[Quest Complete: Proof of concept. You have proven that your strategy of targeted personal attacks works.

Kidnap Utgard-Loki (complete)

Kidnap Mothi (complete)

Bonus: Create tension within Asgard. Thor and Loki have been tricked into believing the other was responsible for their missing son.]

I received the quest update once I had Mothi hidden. I hadn’t realized I’d been issued the quest until I got the completion notice. That had taken longer than just spiriting Mothi out of Thor’s home. I had to rework another cave to serve as a jail and hide his Divine signature so he could not be tracked.

What was of most interest was the quest update itself. I’d known that some System functionality was now available, but I’d turned Quest notifications off long ago. Why I received this prompt was confusing.

A quick check of my quest logs showed I’d completed other quests, but none of them had triggered a System message.

[Quest Complete: Uplift - Gain the permission and help of the Tuatha de Danann to expand the Sidhe by uplifting another race.

Rewards: The Yeti see you as the [Savior]. You receive a passive boon to [Faith Energy].

Rewards: The Yeti have been bound to you. They are not the first [Child of Sidhe] you have created, but they are the first you molded using a fraction of the [Divine].]

[Quest Complete: Keep your friends close, your enemies closer- You have forged alliances with potential friends, Beowulf of the Beastkin, and potential enemies, Alexander. Your choices have consequences.

Rewards: The Sidhe have been given an opportunity to save their people.

Rewards: Beowulf’s agreement to join your alliance has paved the way for the Elves, Vampires, and Dwarves to join.]

[Quest Complete: Foiled- You have survived an assassination attempt that, if successful, would have untangled the workings you have created, allowing the Norse and Rome to forge even stronger ties of the alliance.

Reward: Traitors Exposed.

Reward: Alexander and Ogedei’s assault continue.]

[Quest Complete: Affair of Honor- You have defeated Lleu Llaw Gyffes, Diarmuid Ua Duibhne, and Duke Nelag in a rightful challenge.

Reward: Gwyn ap Nudd has held the spirit of Lleu Llaw from moving forward long enough for you to gain answers and prove to his fellow Sidhe that he was the hand that allowed so many Sidhe to die.]

[Quest Complete: Infiltrate Asgard- You have used a leaf from the World Tree to sneak into the Realm of Asgard.

Rewards: A gift of a leaf from the World Tree that will allow you to travel back and forth between the realms.

Rewards: You are hidden from Odin’s sight.

Rewards: Time is your friend; you have the time needed to create defenses to remain hidden from the Asgardian Pantheon while in Asgard.]

[Quest Complete: Escape- You managed to escape detection from Baldur, God of Light, and Hardol, God of Healing.

Rewards: [Illusion and Domain] have tiered up. [Rank: S-].]

[Quest Complete: New Life- You have fused [Fairy] and the [Divine of Asgard] to create new plant life and Demi-Fey.

Reward: A new species of Demi-Fey, Teigh-Fey, represents your continuing growth in your path to Godhood.

Reward: New affinity flower [Fire Tulip], fire aspect

Reward: New affinity flower [Ice Chrysanthemum], ice aspect

Reward: New affinity flower [Shadow Orchid], shadow aspect

Reward: New affinity flower [Lifelight Hydrangea], fertility aspect.]

[Quest Complete: Foothold- You have created a [Ritual] that has given [Fairy] the means to infiltrate and create a bastion for the Tuatha de Danann in the Asgardian Realm.

Reward: Mind, Body, and Soul have tiered up.

Reward: Your [Domain] has begun to consolidate, gaining permanence and position as a constellation. The Alpha and Omega have noted your actions.]

[Quest Complete: Totem- Just as Odin has his ravens and Athena has her owl, you have selected and bonded with a totem creature. A godling of Asgard has agreed to form a partnership, severing ties to the Asgard Plane and joining fully as a new totem of the Tuatha de Danann.

Reward: Draioct, a Hrimfaxi of Asgard, has been integrated as part of your [Domain]

Reward: You have ranked up from Demi-god to godling.

Reward: The constellations have taken notice of your ascension, and your new role as a trickster god of the Tuatha de Danann is writ large across the heavens.]

[Quest Complete: Smooth Talker- You have turned your capture by the Jotunn into an opportunity. Thrym and Krampus have agreed to test strategies that might change the way the Jotunn and Asgardians war.

Reward: Thrym has allowed you the freedom to test your concept.

Reward: Information gained that might allow you to change the fruitless war that has raged across Asgard since Odin conceived and created the realm.]

[Quest Complete: God Stalker- You have captured Utgard-Loki and deceived Loki into believing that the capture was instigated and conducted by Thor.

Reward: Division within the Asgardian Pantheon.]

[Quest Complete: Even Steven- Thrym and Krampus have betrayed you and allowed the Jotunn of Utgard to inform Loki about his son’s abduction. You have answered that betrayal by hiding the God Mothi and refusing to notify the Jotunn that you have successfully captured Thor’s son.

Reward: Division within the Asgardian Pantheon grows.

Reward: Jotunn is more likely to use guerrilla tactics in a new type of war. Capturing and holding Asgardians will skirt the rules of combat Odin devised, facilitating a method to win the unending war without allowing a reset and return people and armies to the status quo.]

They were all there. Every quest was a blueprint of the actions I had taken. The blueprint that had been used to facilitate my rise from [Rank: King] to [Rank: godling]. I wasn’t sure exactly what that Rank meant, except for one thing. It had removed any uncertainty I had.

I knew I would be returning to Talahm once I was done here. I had no choice. I had claimed my seat at the table of Danu, and my role when dealing with the Sidhe would change.