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AU Sif from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where Sif is a member of SHIELD and the Avengers under the cape name Valkyrie.
The beginning of Sif's story is the same: born a half-sister to Heimdall and the daughter of a merchant of little note, Sif was brought to the palace as a young girl to be introduced to the queen. During that visit she met Thor, trounced him soundly in a fight, and the two became fast friends. She began to visit regularly, spending her time with Thor and Loki, and soon joining them in training much to her father's displeasure. He indulged her for a while, allowing her to train in the hopes that she would fail fast and hard and thereby learn her place.
Except Sif was good. Very good. When she entered early adolescence, Sif's father finally forbade her to play at weapons any longer. Thor went to his father and argued on Sif's behalf, but Odin decreed it to be a private matter between father and daughter, and though regrettable, not the crown's concern. Her father's decision held, but that did little to stop Sif: she continued to train in secret, progressing less quickly perhaps, but not letting her skills go to rust.
But late in Sif's teenaged centuries, her father broke the last straw when he attempted to force Sif into an arranged marriage. Fed up and finally realizing Asgard was just holding her back, Sif left. She said her farewells to Thor and convinced Heimdall to let her pass through the Bifrost. At the Asgardian equivalent of sixteen, Sif became a sellsword, wandering through the realms making a living and honing her skills on her own.
Sif's journeys have changed her. She still lives by a personal code of honor that's grown apart from Asgard's concept of honor. Battle does not blind her with its glory; she has seen the darker sides of battle and Asgard's hegemony over the other realms. Her life has been spent constantly on the move, and she does poorly when made to stay still. Originally she intended to return one day and prove her worth, but the farther she travelled and the more she saw, the less connected to Asgard she felt; the less proving people like her father wrong even mattered.
And then one day Sif found herself caught in an encounter with SHIELD, and Earth became her new home.
The beginning of Sif's story is the same: born a half-sister to Heimdall and the daughter of a merchant of little note, Sif was brought to the palace as a young girl to be introduced to the queen. During that visit she met Thor, trounced him soundly in a fight, and the two became fast friends. She began to visit regularly, spending her time with Thor and Loki, and soon joining them in training much to her father's displeasure. He indulged her for a while, allowing her to train in the hopes that she would fail fast and hard and thereby learn her place.
Except Sif was good. Very good. When she entered early adolescence, Sif's father finally forbade her to play at weapons any longer. Thor went to his father and argued on Sif's behalf, but Odin decreed it to be a private matter between father and daughter, and though regrettable, not the crown's concern. Her father's decision held, but that did little to stop Sif: she continued to train in secret, progressing less quickly perhaps, but not letting her skills go to rust.
But late in Sif's teenaged centuries, her father broke the last straw when he attempted to force Sif into an arranged marriage. Fed up and finally realizing Asgard was just holding her back, Sif left. She said her farewells to Thor and convinced Heimdall to let her pass through the Bifrost. At the Asgardian equivalent of sixteen, Sif became a sellsword, wandering through the realms making a living and honing her skills on her own.
Sif's journeys have changed her. She still lives by a personal code of honor that's grown apart from Asgard's concept of honor. Battle does not blind her with its glory; she has seen the darker sides of battle and Asgard's hegemony over the other realms. Her life has been spent constantly on the move, and she does poorly when made to stay still. Originally she intended to return one day and prove her worth, but the farther she travelled and the more she saw, the less connected to Asgard she felt; the less proving people like her father wrong even mattered.
And then one day Sif found herself caught in an encounter with SHIELD, and Earth became her new home.
