Tyr is
possessed by Oblivion. The rest of Odin’s children have been sent into opposite
directions to find him….
The team
consisting of Thor, Angela, Loki, and Balder emerge from a Skinner Box onto an
unknown landscape. They encounter the giant Elder God Tiwaz who holds the rune
that bears his name and is also the rune for Tyr….
Back in the
In-Between, Hermod has found Tyr inside a similar box, he offers to help but
Tyr, channeling nothingness, causes Hermod to vanish from all reality. Outside
the box, the others, Vidar with Laussa, Honir, Bragi, and Ullr the Wanderer, are aware of
what has happened to their brother. Tyr emerges from the box and threatens them
all with a like fate….
Thor’s group
becomes aware of Hermod’s death though Bragi’s link to Loki. Tiwaz gives
himself a lengthy introduction and reveals he is the great-grandfather to Thor,
thus to them all. Tiwaz also reveals that the rune he holds will cure Tyr, if Thor
win it in a contest of riddles….
At the other
end, the possessed Tyr demands to be given Laussa; Vidar holds her forth…and
she spits Surtur’s flames all over Tyr. Honir begins spraying Tyr with arrows….
Thor tries to
fight Tiwaz by hurling Mjolnir at him. Tiwaz stops it in midair, not touching
it. He admires the craftsmanship that went into it and returns it to its
wielder. So Thor offers a riddle: “What is big, red, and eats rocks?” Tiwaz
ponders the query and confesses he does not know. Thor’s answer: “A big red
rock-eater.” Tiwaz is pleased and gives Thor the rune, asking him where he
learned the riddle. At his father’s knee, he says and they are returned to the
others, with Tiwaz giving Loki the warning, “You, I’ll meet again.”
Back with the
others, Thor hurls the rune at Tyr and Oblivion is driven out of him. As they prepare
to say their goodbyes, Thor asks Ullr if he wants his hall back. Ullr responds
with a dark prophecy of Thor’s impending death…..