Anchorites. [ She supplies. ] I have not been to Tibet, so I could not say what their monks are like, but yes, the Anchorites are quite monastic.
[ She takes a deep breath, and goes on to explain. ]
A long time ago, before even I was born, Heven was at war with Asgard. And Asgard was at war with the Vanir. The second war was brought to peace through the marriage of Odin All-Father and Freyja of the Vanir. They had a child, Aldrif. The Queen of the Angels stole Aldrif as punishment for the crimes of Asgard, and gave her to her handmaiden Loriel to raise.
In response, Freyja, furious over the loss of her newborn daughter, severed the realm of Heven from the world tree, Yggdrasil. But that was not enough to soothe her rage. Further still, she made a pact with Hela that when Angels die, they are not to have peace. They are to become Hela's slaves, to live out the rest of eternity in toil and want.
That is why the Anchorites pray. For the souls of all those Angels who, until recently, were doomed to an afterlife of slavery.
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[ She takes a deep breath, and goes on to explain. ]
A long time ago, before even I was born, Heven was at war with Asgard. And Asgard was at war with the Vanir. The second war was brought to peace through the marriage of Odin All-Father and Freyja of the Vanir. They had a child, Aldrif. The Queen of the Angels stole Aldrif as punishment for the crimes of Asgard, and gave her to her handmaiden Loriel to raise.
In response, Freyja, furious over the loss of her newborn daughter, severed the realm of Heven from the world tree, Yggdrasil. But that was not enough to soothe her rage. Further still, she made a pact with Hela that when Angels die, they are not to have peace. They are to become Hela's slaves, to live out the rest of eternity in toil and want.
That is why the Anchorites pray. For the souls of all those Angels who, until recently, were doomed to an afterlife of slavery.