[Script Info]
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[Events]
Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.71,0:00:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Asgard, a realm of wonders, was where \Nthe Norse Gods made their home.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.63,0:00:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There Odin’s great hall of Valhalla \Ntowered above the mountains
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.45,0:00:20.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Bifrost, the rainbow bridge, \Nanchored itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.28,0:00:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But though their domain was magnificent,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.41,0:00:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it stood undefended from the giants \Nand trolls of Jotunheim,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.81,0:00:29.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who despised the gods and \Nsought to destroy them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.99,0:00:34.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day when Thor, strongest of the \Ngods, was off fighting these foes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.38,0:00:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a stranger appeared, \Nriding a powerful gray horse.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.72,0:00:41.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The visitor made the gods \Nan astonishing offer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.99,0:00:44.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would build them the greatest \Nwall they’d ever seen,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.93,0:00:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,higher than any giant could climb \Nand stronger than any troll could break.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.08,0:00:55.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All he asked in return was the beautiful \Ngoddess Freya’s hand in marriage—
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.02,0:00:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along with the sun and moon from the sky.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.13,0:01:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gods balked at this request \Nand were ready to send him away.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.83,0:01:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the trickster Loki \Nconcocted a devious plan.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.81,0:01:09.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He told the gods they should \Naccept the stranger’s offer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.93,0:01:15.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but set such strict conditions that he \Nwould fail to complete the wall in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.51,0:01:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That way, they would lose nothing, while \Ngetting most of the wall built for free.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.58,0:01:23.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Freya didn’t like this idea at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.30,0:01:25.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Odin and the other \Ngods were convinced
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.87,0:01:28.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came to an agreement \Nwith the builder.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.03,0:01:31.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He would only have one winter \Nto complete the wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.03,0:01:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If any part was unfinished by \Nthe first day of summer,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.42,0:01:36.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would receive no payment.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.36,0:01:39.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he could have no help \Nfrom any other people.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.95,0:01:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The gods sealed the deal with solemn oaths
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.63,0:01:47.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and swore the mason would come \Nto no harm in Asgard.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.18,0:01:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the morning, the stranger began to dig \Nthe foundations at an astonishing speed,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.44,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and at nightfall he set off towards the \Nmountains to obtain the building stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:02:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it was only the next morning, \Nwhen they saw him returning,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.33,0:02:02.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that the gods began to worry.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.01,0:02:05.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As agreed, no other people \Nwere helping the mason.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.41,0:02:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But his horse Svadilfari was hauling \Na load of stones so massive
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.92,0:02:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it left trenches in the ground \Nbehind them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.33,0:02:15.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Winter came and went.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.06,0:02:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stranger kept building, \NSvadilfari kept hauling,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.52,0:02:22.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and neither snow nor rain could \Nslow their progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.15,0:02:27.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With only three days left until summer, \Nthe wall stood high and impenetrable,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.30,0:02:30.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with only the gate left to be built.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.06,0:02:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Horrified, the gods realized that not \Nonly would they lose
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.31,0:02:35.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their fertility goddess forever,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.48,0:02:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but without the sun and moon the world \Nwould be plunged into eternal darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.58,0:02:43.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They wondered why they’d made \Nsuch a foolish wager—
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.74,0:02:47.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then remembered Loki \Nand his terrible advice.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.90,0:02:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Suddenly, Loki didn’t feel so clever.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.95,0:02:55.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of his fellow gods threatened him \Nwith an unimaginably painful death
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.29,0:02:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if he didn’t find some way to prevent \Nthe builder from getting his payment.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.60,0:03:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Loki promised to take care of the \Nsituation, and dashed away.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.97,0:03:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Outside, night had fallen,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.59,0:03:09.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the builder prepared to set off \Nto retrieve the final load of stones.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.95,0:03:14.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But just as he called Svadilfari to him, \Na mare appeared in the field.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.38,0:03:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was so beautiful that \NSvadilfari ignored his master
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.92,0:03:19.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and broke free of his reins.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.96,0:03:21.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mason tried to catch him,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.68,0:03:26.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the mare ran deep into the \Nwoods and Svadilfari followed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.18,0:03:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The stranger was furious.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.91,0:03:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knew that the gods were behind \Nthis and confronted them:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:33.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no longer as a mild-mannered mason,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.12,0:03:37.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in his true form as a terrifying \Nmountain giant.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.55,0:03:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was a big mistake.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.37,0:03:41.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thor had just returned to Asgard,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.82,0:03:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now that the gods knew \Na giant was in their midst,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.74,0:03:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they disregarded their oaths.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.86,0:03:49.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The only payment the \Nbuilder would receive—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.17,0:03:51.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the last thing he would ever see—
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.49,0:03:55.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was the swing of Thor’s \Nmighty hammer Mjolnir.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.37,0:03:59.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As they set the final stones into the \Nwall, the gods celebrated their victory.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.98,0:04:01.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Loki was not among them, however.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.96,0:04:05.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Several months would pass \Nbefore he finally returned,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.03,0:04:08.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,followed by a beautiful gray \Nfoal with eight legs.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.62,0:04:12.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The foal would grow into a magnificent \Nsteed named Sleipnir
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.80,0:04:17.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and become Odin’s mount, a horse \Nthat could outrun the wind itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.65,0:04:23.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But exactly where he had come from was \Nsomething Loki preferred not to discuss.