Leir
God of Lightning and the Spear
| Fighting |
Unearthly |
| Agility |
Excellent |
| Strength |
Monstrous |
| Endurance |
Monstrous |
| Reason |
Typical |
| Intuition |
Typical |
| Psyche |
Remarkable |
| Health |
270 |
| Karma |
42 |
| Resources |
Excellent |
| Popularity |
0 / 50 with Celtic Gods |
Powers
- Invulnerability: Leir possess's Class 1000 reisistance to electricity.
- Resistance: Like most gods, Leir has Excellent protection against heat, cold, radiation, poisons, aging, and disease.
- Body Resistance: He also has Excellent resistance to physical and energy attacks.
- Lightning: Leir can create spears of electricity, which he can hurl. These electrical spears can do up to Unearthly energy damage and have Unearthly range. He can also wield his electrical spears in melee combat.
Talents
Leir is a Weapons Specialist when he is using any kind of spear, including his lightning spears.
Contacts
Leir can depend on support from most of the Celtic gods. He has also aided Asgard in the past and can depend on the Asgardian gods in times of need.
History
Leir is one of the leaders of the Celtic gods, who were worshiped by the ancient Celtic people of the British Isles. The Celtic gods live in an otherdimensional realm known as Avalon. For many centuries, a feud has existed between the Celtic and Asgardian gods based on racial tensions and wars between their worshipers. Recently, the Heliopolitan (Egyptian) god of death, Seth, sent a number of large, black-winged lions to ravage the countryside of Avalon. Seth also sent one of the beasts to Asgard, where it killed an innocent family. The last dying member of this family asked Thor to avenge their deaths. Thor followed the beast through a dimensional portal into Avalon. Upon arriving, some of the Celtic gods accused Thor of killing a family who had actually been killed by Seth’s beast. Leir arrived on the scene and began to battle Thor.
Thor‘s friend, Hogun the Grim, had followed Thor to Avalon. Just as Hogun arrived, Seth’s beast appeared. Realizing that the monster was the real killer, Leir helped Thor and Hogun battle the beast. Mortally injured, the beast fled back through the dimensional portal. Thor and Hogun followed, to discover that the beast had finally been killed by Fandral and Volstagg. Feeling that he owed a debt to Thor, Leir led a number of Celtic gods into Asgard when it was invaded by Seth’s armies.
With the aide of the Celtic gods, the Asgardians were able to beat back the invasion force. While he was in Asgard, Leir saw the goddess Sif and fell in love with her. Leir later returned to Asgard with a friend, Caber, hoping to get Sif to marry him. He was able to get to Asgard even though Asgard was at that time floating in the Negative Zone, and the Rainbow Bridge was broken. (The Celtic god of druids and wisdom, Dagda, was able to locate Asgard and form a gateway from Avalon to Asgard.) Leir found Sif there and asked her to marry him. Sif was intrigued by the fact that Leir was able to enter Asgard, even though Asgardians were not able to leave Asgard. She promised to marry Leir if he could get her to Thor, and if Leir could beat her chosen champion in combat. Leir agreed and helped her find Thor, who was in the Black Galaxy at the time.
Leir then brought them all back to Asgard just as Ragnarok began. Leir helped the Asgardians during Ragnarok. After Ragnarok was averted by the bravery of Thor, Leir attacked Thor, mistakenly believing that he would be Sif’s chosen champion. To Leir’s surprise, Sif chose to be her own champion. She easily defeated Leir and humiliated him. It is presumed that the embarrassed god then returned to Avalon.
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