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I think Murphy is going to get killed here is why

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groinkick:
" In Norse mythology, the Valkyries were beautiful young women who served both as Odin's messengers and as escorts to the souls of warriors killed in battle. In fact, Valkyries means "choosers of the slain." During battle, they would ride upon winged horses and, surveying the field, select brave warriors to die. Then they would transport these souls to Valhalla, Odin's hall. Once in the afterlife, the brave souls were enlisted to fight in the battle of Ragnarok, an apocalyptic conflict signaling the end of the world."

I think that she will get killed, but not leave the stories.  I think that she will die on the field of battle, and be raised, and empowered by Odin as one of his soldiers.  Her youth, and health will be restored, plus enhanced speed, strength, and durability.  She will give the Winter Knight a run for his money in pure hand to hand combat.

Come to think of it there could be other characters who have died that we might see later that were enlisted by Odin...  Susan for example.  Or Morgan...  I mean anyone Jim decides to bring back now has a doorway since we know that Odin, and Valkyries exist.

nadia.skylark:

--- Quote ---Come to think of it there could be other characters who have died that we might see later that were enlisted by Odin...  Susan for example.  Or Morgan...  I mean anyone Jim decides to bring back now has a doorway since we know that Odin, and Valkyries exist.
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I doubt Susan will come back. It would dilute the emotional impact of her death too much, and make Harry far too happy.

peregrine:
Karrin is still pretty Catholic.  She works with Odin's folks, but when she dies she's going to the Christian afterlife.  Maybe work with her dad for Uriel, but I doubt she's going to become a Valkyrie.

Kindler:
If Murphy dies, she's going to stay dead, I think. It would be way too much of an opportunity to emotionally wreck Harry to undo it by bringing her back. And I seriously doubt she'll become a Valkyrie, or anything other than a regular mortal; it's arguably the most important part of her character with regard to the overall narrative. Aside from that, there's no real benefit to turning her into something else. If Jim needs to give Harry a supernatural ally for something, he's got plenty on the bench that haven't been used recently (Alphas, for example, or all of Winter if it came down to it).

Hankthemoose:
No, I see no reason that could happen, and a lot of reasons it shouldn't
-Sending Murphy on an afterlife trip would be redundant from a plot perspective.
-Murphy is Catholic, and is NOT in Vadderung's juristiction.
-Murphy's character is built up to be Harry's vanilla human ally who can keep up with the supers. Changing her role makes her boring and irrelevant.
-There is no indication that Odin is still taking applications for Einherjaren. As far as I understand from reading well constructed arguments on the forum, Odin and the Einherjaren used to hold Mab's responsibility of guarding the outer gates against the outsiders until the Fae took over. No need to fight Ragnarok anymore when the Winter Court is doing it.

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