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Power

Immeasurable Strength Nigh-Invulnerability Superhuman Speed and Reflexes Superhuman Agility Superhuman Stamina Tempestakinesis Electrokinesis Immortality Flight


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Codex Description [ ]

“ There are many differences between Thor and his brother Baldur . Baldur fought wildly, his motivation to inflict pain. Thor is calmer-his bloodlust is for the fight itself, not for the suffering it inflicts. The full force of his attack is as heavy as any I have felt. The hammer, Mjölnir , only compounds his power... each blow echoes with the death and destruction they have wrought together. He chose to end our fight prematurely. It is good for both of us that it did not reach its conclusion. ” – Kratos

“ I never heard any stories about Loki and Thor going on adventures together! This may be the strangest part of this whole trip. Thor doesn't seem happy about it - or anything else for that matter - but it's what Odin wants and that means Thor will do it... even if he'd rather smash me with his hammer instead. Hopefully while I'm here I can figure him out a little better. ” – Atreus


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Birth [ ]

Thor was born to Odin, king of Asgard, and the giantess, Fjörgyn . He is also the older half-brother of Baldur . At some point in his life, he would marry Sif and sire a daughter with her. Thor also had two eldest sons, Magni , whom Thor was conceived with Járnsaxa and Modi , whom Thor was conceived with an unknown giantess.
Odin commissioned Brok and Sindri to build a powerful weapon, Mjölnir , for Thor to use to protect Asgard. Both dwarven brothers would come to bitterly regret making the hammer many years later, as Thor would use it to spread death and destruction across the realms without restraint.
At some point, Odin invited the stone giant, Hrungnir , to Asgard. After getting drunk on mead, Hrungnir was goaded by Odin into making all manner of boasts and antics, all for the amusement of the court. When Thor arrived at the hall, he was unamused by the drunken giant's threats, and proceeded to slam Mjölnir so hard on Hrungnir's stone head that it was smashed to pieces, with chunks of rock ending up lodged in Thor's own skull. Startled by the faceful of rock, he didn't notice Hrungnir's body falling on top of him. None of the Aesir in the hall were strong enough to push the corpse off him. But then Thor's sons, Magni and Modi, who at the time were no bigger than shrubs, would come to their father's aid and lift Hrungnir's body off him while no one, except for Mimir , was looking. Magni would get all the praise from Thor for being blonder, while Modi became bitter and resentful towards his brother for not getting any credit for his involvement.
After Odin was forced to flee Jötunheim when the Giants discovered him trying to steal their secret knowledge of the future, he furiously ordered Thor to use Mjölnir to slaughter every giant in Midgard that he could find. By the time of Laufey 's death, Thor had already slaughtered most of the Giants in Midgard (with the exception of Jörmungandr ) and earned a fearful reputation as the strongest Norse God in all the Nine Realms.
At some point in Vanaheim , a drunken Thor had fought with Laufey , contributing to the destruction of the valley they tore apart along with the many lives killed there. Both of them were evenly matched and the fight ended in a stalemate and the creation of a frozen lightning bolt.
An enormous statue of Thor was commissioned by Odin to be build overlooking the Lake of Nine Realms. Though both Sindri and Brock refused to aid in its construction, the statue was eventually constructed by an unknown sculptor. Although the statue was sculpted in Thor's likeness, the God of Thunder was openly unsatisfied with the results, prompting Odin to bring in another sculptor who crafted a statue Thor found a great deal more flattering.
When the giant Thamur went to Midgard in order to search for his son, Hrimthur , Thor appeared and killed the stonemason by causing him to fall on his own chisel and Thamur's gigantic body crushed a fishing village that worshiped the Vanir God Njörd . Thor would always act like he planned to make the Giant fall onto the village and destroy it, although Mimir states that it was simply just a case of luck and called the God of Thunder a "sweaty bawbag".
Following the murder, Odin entered a bet with Hrimthur , who had disguised himself as a mortal, to improve the walls of Asgard within a near-impossible span of time. Odin lost the bet and sent Thor to kill Hrimthur when he discovered the stonemasons true nature as a Jötunn. Unbeknownst to Odin, Hrimthur had placed a weakness in the walls and entrusted the secret of his deception only to Freya for the preparation for Ragnarök when Surtr would arrive and burn Asgard to ash.
The giant king Thrym once stole Mjölnir and ran off with it to Jötunheim , while Thor (Mimir described him as a "thunder lummox") was sleeping. Thor then snuck into Jötunheim with Freya into the wedding feast between her and Thrym. When The Giant King revealed Mjölnir during the ceremony, Thor revealed himself, took back his hammer and began slaughtering every Giant present for the festivities, including Thrym by smashing his skull. That is until Freya cast a spell to return Thor and herself back to Asgard , which caused him to hold some form of disdain against her as he was also ordered by Odin to establish a foothold in the realm.
Thor also still trusted his brother Baldur completely, despite the fact that the God of Light had lost his sanity long ago in the eyes of the other Aesir and was regarded as dangerously unhinged.
At some point in his life, Thor during one of his many drunken rages, murdered the Vanir poet Kvasir, allegedly ripping him apart. This was most likely due to him not understanding the "depth" of his poems, showing another example of his aversion to thinking too hard about anything and probably feeling that not understanding it made him look like an idiot which further enraged him.


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Personality [ ]

“ I could give a hot shit about your fatherly advice. I want to see the God of War! ” –Thor to Kratos

Thor was widely feared and hated throughout the Nine Realms for his cruelty, violent temper, brutality, and sadism. He was utterly ruthless, showing no mercy to his enemies, and his bloodlust was noted by Mimir to be the only thing greater than Odin 's own paranoia, and many consider him the worst of the Aesir gods. Despite being half-giant himself, Thor took a sadistic pleasure in torturing and killing any giant he could find, as he believes them to be nothing but a “blight” to the realms. This shows that Thor has strong prejudice against his own half-kind, even though his mother Fjörgyn is a giantess.
Like many Aesir, Thor reveled in combat, however his love for battle went far beyond that of his kin, seeing it as the only time where he felt alive and openly declared that drinking and fighting were the only things he was good at. As a result, he would often seek out a fight just for the sake of it, as shown when he needlessly murdered Thamur and Hrungnir, as well as his frequent tendency to become violent whilst drunk. His thirst for battle and savage nature was clear in his fights against Kratos, relentlessly attacking and mocking Kratos' past accomplishments whilst constantly reminding him that they were both destroyers. When he felled Kratos with a powerful blow and put him in a near-death state, Thor proceeded to revive him with his hammer to continue the fight, declaring that he wouldn't leave until he saw Kratos' infamous rage and was satisfied with it. He also demanded Kratos lived up his reputation as the Ghost of Sparta and God of War before insulting the latter's son. Once Kratos hit him with a fierce blow that stunned him and knocked out one of his teeth, Thor openly showed respect to Kratos for letting his old self emerge. In their second fight, Thor was consumed with rage, attacking Kratos with everything he could muster and furiously dismissing Kratos' attempts to reason with him, only stopping once Kratos pinned him down and chose not to go for the kill.
Despite being seen as a monster throughout the Nine Realms, Thor was, however, in truth, a tragic individual, as he was raised by Odin just to be his greatest combat asset and was emotionally abused and warped into becoming unquestionably loyal and disciplined. Thor knew fully well what he has done is far from being right and suffered from guilt for what he has done, yet he saw no chance to change his ways and become better. Thor was finally able to achieve this, albeit briefly, during Ragnarök, after Kratos, a former destroyer himself, insisted that they must be better for their children. His hesitation and redemption would ultimately cost him his life as when he finally stood up to his father, Odin killed him for his defiance.
Thor's infamous reputation was somewhat similar to Ares - who was considered the worst among the Olympian Gods, and Kratos - who was feared throughout Greece and had a lust for violence and blood. Unlike Ares, Thor had a twisted sense of honour, and hated cowardice. During his first fight against Kratos, Thor initially fought bare-handed, only choosing to use his hammer after Kratos successfully summoned his axe, reviving him mid-fight due to feeling unsatisfied with such a win, and only stopped his assault when hit with a fearsome blow that made him respect Kratos' strength. After being defeated by Kratos in Asgard, Thor voiced his confusion and frustration when Kratos chose to spare him, feeling that, because of his past failures and due to being fairly outmatched, he deserved death. When Modi fled after Magni , his favourite son, died; Thor was greatly enraged, and subsequently beat his surviving son for fleeing from Kratos and deemed Modi a coward. He also somewhat cares for his worshipers, as when one of his faithful followers died, he made time to visit the family, although even then he still could be enraged easily, especially while drunk, and ended up taking advantage of his higher status. The biggest contrast between Thor and Ares is that where Ares was treacherous and desired to usurp Zeus to claim the throne of Olympus for himself, Thor simply didn't possess the will or the courage to stand up to his father.
His overall intelligence could be called into question, as many a time has Thor been made a fool of himself or had made stupid, reckless mistakes (quite comparable to his sons, in fact). Kratos called Thor a fool when hearing not even Mjölnir in hand will break the ice made by Thamur 's dying breath to reach the magical chisel. Mimir called Thor for the destruction upon the Jötnar as a sweaty bawbag , fat dobber , thunder lummox and the biggest butchering bastard in the Nine Realms . Brok considered Thor the big idiot, and Atreus also called him an idiot when hearing about how the God of Thunder got crushed by Hrungnir 's body. Most of all, Thor had his legendary hammer stolen by the giant Thrym , when he was carelessly sleeping. However, Thor is clever enough to know his limit and not try to challenge Starkaðr alone, knowing very well that he might die if done so. It seems this is due to Odin instilling his son the idea that he was born and lived to fight, not to think.
In addition, Thor was extremely arrogant, typical for an Aesir, as he would go to great lengths to cement his reputation amongst the Nine Realms and be respected, as well as feared. An example being the destruction of the Vanir-worshipping village when Thor battled Thamur, Thor claimed that he cleverly planned the whole thing, when in reality Thor merely stumbled upon Thamur by chance, and the village being destroyed by Thamur's corpse was coincidental. Another example of this was when he completed one of Surtr's trials after being goaded into it by Loki, Thor returned and boasted of how many enemies he killed, claiming he left mountains of corpses in his wake. To aid his reputation as one of the most hated and feared Gods of the Nine Realms, Thor's overall demeanour seems to revolve around him being cruel and sadistic simply for the sake of it. An example of this could be seen when Thor needlessly murdered Hrungnir even though the Stone giant was merely amusing the Aesir and was a threat to no one.
Thor's only outward expressions seem to be of rage and smug arrogance due to his abilities. An example of this is seen when Thor was the only God not amused by Hrungnir's foolish performance in Asgard, preferring to outright murder the Jotunn, seeing as how the simpleton had nothing to offer him other than his death. Thor's cruel nature can come out even when he is trying to be friendly towards others or when he gets drunk. After a wayward spirit's father had passed away, his mother built a statue of Thor to watch over his grave. Appearing to the family, Thor offered his condolences for their loss. Although they were overjoyed at first with the God's presence, he took advantage of their hospitality and quickly became drunk. Distraught, the mother asked him to leave to which Thor responded by brutally murdering her in a drunken rage before leaving the son behind, who, in his hatred, continued to curse the God of Thunder, even after his death.
Thor was a widely-known alcoholic; often drinking extreme amounts of mead both to celebrate, drown his sorrows, or simply for the hell of it. Odin, however, would use Thor's love of drinking as a means to keep him under his control and lower his son's self-esteem. Thor's alcoholism was both a well-known fact and a constant source of ridicule towards him from across the Nine Realms, including his own daughter, Thrud, who was deeply ashamed of it. Mimir stated that Thor became known for sharing drinks with "strange company". Thor also enjoyed getting involved in or watching a fight, as when he unknowingly started a pub brawl with several Einherjar, which caused them to think that Atreus was responsible, this resulted in total chaos in the Black Thunder pub in which Thor also joins in, as well as watching the fight go on while he drinks.
Despite his dark side, Thor has proven to deeply care and trust his family and was, like his wife Sif, strongly protective of his daughter Thrúd, ever since Magni and Modi were killed at the hands of Kratos and Atreus. Despite all that Odin put him through, Thor was blindly loyal to Odin for most of his life and desperately sought to earn his father's approval. He was close with Baldur, comforting him in his depression over being unable to feel and trusting him with his life, despite the latter's insanity and disgust towards the former's bloodlust. Magni points out that he and Modi have to trust Baldur because their father believes in him, despite Modi proclaiming that their uncle had not been sane for a while. Thor was also known for being furious at Magni's death, tragically lashing out and beating Modi almost to death. When Kratos reminded Thor of his beating of Modi, this angered the God of Thunder, as he only took this as an insult. This shows that Thor had strongly refused to accept the fact that it is his own fault for having mistreated Modi into becoming fearful of his own father's wrath, which ultimately led him to his death.
However, despite Thor's abusiveness towards Modi for his cowardice, he was shown to still care about him, as he was enraged at Atreus for his death and even attempted to avenge both him and Magni. His parenting of Thrud had changed dramatically from that of his sons to a gentler, more encouraging one. Despite his loyalty towards his father, Thor would secretly go against Odin's orders just to try and get his revenge on Kratos and Atreus for his sons' deaths, hinting that deep down, he had begun to question his father's way of valuing strength above all. Despite his hatred of Kratos, Thor was revealed to be aware and in awe over the Spartan's reputation of being both a Godslayer and a Destroyer of Worlds, and would even go as far as to try to force Kratos into unleashing his former self/inner beast.


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Powers & Abilities [ ]

“ The full force of his attack is as heavy as any I have felt. The Hammer, Mjölnir , only compounds his power... each blow echoes with the death and destruction they have wrought together. ” – Kratos ' thoughts after his first battle against Thor

As the firstborn son of Odin and the God of Strength, Thor is the strongest god in the Norse Pantheon [ 2 ] , only surpassed by his father in terms of overall power & Heimdall innately. His power is great enough for having slaughtered almost all the Giants living outside of Jötunheim, whilst being recognized and feared by most alongside his brutality. Thor once battled Faye, an immensely powerful Jötnar warrior who herself fought Kratos to a stalemate, and managed to stalemate her in a brutal fight that decimated a vast area of Vanaheim, despite Faye being enraged and Thor being extremely drunk at the time. Mimir himself stated that he does not know whether Kratos can kill Thor, with the God of Thunder later proving to be a very close match and powerful opponent for the Ghost of Sparta in both of their fights.


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Powers [ ]

Superhuman Strength: As the God of Strength and a half-giant, Thor is the strongest of all the Norse Gods , surpassing Týr , Heimdall , Baldur , Magni , Modi , Freya , Gná and even Odin himself in terms of brute force and physical strength. His strength is so great that he was able to single-handedly slaughter the Jötnar to near extinction. Jörmungandr is one of the few Jötnar strong enough to contend with Thor's strength; Their first battle was felt across all the Nine Realms and ended in a stalemate, and their next fight at Ragnarök violently shook Yggdrasil , with Thor's final strike splintering the World Tree and causing the World Serpent to be sent backward through time before his own birth, a feat which even Kratos deemed as madness. Additionally, prior to sending the World Serpent back through time, Thor could be seen simultaneously fighting against both Jörmungandr and Ragnarök . Only Starkaðr , the strongest of the Jötnar, proved too much for Thor to defeat or even fight alone, requiring the aid from the combined armies of Asgard, Vanaheim and Midgard to shower him with arrows in order to subdue him, although Thor was still strong enough to rip his arms off after he was weakened significantly. Thor's immense strength even proved to be on par with that of Kratos. Until the end of their first fight, Kratos was unable to overpower Thor and land a decisive blow, and had to resort to summoning the axe early on during the fight whilst Thor was still fighting bare-fisted out of choice. Thor was able to send Kratos hurtling across the battlefield with punches and kicks, could create powerful shockwaves by clapping his hands together and punching the ground, and could easily lift, slam and toss Kratos around with one hand. With Mjölnir, Thor was able to send him flying high into the air and shatter the Guardian Shield with only a few blows. Notably, when Kratos and Thor were both locked together wrestling with Mjölnir in a contest of strength, Thor was able to overpower Kratos, stunning him before landing a blow with Mjölnir that knocked out and almost killed Kratos, though Thor wanted to see Kratos fight as his best and thus revived him almost immediately after. After their first battle, Kratos noted in the Codex that the full force of Thor's strength was as heavy as any blow he had ever felt, with Mjölnir compounding the power of his blows and Kratos being glad that the battle didn't reach a conclusion. In their second fight, Thor was allowed to kill Kratos and went all-out against the Ghost of Sparta, swiftly wrestling and hoisting Kratos high above his head before hurling him into The Great Lodge and catching a punch from him before knocking him backwards. After temporarily losing his hammer, Thor grabbed and brutally slammed Kratos to the ground, then lifted him off his feet and attempted to crush his neck, with Kratos being forced to use the Draupnir Spear to free himself and push Thor back. In their final exchange, Thor matched Kratos blow for blow when they used Mjölnir and the Leviathan Axe respectively, though after several simultaneous blows, Kratos managed to eventually knock the hammer out of Thor's hand before slashing and slamming him to the ground with the axe. The only ones who can rival and/or surpass his strength are Kratos , Jörmungandr , Starkaðr , Surtr in his prime, and Ragnarök . Superhuman Durability: As the strongest of the Norse Gods, Thor possesses tremendous superhuman durability, which must have helped him in his massacre of the Jötnar, as he would have to easily withstand their attacks with little to no damage. During his fights with Kratos , Thor was able to easily shrug off powerful blows from the Ghost of Sparta with little blood and no significant injuries, showing incredible resistance to blunt trauma. In the first fight, if the player uses Spartan Rage, Thor gleefully welcomes an exchange, and voices his disappointment when the rage dissipates, showing that he's capable of withstanding attacks from Kratos in this state without being completely overpowered. He was even capable of withstanding a headbutt and vicious punch to the face from Kratos when he was utterly bloodlusted and enraged, with Thor only being knocked slightly off balance, losing a tooth and simply laughing it off, impressed by the God of War's true strength. After being slashed by the Leviathan Axe on the abdomen, Thor got stabbed in the same spot by both the Blades of Chaos and Draupnir Spear later on during their second battle, but he was shown to be more angered rather than harmed. However, he still can be incapacitated, such as when the colossal body of Hrungnir fell on him, he was unable to remove the corpse himself until his sons removed it for him, and during his final clash with Kratos, when the Spartan stabbed his hand with his knife. After his final fight with Kratos, Odin was also able to impale and kill him, albeit Thor was exhausted, wounded, and hesitant to continue his fight with the God of War. Superhuman Speed and Reflexes: Despite his massive size and overweight body, Thor can fight and move at extremely fast speeds, as well as possesses stupendous reflexes, being able to evenly match Kratos in direct combat, repeatedly catch him off-guard to physically manhandle him and easily avoid his attacks. Superhuman Agility: Thor has extraordinary agility, capable of easily jumping great heights and distance and landing without any problems. Despite his massive figure, Thor's agility can allow him to appear and disappear so unreasonably fast he even startled Odin when he came to his father's call. Superhuman Stamina: As the strongest of the Norse Gods, Thor possesses a tremendous amount of superhuman stamina. He fought continuously throughout Ragnarök, fending off large numbers of the Nine Realms' armies and reinforcements, battling Jörmungandr and fighting Kratos immediately after sending the Serpent back to the past. During his fights with Kratos, Thor could fight on par with the Ghost of Sparta for long periods of time, even when he sustained severe injuries, only showing exhaustion at the very end of their final fight. Tempestakinesis: As the God of Thunder, Thor has the ability to summon harsh lightning storms at whim. He displayed this power when he caused a giant storm at Kratos' home, immediately waking both Kratos and Atreus up. Electrokinesis: As the God of Thunder and Lightning, Thor has absolute control over electricity and lightning, with his electrokinetic powers far surpassing that of his sons and daughter. During his visit to Kratos and Atreus, Thor summoned a storm that rained down lightning bolts all around Kratos' home simply by willing it, and was able to do this in battle just as easily. He was able to imbue Mjölnir with lightning to throw it, cast projectile waves and blasts of electricity, and could rain down lightning bolts that left behind lingering fields of damaging electricity for some time just by striking the ground with his hammer. Without using Mjölnir, Thor was also able to channel lightning through his body, and could release it in a powerful blast or electrified slam, as shown when he easily killed several undead on the spot when jumping through the air with Atreus. While fighting the World Serpent and Surtr, Thor generated powerful lightning strikes and disoriented Jörmungandr before delivering the blow that splintered Yggdrasil and sent him through time. Rage Empowerment: When enraged, Thor channels and cloaks his entire body with lightning, making his eyes glow blue and pulsate with electricity.  Similar to Kratos' Spartan Rage ability, Thor's attacks become faster and stronger, his bare-handed attacks become electrified, and it also allows him to project powerful charged-up blasts of electricity that engulfed the area and seemingly amplifies the power of his lightning strikes, which now leave behind fields of lightning when they previously did not. When Thor enters this state, a crimson lightning storm is triggered, and lightning bolts rain down all over the battlefield. Immortality: As with all Gods, Thor is immortal and cannot die. Only opponents that wield similar strength and power to himself would be capable of harming and even killing him. Flight: Thor can levitate and fly through the air at extreme speeds using his lightning powers.

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Norse Mythology [ ]

Thor, the brawny thunder god, is the archetype of a loyal and honorable warrior, the ideal toward which the average human warrior aspired. He's the indefatigable defender of the Aesir gods and their fortress, Asgard, from the encroachments of the giants, who are usually (although far from invariably) the enemies of the gods.
No one is better suited for this task than Thor. His courage and sense of duty are unshakeable, and his physical strength is virtually unmatched. He even owns an unnamed belt of strength (Old Norse megingjarðar ) that makes his power doubly formidable when he wears the belt. His most famous possession, however, is his hammer, Mjöllnir ("Lightning"). Only rarely does he go anywhere without it. For the heathen Scandinavians, just as thunder was the embodiment of Thor, lightning was the embodiment of his hammer slaying giants as he rode across the sky in his goat-drawn chariot. (Of course, they didn't believe he physically rode in a chariot drawn by goats – like everything else in Germanic mythology, this is a symbol used to express an invisible reality upon which the material world is perceived to be patterned.)
Thor's particular enemy is Jormungandr, the enormous sea serpent who encircles Midgard, the world of human civilization. In one myth, he tries to pull Jormungand out of the ocean while on a fishing trip, and is stopped only when his giant companion cuts the fishing line out of fear. Thor and Jormungand finally face each other during Ragnarok, where the two put an end to each other.
Given his ever-vigilant protection of the ordered cosmos of pre-Christian northern Europe against the forces of chaos, destruction, and entropy represented by the giants, it's somewhat ironic that Thor is himself three-quarters giant. His father, Odin, is half-giant, and his mother, variously named as Jord (Old Norse "Earth"), Hlöðyn , or Fjörgyn , is entirely of giant ancestry. However, such a lineage is very common amongst the gods, and shows how the relationship between the gods and the giants, as tense and full of strife as it is, can't be reduced to just enmity.