The Midgardians - Character Profile - Tessa Jensen
Hello, and welcome back to the Nine Realms. In our journey through this fractured cosmos, we've talked about the big picture—the World Tree, Ragnarok, and the ancient forces at play. But every story needs a hero, and luckily, ours has two. That being said, today I want to introduce you to one of them: Tessa Jensen.
Tessa is a 17-year-old girl defined by intuition, curiosity, and quiet resilience. The recent and tragic death of her father has forced her to find solace and strength in her bond with her older brother, Andrew. Her hero's journey begins with a desperate fall that plunges her into Svartalfheim, the realm of the dwarves. In the chaos that follows, she gets separated from Andrew and is pushed to her limits by the harsh and shocking reality of her new surroundings.
Captured by the brutal Stoneheart dwarves, Tessa endures a terrifying period of captivity and psychological manipulation under the direct influence of the ancient sorceress Lyra. It is during this time that her "Gift of Austri" awakens after touching a twin obsidian stone to Andrew's. Tessa's abilities connect her to the ethereal, perceptive, and harmonious aspects of Yggdrasil. She gains the ability to understand the languages of the realms instinctively, but her most powerful skills lie in her "Harmonic Resonance" and "Intuitive Guidance". These powers allow her to "hear" the actual, harmonious song of the World Tree's pathways and perceive the disruptive dissonance of Lyra's chaos magic.
Tessa's path is one of profound transformation from victim to a powerful, emotionally whole individual. In the story, she is kidnapped, brainwashed, and her powers are used in twisted ways by Lyra, but eventually can fight back against her control and escape. She can gradually heal and re-attune her Gift to Yggdrasil's pure harmony with the help of a young dwarven scholar named Astrid. Tessa's journey is about healing, self-acceptance, and is deeply intertwined in her eventual romantic relationship with Astrid. Her strength and purpose are amplified by their relationship, and give her the ability to overcome immense obstacles in their fight to save the cosmos from a premature Ragnarok. She ends up being a formidable guardian of all the realms, and uses her mastery of Yggdrasil's harmony as a counterbalance to Lyra's chaotic magic. She is the emotional and magical core of our heroes, representing the profound journey of finding strength, love, and a new purpose, even when life takes the most unexpected turns.
