Characters

There are currently ten playable characters (called valkyries) with a unique starting loadouts. (Five were added in the Overdrive update.) Each character can unlock a starting ultimate and secondary Abilities:

• Secondary ability: defeat Nidhogg with that character on any difficulty.
• Ultimate ability: defeat Nidhogg with that character on Hard.

Summary

Image	Name	HP	Armor	Starting weapon	Ultimate	Secondary	Comments	How to unlock
	Göll	100	0	Pistol	Jarnbjorn	Fire Bolt		Unlocked by default
	Freyr	0	150	Revolver	Freyr's Blessing	Block	Can upgrade max HP with potions despite starting from 0.	Complete Asgard
	Hildr	50	25	Shotgun Pistol	Hermóðr's Enchantment	Fire Bolt	Starts with a key and 5 Speed.	Complete Svartalfheim
	Njord	50	0	Hands	Odin's Blessing	Valkyrie's Veil	Starts with 7. Cannot pickup or change weapon. Is locked to his starting weapon the (Magic) Hands.	Defeat Nidhogg
	Odr	N/A	0	Sawed-off Shotgun	Barter	Teleport	Starts with 1 Luck. Can jump repeatedly to fly, hold jump to glide, and is less affected by gravity. Any damage dealt kills them (You can't increase max HP, gain armor or heal.) Can survive a fatal blow with the Lion Heart, can block damage Valkyrie's Veil or Block. Currently Undying Strength prevents death for other characters, but not Odr.	Defeat Nidhogg on Hard
	Skuld	150	0	new weapon no decided name	Sigyn's Help	Mortal Curse	Loses 1HP every quarter beat (dies after 55 seconds if idle at starting HP) Gains 5HP every time you shoot an enemy (with starting gun, not sure if damage based, or if damaging abilities give HP)	Kill 2000 enemies
	Geri	25	0	Pistol	Banking	Burning Coin	Your camera is moved down to floor. However, you jump as usual. Starts with 3. Guaranteed bank each stage(except Helheim I and Helheim II) More likely to get coins as reward rather than keys (not certain)	Store 100 coins in the bank
	Herfjötur	N/A	0	Bolt-Action Rifle	Geri's Audit	Snipe	Starts with 3. Uses coins instead of HP and shields. Taking damage will make you lose half of your coins (if odd then rounded down). You will lose half of your coins to Lava, Chest Room Door and Sonar Beam. If you buy something and your money will be set to 0 then you will die. Lion Heart and Skjaldmeyjar's Plate won't save you (hypothesis, confirmation required)	Store 100 coins in the dish
	Rún	Random	Random	Random	Random	Random	Starts each run with a random weapon, health, abilites, and items	Spend 1000 coins in the armoury
	Sanngridr	N/A	0	Pistol	None	None	Any damage dealt kills them (You can't increase max HP, gain armor or heal.) Actually Odr but has no flight, no starting abilities, no stats and weaker weapon.	Complete the game with Odr to unlock