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Description [ ]

Magni is the elder son of Thor. He had a huge sword, could use the power of lightning, and was really mean. Father killed him.
- Atreus


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Personality [ ]

“ I can't remember the last time we faced an actual challenge. ” –Magni to Modi fighting against Kratos and Atreus .

Like his fellow Aesir, Magni was arrogant, 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.
While 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 sense 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 left 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. Thor himself favored his eldest son, and was furious at Modi after Magni's death, believing that he left him to die.


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Powers & Abilities [ ]

As Thor 's firstborn and strongest child, Magni was a very powerful Norse God, though only regarded as a minor Aesir by Mimir. As such, he is still surpassed by his grandfather Odin , father Thor, uncles Týr , Heimdall and Baldur . Nonetheless, he was strong enough to challenge Kratos, although he was eventually overpowered and killed.


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Powers [ ]

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 together with his brother. He is also strong enough to snap the neck of an Ogre with his bare hands and cast its corpse aside effortlessly, before contending with Kratos himself, although the latter eventually proved stronger and managed to kill him in the end. Superhuman Durability : Magni is incredibly durable, taking extreme punishment from Kratos and Atreus ' attacks head-on without dodging or even blocking. He could also survive falls from great heights. Superhuman Speed : As a demigod, Magni's speed surpasses that of any mortal and monster. He was capable of keeping up with Kratos for some time, but he was ultimately not as fast, and this ultimately proved to be his undoing. 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.

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Norse Mythology [ ]

In Norse mythology, Magni is the prodigious son of the Aesir god Thor and his lover, the jötunn Járnsaxa. Through his father he is the elder half-brother of Móði (referred to in game as "Modi") and Þrúðr (referred to in dialogue as "Thrud"), and through his mother is the half-brother of Heimdallr.
According to the third poem of the Poetic Edda , Vafþrúðnismál, both Magni and Modi will survive Ragnarök, inheriting their father's legendary hammer, Mjölnir.
In Snorri Sturluson's book Skáldskaparmál (a second part to the Prose Edda ), three year-old Magni is said to be the only Aesir god strong enough to lift the jötunn Hrungnir 's leg off of Thor. As a reward for his strength, Hrungnir's horse Gullfaxi is gifted to Magni by Thor.


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Backstory [ ]

Magni was the son of Thor and Járnsaxa . He is the step-son to Sif , grandson of Odin , Fjörgyn , and the nephew of Baldur , and the older half-brother of Modi and Thrúd .
According to Sif, Magni and Modi, in their childhood would listen to their parents as they told stories by the fire and were given wooden horses that they had carved. The two boys would then would play and laugh together with their mother and father until sundown, in which they slept on their parents' laps.
Despite both being children no taller than shrubs at the time, Magni and Modi were the only Aesir mighty enough to free their father from beneath the leg of the dead jötunn Hrungnir. However, all the credit for Thor's rescue was given to Magni (which Mimir attributes to Magni being blonder).
In his youth, Magni would quickly come to be regarded as Thor's favorite child. Modi grew to resent him and their father, though not to an extreme extent.
During the Aesir-Vanir War Magni, along with his brother, took part in battle. Together, they fought and killed the Vanir goddess Nerthus .