Microsoft Game Studios has released several new screenshots from Too Human, showcasing the villainess Hel.

Under development by Silicon Knights, Too Human will feature the cybernetic god Baldur, who is thrust into the midst of an ongoing battle that threatens the existence of mankind. Baldur is charged with defending humanity from an onslaught of monstrous war machines bent on the eradication of human life. Too Human will hit the store shelves later this year.

[i]"Hel is the daughter of Loki and Administrator for Helheim, a newly formed government formed through secession from the Aesir and Midgard. Claiming an independent state, Helheim entered a treaty with the Aesir called 'The Pact of the Fallen'. In return for their independence, Helheim would receive the corpses of all natural deaths from Midgard. These corpses would be rendered at Helheim for the recollection of useful materials – organs, minerals, gene stock, etc.

Hel’s relationship to Loki is not well understood, although Loki claims she is his daughter. Loki’s Aesir wife, Sigyn, long destroyed in battle claimed otherwise. Her origins are dubious at best and although Loki has had dealings with the Children of the YMIR, it is not known how Hel was created. It is known only that when ODIN discovered her existence that he emphatically demanded that she be removed from Midgard. Loki complied, but has never forgotten, nor forgiven, the exile of his daughter."