[color=darkgray][center][color=7491a4][h1][b]T H O R[/b][/h1][/color][b][sub][i]"I desire my death now. The disir call me home, Whom Odin hastens onward From his hall, to take me. On the high bench, boldly, Beer I’ll drink with the gods; Hope of life is lost now — Laughing I shall die!"[/i] [color=7491a4]R A G N A R L O D B R O K[/color][/sub][/b] [img]https://i.imgur.com/B5KMMlL.jpg[/img] [/center] [color=7491a4][sub]N A M E[/sub][/color][hr][indent]Thor.[/indent] [color=7491a4][sub]A L I A S[/sub][/color][hr][indent]The God of Thunder has gone by many names over the past few millennia. Today, one might know him as [b]Donald Blake[/b].[/indent] [color=7491a4][sub]P O W E R S A N D A B I L I T I E S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][/indent] [color=7491a4][sub]O R I G I N A N D B A C K S T O R Y[/sub][/color][hr][indent]A millennium ago, the last of the pagan Northmen renounced their beliefs in the Aesir and the Vanir. The death of the great Jotunn, Ymir, was replaced by Genesis; Valhalla and Helheim replaced by Heaven and Hell; the world tree, Yggdrasil, all but discarded; and the many gods and goddesses of Asgard replaced by just one, the Christ-God. But there was a time before, when the Northmen still sailed to conquer new lands, that they would worship the cunning Odin, the mighty Thor, the beautiful Freya and mischievous Loki. Their stories would be passed on from parent to child, warrior to warrior, farmer to farmer – and although the truths in these stories would get lost amid retellings and revisions, there were those who knew them well. Those such as Ragnar Lodbrok, legendary king of the Northmen, and friend to Donar – who, illuminated by hearthfire and as impassioned as in battle, would tell his sons the true stories of the gods. [indent][i]“Thor is the god of thunder; the son of the All-Father, Odin, and the giantess, Jord. He is the protector of the Aesir, sworn guardian of Asgard, and wielder of the great hammer, Mjolnir. He was born with hair as red as blood and bright as flames, his eyes as blue as lightning; and as he grew from boy to man his body changed into that of a great warrior, his godly strength proving to be greater than both the Aesir’s and the Vanir’s. Long ago, when his youthful energy was more explosive than the thunderous sky, he was gifted with his first weapon by the dwarves of Nidavellir – Jarnbjorn, the battle axe. With it he honed his skills as a warrior, and battled many a jotunn, until he became known as their scourge. “His home is Bilskirnir, the largest hall in Asgard; his realm, Thrudheim. He shares it with Sif, his wife, the goddess of grain and harvest, and his children: Magni, Modi, Thrud, and his stepson, Ullr. He has travelled deep into Jotunheim, and emerged victorious. He has bested Utgard-Loki, and killed Hrungnir. He blesses us on our raids in faraway lands, and gives us fertile soil so that we may last the harsh winter. With Mjolnir, most powerful weapon in all the Nine Realms, he is fiercer than storms; with us, on Midgard, he is as gentle as the calm breeze on a bright summer’s day. He is Thor. He is our friend. Destined is he to kill the Midgard Serpent, Jormungandr... just as the Serpent is destined to kill him, when Ragnarok comes, destroying everything, and everyone.” [/i][/indent] But there is something that not Ragnar, not the Vikings, not even the Gods accounted for. Thor is not in Asgard anymore. [/indent] [color=7491a4][sub]W H A T M A K E S T H I S C H A R A C T E R " U L T I M A T E " ?[/sub][/color][hr][indent]This isn't Kirby and Lee's Thor. Asgard isn't a grand, golden metropolis, and its gods aren't extra-dimensional beings. This Thor has a much firmer basis in the original Norse myths, grounding him in what I reckon is a far more epic, personal interpretation of the guy. On top of this, in a twist on the old "exiled god" origin Marvel seems so fond of, this Thor has exiled himself. Why? That's for you to find out.[/indent] [color=7491a4][sub]S U P P O R T I N G C H A R A C T E R S[/sub][/color][hr][indent][hider=The Norse][b]Baldur[/b], god of purity and brother of Thor. [b]Freya[/b], the beautiful Vanir goddess of love, wealth and fertility, and a powerful practitioner of [i]seidr[/i] magic. [b]Freyr[/b], brother of Freya, Vanir god of fertility and ruler of Alfheim, realm of the light elves. [b]Heimdall[/b], watchman of the gods and guardian of Bifrost, the bridge that connects Asgard and Midgard. [b]Loki[/b], the trickster jotunn, and blood brother of Odin. [b]Magni[/b], [b]Modi[/b] and [b]Thrud[/b], children of thunder. [b]Odin[/b], All-Father of the Aesir; wily, manipulative and obsessed with Fate. [b]Sif[/b], the goddess of grain and harvest, a shield-maiden of Asgard, and the wife of Thor. Her beauty is second only to Freya's. [b]Tyr[/b], the god of law and justice, and brother of Thor. [b]Ullr[/b], son of Sif, the god of archery and the hunt.[/hider] [hider=The Others][color=7491a4][sub][b]▼ T H E G R E C O - R O M A N G O D S[/b][/sub][/color] [b]Aphrodite[/b], the goddess of love, beauty, pleasure and procreation. [b]Apollo[/b], [b]Ares[/b], the god of war. [b]Artemis[/b], [b]Athena[/b], the goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts. [b]Demeter[/b], [b]Dionysus[/b], [b]Hades[/b], the king of the underworld and god of the dead. Brother of Poseidon and Zeus. [b]Hephaestus[/b], the god of fire, forges, metalworking, stone masonry and craftsmanship, and estranged husband of Aphrodite. [b]Hera[/b], the absolute worst. [b]Heracles[/b], son of Zeus, a divine hero and the god of strength. [b]Hermes[/b], [b]Poseidon[/b], god of the sea. Brother of Hades and Zeus. [b]Zeus[/b], sky god and king of the Greco-Roman pantheon. Brother of Hades and Poseidon. [color=7491a4][sub][b]▼ T H E E G Y P T I A N G O D S[/b][/sub][/color] [b]Amaterasu[/b], Shinto goddess of the sun. [b]Baron Samedi[/b], Voodo spirit-god of death and the afterlife. [b]Huitzilopochtli[/b], the Aztec sun and war god. [b]Khonshu[/b], the Egyptian god of the moon, time and vengeance. [b]Thoth[/b], the Egyptian god of writing and wisdom. [b]Xipe Totec[/b], the Aztec god of agriculture and disease. [/hider] [hider=The Mortals][b]Bjorn Ironside[/b], [b]Ivar the Boneless[/b], [b]Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye[/b] and [b]Ubba[/b], the sons of Ragnar and leaders of the Great Heathen Army. [b]General Nicholas Fury[/b], the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., an American security and intelligence agency connected to the U.S. government with far-reaching international interests. [b]Jane Foster[/b], a doctor who's made friends with the man she calls Donald Blake, often visiting him on his property. [b]Ragnar Lodbrok[/b], the 9th century Viking king of the Danes. [b]Thjalfi[/b] and [b]Roskva[/b], Thor's former servants from a time long past. [/hider][/indent] [color=7491a4][sub]S A M P L E P O S T[/sub][/color][hr][indent][/indent][/color]