Urðr

Urðr (ウルズ) is one of the rulers of the Beast-type Evil Gods in ALfheim Online and the real Quest giver for acquiring Excaliber.

Appearance
Urðr has a beautiful face with a serene expression and ladylike elegance. She is over 3 meters tall, has turquoise pupils and wears a light-green long dress. She also has a flowing voice, tinged with a solemn effect. The skirt of her wavy fin-shaped blond hair, flowing from the back to the feet, is like tapered, divided and undulated tentacles. Her limbs are covered by pearly sparkling scales.

Background
Urðr was created by the Cardinal System’s Automated Quest Generation function, which based the character on a myth from Norse mythology. Unlike most quest NPCs, Urðr’s core programming is connected to the language engine module, therefore, instead of having a fixed response routine, she has a certain level of Artificial Intelligence and is thus capable of much more flexibility in her dialogue routines as well as sounding far more realistic than a regular NPC.

Caliber
Urðr appears to Kirito’s party after Þhrym enlists the help of the players of ALfheim Online to massacre the Beast-type Evil Gods roaming Jötunheimr. She tells them the story of how Jötunheimr turned from a beautiful and tranquil world full of greenery into a barren wasteland of frost after Þrym threw the Holy Sword Excaliber into Urðr’s Spring, cutting off the blessings of the World Tree. She then explains that Þrym wants to massacre all the Beast-type Evil Gods within Jötunheimr to render her powerless and thus, no longer restricted by Urðr’s power, he would be able to invade Alfheim. Then, saying that Þrym has left his castle barely defended, she asks the fairies to invade Þrymheimr and remove Excaliber from the Plinth of Þrymheimr before the last Beast-type Evil God is killed to stop Þrym’s plan. She then gives them a medallion that keeps track of how many Beast-type Evil Gods are still alive, before she departs.

About two hours later, after the fairies are successful in their quest to remove Excaliber from its pedestal, Urðr reappears to the fairies with her two sisters, Verðandi and Skuld, and all 3 of them thank the fairies and reward them with a waterfall of items, nearly completely filling up the inventory of the party. Urðr herself rewards the fairies with the Holy Sword Excaliber, before she disappears.

Trivia

 * In the original myth, Urðr was actually 1 of the 3 Norns, rulers of the destiny of men and gods, instead of being one of the rulers of a tribe of giants and beasts.

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