Welcome to the 7th developer diary for Runemaster where we will talk about Loki and Thor and the struggle between Change and Stability! The main plot in Runemaster revolves around where you as a player try to decide whether to trigger the end of the world as you know it or postpone it for as long as possible. You will choose who to side with - Thor or Loki.When mighty Thor’s brother Balder died by the machinations of the trickster god Loki, Thor swore he would do all he could to make sure Loki would not be able to escape his punishment. Loki was fettered to a stone slab with the entrails of his son Narfi, and a venomous snake was placed above him whose teeth drips poison onto the fettered god. Loki’s wife Sigyn is the only one who stays at his side, with a bowl in her hands which she uses to collect the drops of poison. When the bowl is filled and she leaves to empty it, the pain when the droplets eat into his skin makes Loki howl in pain and writhe upon his stone slabs, making the earth shake with each of his tremblings.Thor, the Thunder god, son of Odin and wielder of Mjölnir stands for Stability and wishes to avoid Ragnarök. The worlds his father Odin created from the flesh of Ymir together with Vili and Ve are not to be changed in any way, for better or for worse. Ragnarök will bring destruction and death upon all the worlds, and only a few will be left alive to mend the worlds again. It is better if the current order is kept. Keep Loki fettered forever and there will be no Ragnarök, no change, no pain and no destruction. The gods will remain as the rulers and protectors of the worlds.Loki, the Trickster, the Chaos god, Odin's blood brother, is bound to stone slabs with the entrails of his son Narfi and he must be released in order for Ragnarök to happen. The Norse mythology paints Loki as a troublemaker, a trickster, the chaos god that can both help the gods but also put them in difficult positions. Loki stands for Change and sees the truth of the worlds - that the gods favor some races and ignores the plight of the rest. The new world is a chance to change the current order and shape it so that every being is equal, in both gods’ and other’s eyes. Ragnarök is necessary, and inevitable. All you can do is accept Change, for better and for worse. The death of many gods during Ragnarök will leave the races able to determine their fate without the gods meddling.Runemaster is not about the struggle between Good and Evil, it is the struggle between Stability and Change. If Ragnarök occurs, the old world will be destroyed but a new world will arise. Change is not evil; it is only change which can be both bad and good. Same with Stability. Stability is accepting the old world and doing nothing to change it. Stability is set in its current ways and have no desire to change, no matter how bad the current tracks are. Change might not always be good, but it will always take you forward and you decide whether Change is good or bad. In the end, you will reach the choice where to fight Thor, free Loki and make sure Ragnarök happens in order for a new world to take the old ones' place or fight Loki, bind him firmly to his stone slabs and make sure Ragnarök will not happen.Bonus teaser: A Hero outside a small farm in Midgard (WIP).