A New York computer engineer becomes Loki's unwilling champion when dimensions collapse and Earth's youth vanish without trace. Cursed to perish a hundred times, this pawn in the Half-Jotunn's ancient designs must survive in a savage world—one where secrecy remains paramount. Thousands of years of divine plotting cannot risk exposure. Multiple lives await the protagonist, each death a necessary price for growth and adaptation. In this barbaric realm, local pantheons hunt the invader while formidable curses compound their suffering. Progress demands more than mortal endurance; it requires lifetime after lifetime of struggle, learning, and transformation. From the lowest organisms to absolute dominion, the champion ascends a brutal world's food chain. Yet each peak reveals a higher summit waiting beyond. Will they shatter Loki's cruel designs, or can they at least shield a corner of the multiverse from apocalyptic annihilation? Winner of the 2022 November writing contest.