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Listen!
The wind tells a story.
Yggdrasil, the tree of life, is rooted in the middle of the world -
Asgard, the kingdom of the gods.
Here lives one-eyed Odin, the king of the gods -
- and the mighty god of thunder, Thor.
From their home in Asgard, the gods assemble in Valhalla.
Here, they receive the worship of the mortals -
- that gives gods strength and life.
From Valhalla, Odin watches over all the three kingdoms of the world -
- sending out his ravens to gather news from distant lands.
From horrifying Utgard -
- home to the troll-like creatures known as giants -
- rulers of darkness and chaos.
And from Midgard, the land of the mortals -
- home to the proud Vikings and hard-working peasants.
But the power and glory of the gods is diminishing.
A thousand-year war with the giants has pushed Valhalla into a darkness.
A darkness that may end in... Ragnarök.
Dear gods. Change me into a raven so I can fly far away from here.
Take this to the house.
- Tjalfi! - Coming!
Hurry inside!
Tjalfi, come on!
Come inside!
Come here!
Good evening, peasants.
You are honored to house two of Valhalla's most powerful gods.
- Do you think you can do that? - Of course they can.
What's that stench?
Fi-fish stew.
Boy, get up. Come here.
Get some firewood for that fire.
Girl, come here.
Give my goats some water.
Wow!
Go to your parents, young mortals.
Can't I help?
Go to your parents.
You too.
Here you go.
Listen well, mortals.
You can eat as much meat as you want.
But don't break any bones.
Tomorrow I'll gather bones and hide.
And when I swing my hammer...
...the meat will come to life -
- and my goat will be revived.
Understand?
Eat!
Would you like a story?
One day, Loki went for a walk in the forest.
And in the forest -
- he claims that a young puppy started following him.
It followed him all the way to Asgard.
Of course Loki brought the puppy inside.
And everyone in Valhalla embraced it.
But it grew... and grew.
It soon dawned on us that it wasn't a dog -
- but a wolf.
The wolf kept growing and growing.
- Tjalfi. - Finally, only Týr...
- Come here. - ...was stupid enough to feed it.
We soon learned that it was the Fenrir wolf.
The völvas predicted -
- that one day the beast would grow big enough to eat the sun.
And from then on, eternal darkness and winter would reign.
Does it taste good?
So we decided to chain the beast.
Only the dwarfs could forge an unbreakable chain.
What do you want to make of yourself?
I'm going to take over the farm and make it bigger.
- That takes great strength. - Strength?
- But I'm very strong. - Indeed.
- Do you eat bone marrow? - Bone marrow?
- Yes. - What's that good for?
It makes you strong. Very strong.
- But Thor said... - Thor says so much.
A goat has lots of bones.
Who's going to miss a single bone?
- No one, I suppose. - Exactly.
It demanded we put an arm in its mouth.
So Týr placed his arm in the wolf's jaws.
And when we tightened the chain...
Snap!
It bit off his arm.
Maybe you're too scared?
Sure.
Today, the Fenrir wolf is chained with Gleipnir -
- in a cave in Jotunheim.
And if the giants get their hands on the wolf -
- Ragnarök will ensue.
Who the Hel?!
Mortals.
Mortals! Get out here now!
Get out here, I said.
Who broke one of my goat's bones?
I told you not to break any bones!
Who broke my goat's bone?
Well? Who broke it?
I did.
- You? I knew you were a mortal brat. - He said...
Thor, boys will be boys. You weren't any better at his age.
So we're supposed to walk all the way to Valhalla?
Maybe he can be of use to us. Why don't we say -
- that as punishment for injuring the goat he has to work in Valhalla as a servant.
- Servant? He's too skinny. - He looks strong.
Sif could use a hand, I'm sure.
That's a deal, then.
Congratulations. Not everyone gets to serve Thor, God of Thunder.
- You can't just take him. - He's supposed to take over the farm.
You can thank me another day.
Come here.
Stick the knife into this hole very carefully.
And then cut open the belly.
See this thing?
Cut it open and gut the fish.
Okay? Your turn.
But why?
Because I'm leaving and Dad's hands are weak.
So you have to learn it now.
Tjalfi, please take me with you.
Gut the fish. Come on, take it.
Come on!
Place the knife here and...
You'll learn it.
Do you think we can talk them into letting you stay?
But it's a big chance for me.
Röskva. Wait.
Röskva.
I have to go.
I'm going to miss you.
Push! Put your back into it.
Come on, boy.
If you're strong enough to break a bone, you can push a cart.
Push, weakling!
Push, I said!
Put your back into it.
Think you're still back at the farm?
Push!
I told you to push!
Push, mortal spawn!
Push, weakling!
I told you he was useless.
Giddyup! Pull!
Röskva?!
What's going on in the cart? Well?
- What are you doing here? - I thought you needed an extra hand.
You're too young. Go home.
- Loki will take you. - No.
Let's just bring her, Thor.
I'm sure Sif can find use for her delicate hands.
She's your responsibility!
Get out of the cart. Now!
- How could you leave Mom and Dad? - I wanted to go with you.
- You should have stayed at home. - Tjalfi.
She's your responsibility. Understand? Understand?
Where have you been? We've been waiting for you.
- What's that? - Young mortals. Long story.
- What happened? - He promised the chain would hold.
- Fenrir? - Yes.
- I just said what the dwarves said. - I don't care. You promised it.
- I don't know what you're talking about. - Sure you do!
Who's in the hall?
Everybody.
Come here.
No matter what happens, you keep your mouths shut.
No mortal must ever -
- utter a word in the hall of the gods.
Understand?
Stay behind me.
The Fenrir wolf has escaped. A giant broke the chain.
- A giant? - Yes.
It must have snuck in.
I propose more guards all over Asgard.
When did that ever keep the giants out?
We must catch the wolf. If the giants find it -
- it's the end of the world as we know it.
- Where is that wolf, Týr? - Deep in the woods.
So let's look there.
Thor, this only happened because you're never here.
Balder, if you spent more time on the battlefield -
- than in front of a mirror, you wouldn't need me.
But Balder's right. You fool!
All you do is fly around getting drunk.
Are you the least bit interested in the rest of us?
Says the bald cripple.
Whose primary task was to make sure that beast didn't escape.
A bald, one-armed cripple -
- equipped with an army to keep giants out of Asgard.
What's the matter with you, you selfish, drunken goat driver?
Don't you give a damn about what goes on in Valhalla?
- Watch your mouth. - You have three things on your mind:
- Food, mead and women. - Shut up or I'll punch you!
I've been watching your journey here. But it has only just begun.
Fate has big plans for you. Stay hopeful.
Be brave. And above all:
Never lose faith in yourself.
Me?
Sit down.
Say another word, and I'll take all your tongues.
Thor.
Rein in your slave.
You must capture and chain the wolf.
You must hunt it down.
Go to sleep. We have to be rested for tomorrow.
Stay hopeful. Be brave.
Fate has big plans for you.
Never lose faith in yourself.
What's that?
Go away. I said go away!
It's only Quark. Don't be afraid of him.
- Who is he? - A simpleton.
Loki got him after he lost a bet. Now we're stuck with him.
Clean all these fish. Thor will be back to eat later.
Come on, Röskva.
Clean the place.
Quark, get in the corner!
Get to work. The buckets are over there.
Quark!
- Here. - Here you are.
Pour me another horn. And be quick about it.
Pig!
Don't use that tone with your master.
- You're treating us like slaves. - You are slaves!
- I apologize. My sister's so stubborn. - I'm not!
I want to go home.
It's too late now. You snuck along.
- But I miss Mom and Dad. - Stop it.
They're treating us like slaves, Tjalfi.
Look at our beds!
- You're so ungrateful. - Easy for you to say.
You're a boy. You were going to take over the farm.
I was to wash clothes and cook fish stew.
- But not anymore. - Yes.
I have to do exactly the same here.
Röskva, try to understand -
- what a big chance this is for us.
Serving the gods is everyone's dream!
Maybe one day we'll get godly powers, too.
We're here for a reason that we don't have to know.
What are you doing?
- Quiet! They're asleep. - Go lie down!
We're getting out of here. We've got nothing to do with that wolf.
Fine, then. Go!
Tjalfi.
Tjalfi, come on!
We have to get going.
Quark.
Stay here. We're going home, and you're not coming with us.
Quark, we can't take you along.
We're going back to our farm where only mortals live.
Come on, Röskva.
Get lost, you little rat! We don't want you along.
Why did you talk like that to him?
Look at him! He's just a giant.
This is where the rainbow ended.
Röskva!
Don't you want to join us?
This is a bad idea. We'd better go back to Thor.
- Over my dead body! - Would you rather live here?
No. I want to go home to Mom and Dad and the farm.
Thor is our dad now.
You're not yourself, Tjalfi.
Coming?
Tjalfi!
- I haven't done anything! - How dare you address the giant king?!
I didn't know it was him. Please just let me go.
Tell me who you are and what you're doing here.
My name is...
My name is Tjalfi.
I serve Thor, God of Thunder.
Thor!
Let him go.
I'm from Midgard.
So you're a young mortal?
- A mere mortal. - Why "a mere"?
Because mortals are below the gods.
Did you come here alone, Tjalfi?
No, I came with my sister.
- Röskva. - A mortal girl.
Perhaps she's the Child of Light.
Are you thirsty, Tjalfi?
Thank you.
Thanks.
Tjalfi...
Would you like to be as strong as a god?
Sure.
- Are you serious? - Come with me to Utgard, my home.
I can help you.
No, I'm going back to Thor.
So you'd rather serve others?
Why not have others serve you?
Come along.
What are you doing out here? Quark, you know it's dangerous! Get out!
This isn't a playground!
Stupid fools!
Calm down, Thor.
Where's the boy?
- He's not with you? - Does it look like he's with me?
- He set off for Valhalla. - Which way?
That way through the woods.
The giants live there. If he went that way, the giants got him.
So let's find him. We have to do something.
- You're a god, aren't you? - It's too late, Röskva.
You won't see your brother again.
Týr.
What are you doing here?
We're hunting the wolf.
- Any trace of it? - Not a single trace all day.
What are you doing with that?
We're on our way home.
Watch out!
Fenrir!
On your toes!
Stay close to me!
Run!
How did you know the wolf was there?
- I don't know. I just sensed it. - Sensed it how?
When it's close to me, it's as if I sense it in my body.
What were you like as a young child, Röskva?
Did you dream you could talk to animals?
No, I... no.
Back home...
Have you ever found any stone circles?
I made some myself.
Show me.
- Who taught you that? - I just make it up as I go along.
Loki, wake up.
I have something to show you.
Her stone circles match those of the old prophecies -
- and she has a unique relationship to nature and animals.
- But she's a young mortal. - Yes. I know it doesn't make sense.
The old seeresses weren't wrong.
It can't be her.
3,000 years ago, Yggdrasil's future queen disappeared without a trace.
The völvas predicted her return to Valhalla -
- when time had come, as the Child of Light.
As a child god.
Is that you?
But I'm a mere mortal.
Exactly.
That's why it can't be.
I tried to walk on the rainbow.
And how did you fare?
It didn't appear.
Bifröst only appears if a god sets foot on it.
- What were you doing in Midgard? - I wanted to go home.
And that's supposed to be the Child of Light?
If you'd seen her facing Fenrir, you wouldn't talk like that.
Children can have an amazing effect on animals. Right, Thor?
It is her.
Get her out.
Too many mortals have spoken in this hall already.
Odin.
I've never spoken out against you -
- and I know that none of you regard me a great thinker.
But this time you're wrong.
- You promised to make me a god. - Sure.
Drink.
I have to drink this?
It's a magic plant potion. We all drink it.
It's working... I can feel it!
It's working! I can feel it.
Now, all we have to do is wait for the girl to come for him.
Rest now. I'll look after you.
- Should we allow him up here? - Come, Quark.
Röskva.
Röskva...
I can hear the darkness breathing.
Valhalla has never been weaker.
The gods are divided.
They're betraying their godly obligations -
- and their mortal worshippers.
I've long been waiting for the Child of Light to save Valhalla.
Look.
I think Frigg gave it to me. I'm not sure.
Did you have a nightmare?
What else does the prophecy say?
The prophecy says that one day Fenrir will grow so big -
- that it can eat the sun, and darkness will reign.
It's Tjalfi's.
Where is he?
Is he alive?
That way?
The raven pointed south.
Toward Utgard. Home of the giants.
You'll never get out of there alive, young mortal.
- It must be my fate, then. - Don't ever pretend to know your fate.
We must go to Utgard.
Skrymir. We're here to see Utgard Loki.
Stay behind me.
- Welcome. - We meet again, Utgard Loki.
What brings you here?
We've come for him.
- Who might that dear little girl be? - I'm his sister.
- A young mortal. - I'm here for my brother.
Just give us the boy and we'll get out of your way.
You can have the boy if you'll agree to a contest.
We won't.
We will.
But it'll be without Mjölnir.
Or don't you dare?
I'm not leaving without my brother.
Get out of my way!
Don't look him in the eye.
How will we compete?
If you're as good at drinking as me -
- you can empty my drinking horn in one gulp.
- A drinking contest? - Yes.
You bet I can.
I'll show you how we drink in Valhalla!
I refuse to lose to a miserable giant!
Another contest. Now!
Fair is fair, my friend. I'll give you a second chance.
Arm wrestle my queen.
You can't be serious.
Scared?
Come here, my friend.
Enough!
I'm not leaving until someone will fight me one on one.
Who wants to fight Thor?
An old hag? Are you shitting me?
She's my mother.
Come, Thor.
I won't fight an old lady.
But I'll give you a dance.
Yes!
Come to me! Come to me.
Run, Röskva, run!
Hurry!
Cheers.
Cheers, Freya.
Didn't I tell you to stay out of here?
Tjalfi, Loki and Quark are prisoners in Utgard.
Thor danced with Death.
- Get lost. - Odin.
Let the young woman speak.
Thor is dead!
That is impossible.
- It's true. - When will we stop talking to mortals?
Do you want me to rip your head off, you little rat?
How dare you speak to Odin like that?
She can walk by herself.
- She is the Child of Light. - She's a mortal.
I won't have a little girl from Midgard decide our fate.
But she already has. It's in motion.
Without mortals we are nothing. They complete us as you very well know.
None of you will acknowledge their power over us, but it's time you did, Odin.
At least to yourself.
I was wrong. You are the Child of Light.
We're here for you, Röskva.
Ragnarök is near. The only ones that can stop it are us.
We must enter the giants' stronghold and wake Thor.
Only his hammer can vanquish Utgard Loki.
Röskva, stay behind us until we've cleared the gate.
Týr!
Come!
Balder!
Thor.
Thor... Thor.
Wake up.
Thor! I know you're alive.
Please wake up.
I know gods can't die. I believe in you as the heavenly God of Thunder, Thor.
Run! Run! Run!
Odin!
Come here!
Come here, child!
Tjalfi!
Tjalfi... Tjalfi.
Mjölnir!
Tjalfi.
Odin...
Röskva!
We have to get out of here! Come on!
Quark!
Watch out!
- We must get to safety right now! - But Quark?
- Forget that annoying giant! - We can't leave without him.
- I've had it with you. - No, I've had it with all of you!
Dear gods.
Today, it's time to celebrate... bravery.
Someone once told me that bravery was being terribly afraid -
- and yet doing the right thing.
That was a very wise thing to say.
One of us did the right thing.
That someone was brave enough to listen to their heart and follow it.
That is an ability we must never forget!
It makes me wonder if you're a god by blood -
- or a god by your actions.
Röskva.
Child of Light.
Your actions spoke for themselves.
They have earned you a place at the table of the gods.
Be seated.
- I can't. - Röskva.
I don't belong here.
When I came to Valhalla, I met a divided Valhalla.
But not anymore.
You must unite. Valhalla must be united.
We mortals need our gods.
I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
And for this seat.
But I have to get back to my family, my people and my land.
Tjalfi and Quark are coming with me.
Röskva.
I grant you your wish.
I'm staying here.
- Are you sure, Tjalfi? - If you go, there may be a seat for me.
Let's go, Quark.
This amulet will always show you Valhalla.
Thank you, Frigg.
Röskva.
Thank you.
I'll be watching you.
Röskva!
Tjalfi!
Come here.
Tjalfi, I have something for you.
Thank you, Röskva.
What is that?
Say hello to the newest member of the family.
What's your name?
He can't speak, but he can do a lot of other things.
Let's see who's fastest.
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