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A long time ago in a kingdom far, far away there lived a young prince named Thor. The prince ruled over Asgard and though he was just he also was arrogant and greedy. He engulfed himself in finery and luxury but gave little in return.
One day an old man knocked on the doors of his castle asking for shelter from the heavy rain but the prince refused him. Thor didn’t trust the old man and so he send him away despite the terrible weather. The old man begged and pleaded leaning heavily on his cane but the prince did not see reason instead he insulted the man ordered him to leave or he would rot in the dungeons.
That was when the man revealed himself, it was Odin a powerful mage that came to test the prince and saw him unfit to become king until he was a better man. Odin raised his cane now a staff he used for his powerful magic and casted a spell on the prince.
“I Odin deem you unworthy, unworthy of your titles and unworthy of your realm. Hereby I cast this spell on you so your true face may be shown to anyone who looks upon your face. Gone it may be when, and only when, someone finds you worthy of their love.”
And so it came that in one night, born out of foolishness a monster was made of the prince. A beast never seen by men before, with thick golden fur all over its body and long claws on its hands and a tail it looked nothing like the beautiful prince he once had been anymore.
Thor in horror had stared at his reflection for a long time before an inhuman scream had emerged from him and smashed all the mirrors in the castle, his staff and friends now turned into furniture unable to stop him.
But Odin in all his wisdom had never spoke a spell without good intentions, for he knew that one day the prince would find a heart for his own. It would take long though, years and year would go by without someone daring to come even close to the cursed place and the prince grew desperate.
And worst the shattered remains of his heart grew harder and harder and he came to think that no one, no one ever would be able to love a beast like him.