Grainne’s marriage with Xanthos went as expected. They were rich and Xanthos worked hard to make them even richer. He wasn’t stingy with his wealth either. All the luxury items Grainne could have wanted were hers.



Soon after the wedding, Grainne gave birth to her daughter Circe.

Pay no attention please to the housekeeper. He was making the beds when Grainne gave birth, ran over to her and then continued to make the beds. I think this is related to the Abortable Bed Making mod I use, I've seen playable sims do that as well.



For a while, Grainne had to stay at home and look after Circe. She got pregnant again during this time. Motherhood didn’t appeal to Grainne much, though, and after the birth of her second daughter Alessa she decided to go back to her job.



Xanthos would have preferred a son to carry on the family name, but both Circe and Alessa were highly intelligent and he felt that he could safely leave his business to them.



Over at the Beaker household, things weren’t going as well. Bjorn had taken to drinking after his parents’ death and it kept getting worse.



Gundrun rarely saw her husband anymore. She spent most of her time alone.



Loki and Erin were her pride and joy. Loki was the smartest kid in his grade, or at least competing for the highest grades with Vid Curious, and he was always such a gentle soul when it came to his little sister. Erin admired her brother very much.



But children can’t stay children forever, and soon Loki became a teenager and realized that something was horribly wrong with the world.



“My life is ruined, Erin!”, Loki exclaimed. “Ruined, I tell you! My face is a cursed blight on my existence!”

Her brother always used really big words, Erin thought. She had no idea what he meant half the time, but she didn’t want him to think she was stupid, so she wrote them down in her notebook and asked Lazlo Curious, who asked his older siblings for advice, and usually Erin knew after about a week what Loki was talking about. She had become very adept at reading his tone though, so clearly he was upset about his face.

“What’s wrong with your face, Lo? It’s pretty!”

“Exactly! You take the words out of my mouth! My face is PRETTY. It is neither remarkable, nor striking, nor intimidating. It is pretty. My life is over.” Loki slumped over and looked ready to die. “No girl will ever be impressed by this tiny, adorable chin.”

Erin mulled this over for a while. “What if you had a beard, like Santa? I don’t know what his chin looks like, because it’s hidden behind the beard.”

Loki’s life and happiness had been saved. This was an excellent plan.



The plan did have one issue, though. Loki’s chin remained hairless.

Granted, Circe Salamis did think he was good-looking and smart to boot, but could she really love a man with no facial hair?



“It might be genetic.”, Pascal Curious suggested when all the Strangetown teens were hanging out at the Salamis house. “I mean, your father and grandfather don’t seem to have had a beard either.”

“I will have you know that my ancestors were Vikings, as shown by the name Halfdanarsson.” Loki said haughtily. “And a Viking with no beard would be simply ridiculous, so clearly I must have some beard genes somewhere.”



“You’re like one-sixtyfourth Viking on your MOTHER’S side, Loki!” laughed Circe. “Mrs Beaker certainly can’t grow a beard!”

This was the last straw. Circe was not supposed to side with Pascal on this subject! Loki got up and stormed out of the house in a huffed fashion.



Circe sighed. Loki was so easy to rile up. He was awfully smart though. With the right woman at his side, he would certainly amount to something great. Circe had plans to be that woman.

She would just need to flatter him for a few days. Tell him how ugly beards looked and how scratchy they were. Not to mention how pathetic it looked when the Curious boys would proudly present the half a dozen strands of hair that had randomly sprouted in their faces.



Loki's adorable chin has its revenge. He actually looks halfway decent with the Lokibeard, since it's hard to not look evil with it, but unfortunately the Lokibeard is not available for teenagers. Loki will have to remain beardless for all of his teenage years.

In any case, Loki is another one of the genetically impossible Strangetown sims. His facial structure is just pure evil, and none of his ancestors look like pure evil. The beard covers up a lot of the tiny chin (Erin was right about that), but there's no changing the eyebrows without cosmetic surgery. Which he is strongly considering.

Coming up next: Jenny's surprise