Long ago when the earth was still young, there lived the god of the sun, Baldr and his sister, the goddess of night and space, Nott. They had fought endlessly in war with one another for reasons lost from ancient texts. This fight threatened the balance of light and darkness, wreaking havoc among the other divine beings. Even Odin, the father of knowledge and wisdom, could find no solution to stop the siblings' quarrel. Many of the divine beings sought the help of the fates that lived under Yggdrasil, the world tree, in an attempt to stop fate but to no avail. Everyone who journeyed there was met with the same response: "When the star falls from the sky, their quarrel will come to a stand still. However, when the nine are brought together, Chaos will come and fall. The Light will have no chance to heal the broken shell for they shall fall in a single night.
It wouldn't be long before Nott created the titan Valkyrie, Eir, to fight and aid her in the endless conflict. She was a warrior stronger than any Valkyrie before her. In response to this, Baldr created another titan Valkyrie known as Sigrun to counteract Nott's creation. In a furious rage, Nott sent Eir over to Baldr's domain to destroy Sigrun.
Eir hesitated to her master's demand but gathered what she could to aid her in the coming battle. Upon entering Baldr's domain, Eir was met with the newly created Sigrun. Eir readied herself but took note of the strange weapon that Sigrun held in her hands.
What Eir and Nott did not know was that a few days before the creation of Sigrun, Baldr, who had grown weary of the fighting, too sought out the fates. From there, he was guided to Hel and her domain in the underworld. Under the guidance of the fates, he demanded a special weapon known to bring down divine beings in a single blow, the Demon Sword of Surtr. Hel, who had gotten sick of the ruckus from the siblings, tasked Baldr with a difficult mission in order to obtain the sword. He was given the mission to release her father, Loki, from his punishment for the murder of Baldur. If he succeeded, she would grant him the sword. If he were to fail, she would not hesitate to end the Sun god's life with the sword herself. Pressured with such a life-threatening task, Baldr sought help from Odin to create a plan to obtain the exiled god. Odin, surprised by the strange task but relieved to hear Baldr not wanting to free the imprisoned Loki, decided to come up with a plan to fool Hel into giving the weapon.
Odin instructed a crow to fly to Thor, who still had possession of Loki's cloak, one that could camouflage the wearer. As soon as night fell, Odin and Baldr snuck into the cave that held Loki. The two waited until Sigyn, Loki's wife, removed the bowl that kept the venom of the snake that burned Loki's eyes to be emptied out in the nearby stream. From there, they threw the cloak over Loki. Odin quickly transformed into a look like Loki. They ran out of the cave and headed to Hel's domain where the Loki imposter was displayed to Hel in all his glory. Hel, surprised at how quickly Baldr had rescued her father, gladly gave him the sword. As soon as the sword touched his hands, Baldr ran out of her domain as quickly as he could, leaving Odin to find a way out on his own. Baldr granted the sword to his creation as her primary weapon.
And here we find ourselves at the start of the battle between Eir and Sigrun. Eir, having to take on the defensive side as Sigrun charged at her with new might. Her sword ignited into a brilliant burst of flames as she flew straight toward Eir.
Kicking into battle survival, Eir had little time to counterattack Sigrun's berserker-like fighting style. The conflict lasted for what seemed like five long human years but was nothing more than a few hours to these beings. A continuous dance of dominance in the sky, they appeared to be two stars colliding into each other. Eir, with her graceful fighting, was taught to her by Nott and Sigrun, whose fighting style was that of an angered child who was given a sword as a toy. Eir chuckled, believing she had the upper hand in the fight. However, just as the fates for told, Eir was struck down by Sigrun's sword of Surtr, falling from the heavens to the world below. As she took her last breath, Eir's soul split itself into nine fragments that scattered among Earth.
Unfortunately, the victory was not enough for the price that was paid for such a battle. Unbeknownst to Baldr, Hel had cursed the sword as an unknown countermeasure if he had tricked her. This led to Sigrun having wounds that would take longer to heal than anything dealt to a divine being before. The demon sword, which had become damaged beyond repair, was thrown into another dimension by Baldr; to keep it from falling into the wrong hands.
As pieces of Eir's soul fell to earth, one of these fragments found its way into the womb of a pregnant wife whose husband was the head of the Valvnir family. The family was notorious for their craftsmanship in jewelry making. Their creations catching the eye of many were the family responsible for the creation of the Crown Jewels for every king and queen that many countries had produced over the centuries. For generations, they sold many fine works to noble and royal families in the country. Thus having many connections and enemies along with them.
The piece of soul fragment discovered that the woman's child was frail and likely to die upon birth. Feeling sympathetic for the child, the conscious piece gave the child the ability to regenerate its health within the womb, saving its life before it could live. In exchange, the fragment took a portion of the child's essence to create a twin.