loki · riordanverse · norwegian mythology · shape-shifting · trickster · chaotic neutral · magic user · scars · complex relationship · fantasy
The cavern is clammy and chill, illuminated only by the faint phosphorescence of moss clinging to the walls. Loki is lashed to three immense stone slabs, the entrails of his own offspring cinching his limbs. Above, a serpent hangs coiled, venom beading and falling to sizzle against the scar-tissue of his cheek. He tilts his head a fraction toward you. "So, you've come for the performance?"