Heartwarming / Helheim Hassle

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It's a hassle, but we've got it all.

• Towards the very beginning, if Bjørn buys a torch and goes to explore a cave, he'll meet a man named Arne Axeteeth who asks him for some pants (really just looking for something to eat). Bjørn can go out and bring him back some cooked boar instead, earning him the title of "Saint Hammerparty" from Arne and all of his future stonechildren.
  Arne: Thank you kid! You're a saint! He's a saint, isn't he, Stonehilde?
  Bjørn: No worries, man!

• Bjørn's first act as a ghost is to reassemble his body so that whoever finds it won't be traumatized by its apparent injuries. It truly demonstrates how thoughtful he is of other peoples' wellbeing, even after death.

• Bjørn going around and encouraging everyone in Balder's gym certainly counts, especially if he goes the extra mile and passes on Vedfolnir's training tips to Andre, allowing the latter to lift the gigantic weight without his smoothie.
  • Whatever way Bjørn chooses to help out, Andre will be very grateful and tell him he'll be his friend forever, only to accidentally rip his arms off during a vigorous handshake. Bjørn can run after him and explain his condition, reassuring him that he's okay. As thanks, Andre will give him directions to a hidden shop he gets his smoothies from.

• Bjørn needs to piss Earl off by dissing model airplanes in order to be thrown up to the rooftops to track down his missing legs. Later on, however, he can track down Earl's stolen model airplane and give it back to him as an apology.

• Bjørn interacting with the Wolverine that has one of his legs, especially if he talked to the Wise Moose in the prologue and New Goblin Woods. If he didn't he'll need to throw rocks at her in order to scare her away, but even so he sounds very regretful about it, and even writes in his quest log that he hope she will be fine.
  "I'm sorry, bud..."
  • He can find the wolverine later in the Piercing Plains, and if he hurt her before he can befriend her by giving her a danish. In any case, seeing him pet her and ask her "Who's a good girl?" is downright adorable.

• Bjørn and Pesto chilling for a moment in Sæhrimnir Café, even moreso if he buys her coffee and tells her not to be so hard on herself when she talks about her job. Becomes something of a Tearjerker when she decides she has to kill him so she can go back to save regular Hell from Odin's wrath.
  "You're a good guy, Bjoharn. I'll make your death quick..." [right before he comes back to life] "...Thanks for the coffee."
  • Although it resulted in her trying to take drastic measures, the fact that Pesto was worried about her home and wanted to go back to protect it is rather sweet on its own, especially with all her complaints about her boss.
  • Bjørn also doing his best to calm down Pesto ^note if he couldn't buy her coffee earlier during the boss fight is also rather sweet.
  Pesto: "No! Stop coming back!"
  Bjørn: "Pesto, seriously, stop it! Hel can tell Satan this whole thing was a misunderstanding!"
  Pesto: "She'll say it was my fault for resurrecting you!"
  Bjørn: "It's like you said...the road to Helheim is a mess! They couldn't have expected you to get there on your own!"

• If Bjørn explores the underground in Shackstead and gets far enough, he'll find Egil Battlebay—someone from his old village—sitting alone and terrified in a cave. He decides to sing an old song of theirs called "Hiking Viking" to calm him down, with Pesto playing bass alongside him. This prompts a duet between Bjørn and Egil, and the latter finally decides to leave the cave and check out the newly renovated Helheim City afterwards.

• A small one, but when Bjørn gives Digby the coffee in Rock Bottom Meadow, he makes sure to ask if he's feeling any better. Made more noticeable by the fact that between him, Pesto and Cobbles, he seems to be the only one who cares.

• When Bjørn and Pesto first enter Huldra's cave, Pesto asks Bjørn if he's scared, and while it could just be her trying to keep quiet so as not to attract unwanted attention, there's something oddly gentle about the tone in her voice when she asks. Of course, she is quick to call him the worst viking ever when he tells her he just doesn't like violence, but still...

• Bjørn and Helga meeting again in Helheim. It's just really nice to see them so happy to see each other.
  Helga: "I know that voice...Bjørn? Bjørn Hammerparty?! Aw, snap!"
  Bjørn: "I'm sorry, who are you?"
  Helga: "I'm Helga, dawg! Don't you remember me?"
  Bjørn: "Uhh..."
  Helga: [sigh] "Hold on..." [shapeshifts into herself as a child] "Bjørn, Bjørn! What are you doing, dawg? We're going to BATTLE!" [shapeshifts back to her current look] "Remember me now?"
  Bjørn: [with a huge smile on his face] "Oh, holy gosh darn! HELGA! Pesto, this is Helga! She was my friend back when we were kids! And alive..."

• Bjørn cheering up Henry when he signs his petition:
  Bjørn: "Thanks, Henry! You're a cool guy!"
  Henry: "What? Really?"
  Bjørn: "Yeah! You can't let your past define you, man. Everybody makes mistakes. You gotta move forward!"
  Henry: [a single tear falling from his eye] "Wow, thanks Horr...I mean, Normal Severed Head."

• Even though trading places with her was his one way of getting to Helheim, Bjørn decides that he should let Helga stay in Bear Hell, seeing as she seems happy there.

• Hel’s bond with Balder—she really has taken him in as her son, preparing to give Famine hell when she learns what he’s done to him and even deciding to help Bjørn deal with Odin when she notices that Balder is fond of him. It feels rather bittersweet when she lets him go with Odin in the end, deciding he has the right to do what he wants after all he’s done to improve Helheim.

• Pesto lecturing Bjørn when he's on the verge of giving up, as it looks like battling Odin is his only option left...
  Pesto: "Bjoharn, snap out of it, you stupid idiot! 'Ooh, my name is Bjoharn! I don't battle stuff!' You have battled dragons, zombies, insane bear people and more clunky goblin tech than I know what to do with!"
  Bjørn: "But Odin is no dragon-slash-zombie-slash-insane bear person, Pesto..."
  Pesto: "Who cares? You get to face him on home turf, and that's an advantage!"
  Bjørn: "Home...turf?"
  Pesto: "Yeah, man! We just need what you do best—an unnecessarily convoluted plan!"

• Hel deciding to help Bjørn confront Odin, especially the reason why.
  "I'm only doing this for Balder's sake. He seems fond of you."

• Odin has truly been a real pain in the ass the entire game, but his tune changes (for the most part) upon realizing his son Balder has actually died and been in Helheim for the longest time, and then inviting him on a father-son battling trip to Goblin Hell to rescue Ramsey.

• After going back to Hell and delivering the sword (and probably witnessing the final events of the first game), what's the first thing Pesto decides to do? She goes back to Helheim to hang out with Bjørn. Pesto, who throughout the whole game was complaining about not "belawnging" there and was made homesick all too easily. It shows not only her solidified friendship with Bjørn, but also possibly how much she's grown as a character.