The All-Father then commanded the infamous genocide against the people who prophesied his final demise, yet another demonstration of his limitless depravity. Neglecting Freya, he spent a great deal of time trying to unfold the secrets of life and death in a fruitless attempt to change his fate, ruthlessly robbing the realms from their sacred knowledge and collecting even more godly titles. Their union brought peace and a relative prosperity as the King of the Aesir became genuinely fond of his wife, who managed to soothe his belligerent mood.īut as time passed, Odin grew more and more paranoid and progressively turned on his closest advisors. The All-Father reached the peak of his power after the inconclusive Aesir-Vanir War when he married the Vanir Freya. Promised to a certain death but determined to change his fate, Odin waged countless wars against the Nine Realms and managed to bring them all under Asgard's ascendancy. He is the eldest son of Borr and Bestla, the brother of Vili and Vé, the father of Thor, Týr, Heimdall and Baldur, grandfather of Magni, Modi, Forseti and Thrúd, and ex-husband of Fjörgyn, Hróðr, one of the Nine Goddesses of Waves and Frigg.Ĭonvinced in his youth of the racial superiority of the Aesir over the Jötnar, Odin drew the first blood when he slew the legendary Ymir after a climactic duel, and claimed the title of All-Father while crowning himself King of the Aesir. Odin (Old Norse: Óðinn, Nordic: ᛟᛞ ᛁᚾ), also known as the All-Father, was the King of the Aesir and the ruler of the Norse Pantheon. But when we have questions? Why are we here? To give meaning to mortals while living without it ourselves? No. When they push up against life's big questions, they can look to us to give them meaning.
Know what drives me? What I really want? I want answers. You think war drives me? Power? Wealth? Nah.
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