Odin

Odin All-Father is the leader of the Asgardian pantheon of Asgard, the most powerful of their number, and the supposed father of Tyr, god of justice of the Astoran pantheon.

Description

Odin typically appeared as an older man with a bald head and a long gray beard. He wore a patch over one eye and a gray tunic under a hooded cloak of blue. His avatar often was seen wearing a slouch hat.

Personality

The All-Father is a proud god, stern, and brave. Two of the only acts that his worshipers can do that truly anger him are helping a giant or losing a battle.

Odin's moral outlook is good, with a balance of law and liberality, though he sometimes leans more toward the side of chaos.

Divine Realm

The All-Father rules from Asgard, home of the Norse pantheon, on the plane of Ysgard. He claims three separate halls there as his realm, Valaskialf, Valhalla, and Gladsheim. Valaskialf is the seat of his all-seeing throne Hlidskialf, from which he can observe anywhere in the multiverse. Valhalla serves as his council chambers, while Gladsheim is his feasting hall.

Activities

On occasion, Odin disguises himself as an old man, riding upon a mangy horse, and visits the worlds of his followers to see how they fare in person.

When he grows bored, Odin sometimes travels to the Lower planes—sometimes accompanied by his son Thor and daughter-in-law Sif—with a horde of valkeries and einheriar to shake things up amongst the fiends involved in the Blood War.

Worshippers

The only known site of worship to Odin in Realmspace was on the worldlet of the Rock of Bral, among the Tears of Selûne orbiting Toril. By the end of the 14th century DR, Odin had about 100 worshipers there, almost enough to elevate him to the level of demipower in that crystal sphere. On other worlds, most of Odin's priests were tribal chieftains.

Odin's holy symbol was a watching blue eye. His worshipers were never evil creatures. They saw their god as ruling over battles, knowledge, poetry, and wisdom.

Relationships

Odin was said by some religious scholars to be the father of Tyr by his wife Frigga, and indeed, he was believed by his worshipers from other worlds to have fathered most of the gods of the Norse pantheon.

Odin kept a pair of wolves, a pair of ravens, and an eight-legged horse as companions. His giant black wolves were named Freke and Gere, and they traveled the planes of existence to keep Odin informed. His ravens were sent as his messengers and spies and were named Hugin and Munin. Sleipnir was the name of his mighty steed, who carried him into battle.

History

As a deity from another crystal sphere, the mythology and legends surrounding Odin's actions on the Material Plane have little bearing on the history of the worlds of Realmspace.[note 1] It was said, however, that his missing eye was traded for a drink from the Well of Knowledge. Legends also told that Odin once hung himself for several days and nights upon the World Ash, Yggdrasil, until secret knowledge was revealed to him.

Odin

Greater deity

Basic Information

Titles

All-Father

Pantheons

Asgardian

Attributes

Alignment

Chaotic Good

Symbol

Watching blue eye

Realm

Heroic Domains of Ysgard/Ysgard/Asgard/Valhalla

Portfolio

Knowledge, Magic, War

Favored Weapon

Shortspear

Following

Worshippers

Bards
Fighters
Gnomes
Nobles
Philosophers
Sages
Sorcerers
Wizards

Alignments

LG, NG, CG

Domains

Glory (Heroism, Honor, Legend)
Knowledge (Espionage)
Liberation (Freedom)
Magic (-)
War (Tactics)