Mimir

## Mímir

Mímir, Norse Æsir God of Knowledge and Wisdom

**Mimir**, or **Mim**, is both a fictional character and tetartagonist of the *HCoW* series created by Jade Raymond and Kaname Fujioka. He was an Isu, revered as the god of knowledge and wisdom in Germanic and Norse mythology.

Known as the **Smartest Man Alive**, he renowned for his wisdom and knowledge. He was Odin's advisor and the ambassador of the Æsir Gods until Odin imprisoned him by embedding him within a tree on a mountain 109 years ago.

"*Me? I'm the greatest ambassador to the gods, the Giants, and all the creatures of the Nine Realms. I know every corner of these lands, every language spoken, every war waged, every deal ever struck. They call me… Mimir! --smartest man alive, and I have the answer to your every question.*"

—Mimir, introducing himself to Kratos.

## Appearance & Biography

*Voice Actor*: Alastair Duncan (English), Not Known (Japanese), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Danish), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (Canadian French), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish), Not Known (Spain-Spanish)

### Appearance

When he is first found, Mimir is shown to be embedded within a tree. He has two small horns on his head and a growing, grey beard. The crown of his head is covered in runic tattoos, and his lower lip in tattooed with a pattern, trailing down from the sides of his mouth and ending just above his beard. He is missing one of his glowing, golden eyes. He eventually is decapitated by Kratos and brought back to life, though he still looks the same. While dead, his eye glow fades and reveals his pale yellow iris.

Later, Kratos and Atreus retrieve Mimir's other eye, and put it back in his head, and find that it still works. During battles, Mimir serves as a second pair of eyes for Kratos, normally alarming the Spartan that an enemy is attacking from one of his blind spots.

* Hair Color: Grey
* Skin Color: Not Known
* Eye Color: Plae Yellow
* Age: Not Known
* Birthday: Not Known
* Height: Not Known
* Weight: Not Known

## Personality

"*Some people value their privacy. Best not to judge, brother.*"

—Mimir to Kratos.
Mimir is well-mannered, kind and possesses a cheery, witty though occasionally sarcastic sense of humor. Even in his beheaded state, Mimir tries to make the most of the situation, finding it better than imprisonment and as such he tries to be helpful in any way he can. Mimir has a wealth of information regarding the deities, monsters, civilizations, the Nine Realms and famous figures of the Norse mythology, which he will eagerly share with Atreus whenever prompted.

Being a part of the traveling company of Kratos and his son, Mimir becomes something of a balancing force between them, teaching Atreus to use his abilities for good and often advising Kratos to be more open about the truth of his past. To that end, Mimir demonstrates that he is emotionally sensitive and insightful to the potential impact that Kratos's distant attitude towards Atreus could have but respects Kratos's wishes and doesn't inform Atreus himself.

He also was the first to notice the dark change in Atreus's behavior once he finally learned of his godly heritage and thus tried to instill the ideals that figures like Týr stood for, using one's powers with wisdom and for good. When this shift in behavior began to fracture the already tense bond between Atreus and Kratos, Mimir did his best to address the issue carefully.

Quickly, Mimir proved to be a loyal ally and friend to Kratos and his son, addressing the former as "Brother" and the latter as either "little brother" or "lad", and eagerly helping them find the realm of the giants. Mimir also expressed great concern and worry for Atreus when he began to grow ill after the battles with Magni and Modi. He even begged Baldr to stop attacking Kratos and Atreus, offering himself in their stead, though his pleas fell on deaf ears.

Despite his bright personality, Mimir possesses a great deal of anger and resentment towards the Æsir Gods, Odin and Thor in particular. He finds a great majority of them to be hedonistic, paranoid, arrogant, warmongering and the ones to blame for the tragedies the Nine Realms have endured. Before his imprisonment, Mimir did his best to try to bring and make peace between the Realms wherever he could, such as advising Odin to marry Freyja in order to end the Æsir-Vanir War between the Æsir and Vanir Gods.

The one exception is Týr, whom Mimir held in the highest esteem, believing him to be a great leader who fought for peace, knowledge, and understanding, not for power and control. Mimir also blames himself for never managing to do any actual lasting peace when he was Odin's advisor. Whenever he would tell tales of the time he was Odin's advisor, Mimir displays visible remorse and openly admits that he feels guilty. One of the examples was when he openly professed that he deserved Freyja's anger and showed remorse for what his convincing Freyja to marry Odin caused her.

He also apologized to Sigrun for being so helpless to save her and the Valkyries, and regrets inadvertently causing the death of Starkaðr, having told Odin that if the giants ever had an army, Starkaðr might have been their general. Even though he is part of the Norse mythology, Mimir is aware of other mythologies and their pantheons, mentioning in Týr's vault about the Egyptian gods and of the Greek pantheon in Helheim. With the Greek Gods, he also knows of their demise, which he claimed was deserved.

However, he did not know who had dismantled the pantheon until he accompanied Kratos, whom he later learned was Ares' son, Zeus' grandson and recognized him as the "**Ghost of Sparta**". Mimir has proven himself to be quite humble, an oddity for a god, as while he takes pride in being the smartest man alive, he admits when there are "gaps" in his knowledge or when dealing with something he has never seen before.

He has also shown great respect to Kratos and Atreus's journey to Jotunheim, and asked to be left behind in Týr's Temple as this moment was important for Kratos and Atreus, and he didn't want to ruin the moment.

The Spartan and his son would come to be fond of Mimir, in that they took him home with them once their journey was over. Mimir also has a drinking history, having fallen off a mountain in a drunken stupor and suffered severe enough wounds that Eir had to heal him, which he was visibly ashamed of, and was noted to have been at least intoxicated when in the presence of giants, implied when he said he never spoke their language while sober.

Even before becoming Odin's advisor, Mimir was aware of the reputation of the Æsir gods and, with the exception of Týr, held a dislike towards them. This only intensified following his imprisonment by Odin, and he openly calls Thor by many insults such as fat dobber, sweaty bawbag and thunder lummox. He also considers Magni and Modi as the biggest twit's in Asgard. However, he is also fully aware of the power of the Æsir, calling Thor the "biggest, butchering bastard in all nine realms", and making it clear that, despite his paranoia, barbarism and apparent madness, Odin is still ruthless, deceitful and "almost as clever as he thinks", as well as having a seemingly endless capacity and creativity when it comes to cruelty.

## Abilities and Powers

Being a Fae and a former Norse Æsir, Mimir is stronger than any mortal, but now his body is left in the place Odin imprisoned him. Only his head is reanimated and has to rely on Kratos and others to move and see.

## History

### Past

Hailing to from a faraway land, Mimir was a faerie king's errand boy and unofficial jester. Frequently, Mimir and other faeries, nicknamed "Goodfellows", would walk amongst mortals to sow mischief and as long as his lord was kept amused, they were spared the consequences. Eventually, Mimir's king grew weary of his antics, forcing him to leave his homeland. After many years traveling north, Mimir eventually ended up in the Nine Realms and learned of Odin, king of the Æsir.

Determined to prove his worth, Mimir approached Odin and provided him with Mímisbrunnr, a supposed mystical well of knowledge, which was actually a well of water laced with enough mystic mushrooms to "make a god see visions". Despite Odin tearing out one of his eyes after imbibing of the hallucinogen, Mimir claimed the All-Father was bestowed with greater sight and was hired as Odin's primary adviser and ambassador to all the other realms.

By his own admission, his job was initially to enable Odin, though over time, he began to become concerned with the well being of ordinary people and the world in general, and sought to contain the All-Father whenever possible. Unlike the Æsir, Mimir sought to establish peace between the realms, as he believed it was the best plan to avert Ragnarök. However, Odin rarely listened to such advice and often led many wars, particularly with the Vanir and the Giants.

When the war with the Vanir caused unprecedented devastation and left both sides weary, Mimir suggested a truce: Odin would marry his deadliest enemy, the leader of the Vanir, the Goddess Freyja. After much convincing, Odin and Freyja agreed to the terms, thus ending the war. Overtime, Mimir grew to befriend many Giants from Jötunheim to the point where he was bestowed with Bifröst crystals in his eyes. Because Mimir spent so much time traveling through realms, they believed it would be more convenient than a crystal he could lose.

To numb the pain of the procedure, Mimir drank sixteen cups of billow maidens' ale. So inebriated, Mimir almost convinced the Giants to put the crystals in his nipples instead, jokingly calling himself, "Mimir of the Bifröst Teats". However, Mimir's efforts to preserve peace would be stymied by Odin's paranoia, his obsessions with prophecies and allowing his son, Thor, to go on a killing spree on the Giants. Thus, much like with Tyr, Odin confronted Mimir, suspecting that he aided the Giants.

As punishment, Odin imprisoned him on Midgard's highest peak, bound to a tree made indestructible even to Thor's hammer. As additional punishment, Odin removed the horned god's bejeweled left eye and hid it to keep Mimir from traveling to other realms; Mimir then realized that Odin had never been fooled from the drugged well incident where they first met. Mimir would spend the next century being tortured by Odin himself on a daily basis, eventually making him yearn for death.

## External links

* Mimir *Wikipedia*
* Mimir *Assassin's Creed Wiki*
* Mimir *God of War Wiki*
* Mimir *Myths and Folklore Wiki*