Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-15049228-20131004024906/@comment-15049228-20131010234512

Next up, everyone’s favorite bundle of insanity, the most hyperactive Nordic in existence, wielder of Magnhild, Ladies and Gentleman, we have Nora Valkyrie!



Magnhild uses the same concept as the M32 MGl, looking exactly like it, only all silver with silver 40mm shells as ammunition. It’s Revolver reloading system is all pink though, so the shells at first glance at the weapon, are expected to be pink. These shells are as fact able to make a full grown Nevermore shriek in pain and flee, something that even Ember Cecilia and Crescent Rose were unable to achieve. It’s shells are silver, with a heart engraved on each individual grenade. It has a possible timed/remote/proximity/impact interchangeable firing mechanism, as Nora was able to create explosives in a specific area in the air, similar to Flak and Air Burst explosives. This presents the possibility of Nora also being to engage targets in cover, prevent aircraft by acting as an anti aircraft turret, create minefields with these, similar to the Demoman’s secondary weapon from TF2, etc. The explosive itself is also unique in that it explodes into what is assumed pink dust, different of that compared to other weapons. That implies custom made cartridges utilizing custom dust. One thing that I forgot to add about all Projectile Weapons is if their weapons would be able to support other types of ammunition, for example, could Ruby use .45 Cal or larger than .50 Cal bullets, and could Nora use standard 40mm dust shells? The secondary weapon mode is her War Hammer, in which it is able to propel herself using her explosives.

This is similar to Ruby and Yang’s styles of fighting, as they use their weapon's recoil to increase power in their strikes, and to move quickly across the field of battle.



We’ve only seen Nora’s weapon used in one episode so far, this being Episode 8, Players and Pieces. In it, she fires 9 times at the Nevermore, then later switching over to Warhammer mode, in which she fires 3 times, before morphing back to Grenade Launcher, firing twice, then using WarHammer mode to fire twice again. The total for number of shots/energy bursts used is 16 shots. That in truth would be equal if it was modified to hold an additional two or three rounds, which I find to be plausible, seeing as adding 2-3 Shell compartments would be appropriate for a custom weapon. But Nora would have needed to reload at her 8-9 mark shot mark, which there is no record of. She could have reloaded when Weiss air stepped away with her, and she took that opportunity to reload, or she could have reloaded on the bridge. Either way works. The Pink Dust doesn’t really seem to have a special effect, and is most likely either a combination of different Dust materials, or is for aesthetic and symbolism effects. Magnhild and Nora’s strength is truly a force to be reckoned with, as she was able to destroy and flip a large portion of a stone bridge, possibly break the Deathstalker’s skull, and destroyed the remnants of the bridge to deliver the finishing blow to the Deathstalker.

In very simple math terms,

Nora+Magnhild=Winbattle

Definetly can say she's the heavy weapons expert of the group of 8.