He also manipulated Baldur that following Kratos and Atreus to Jötunheim would bring his cure for his immortality curse that Freya place on him assumed to be a lie.Īccording to Mimir, Odin is extremely paranoid toward anything that he considered a threat to his rule and the Aesir, similar to Zeus in the original trilogy, this included the Jötnar, the Vanir, and even his own son, Tyr. Odin is also manipulative when he "befriended" with the Jötunn seeress, Gróa only to kill her and steal her library and the prophecy about Ragnarök. In reality, he and his brethren believed that they were superior and deserved to be as such. He ordered his son Thor to commit genocide against the giants for suspecting them being the ones behind Ragnarök, and he also betrayed his own great grandfather, the primordial Jötunn Ymir, at the beginning of all things under the self-righteous belief that he and the Aesir were bringing order to the realms. Odin is a cruel, heartless, sadistic and barbaric God, as proven by his having tortured Mimir and took his left eye to hidden within the Statue of Thor during his imprisonment every day. Ruthless? Barbaric? Heartless, that's Odin! In fact, we would do well to sit here in silence for the next few moments and reflect on Odin's capacity for cruelty. He wears a wide brimmed hat and carrying his spear Gungnir. While he never appeared in the game, some murals in the Lost Page of Norse Myth describes him as an old man with a long beard and one eye. However, Freya casted a spell to return her and Thor back to Asgard with no routes of getting to Joutenheim, Odin divorced with Freya and severed her wings when he banished his now ex-wife to Midgard as well cursed her from ever travelling to other realms. Odin remarried to the Vanir Goddess and Queen of the Valkyries, Freya. However, Odin attempted to change his fate which makes him paranoid. While having Mimir's left eye, Odin searched for Brok and Sindri to build a statue of Thor with hidden compartment and forced to build the statue even though they declined.Īccording to Mimir, Odin's destiny is to die along with Fenrir during their fight for Ragnarok. He even took Mimir's left jeweled eye but disallowed anyone to harm him. But at some points later Fjörgyn died from an unspecified cause leaving Odin heartbroken and felt lonely for many years.Īs Mimir's attempted betrayal toward Odin, the Allfather has imprisoned his adviser to a tree near the gateway of the 9 realms. ![]() He got Týr from an unnamed wife, Thor from the giantess Fjörgyn, and many more. He along with his brothers Vili and Vé stood up against their creator and succeeded in killing Ymir and anyone else who stood in their path including almost every Jötunn (with the exceptions of Bergelmir and his wife).Īfter claiming his first victims, he took the place as the "Allfather" and began to create the realm of Midgard from Ymir's corpse together with his brothers.Īfter killing Ymir and cementing his rule as the Allfather, Odin at some point would go to create Asgard, and began to expand his family by marrying various women, hoping to gain powerful sons. However, due to his power-hungry nature he felt that he and his brethren the Aesir are the ones who should be the supreme rulers of the nine realms. Odin was a descendant of the primordial Jötunn Ymir, the progenitor of all life. 1.5 Remarriage and later divorce with Freyaīiography The Murder of Ymir and the Creation of Midgard.1.1 The Murder of Ymir and the Creation of Midgard.He will be voiced by Richard Schiff in God of War: Ragnarök, who also played Harper Dearing in NCIS. Although he never physically appeared in the 2018 game, he was mentioned and referenced many times by various characters like Atreus, Freya, and Mimir as a cruel, barbaric, power-hungry and megalomaniacal deity and the one who was responsible for so much suffering across the nine realms. ![]() ![]() Similar to many of the Greek mythological figures from the same franchise, he is a far more sinister, barbaric, and cruel figure than his classic myth counterpart. He is based on the mythical Norse figure of the same name. He is set to appear in its upcoming 2022 sequel God of War: Ragnarök in some capacity. Odin is the main antagonist of the Norse Era of the God of War video game franchise, serving as the unseen overarching antagonist of the 2018 video game God of War. Beyond the monster who kills without cause. What do you even know of godhood? In your lifetimes, has anyone ever worshipped you? Ever prayed to you? Can you even imagine that kind of love?! NO! You don’t care about anything beyond yourself.
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