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Height: 165

Size: 90 - 60 - 91

Age: 24

License Type:Second class, Limited Symbol:Triangle (The Past)

Angel: World of Elegance

Teleportation Link: Television

Alternate Energy Source: Alcohol

Runic Mark: ???

Previous Job: System Operator

Japanese Voice Actress: Touma Yumi

English Voice Actress: Lanelle Markgraf

Urd is Belldandy's half-sister, and she was a system administrator for Yddrasil until she was banished to earth for misbehaving. She has a knack for creating potions, consuming sake, and watching cheezy soap operas.

She fancies herself as a "Cupid of Love" so she's always trying to push Keiichi's and Belldandy's relationship along. Nonetheless, it seems that this is also Urd's way of repaying Keiichi for all his help such as in the "Trials of Morisato".
Urd is generally unreliable and has no control over her powers, but she does have her sisters bests interests in her heart. It's probably best to just say that her many schemes are well-meant.
DEVELOPMENT AS A CHARACTER
Urd has the unique distinction of being the most drastically changed character in the Oh My Goddess! series. When she first appears in the second issue of the American manga, she is shallow, manipulative, meddlesome, nymphomanic, and overbearing. In fact, the first thing she does is try to get Keiichi into bed with her, to supposedly "teach him about real women" so that he will be more inclined to put the moves on Belldandy. (My own personal thought on this is that she was just using that as an excuse for trying to get laid--but that is a matter of pure speculation on my part.)
As the story progresses, Urd gradually mellows out; she seems to learn from each major event in her life, and is consequently a fair bit wiser than she was when the series began. Her life, as discussed in more detail below, is a constant struggle against her dark side, and it seems that, each time she is forced to confront it directly, she learns a bit more about how to control it.
Now, in the current manga, Urd has evolved into a striking young woman with a penchant for suggestive remarks and a flair for the dramatic. Her irritating traits still surface from time to time, but usually in a much more subdued form--she likes to meddle, but does so in ways that (thankfully) have only a minor effect on Keiichi's life.
Perhaps the single most interesting thing about Urd is her unique mixed ancestry. Although she is a goddess by trade, she is actually half demon by blood--and her demon and goddess sides are constantly at odds with each other. The expression 'battling one's inner demons' refers to a character struggling to overcome their dark side, and in Urd's case, this expression takes on literal meaning: twice now, her dark side has come to the surface to wreak havoc on her life.
The first of these occurrences is in the appropriately-named fourth volume of the American manga, "Terrible Master Urd." To be brief (as this is the less interesting of the two), the demoness Mara uses a strange-looking urn to download something called the "ultimate destruction program" into Urd's mind. The first time through, it isn't technically Urd's demon half that surfaces--it is an entity called the Lord of Terror, who was able to take control of her body because of Urd's demonic ancestry. When the Lord of Terror is finally exorcised from her mind (and out roaming free), Urd's selfless side emerges in force for the first time.
The second and more noteworthy of these two incidents is when Mara (yes, her again) manages to separate Urd's goddess and demon halves. Urd's evil half isn't terribly interesting--she is fairly standard villain faire. What makes this part of the story such an excellent development for Urd is seeing her goddess side on its own. Goddess Urd is serious, wise, devoted, and just about as pure as Belldandy, if not more so. Her mode of dress is somewhat less blatant than that of Urd's whole self, but she still manages to show a fair bit of leg--old habits die hard, after all. In comparison to her usual, she is very interesting to watch: she is confident and direct even in the face of great danger, and she seems much more at peace with herself than usual (and understandably so). Unfortunately, Urd's demon side takes with it that subtle playfulness that so defines her character, so, while it is certainly interesting to see the two halves of Urd's personality taken separately, neither side by itself can hope to live up to the whole Urd.
When Urd's two halves are finally rejoined (much to the chagrin of both), Urd comes out ever so slightly changed. Although as playful as she had always been, she retains some of her goddess half's sense of inner peace, and, as a result, becomes much less antagonistic toward those close to her. All in all, quite a pleasant change.

From an artistic standpoint, Urd's look has changed somewhat since the beginning of the manga, but not nearly so much as Belldandy or Keiichi. Perhaps the most drastic change in appearance is that of her hair, which is much more elaborate currently than it was when she first appeared. The actual change is slipped into the middle of the fifth American volume, "Queen of Vengeance," when a problem with the Yggdrasil system causes Urd to age in reverse--you don't really notice that her hair is wavy all of a sudden, because you're too busy noticing the much more obvious fact that she looks about ten years younger. Beyond this, though, the changes are understated and stylistic--she seems to pick up a certain sense of maturity and class, but her appearance remains largely unchanged from when she was first introduced.


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