Odin Borson (Earth-7642)

**Odin Borson** is the King of Asgard, protector of the Nine Realms, the son of Bor, brother of Vili and Ve, husband of Frigga and the father of Thor, adoptive father of Loki. Odin is the wisest and by far the most powerful of the Asgardians. During the ancient times, he was worshiped as the god of wisdom by the inhabitants of Earth. He is a member of the Quintessence, as one of the most powerful gods in existence.

He sleeps once a year to regain his strength in a sleep cycle known as the "Odinsleep" to protect his kingdom from invaders like the Frost Giants. As a supreme warrior and slayer of the ice giants, he is a force to behold. A powerful but peaceful leader, Odin is the Allfather of all Asgard who is dedicated to preserving peace between the Nine Realms of Yggdrasil.

## History

### Origin

Odin was born as the son of Bor, the then-King of Asgard,and Bestla, a giantess. Bor and Bestla had three other surviving sons, Cul, Vili, and Ve. He had several brothers, but they all died during the many wars that the Asgardians had to fight to keep the Nine Realms safe. When Bor also died in battle, Odin took the throne of Asgard, continuing his father's policy. However Odin's claim to the throne was disputed by one of his last surviving brothers, Cul who proclaimed himself All-Father and ruler of Asgard but Odin, Vili, and Ve opposed him.

#### War of the Serpent

Along with his two brothers, Odin assaulted Cul's fortress. For forty days and forty nights, Cul and his  Worthy remained hidden in the palace while his brothers slaughtered their Draumar forces and eventually broke in, however Cul killed Vili and Ve. Facing Odin, Cul denied their brotherhood, claiming to be the Serpent that Will Feast on the World.

Odin recited the prophecy of the World Tree and then defeated his brother, projecting him away. He erased the memory of his brother, and became the All-Father, trying to rule with patience and compassion (unlike Cul), and trying to escape the World Tree prophecy.

He would also take control of Valhalla. He would later use Valhalla as part of his future plans to try and thwart Ragnarok, a prophesied catastrophic event that would lead to an apocalypse and the deaths of most of the Norse Gods. To prepare for this impending threat, Odin would permit only the best warriors who had died in battle into Valhalla. Everyone else he relegated to the icy wasteland known as Helheim.

### The Golden Reign

After cementing his rule as the "Allfather," Odin continued to wage wars over the other realms. Odin had battled great beasts, invaded foreign realms, destroyed demons and monsters, devastated whole worlds, and laid waste to mighty kingdoms. Eventually, with all his power, he needed a period of time that he could rest and regain his strength. He did not encounter any difficulty until the Vanir, where the two forces fought to a stalemate. Eventually as things began to cool down, Odin chose to rely solely on peace to bring about a new state of stability and order in the Nine Realms.

Odin's efforts were crowned with success, bringing a period of stability that he would later refer to as the "Great Beginning". At some point Odin became a member of the Quintessence, a group of cosmic beings that oversees the events of the universe.

Around this time, Odin also began to wed women and expand his family, hoping to gain strong sons. Odin took at least two wives during this period, the first of which giving him Týr. Odin also wed the goddess Fjörgyn, with whom he had Thor. Sometime after Thor's birth, Fjörgyn died, leaving Odin heartbroken and lonely for many years. With the birth of Thor, Odin felt that one day he would be able to pass his crown to a worthy successor.

#### Marriage to Frigga

For thousands of years, Odin successfully led his kingdom, but when he felt that the burden of wearing the crown was too much for him alone. At this point, both sides grew tired of fighting, and Odin eventually agreed to marry Frigga, the Asgardian goddess of fertility, marriage and motherhood, and made her his queen, because she was a strong partner and had a helpful ear. Together, they produced Odin's youngest son, Baldur.

#### War with the Frost Giants

In 965 A.D., King Laufey of Jotunheim invaded Midgard, intending to enslave the humans and to place the planet into a new Ice Age, replacing their own dying world. Odin led his Asgardian army against Laufey and his horde of Frost Giants in the Asgard-Jotunheim War.

During the furious Battle of Tønsberg, Odin lost one of his eyes, but eventually, the Asgardians came out victorious over the Frost Giants, with Odin defeating Laufey in single combat on top of a temple within Jotunheim. In exchange for his life, Laufey agreed to a peace treaty between Asgard and Jotunheim which would last for over a thousand years. After the battle, Odin's forces took the Casket of Ancient Winters from one of Laufey's temples, ensuring that the Frost Giants could never attack any other worlds ever again.

While exploring the depths of the Jotun temple, Odin discovered an infant Frost Giant, Loki, who was the son of Laufey. Loki was left to die by his cruel father because of his small stature. Odin and his wife, Frigga, already had a seven children, but they adopted Loki as Thor's brother, using sorcery to change his appearance to that of an Asgardian, and kept the truth of Loki's birth from both of them. Odin believed that a Frost Giant living as a prince of Asgard could help bring about a permanent peace between the two realms.

#### A King and A Father

Odin raised both Thor and Loki as brothers, attempting to never allow Loki to feel any different from his brother or allow him to know his true Frost Giant nature. He taught them about the responsibilities of being king of Asgard, the history of Asgard's great wars, and other lessons about maintaining the peace should they take the throne.

Odin answered their questions happily and showed them both great love and care. Loki showed Odin many times that he would be a capable king; however, Odin had long since decided that Thor would be his heir, though he still told Loki he had what it took to become king. As they grew older, Odin gave Thor the mighty hammer Mjølnir to use as his weapon of war, while Frigga taught magic to Loki, giving them each their own power to protect the Nine Realms.

#### Bringing the Tesseract to Earth

Odin brought Thor and Loki on a visit to Earth. The Asgardians taught the Norse people their language and culture and displayed their abilities; this caused the Norse people to believe the Asgardians to be deities, and bestowed upon Thor the moniker "God of Thunder." This tradition was continued for many years. During one of these visits, Odin brought the Tesseract from his vault and brought it to Tønsberg, Norway, where he left it in the care of devout Asgardian worshipers.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Old God/All-Father Physiology:** Odin possessed all the conventional attributes of an Asgardian God. However, as the As King of the Norse Gods, Odin possesses vast strength, stamina and durability far greater than that of a normal Asgardian, along with resistance to all Earthly diseases and toxins, incredible resistance to magic and, as a courtesy of the Golden Apples of Idunn, a greatly extended lifespan. Odin was one of the most powerful beings in the universe.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** In spite of his advanced age, Odin is much stronger than most Asgardians, near the time of his death he could lift 60 tons, where an average Asgardian male can lift 30 tons, but in Odin's physical prime, he could lift 90 tons. He's also able to augment his strength to even greater heights by tapping into the Odin Force.
	+ **Superhuman Durability:** Odin's body was considerably more resistant to physical injury than the body of a normal human or even most other Asgardians for that matter (with the exceptions of Thor, Loki and Heimdall). Odin's body was capable of withstanding great impact forces, exposure to temperature and pressure extremes, falls from great heights, and powerful energy blasts from cosmic level beings without sustaining injury; however, to what extent was unknown.
	+ **Superhuman Agility:** Odin's agility, balance, and bodily coordination were far superior to the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
	+ **Superhuman Reflexes:** Odin's reflexes were superior to the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete, to a much greater extent than one would think.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Odin's musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of a normal human, and most other Asgardians. As a result, he possessed superhuman stamina in all physical activities. He could exert himself at peak capacity for years before fatigue would begin to impair him.
	+ **Accelerated Healing Factor:** Despite Odin's superhuman durability, he could be injured just like any Asgardian. However, his metabolism allowed him to heal much faster than that of normal humans.
	+ **Superhuman Immunity:** Odin was immune to all known earthly diseases and infections.
	+ **Superhuman Longevity:** Like all Asgardians, Odin was extremely long-lived, as he ages far slower than normal humans, although not truly immortal like Olympians. During the last Great War between Asgard and Jotunheim, Odin was at least 18,000 years old,
	+ **Cosmic Awareness**: Odin, like all Old Gods, is aware of the multiverse and the realms that lie beyond. This knowledge gives him an understanding of the universe and all life that transcends the capabilities of normal mortals. Many Gods possess this ability to one extent or another, but as Allfather of Asgard and member of the Quintessence, Odin's understanding of how reality functions is greater than that of most other Gods.
		- **Literary Manipulation (Poetry & Runic Alphabet)**
		- **Omnineutrality**
		- **llusory Omnipotence**
		- **Nigh Omniscience**
			* **Absolute Intelligence**
			* **Absolute Wisdom**
			* **Absolute Wits**
			* **Clairvoyance**
		- **Magic:**As the God of Magic, he has absolute control and divine authority over magic. To understand magic and the runes, Odin hung himself by the neck from the branch of Yggdrasil. After nine days, he gained the knowledge that allowed him to master the reality-shaping force.
			* **Magic Lordship**
			* **Omni-Magic**
		- **Odikinesis**: As the God of War, he has control over the elements of war, including emotions like rage and anger.
		- **Telumkinesis**: As the God of War, Odin has absolute control and divine authority control over weapons.
		- **Divination:** As the god of divination, Odin has the power to gain knowledge, awareness and wisdom trough magic, and might be able to see into the future, past, and present.
		- **Necromancy:** As the God of Death, Odin has absolute control and divine authority over death and the dead. He is somewhat related to the heroic and mysterious side of death, And Odin commands the life energies of the entire Asgardian race, and can absorb any and all of their life energies into his person at will, even to the point of restoring life to a dying Asgardian.
		- **Mystiokinesis:** As the God of Magic, he has absolute control and divine authority over magic. To understand magic and the runes, Odin hung himself by the neck from the branch of Yggdrasil. After nine days, he gained the knowledge that allowed him to master the reality-shaping force. Odin is also capable of placing multiple permanent enchantments on items, as he did for Mjolnir, lasting until he himself cancels them or they are overpowered by a superior enchantment.
		- **Odinforce Manipulation**: Odin is capable of generating and skillfully manipulating his own life force's magical and cosmic energy for a number of powerful effects, With this power, Odin was capable of magical feats such as:
			* **Transportation:**he has the ability to cross universes (and take other things with him, including the entirety of Asgard, or the entire population of Earth) he once transporting the entire human race to an alternate dimension.
			* **Matter Manipulation:**he can manipulate matter for a number of purposes
			* **Bio-Fusion:**he once compressed the population of an entire planet into a single being, namely Mangog.
			* **Time Manipulation** The power of the Odin Force is such that it can stop time itself, and allow one to travel through time. (including Time Stop, Time Travel, and Time Reversal),
			* **Technopathy**
			* **Biospheric energy projection**
			* **Metamorphosis:**Odin has the power to change his form, although it seems to be somewhat inferior to that of Loki. His usual traveling disguise is an old mortal vagabond in a blue cloak.
			* **Telepathy and Mind Manipulation:** (enough to mentally dominate the populations of entire planets and affect Galactus), and read minds from across even dimensions.
			* **Telekinesis** (strong enough to fling people across universes), he is capable of casting foes into deep space with a thought.
			* **Reality Warping:** (not as potent as the powers of higher cosmic beings, but still very powerful)
				+ **Event Manipulation**
				+ **Existence Manipulation**
				+ **Omniverse Manipulation**
				+ **Omni-Element Manipulation**
				+ **Omni-Energy Manipulation**
				+ **Oneiric Reality Manipulation**
			* **Cosmic Manipulation**
				+ **Cosmic Infusion**
				+ **Cosmic Order Manipulation**
				+ **Cosmic Element Manipulation**
				+ **Cosmic Magic**
				+ **Cosmic Space Generation**
				+ **Cosmic Medium Manipulation**
				+ **Cosmic Space Manipulation**
			* **Resurrection:**Odin's power is such, that he was able to bring back both, Thor and Brunhilde back to life.
			* **Power Bestowal:** he is able to grant power and Immortality to others and create empowered objects (such as arrows that never miss their targets)
			* **Power augmentation:** Odin is able to enhance the powers and abilities of chosen individuals.
			* **Precognition:**(non-combat related, can see thousands of years into the future with almost 100% precision),

### Weaknesses

* **Odinsleep:** While possessing the Odinforce that was inherently opposed to the need for outward sustenance, Odin must, once a year, during the Asgardian winter, undertake the Odinsleep for 24 hours to regenerate. During this time Odin was guarded closely as he was vulnerable. Despite his limitations and weaknesses, such as the need for the Odinsleep annually, despite this, Odin was still the most powerful being in all of the Nine Realms.
* **Limited Healing Factor:** Despite Odin's accelerated healing factor, he did have his limits; for example; he was unable to regenerate his missing right eye, after he had lost it from a frost giant during the Asgard-Jotunheim War.

### Abilities

* **Master Hand-To-Hand Combatant:** As the God of War, Odin was a master hand-to-hand combatant. In battles against opponents of similar power, Odin carried the magical spear Gungnir, an artifact comprised of Uru, that can be used to channel the Odinforce. Even without the Odinforce it can still match Thor's hammer in battle.
* **Master Tactician:** As the God of Wisdom, Odin's thousands of years of experience resulted in him becoming a master tactician. He had led the armies of Asgard into battle for countless years in wars over all the Nine Realms.
* **Master Leader:** As the God of Wisdom, Odin's thousands of years of experience resulted in him becoming an exceptional leader. He had effectively led the armies of Asgard into victory in countless wars over all the Nine Realms.
* **Intimidation:** As the king of Asgard, Odin command an intimidating presence to the point where many of his enemies across the Nine Realms fear him.

### Strength level

At his peak, Odin possesses sufficient strength to lift up to 75 tons, however in his physical prime he could lift about 90 tons. He's also able to augment his strength to an excess of 100 tons by tapping into the Odinforce.

* **Attack Potency:** **High Multiverse level+**
* **Speed:** **Massively FTL+** (Sent Thor to Earth at this speed. Also at least scales to his son. Flew across the universe in a matter of minutes, while fighting Forsung the Enchanter. Pulled planets from the edge of the universe to his location in a split-second)
* **Lifting Strength: Unknown**
* **Striking Strength:** **High Multiversal+**
* **Durability:** **High Multiverse level+**
* **Stamina:**Virtually Inexhaustible, but needs to be replenished once a year with the Odinsleep. Fought with Surtur every day for years since Thor ended Ragnarok.
* **Range:** High Multiversal+ (Stopped Surtur's attack from spreading from the World Tree to the greater multiverse)

## Paraphernalia

### Equipment

Odin normally wears Asgardian battle armor. He also at times wears a blue cloak with a wide brimmed hat covering his missing left eye, at which times it was said he went by the name Grimner.

* **Draupnir**: Odin also wore Draupnir (the "Odinring") as a symbol of supremacy. The specific properties of the ring are as yet unknown.

### Transportation

* **Sleipnir**: Odin rode the eight-legged steed Sleipnir, who could fly through the air at incredible speeds.

### Weapons

* **Gungnir**: ("The Spear of Heaven"), which was made of Uru, a metal unique to the dimension of Asgard. The origin of this three-pronged spear was unknown. Odin enchanted the spear to return to his hand when thrown. Gungnir had no powers on its own; rather, it served as a conduit through which Odin could channel his power.
* **Thrudstok**: a power scepter, a small mace. Like Gungnir, it was made of Uru. Thrudstok had no powers on its own; rather, it served as a conduit through which Odin could channel his power.
* **Odinsword**: Also known as the **Over Sword of Asgard**. A special weapon. It was a giant-sized sword that, if ever unsheathed, it was said, that "the end of the universe is at hand.