The five faces of Loki in * supposed former apocalypse junkie. From dA’s original description:
I’ve been a bit meh about the faces in my last couple of paintings, so I figured a row of portraits was in order.
These are, technically, all identities Loki uses in both *sfaj and #urbannordica. From the left you’ve got:
Travis Cameron Hale, CEO of Lokabrenna, Inc.
Loki’s original post-Ragnarokk human persona, Hale is the charismatic and popular CEO of the Cornerverse’s most prominent technology company. Since Hale is, literally, a god, LB, Inc. can be best described as a combination of all the best features of Microsoft, Google and Apple, but with the diversified holdings of a company like Vivendi. In short, it’s SRS BIZNESS. Pandemonium City — where most of *sfaj and UN is set — is located in Washington state, and is basically analogous to Redmond.
Strictly-speaking, Hale actually is Lokabrenna, Inc.; the entire company is basically a god in and of itself, and the source of most of Loki’s current temporal power. Starting a splinter religion devoted to yourself is highly against The Rules, but thus far none of the other gods have been organised (or modern) enough to actually do anything about it.
Travis is so cool he never goes anywhere without sunglasses and a three-piece suit. True story.
Lain Laufeyjarson
The more “approachable” human persona Loki assumes in order to get closer (red: seduce) Sigmund in *sfaj. Nowadays, Lain is Loki’s all-purpose human identity, when being Travis would attract too much attention.
Lain’s wearing the upwards-pointing “three looped triangle” amulet that’s also the logo of Lokabrenna, Inc..
Loki
Loki in his standard jotun form. He smokes like a chimney (he finds having the tiny burning end of the cigarette near his face comforting), but because Sigmund thinks smoking is gross, his cigarettes never smell like nicotine. Upshots of being a god, I guess.
Baldr
The character called “Loki” in *sfaj/UN is, in fact, actually Baldr; though it takes him a while to realise it. When Baldr is not looking like and answering to Loki (which is rarely), this is what he looks like. Like his father, Baldr only has one functioning eye; his left is blind and scarred from the mistletoe arrow the original Loki (see below) used to kill him the first time.
Baldr’s other eye is golden yellow. He wears a circlet with ends representing Fenrir and Jormungandr, and is his father’s rightful heir and thus ruler of Asgard. Considering “Baldr” spends most of his time in Midgard as Loki — and a jotun to boot — the other Aesir find this really strange, and his position is arguably tenuous. Sever other Aesir have made attempts to challenge Baldr for his position, but thus far none have succeeded.
The Asgardian
The original Loki, who spent quite a long time thinking he was Baldr care of Odin’s botched plan to avert Ragnarokk (oops). The Asgardian is currently legitimately dead, and “exists” only as a figment of Baldr!Loki’s imagination. Whether he’s “real” in the strictest sense or not ishighly up for debate, though he acts as a mentor of sorts to Baldr!Loki (when he’s not trying to kill him “for old time’s sake”).
The Asgardian is the shortest of the five personas, being barely over 5 foot (Loki clocks in tallest at 7’, Baldr next at 6’6”, Travis and Lain at 6’2”). Considering he’s the one who’s actually legitimately a giant (i.e. a jotun), this is kind of weird. Baldr!Loki assumes that the Asgardian took on a diminutive (and somewhat effeminate) “human” appearance so as not to appear threating to the other Aesir — a charade the current Loki feels under no obligation to continue — but the Asgardian is highly reluctant to talk about his pre-Ragnarokk relationships (particularly with Odin).
It is strongly implied in *sfaj that the Asgardian is actually Thor’s mother.
