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This eschewing of simple duality is one of the best parts of AMG. Though it is of course within the author's perview to use what elements they wish for their story, it's still a shame.

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One of the things that I *prefer* over the In Nomine vision over OMG is the concept of redemption. In OMG, it doesn't matter what you do, you're a demon, which means you're a bad guy. Only by making some ridulously severe sacrifice can you fight that - usually taking youself *out* of the game, not switching sides. See Vesper, poor shmoe. Urd has to *lock away* her demon side. Gah.
Now, In Nomine gives the idea that *anyone* can be redeemed or fall - the only one exempt from that rule is the Bossman himself (and Malakim, but they're so f'd in the head...). Lucifer himself could, if he chose, be redeemed. I like that. It calls to me. That's why I used it so much. It's an important element of OMB's universe.

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As for Mara, one wonders whether she is going to be a "demon", which is, though connotated with devil, is properly synymous with "genius"; a devil; or a jotun(though properly jotuns lived in jotunheim not the underworld). And does she live in Hell, Helheimr, or perhaps even Sheol?

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Mara's status is a bit interesting. Keep watching.
The thing to remember is that not all the giants were evil, just like not all the gods were good. Heck, if you want to be picky about it, the only purely *good* god in Norse Myth is Baldur, and he dies. Fun mythos, isn't it?
As far as I'm concerned, Alfheim, Asgard, Valhalla and Vanaheim are all Norse 'heavens'. Norse Hells are Hel, Niflheim, and Muspellheim. Neutral Ground and Purgatories exist in Jotunheim, Nidavellir, and Svartalfhheim.
(Yes, that's more than 9, including Midgard. To be truly precise, Valhalla is a region of Asgard. Muspellheim's existence as a world is of debate - if it does exist, then Hel and Niflheim are one world, if not, they're seperate. For practical purposes, there's 10 Norse Celestial/Infernal realms.)

Also, remember for my purposes Hild *is* Hel - why she's using a Valkyrie's name, I don't know. As Hel, she's not the greatest evil, she's just one of them, like Surtur and Loki. Lucifer is something else.--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
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