Regarding beards- I’m sorry, I have ask. Loki, what was the deal with your lack of beard while you were imprisoned below Gladsheimr? Your hair shot down, presumably because you didn’t have any sharp objects to hand. But, no facial hair. Are there spells for this sort of thing? It must have made travelling more comfortable. Are there many spells which can enhance one’s appearance?

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              “It escapes me, and I am compelled to demand, why
              you must refer to my periods of embarrassing incarceration
              in order to make theoretical inquiries about magic,” 
              Loki spat, and paused to draw a quelling breath before 
              continuing.  “Have a care, mortal.  You would do well to
             master the art of tact.  Nevertheless … in my time beneath
             Valhalla’s thirteen seats, and on many other occasions, I 
             have indeed used magic to mask my true appearance.  There
             are many varieties, but they all stem from the same incantation
             and basic principle of encasing a real, physical object in an
             illusive shell. That physical object may be as dense as a 
             person, or as thin as the molecular compounds of air.  Then
             there is a second class of magic, which is to alter the actual
             structure of a living being. This is true shape-shifting, and it 
             is an ability with which one such as myself is born.”