While living on Midgard (Earth), Loki met a confident young blonde who seemed immune to his charms. Curiosity urged him onward, and they soon formed a relationship that turned serious. In order to protect her from other powerful beings that might wish them harm, Loki empowered Sylvie and taught her how to wield magic. When she accidentally got pregnant - something she suspects may not have been wholly natural - the two decided to make it official and get married. They seemed like the perfect couple, and Loki was a very present, doting father in the beginning. He helped foster Vilhem’s innate magical talent from a very early age, teaching him to control the destructive force he wielded to try and curb the frequency of incidents like setting the furniture on fire during temper tantrums as a toddler. Together, they raised Vilhelm until one day Loki just disappeared. He removed nearly every trace of himself from their home, leaving behind only his wedding ring.

As a newly single mother, Sylvie returned home to her parents’ farm in Caddo County, Oklahoma. While his mother worked multiple jobs to make ends meet, Vilhelm grew up helping his grandparents out with crops and livestock, and has a special affinity for chickens, ducks, and geese. The privacy of their rural farm has also afforded him a safe place to practice and perfect the chaos magic he utilises.

Recently, it’s seemed like the world just keeps getting crazier and crazier. Vilhelm stumbled across a forum where people post about supernatural and occult phenomena. While a fair bit of it is just junk, there have been some credible events and encounters that went unresolved. When people started getting hurt, that sense of moral responsibility and a little inspiration from a hero who took on the persona of his uncle spurred him into action. Vilhelm began scouring online forums, watching streamers, and joining group chats to track the unexplainable. Thus began his own career as a young hero fighting against the occult and mythological that threatened the world as the hero "Asgardian" in honour of his father.

◼ Queerness in the public eye
Although Vilhelm is a twist on Billy Kaplan (Asgardian, and later Wiccan), I do want to keep the crucial aspect of his queer identity. Vilhelm is unlikely to be a hero as well known as Thor, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t face public scrutiny. I want to explore that as a hero who is also queer. I also have plans to add my own personal touch of nuance to the mix because he's the son of Loki who is known for fluidity in gender and presentation by portraying Vilhelm as FtM transgender growing up in rural Oklahoma. I grew up in a similar small town farming community just like Vilhelm basically 4 hours south in Texas, and I think I can bring an fresh, queer perspective to the character. It'll be interesting to work through Vilhelm’s decision to be an openly queer hero and the potential consequences of that as well as the positive outcomes.