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Magnus Chase

" Wrongly chosen, wrongly slain, A hero Valhalla cannot contain"

Is a sixteen-year-old, homeless teenager who live in Boston, Massachussetts 

He is a Norse demigod son of Frey and Nathalie chase, As well as the cousins 

Of Greek demigod Annabeth Chase. After dying and becoming an einherji, 

he lives his afterlife in Hotel Valhalla.

The Sword Of Summer

The Sword of Summer is the first novel in a trilogy of fantasy novels, the Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard series, written by Rick Riordan and published by Disney Hyperion. Like most other works from Riordan, it is based on mythology, in this case being Norse Mythology. It is narrated in first-person view by Magnus Chase, the title character, as he and his friends search for the Sword of Summer. It was released on October 6, 2015. A sequel, The Hammer of Thor, is set to be released on October 4, 2016. The novel has received positive reviews.

Main Characters:

1. Magnus Chase - is the son of Frey, god of summer and abundance, which  given him power over alf seidir, possible because Frey was the lord of the elves. He is able to heal himself and others at a high speed, and he could also disarm everyone with an energy blast.

2. Blitzen - despite being fairly good at building, has always been obsessed with fashion. His father died after checking on Fenris Wolf. While under Mirmir's service to stop Ragnarok, he met Hearthstone in Midgard (the human world) and they became friends. During the competition with Junior, he made the Expando-Duck, a chainmail vest and a bulletproof tie.

3. Heartstone - After the death of his brother, his parents had pinned the blame on him, claiming that he was the one that was supossed to die. During his isolated life as a deaf and mute elf, he began learning the secrets of runestones, but at a cost of two choices: he could either not learn magic and no longer be deaf and mute and may stay with his parents, or he would continue his isolated life to continue magic. During the quest, he has shown multiple usefulness, like when protecting them from Fenris with a staff and some runes, and when he summoned the eight-legged horse. He is described to have spiky white blonde hair, and wears a black leather jacket and black jeans, as well as a candy striped scarf.

4. Samirah al-Abbas - Sam's mother married Loki when she found him being taken care of at the hospital. Sam dislikes her father very much, especially since he was the god of lies, describing as as a "liar, a murderer, a thief". During middle school children bullied her since she was muslim, but when a giant attacked she defeated it and stopped people from being killed. Odin noticed this and offered her to be a Valkyrie, which she accepted. It was Odin that told her to pick Magnus to be in Valhalla. Her abilities include shape-shifting, fighting with an ax and flying (when she was a Valkyrie).