Auden’s Blessing
Perhaps it was because of his youth, or perhaps an instinctive aversion—looking at Loki’s tall figure and strikingly beautiful face, and recalling that he was both the god of fire and a trickster god, Balder simply couldn’t bring himself to like him.
A silver-haired man with a sacred and noble aura stepped forward. Behind him followed a handsome black-haired youth, his movements somewhat restrained, his gaze unfocused. Odin said, “Freyr, the sun god, and my eldest son, Hodr, the god of darkness. Hodr has been blind since birth. Bragi once prophesied that a destined moment would one day restore his sight, though no one knows when that will be.”
Loki nodded and greeted them both. Hodr, his lar