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	100	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 deal damage kill him (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
placeholder	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)	Unknown (already unlocked when started playing)