Name: Loki
Culture of Origin: Norse
God of: fire, magic, pranksters, strategy
Gender: Masculine (though changing sex as needed)
Appearance: Pale, sharply-angled face; large, protruding ears; dark hair; gangly frame.
Personality: Sarcastic and sardonic; promiscuous; deeply enjoys reality television (particularly big fan of Duck Dynasty and Keeping Up With the Kardashians); routinely incites chaos just to sit in a lawn chair on the sidelines (literally—he takes a foldout and a cold drink with him); builds kaleidoscopes as a hobby (sometimes breaks them when he’s finished, because reasons); has gone slightly off his rocker since his imprisonment, sometimes has fits of mania.
Brief History: After the death of Balder and his imprisonment and torture by the Asgardians, Loki became a devout enemy of Odin and all that Odin loved and protected (i.e., everything), rather than simply a mischievous, sometimes malicious, ally; thus, the Asgardians had inadvertently made true the prophecy that Loki would one day turn against them and join in destroying them on the day of Ragnarok. (Thanks, Odin.) Eventually Loki made his escape from his chains, by having Sigyn pour the poison she would catch in the bowl onto his chains* to melt them; the chains withstood this for a long time, and eventually Sigyn had to set the bowl aside and hack at the stubborn tethers before they finally broke—but the prolonged exposure to the poison resulted in an intensely weakened immunity to venom, making his next dose of it the fatal one. Loki has been hiding out in California, where he can blend in with the insane lifestyle without having to lie low and works as a talent agent, and has developed a great appreciation for fruity cocktails.
Godly Powers: shape-shifting; telekinesis; mental manipulation (works like instant hypnosis; more effective on mortals than gods).
Fatal Weakness: Venom of the snake that Odin placed over him
Token: A compass
Other:
*Brief Explanation: Loki killed the god of light, Balder, using mistletoe (not like that) and everybody was like “No, we really liked him!” so Odin had Loki chained to three boulders so that he couldn’t even bend a limb, and had a great snake hang over him and drool poison for all eternity (because Odin is the best at justice), but Loki’s long-suffering wife, Sigyn, held a bowl over his face to catch the poison in and when she would have to leave to empty the bowl, the poison would fall on him and apparently it hurt (because poison) and the writhing and screaming of Loki would produce earthquakes (drama queen).