For the Glory of Odin.
For Glory of Odin.
For Glory of no one.
Thor Odinson, son of Odin and Jord, has been and always will be a man of midgard. He may be the Prince of Aesir and may have, at one point in eternity, heir to the throne, but Thor never lose sight of who he was. More importantly, he never lose sight of where his heart was.
A man of the people, they called him. A man who helped the people develop, Thor often divided his time between the realms, going from Midgard to Asgard whenever it suited him. He lived among the people and masqueraded as one of them, but never losing sight of the humility that some might say was rare to find in such a being as he. Thor would argue that every man and god has it, but most don't acknowledge or embrace it.
As a god of the people, Thor lived and fought with them. Sometimes it was during wars to help defend the realms of man and sometimes, as habits die hard for stubborn beings like Thor, God of Thunder, sought out fights. His powers, though limited so it was not to disrupt the balance of Midgard, were still far greater than the average man. Nevertheless, when it came to fights, Thor always won. Iron gloves worn when wielding the mighty hammer, Mjolnir, often served as his main weapon for hand-to-hand combat.
See, Thor loved to fight and as a fighter, this also came as someone who loved just as passionately. Thor may not be known for his association with love and passion and birth, but he knew how to have fun. He bore children with gods, with mortals, with giants. Basically, Thor embraced the spirit in him -- the vigor of his might. And time may age some of his offspring, but you can't say Thor ever turned down a challenge.
This was Thor in a nutshell. God of Thunder who was also God of the Sky and Agriculture, was a fighter. He also was a lover and is, still to this day, protector of man. And until his last breath, he will forever be that same person. | Ask anyone: his father, brothers, the other gods who fell from Asgard, they might tell you that the worst thing to ever happen was, in fact, the day they lost their superiority.
And they’d be alone in that, because in all truth, Thor never shared that opinion. It’s strange because there have been times where he’s dreamed about Asgard and riding across the rainbow bridge and enjoying Asgardian Ale as he fought with his brothers and challenged Lady Sif to fight after fight (only to lose them all). But on the other hand, maybe the reason he’s never felt like it was the worst thing -- the prophesied Ragnarok — is because, unlike the others, Thor always found himself at home amongst the mortals of Midgard. He was one of them and regardless of any godhood he might still possess, this will never change.
Thor went through the motions in the fifties, adapting a Germanic alias of Johannes Bauer, and worked in construction mostly. He spent a lot of his time alone and in somewhat solitary, but whenever he was, the lowest of the low seemed to make themselves known. And during the nights, Thor punished them for their crimes. From petty thieves to abusers of women, children, and anyone that was at risk, he made sure they felt the Wrath of Thor.
Thor continued it until he met someone he hadn’t seen in several centuries. Someone who, at one point, had crossed paths on the battlefield. Mictēcacihuātl, the lady of the dead they called her. Of the Aztec Pantheon. Thor had traded blows and had never respected a female warrior so much. She was second to his admiration to Lady Sif who, at one point he married. And in all the time since their few, brief encounters, his respect for her never changed or lessened -- only deepened. And in this new normal he had found himself in, Thor welcomed the reunion of someone he greatly admired.
And together they had stayed, spending time together, forging a relationship that was far more than just a friendship. Thor will be the first to say that, for a time of nine years, he had fallen in love with the Lady of the Dead and for nine years, he spent his time with her.
But in a time where he found himself immersed in the culture of the sixties, in the culture of anti-war and free spirits, so came the strain on his relationship. Thor became engrossed in the energy around him. As a man of the people, he frequently partied. What made Thor had become the death of his relationship with his beloved. And after nine years, in the mid-70s, they’d never see each other again.
Not until they met up nearly three decades later in Seattle. In Seattle, Thor was still under the name of Johannes Bauer. He owned his own private security company, Heidrun Security. And maybe old habits die hard, especially for the stubborn God of Thunder, but somehow he was able to have his cake and eat it too because he and Micte were able to find a common ground and now they are friends. Respect hasn’t wavered and she even holds an extended position within his company.
This is Thor’s life and he makes the most of it.
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