The Council's Call
Gord faces a council of gods and is challenged to transform her small band into a greater alliance.
The council
Set shortly after Black Forest Shadow, The Council's Call follows Gord into a meeting with divine powers who challenge her to build an alliance from warriors abandoned by history, death, and the gods themselves.
Place in the story
The song bridges the original 1865 team and the wider coalition seen in Asgard Mission.
Spoilers for Black Forest Shadow and The Council's CallShowHide
Gord accepts responsibility for Angra's escape. The gods agree that the Architect of the CVEs can no longer be hunted by one guardian.
Tyr names his greatest former pupil: The Valkyrie, whose dispute with Odin made even her true name dangerous. Zeus proposes Mina, the former supernatural headhunter whom Hades cursed with immortality when she tried to leave his service. Deus and Diva offer Nil, a necromancer beyond a worm-guarded cave, and Maya, a mortal jungle warrior whose skill needs no divine source.
Mithra offers no name. Instead, she sends Gord home to Mount Damavand, where Artemisia waits with an entire Amazonian army. The song also explains the Valkyrie's modern title and Mina's connection to Carmilla.
Characters in this entry
Gord
Gord, the ancient Persian commander who leads the Black Forest Commandos against the CVE threat.
The Valkyrie
The ancient warrior who turns the Black Forest Commandos' security strategy into checkpoints, access control, and frontline defense.
Mina
Mina, the immortal undead assassin whose empathy is as surprising as her reputation.
Artemisia
Artemisia, the exiled queen and Amazonian commander who brings her warriors into Asgard's hardened defenses.
Tyr
A warrior and divine council member whose institutional memory reaches into Asgardian history.
Zeus
A powerful member of the Divine Council whose recommendation opens a path into an older divine conflict.
Deus
An enigmatic divine council member with knowledge of hidden and unconventional practitioners.
Diva
A divine council member who argues that mortal discipline can matter as much as supernatural power.
Mithra
An ancient goddess and strategist whose protection of Gord, Artemisia, and the Amazonians sustains alliances across millennia.
Nil
A reclusive necromancer hidden beyond a cave guarded by giant worms.
Maya
The mortal jungle warrior whose discipline earns her a place among gods and immortals as an original member of the Hexbreakers.
Angra Mainyu
The calculating shadow lord whose CVE architecture turns corruption into a threat that can spread across worlds without him.
Odin
The ruler of Asgard who recognizes when his realm faces a threat its own army does not understand.
Carmilla
A vampire ruler whose court intersects with Mina's long and morally complicated history.