Loki was in his black cloak that had gloves on since winter came. He looked to the distance of the palace as he felt the coldness against his skin. He saw the raven in the distance but he also noticed that Diaval didn't have a letter this time. Now he grew a little concerned. Finally facing his servant, he had his neutral face on. "Diaval, I see no letter from my dearest queen", but his face fell when Diaval told him that there was grave news. "What has happened?", he then exhaled sharply as he heard about Silena's miscarraige for the baby. Even worse that the baby didn't make it. He got down from his tree and looked to the palace, feeling himself almost panic while breathing rapidly. "Silena!", he screamed for her as he fell to his knees on the snow-covered ground. Tears started to fall from his eyes as he began to wail and sob in grief and pain. The one woman that he raised and cared for, was now gone. His tears fell on the snow beneath him, and he slumped down until he was sitting down against the tree, continuing to mourn. 

[i]Silena was gone. His heart was gone. The one woman who kept him bright, was gone. Back at Asgard, Balder was inconsolable. Taking advantage of his grief, a dark and a mysterious army appeared and lured him into battle. The Dark Army was defeated, but what would soon come to pass was far darker. 
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After defeating the army, Balder and his men find a single prisoner chained inside a carriage. "Fear not, you will come to no harm from me or my men. What is your name, my lady?", Balder asked the blonde woman who was chained inside. "Ravenna, sire", she responded in a trembling voice. 

[i]So enchanted by her beauty was Balder, that he forgot for the first time his broken heart, and the very next day, she would become his wife.[/i]

On their wedding night, Balder and Ravenna were their bed together. "When a woman stays young and beautiful, the world is hers", Ravenna said in a seductive voice as she flips them over for her to sitting on his stomach while holding out a dagger. "First I will take your life, my lord. And then I'll take your throne", after she says so, she stabs him in the chest, killing him. 

Diaval squawked as he witnesses the death of the king. He flies out the window and to the Moors to warn Loki. The gates of Asgard were opened, allowing her army to enter who were led by her brother, Finn. "Welcome, brother", she said with a wicked smile. "My queen", he bows to her.

[i]She had tricked her way into the kingdom with a phantom army. She now welcomed a very real one.[/i] 

As Ravenna's army captures the castle, the dark army began to race towards the Moors.