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The Valkyrie speaks with Heimdall as she rides the Rainbow bridge to Asgard. Odin reads some scrolls, and the Valkyrie speaks with the Norns/Fates (revealed in Thor I#197 to be the same beings). Later, the Valkyrie travels to Valhalla, where she meets Tyr and his sea reavers and Harokin. Hela, who now rules Asgard in place of Odin, is escorted by the Valkyrie guard and speaks with Valkyrie. Brunnhilde must lead a battle against the usurper Ollerus, who seeks to become a god of the dead. Elsewhere, using the Crystal of Eternal View (from Thor#149), Poppo, servant of Ollerus, observes the Valkyrie's soldiers. Casiolena holds a skull as Ollerus plans strategy, looking over a map of Valhalla (with locations such as Magic Mists, Minotaur Mt. Range, Unknown Lands, Pass of Peril, Dark Forest, Ice Desert, Forest of Pawns, and Hills of Valhalla). Valkyrie speaks with her fellow Valkyrie Svava, and then the two armies meet. The Valkyrie sneaks into Ollerus' base, but is defeated. Barbara Norriss takes her place, impersonating her.