Magni

## Family

Modi (half-brother)
Baldur (half-uncle)

**Magni** is the eldest son of Thor and a tertiary antagonist in the *God of War* (2018) game. Both Magni and his half-brother Modi accompany their uncle, Baldur, on his mission to hunt down Kratos and Atreus, with the aim of bringing them to Odin in Asgard.

Magni, along with Modi, are recurring antagonists of the World Protection Security Agency.

## Appearance

Magni was incredibly tall with a heavily muscular build. His body is covered in scars from previous battles, as well as several tattoos of Norse runes which cover his chest, back, and his face.

He has extremely sharp, yet handsome features. With ice blue eyes, similar to his father's and grandfather's, and blonde hair seperated into three braids, he has two smaller braids in his Old Dutch style beard. Magni wears black leather pants secured by an armored loincloth with added belly armor, held together by a leather belt attached to a decorative piece of blue armor, while most of his upper body is exposed. He also wears two blue bracelets on his left lower forearms, a blue guard on his right arm, and a second guard around his right bicep.

## Personality

Like his fellow Aesir, Magni was very sadistic and bloodthirsty, as seen when he makes threats to Mimir after refusing to help the trio find Kratos and Atreus. Magni seems to specifically enjoy battle, showcased in his pleased reaction after Kratos naturally refuses to surrender. In short, he does not care what Odin wants from the Spartan and his son, solely desiring a worthy opponent to fight.

He and his brother tended to bicker, Magni, in particular, seemed irritated by his brother's brashness. Regardless, the two were still close to a point, and together in battle, the duo was a formidable force. Both brothers also had a reputation of apparently low intelligence, as they were constantly called idiots/fools by a number of characters, such as Baldur, Mimir, Kratos, Sindri, the latter who referred to them as "Thor's idiot sons" and Brok who called Magni a loudmouth. Mimir states that they would do anything their uncle put them up to.

Out of the two of them, Magni was the one who appeared to be the smartest, or at the very least, the less impulsive and immature. Also unlike Modi, who expressed skepticism towards trusting Baldur given the latter's sanity, Magni was willing to oblige his uncle's orders due to Thor's own trust in him. He also smelled Sindri's scent which led to him telling Modi to find him as well. However, Magni's weakness was his boastful confidence. He believed he could easily defeat Kratos and his son, taunting them all the while, eventually leading to his downfall. Regardless, he takes the battle more seriously, considering Kratos and his son as a "challenge" maybe as some degree of respect to Kratos power; comparable to Modi, who shrugged off Magni's comment and referred to Kratos and his son as "an old man" and a "stillborn lamb."

Magni also appeared to demonstrate some twisted form of honor as he was willing to give Kratos and Atreus a chance to surrender without a fight but was perfectly (even preferably) willing to fight them when they refused. He also showed blatant disgust at his brother after Modi asked if he could keep Atreus to himself, suggesting that, unlike his brother and uncle, there were limits to how far he was willing to go in his depravity. This is also seen as Kratos tells Atreus to go out from their fight, understanding his effort and worrying about his son but still let him to Modi.

Another notable factor that motivates Magni, much like his brother although to a lesser degree, is to please his legendary father and prove himself worthy to inherit Mjölnir. Magni was favored by Thor himself to the point where the mighty god would become furious at Modi after Magni's death, believing that he left him to die.

## Powers and Abilities

Magni as Thor´s firstborn and strongest son was a very powerful demigod, enough to challenge Kratos, although he was eventually overpowered and defeated.

* **Superhuman Strength:** Magni has incredible godly strength, far surpassing that of any mortal or monster. Even as a child he was able to flip a Giant. He is also strong enough to snap the neck of an ogre with his bare hands and cast its corpse aside effortlessly, and was able to contend with Kratos himself, at no point in the battle allowing the latter to overpower him.
* **Superhuman Speed & Agility:** As a demigod, Magni's speed and agility far surpass that of any mortal and monster, but he was not as fast as Kratos, and this ultimately proved to be his undoing.
* **Superhuman Durability:** Magni is incredibly durable, much more than his brother Modi, taking extreme punishment from Kratos and Atreus's attacks head-on without dodging or even blocking. He could also survive falls from great heights.
* **Electrokinesis:** As a son of Thor, Magni is able to generate electricity and lightning, sending powerful electrical shocks through his sword and others on contact.
* **Master Combatant:** Magni, as a son of the greatest warrior of Asgard Thor, was most likely immensely skilled combatant with extensive training and experiences, proven by many scars on his body. In fact, he gives quite challenge Kratos himself until that later uses his superior strength and speed to kill him.
	+ **Sword Mastery:** Magni has shown to be very skilled with his cyclonic blade, despite using reserve holding on him. He can also further enhanced him with his lighting to deal more damage to his opponent.