Thorfinn

### Abilities

Can make lights flicker when he holds out his hands and stares at the light source hard enough

## Relationships

### Family

Unnamed brothers
Bjorn (son)
 Olga (wife)
 Magnus & Lars (Grandsons)
Ingarr (granddaughter)

## Portrayal information

### Appears in

*Ghosts* (US)

**Thorfinn** or also known as **Thor** is a Viking ghost from the early 1000s. He appears in the American sitcom *Ghosts*.

## Biography

### History

Thorfinn was born in 972 CE in Norway. In life his father used to yell at him out of anger because he ate all the ram's testicles. Thor mentioned in a A Date To Remember, the family would have a large meal before his father left for war. He doesn't remember what those meals tastes like since it's been so long.

He was a husband and father, married to a fellow Viking Olga. Together they had at least one son, Bjorn, who was a small child when Thorfinn left Norway for the last time before his death. Before he leaves on his fateful trip, he tried to get his infant son to say good-bye father but his wife told him that he was too young in the episode The Baby Bjorn.

Thorfinn sailed down the coast with his shipmates from present-day Canada to search inland for furs. He was subsequently left behind "for reasons unknown."

Thorfinn once battled a pack of wolves as mentioned in Dinner Party.

In The Christmas Spirit, he mentions that he would celebrate Yule with a festival and called Odin the wise god.

### Death

He says he died "seven winters after the Battle of Svolder," (which took place in either 999 or 1000); meaning he died circa 1007.

Sometime after being abandoned by his shipmates, a strong thunderstorm rolled in while Thorfinn was hunting and before he could find shelter, his helmet attracted a bolt of lightning which struck him in the head, killing him instantly. Over time, his flesh rotted away and his bones became buried in the ground on the land where Woodstone Manor would eventually be built. As far as we know, he was the only ghost on the property for the next 500 years, until Sasappis died.

Though never close as ghosts, as a young child Hetty could see him. He would sing her to sleep every night, although she called him "Gordon" as she couldn't pronounce his actual name. This memory stayed with her as she grew older, but the memory of Thorfinn became hazier as Hetty outgrew her ability to see ghosts as show in the episode Alberta's Fan.

His remains would later be unearthed near the fountain in front of Woodstone Manor.

When he first hears of his son in the episode The Baby Bjorn, he wants to know what his first kill was and how many Danish heads he had displayed outside his cottage. Thor had considered his marriage to a Dane a betrayal and said that Bjorn was no long his son. That changed when he heard Bjorn yelling from the window and seeing him following a talk with Flower and Isaac.

Thor suffered from night terrors where he dreamed about being on his own and having to eat his best friend, Oskar the squirrel. They got so bad that Sam had to pretend to be him in a therapy session in Thorapy, since he wouldn't talk about it. Sasappis also says that for 500 years they shared a wigwam together.

By the episode Trevor's Pants, he had developed a crush on Flower. They go on a date together in the episode A Date To Remember.

In the episode The Christmas Spirit, he says that he doesn't like Christmas because it took the best parts of the Norse Yule Festival. But then after possessing Sam's body for the day and experiencing the magic of Christmas—cookies, the Fest of Seven Fishes, and finally opening his own present from Sam, a tiny Viking ship in a bottle, and saving the life of Bela's friend-turned-boyfriend Eric—he warms to the holiday.

When teenage ghost Stephanie awakes again in Woodstone's Hottest Couple, she tries to break up all the couples in Woodstone include Thor and Flower. She points out Thor and Flower have nothing in common, but by the end of the episode they realize they both like owls. Thor also tries to get invited to a couple's date with Hetty and Trevor throughout the episode, though Hetty avoids inviting them.

## Appearance

Thor is quite tall, over 6 foot, and fully dressed in furs, a simple cloth shirt, some armor, and animal skins. The furs are soaked in wolfs' urine giving him a pungent smell. Thor has straight, brown hair which is shaved at the back and sides and a bushy reddish-brown beard. He has three braids in his beard, which he states are each for a brother lost in battle. He is broad-shouldered and strong, with a sturdy build. Thorfinn keeps a shield strapped on his back and a sword or dagger of some kind in his belt. The leather straps across his chest have Nordic runes carved into them. He has several battle scars, the most notable and visible being the one on the left side of his face.

## Personality

He is one of the loudest ghosts and often puts up a fearless attitude.

He was close to his son in life, often trying to get him to say father at least once. He was greatly excited to hear from Sam that the latter was near him and wasted no time in learning about the life he lived. He almost disowned his son for his marriage to a Danish woman but stopped after being called "Father", something he wanted for the longest time and wasted no time in catching up with him.

Having been a ghost for centuries, he is somewhat envious of those who immediately pass. However, he is now paranoid of going to Hell after witnessing Elias Woodstone going after he refused to redeem himself. Thorfinn later said he is not afraid of the portal but not opposed to changing to avoid this fate. His advice to counsel is with violence as noted in The Perfect Assistant.

Thor understands what irony is but still call cars landships in Alberta's Podcast. In the episode Alberta's Descendant he describes what leather is even though he knows the word leather indicating that he's messing with the other ghosts sometimes. Also reality TV has made him somewhat catty.

## Quotes

* ’’Oh! Oh! It’s one of those—how you say — it’s a ship on land. Landship! Landship!”(Pilot)
* "The bones have spoken, and they have foreseen your doom!" (Hello!)
* "No mead? So what do you drink at your orgies?" (Viking Funeral)
* "Do what you must, but know this: Jörmungandr the Midgard Serpent will be visiting you in your nightsleeps, and your firstborn child will have head of cabbage." (Viking Funeral)
* "Why not apologize sooner? Cost nothing, fix everything."(Pete's Wife")
* "Thor like putting head of Dane in basket. Give basket to Dane's mother. Surprise!"
* "Careful." (The Christmas Spirit)

## Trivia

* He is noticeably absent in the episodes: Flower's Article, D&D, and Possession.
* He is the American version of Robin.
* He is the oldest ghost at Woodstone Manor.
* In the episode Halloween 2: The Ghost of Hetty's Past, he has seen something die via suffocation from strangulation.
* He likes reality TV and watches one of the Housewife series in The Perfect Assistant and still has a distaste for the Danes.
* Isaac says that he smells like wolf urine in The Baby Bjorn.
* He did not sleep for "many moons" after watching Pete die.
* He doesn't like Alberta's hat, which was mentioned in The Family Business.
* He liked the 1190s and thought 1490s were pretty wild in Spies. In the episode he and Nigel Chessum learn that they both like watching ants.
* Both he and Sasappis found the maid Molly attractive and when seeing her again, he was pleased.
* He taught Pete some self-defense moves, which helped him avoid Hell in Weekend From Hell.
* He finds Elias Woodstone's power amazing in the episode The Vault, which was repeated when he returned.
* Thor has recently accepted his son marrying a Dane in Alberta's Descendant.

## References

1. ↑ In Trevor’s Body Thor said he was 35 when he was struck by lightning and died
2. ↑ The Baby Bjorn
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Viking Funeral
4. ↑ Dumb Deaths