Odin

Profile

Overview

King of the Æsir gods. Son of Borr and Bestla, brother of Vili and Vé, adoptive brother of Loki. Husband of Frigg, father of Þórr, Baldr, Viðarr, and Váli. Grandfather of Magni, Móði, and Þrúðr. Ravenkeeper. Antagonist of the Vanir, specifically Nǫkkvi. Enemy of the jǫtnar. Casualty of the jǫtunn Fenrir come Ragnarǫk.

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Personality

Obsessed with a desire for control, most crucially of his own fate, but also of others and entire realms. Seeks authority through knowledge rather than power and guards his wealth of information balefully. Challenges whether fate is predestined and unalterable or changeable. Masterful manipulator, exceptionally deceiving. Views his offspring more as assets than kin, a means to an end, and uses them to his advantage. Cripplingly paranoid of and desirous to prevent Ragnarǫk; no measure is too drastic.

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Treasure Chest Themes

Ravens, libraries/books/studies/research, scrying/magic, Ásgarðr/Norse gods

Njǫrðr

The Æsir’s own opposing Vanir god-king.

At the crux of the kings’ relations lies a fundamental subversion; Óðinn’s masterful manipulations would leave Njǫrðr powerless and increasingly isolated—both by his very own folk and by those which he was unknowingly, unwillingly entered into.

To Óðinn, Njǫrðr is little more than a means of entertainment.

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Þórr

Óðinn’s firstborn and eldest son by the jǫtunn, Jǫrð.

The father and the son’s relationship suffers a fundamental flaw by the untimely passing of Jǫrð, and how it was experienced those respectively affected—Óðinn particularly blamed Þórr for the demise of his lover, and, crippled irreversibly by this distorted perspective, broke his poor son’s spirit and corrupted him in cruel rearing. Þórr was raised thusly to become the destined figurehead of the Æsir so as to physically embody its ideals.

Despite meeting Óðinn’s criterion and more yet, despite being everything he was worked and shaped to be, rather tragically, Óðinn pays little heed to Þórr.

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Hrímnir/Dúrnir

A full-bred hrímþurs miraculously born in Óðinn’s own homely realm of Ásaheimr, itself otherwise free of such.

The birth of a jǫtunn in Ásgarðr occurred unanticipatedly, and untimely, being at the height of a war with the giants. Near unanimously did Óðinn’s fellow Ásgarðians vote against allowing its longevity, however, unexpectedly, contentiously, Njǫrðr campaigned that it survived, and furthermore all the surprising, in his own very care. This rendered the Allfather in particular obfuscated, the calf being the product of Njǫrðr’s then-wife Skaði’s infidelity. Yet did his conniving mind come to a conditional pardon, leaving perturbed much of Ásgarðr.

Óðinn maintained a scrutiny so honed as it was unmatched by others if even it appeared that he was otherwise indifferent. The presence of a pedigreed hrímþurs fascinated him much as it did frighten him.

The Allfather persevered in his perusal well into Hrímnir’s adulthood, wherein his demands would have to be then met of her, yet it would fall to Njǫrðr to fulfill them, and, too, he was keen to confirm or deny whether his fellow god-king was capable of such. Henceforward, results thus left him increasingly pleased.

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Eldr

A son of Surtr—else but an inappreciable soul amongst a vast brood—who came as collateral when orchestrating a displacement-disarmament in Miðgarðr so as to slow or otherwise altogether stop Ragnarǫk.

By his eldest son and master jǫtunn hunter, Þórr, Óðinn’s attention was brought to Eldr much as an accidental casualty as on the condition of being “unique.” Coming from Þórr, Óðinn in his assiduous way responded all the cynically, yet found true his son’s claims. Thence, the Allfather placed a studious scrutiny unto the young eldþurs. Contingent to his discoveries, Óðinn devised then exploitative strategies, seeing as Eldr’s relationship with his father, Surtr, was as unique as he was.

Ultimately, Óðinn would arrange Eldr’s usurpation and incarceration in Ásgarðr at his and Surtr’s closest for to further exacerbate their situation. At length, this would lead yet to unexpected ramifications.

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Sarvek

Firstborn by the hrímþurs Hrímnir, second jǫtunn born and bred in Ásgarðr, grandchild of the winter goddess Skaði.

Much as her birth and residence in Ásgarðr was controversial, Sarvek’s own very existence before existence suffered likewise, his conception opined that of a forbidden union between of god and of giantess. To Óðinn this was adverted, and thus it was pronounced unless proven otherwise, until her delivery, under close scrutiny his mother would be kept; should the resulting offspring be a half-breed, it would be disposed of, notwithstanding to the odium a pureblood regardless would be subjected. Dubiety hence began to be sown in Óðinn’s name for his pardon not of one, but two jǫtnar, yet the Allfather never was without his due reason.

Beyond of a doubt, Óðinn indeed had some predestined mantle under which Sarvek would perform, yet whether he would surrender and conform or resist remained to be seen.

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Háseti

The eldest son of Hæilví, a young Vanir stripped of his godhood and sundered to Miðgarðr where, by self-proclamation, pronounced himself king following the seizure of his brother’s kingdom and claim of land.

Himself a religious zealot, at whatever cost, Háseti’s undying resolve was for to reclaim his own divinity and rejoin the gods. Guised to visit, the Ophionyx’s worldly accomplishments held particular interest in Óðinn’s eye by which he assayed whether he was worthy to return to his status by birthright.

Upon revealing himself to Háseti—overwrought with reverence and brought to groveling—Óðinn would extend the invitation to restore the Ophionyx to his godhood, but at what expense?

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