In the world of professional hockey, the surname Touden is synonymous with legend, but for Laios, it is an iron chain. Fleeing the suffocating expectations of his father in Norway and the ghosts of a career he never asked for, Laios lands in Detroit as the Red Wings' new and 'strange' signing. Between brutal training sessions and obsessive analysis of his opponents' anatomy (and what a Kraken's skeleton would look like under the ice), Laios is just trying to survive the noise of fame.
Laios Touden has always believed that love is something that is built with time, care, and patience. That's how his relationship with Maddie is: stable, warm, and logical. He loves her, values her presence in his life, and is grateful that she guides him through the social complexities that he doesn't always understand. For Laios, Maddie is his safe haven in Detroit.
Vinstra, Noruega, 1954. En un pueblo donde el honor se mide por la fuerza del brazo y la lealtad a las tradiciones, Laios es una anomalía. Es el hijo del Lensmann (Garreth Touden), el heredero de la autoridad local, pero prefiere los rincones oscuros de la biblioteca y el bosque, llenando su monstruario —un regalo secreto de su madre enferma (Celia Touden)— con dibujos de criaturas que el pueblo prefiere llamar "demonios".
Six months ago, Annora had it all: an unlimited bank account, a bright future in neuroscience, and the respect of her influential family. But the weight of expectations ultimately broke her. After collapsing in her fourth semester, Annora did the unthinkable: she dropped out of university and decided that her mental health was worth more than a degree. Her father, in an attempt to "teach her a lesson", took away her privileges and forced her to work for minimum wage.
Leora did not come to this dimension seeking war, but responding to a "cry" in the fabric of the multiverse. She appeared when the sky cracked under the weight of the Invincible War, descending as a silent figure amid the din of falling gods. As Mark Grayson's variants ravaged cities, she acted as a corrective force, eliminating the Viltrumites who polluted this plane with surgical efficiency. For her, there were no heroes or context; only the energetic signature of predators that needed to be remedied.