat on the bed Sindri had provided, where she stared at the ceiling for a time and considered everything that had happened so far, and what it meant for the future.

Unfortunately for her two things ended up annoying her more than she had been previously, during their time in the realm of the dwarves, the first being that she confirmed that there was magic coming from 'Tyr's' room, magic that felt like he was trying to get out or to convey a message to someone, confirming that he wasn't who he said he was. Such a thing meant that Odin had either moved the real Tyr out of the prison they had found the false one in, after realizing that Atreus was looking for the Norse God of War and the Giants had no idea, or Tyr was actually dead and the Giants knew someone would come along to free the False Tyr from his cell. Of course Odin was expecting this plan to work and get all sorts of information on what the family was doing, without someone realizing what in the world was going on, but he and his agent made a rather tragic mistake, because now that she wasn't stressed by the madness in Svartalfheim she was able to piece things together on her own. She knew Odin would be aware that someone was onto his scheme once a report failed to show up, but that was perfectly fine, because she was sure False Tyr would be taken care of in the very near future, she just had to move fast and get him before he was able to escape.

The second thing that reignited her annoyance was the fact that when she got up to look out at Yggdrasil, to take in the very serene sights and calm herself down, she noticed Atreus eavesdropping on their father before running off with Sindri, like he knew something that no one else did, causing her to groan as she jumped out the window and unfurled her wings before floating down to the outside area by her father's room.

"I know I said that rest is important, but I can't sleep right now... so I'm going to fly around Midgard for an hour or two, just to take my mind off of Svartalfheim." Flurry said, which was a partial truth, because she guessed it was their home realm that Atreus was interested in heading to based on the 'giant friend' comment she overheard, though the reality was mostly so she could keep an eye on Atreus and make sure he didn't do something stupid.

"Oddly enough, we are feeling the same way. Albis and I will walk among Yggdrasil's branches, while Pandora will keep hold of Mimir until we return." Kratos replied, where he found it somewhat amusing that both he and Flurry had a similar idea, a fact that no doubt came from their upbringing as Spartans, and they had similar ideas on how to try and relax before having to worry about the next part of this adventure.

Flurry nodded and headed over to the Door, pulling out her Key, an item she rarely used since she always traveled with her father and he used his all the time, before selecting their Midgard house, since there was a Door there, and it wasn't long before she was traveling back to the winter covered realm. When she stepped out into Midgard a few moments later Flurry found that her brother was nowhere near the house, in fact she spotted Huginn hanging out in the area outside the barrier she had set up before they departed for Sindri's house the first time, confirming that Odin wanted her brother. Of course he was alone, his brother Muninn nowhere to be seen, making her wonder if the other bird was in Sindri's house with False Tyr, hidden from view until it was time to do whatever Odin had tasked his spy with doing, The raven stared at her for a couple of seconds, as she wasn't who he was expecting to see in this area, before she opened her wings and took to the sky, because she could feel her brother's magic coming from the Lake of Nine, which made since given that his target was Jormungandr, hence the 'giant friend' comment.

What Flurry discovered as she landed on one of the nearby Realm Towers was that Atreus actually tried to punch one of the wooden chests, like their father did, and likely hurt himself before using his heavy bow to smash the lid, though while she was annoyed by this discovery she decided to let it go.

The reason she didn't fly down and just grab her brother, to haul him back to Sindri's house in the Realm Between Realms, was because Atreus had two wonderful allies fighting beside him, as Freya and Baldur had discovered him and joined up with him once they realized he was dead set on doing this, even if his father didn't know. Both knew that keeping Atreus alive would mean Kratos wouldn't rage too much when he discovered that his son went behind his back again, in fact Fryea glanced in Flurry's direction at one point while Atreus was focused on the path in front of him. She also discovered that the statue of Tyr had fallen over, no doubt due to Fimbulwinter, and pieces were scattered all over the frozen Lake, which was interesting to see and was something she kept in mind for later, if they ever came here to explore whatever else the winter might have revealed. Sindri, for the most part, only appeared every now and then to talk to the trio, even though it was easy for Flurry to see that neither Freya or Baldur were particularly happy with him talking Atreus into coming here, meaning she didn't need to fly down and give her brother a piece of her mind.

Eventually, as she suspected, they reached an area where Atreus started to call out to the slumbering World Serpent, who had been buried under the snow of Fimbulwinter, like he didn't care about it at all, and was only now showing himself to the rest of Midgard once more. Sure enough once Jormungandr was wide awake, and had circled around the area before turning to look at the brazier that the group was standing near, he focused on Atreus before starting to speak, where it sounded like he was asking why Atreus had disturbed him, almost like the World Serpent was annoyed with the boy as well. Atreus, no doubt wanting to keep things short and sweet so he could come up with a good excuse for his father, asked about Loki and his fate, since his destiny was something that Atreus was far too focused on, like he didn't listen to anything they had shown him of their time in Greece. Jormungandr, for the most part, didn't have too much to offer Atreus this time around, rather he said something that seemed like a name of some place, which confused Atreus since it made no sense to him, before he and the others discovered that the World Serpent went back to sleep, causing the group to sigh as they departed from the area, since it seemed like this had been a waste of time.

With the conversation over Sindri lead the way back to the nearest Door of Yggdrasil and opened the way for him and Atreus to depart, while at the same time Freya and Baldur headed back to their home, no doubt to tend to their turtle friend, but she waited for a few minutes before using the Door to return to Sindri's as well, causing her to step out in front of the house a few moments later, surprising her brother and Sindri in the process.

"Flurry? Wh... What you... we're in trouble, aren't we?" Sindri asked, because he knew that if Flurry had found out about their venture to Midgard, as he was sure that she had followed them to the realm trapped in winter, that meant Kratos would be told in no time at all and that they would be wise to tell him what they had done directly.

"That's up to father... though he will be hurt that you two went behind his back again." Flurry replied, because she and her family had formed a strong bond at the end of their last adventure, a bond that was being strained thanks to her brother constantly going behind their backs and not telling them anything until it was too late, to which she pushed open the doors and found that everyone else was sitting around the table, "Sorry it took me so long to get back, I just flew around for a long time... had a lot to clear my mind of... I also found that Atreus and Sindri decided to go talk with Jormungandr."

"Oh come on! Couldn't you have kept the truth to yourself for a while?" Atreus stated, as he couldn't believe his sister right now, she was going and revealing what he had done to their father without even letting him do anything, and he could see that everyone, from their father to Tyr, was surprised by this discovery, and annoyed in some cases, causing him to sigh as he realized he had to come clean, "Fine, she's right. I... had a short vision when I went to sleep and I needed to as the World Serpent what it meant... he wasn't much help, as all he said was 'Ironwood'."

Mimir stated that it was the mythical sanctuary of the Giants, a place that didn't exist since the Giants had made it up to keep Odin off their tails, even though they knew that their ploy had failed in the end, so he guessed that the vision wanted him to be aware of the Giants' failure to hide from their foe. Kratos, following that, informed Flurry and Atreus that they had been talking strategy, meaning more time had passed while they were in Midgard than they believed, and the plan right now was to open the way to Alfheim so they could track down more information. As he said that Brok provided food, in the form of sausage, eggs, and bacon, where Flurry noticed that False Tyr seemed surprised by it, like he thought it was bad, especially since he volunteered to make the next meal, which was odd considering that he was so humble when they arrived yesterday, just more confirmation that she was right. She felt that Odin could have picked a better spy than whoever he had chosen to be False Tyr, because this person was an utter failure in her eyes, in fact her time in Midgard, relaxing in a sense while she observed her brother, had removed some of the stress and now she could see the illusion magic on False Tyr.

While they ate their breakfast, regardless of how it tasted, Sindri informed them that he would make a bigger table and went off to do so, while at the same time Atreus realized that they were seeking the shrine of Groa, the one who saw Ragnarok, and if the other shrines had secrets they were banking on hers having the greatest secret of them all, and Brok even had a Seed for them to use on the Door.

When it was time for them to get going, where Flurry kept an eye on False Tyr as they headed outside, though as they walked up to the Door a new figure came into view, a squirrel dressed in leather clothing that seemed more like Flurry, like he was a cross of sorts, between human and animal. Of course she, Atreus, and Pandora realized who this was, this was Ratatoskr, one of the attendants to the World Tree itself, who climbed around Kratos for a few moments and made comments on how he looked, sounding pleased by how he was fine tuned for violence. Ratatoskr found his way to Kratos' pack and removed the Seed that was covered in amber resin and squid ink, a gift from Dinner when they acquired the map, where he slipped it into his mouth to remove the excess that was on it. While he did that he explained why he was so different from the runic summon Atreus had used several times in the past, as that was a spectral aspect of himself, one of his emotions that was a particularly nasty one that even Ratatoskr considered a different person at times.

"Oh, Bitter! Would you like to come over and catch up with your friends?" Ratatoskr asked, as they noticed there were a few colorful squirrels running around, as in a purple one, a green one, a red one, and a white one that was the one Atreus had summoned in the past, meaning the last one was 'Bitter'.

"Fuck off, I'm busy!" the white squirrel stated, where he even stopped for a moment and made a gesture that looked like he was trying to flip them off, despite being an ordinary squirrel, he even surprised Ratatoskr for a moment, before he rushed off to do whatever it was that he was supposed to be doing right now.

Kratos discovered that Dinner's Seed was actually a Niflheim Seed, where Ratatoskr told them that the area it would lead them to was a training area and, more importantly, something he called the 'Raven Tree', causing Kratos to look at Flurry for a moment before using that Seed on the Door. Flurry found that False Tyr didn't want to go through with them, rather he was fine with staying and conversing with Ratatoskr, to which she followed her family through the Door and walked among the branches for a time, as she wanted to see this Raven Tree with her own eyes. While they walked Mimir confirmed one of the things they had thought about previously, that Odin had found a loophole and had weaponized his army before he was supposed to, which wasn't good for the realms when they considered what he could do with his Einherjar. As they stepped through the other Door, however, they found themselves in an icy realm that was somewhat different from the Niflheim they had been to before, though that wasn't what caught Flurry's attention, it was the massive tree that rested on top of a hill, the only thing they could approach.

It wasn't even the tree that Flurry was focused on, rather it was all of the glowing ravens that were resting on each branch, where her eyes widened as she moved from one to the next, images of children flashing before her eyes as she did so, and her rage from earlier returned in full force.

"By the Titans... they're children! The Raven Keeper is twisting the souls of CHILDREN into Odin's forced spies!" Flurry stated, where she could see that the spirits were saddened by this, like they had wanted to grow up and live fulfilling lives instead of being turned and twisted into their cursed states, meaning each had been forced into this life either by their families or the figure that served the All-Father.

As Atreus opened his mouth, however, he and his family felt something new, the air itself was starting to shudder under what he could only describe as an intense level of rage that was unlike anything he had felt in the past, in fact the ground that was around his sister's hooves seemed to be vibrating, waves spreading outwards from her position. That was followed by the wind starting to swirl around Flurry's position, like her rage was suddenly manipulating the very elements that made up this realm, in fact a literal storm was starting to appear overhead as he found black clouds forming and lightning flashing in the span of a few seconds. As his sister turned towards them, however, Atreus paled as he noticed how enraged she was, as this was beyond anything he had seen in the past, and as she walked down to where they were standing the air simply shook, her power responding to her rage, causing him to sweat as he realized how much power she actually had. She then walked into the area with the pillar that they had ignored when she spotted the Raven Tree and touched the stone, where they found that her magic washed over it and transformed it into a spitting image of Odin, before she pulled her right fist back and Kratos' eyes widened as he realized that there was a sphere of magical energy around it, one Flurry had used in her fight against Ares.

In the next instant Flurry punched Stone Odin in the chest and the air around her fist cracked in multiple directions, where Atreus watched as a surge of energy seemed to rush off in all directions, the stone wall behind the dummy cracking before breaking into a thousand pieces, all while the earth violently shook for a few moments before finally settling down.

"I'm going to kill Odin!" Flurry growled, because while crushing an effigy of Odin was nice it did little to soothe the rage that was now burning in her heart, one that was nearly on the level of when Ares killed her father, and yet she had been able to keep herself from truly releasing her full power, as her power as the Goddess of Death had remained bottled, but she knew the dam might burst if she discovered or saw something that was more outrageous than this.

As Kratos moved to make sure Flurry was fine, even though he knew for sure that she wasn't, he could only hope that they were able to calm her down, because her rage fully breaking would be bad for everyone, not just Odin, and it made him somewhat nervous to face whatever the future held in store for them.