History Characters / GodOfWarSeriesNorseGods

[-''Major Characters:'' [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesKratos Kratos]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesKratossFamily Kratos's Family]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesMajorSupportingCharacters Major Supporting Characters]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesMainAntagonists Main Antagonists]] ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOdin Odin]])\\

!!!Administrivia/CharacterSpecificPages
[[index]]
* [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOdin Odin]]
* [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesThor Thor]]
* [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesMimir Mimir]]
* [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesBaldur Baldur]]
* [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesHeimdall Heimdall]]
[[/index]]

!!!Administrivia/CharacterSpecificPages
[[index]]
* [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesFreya Freya]]
[[/index]]

[[folder:Freyr]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/BrettDalton (English)[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/freyr.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see his shrine]]https:////static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gow_freyr.png[[/labelnote]]]]

The Vanir god of virility, prosperity, sunshine and fair weather, as well as Freya's brother.

* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: In the original myth, the Aesir-Vanir war started when Odin kidnapped and immolated the immortal vanir by the name of Gullveig (theorized to have been an aspect of Freya) and Gullveig in vengeance taught the secret art of seid to man. In this iteration, Freyr was the one burnt, and not for teaching humans seid, but for being supposedly inefficient in teaching it to the ''Aesir''.
* AffectionateNickname: In ''Ragnarök'' Freya occasionally refers to him as "Yngvi", which is one of his alternate names form Norse Mythology.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Freyr is an overall easy man to befriend and is generally a nice guy, but when push really comes to shove he'll step up even if it's not his ideal option. Even Kratos, although noting he's a rather ineffectual leader and his carelessness can irritate him, does harbor respect for the Vanir god.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Freyr's a bit of a goofball compared to his sister, but he's by no means helpless in a fight and his charisma has been known to easily win people over.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Possibly inverted as it's never discussed who the older twin is, but he adores his sister Freya and would lay down his life for her. Even after having a huge fight with her on the day of her wedding to Odin, he regretted the words he said and admitted to mourning her after he believed her to be dead after she left Odin and disappeared.
* BookEnds: A ''really'' dark variant. [[spoiler:The Aesir-Vanier war started after a group of lesser Aesir set Freyr on fire after blaming his teachings for their inability to master Vanier magics. At the climax of ''Ragnarök'', which decisively ends the conflict between both sides with Odin's death, Freyr is the final casualty of the fighting when he preforms a HeroicSacrifice to hold back the flaming Surtr/Ragnarök's sword long enough for the rest of the allied forces to make it through the portal, implicitly getting immolated when he's overwhelmed]].
* CompositeCharacter: His backstory of his torture at the hands of the Aesir--and subsequently sparking the Aesir-Vanir War--is directly pulled from the mythological Gullveig (sans her multiple [[ResurrectiveImmortality rebirths]].)
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Byggvir admits that when Freyr recruited him, the Vanir god's good looks were a contributing factor.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:As he sacrifices himself, Freyr shows no fear of death, calmly accepting his fate as Asgard is destroyed and him with it.]]
* FertilityGod: Being the god of prosperity and harvest, Freyr greatly improved the lands of Alfheim, which was one of the reasons why he is so respected by the elves.
* FireForgedFriends: Kratos was initially very unimpressed with Freyr's rag-tag rebellion and notes him as a rather ineffectual leader, but does in time warm up to him and comes to respect the areas Freyr ''does'' excel at, such as his [[MagneticHero remarkable charisma]].
* {{Foil}}: To his sister, Freya; both are Vanir gods and leaders who inspire UndyingLoyalty, immature in their own ways, but both feel strong obligations to their family and have an intense hatred for Odin. Unlike the more outwardly mature and serious Freya, Freyr is laid back and likes to joke. Freyr quickly takes a liking to Kratos, while Freya's relationship with him is much more complicated. Freya commanded the disciplined and powerful Valkyries as their queen, while Freyr leads a RagtagBunchOfMisfits who are decidedly the underdogs in their fight with the Aesir. Freyr's immaturity manifests as a carefree exterior and almost childlike optimism, while Freya's manifests as the much more toxic selfishness and deficit of empathy (in other words, Freyr's immaturity endears him to others, while Freya's ruins her relationships). [[spoiler:In the end, both overcome their immaturity; Freya grows out of her flaws, while Freyr finds the strength to sacrifice himself to save his friends.]]
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: As a carefree god, Freyr is the foolish to Freya's responsible.
* TheGhost: He doesn't make an appearance in the 2018 installment, but if you return to Alfheim after you complete the mission to restore its light, you can find a scroll which mentions him. [[spoiler:Strangely Freya doesn't say anything about him, though in all fairness she was trying to hide her true identity from Kratos and Atreus.]] Averted come ''Ragnarök'', where he finally appears in person, with dialogue implying that [[spoiler:Freya and him had a falling out, explaining why she never mentioned him.]]
* GodGuise: Played with; Freyr ''is'' a god, but his arrival in Alfheim had him accidentally emerge from the sacred lake of souls, which the elves took to mean he was a divine figure. Freyr rolled with it, eventually forming a peace between the Light and Dark Elves and becoming a figure of great renown in Alfheim.
* HeroicSacrifice: Fends off [[spoiler:Surtr's blade while everyone is making an evacuation from Asgard as it's being destroyed. The main party, the surviving attack force and Asgardians all escape, but at the cost of his life]].
* HiddenDepths: Freyr is a pretty laid-back and charismatic guy who easily endears himself to [[MagneticHero basically everyone]]. Though as time goes on, it's revealed that [[spoiler:he appears to be traumatized from his experiences with his Aesir in-laws (particularly them setting him on fire), and uses drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism]]. And while he's presented as TheLeader of his rag-tag group in Vanaheim, Kratos notes that Freyr himself, while good-natured, isn't a great authority figure. Freyr's aware of this too, but uses his charisma to instill hope.
* InSpiteOfANail: In the myths, losing his sword is a major contributing factor to his ultimate death at Ragnarök against Surtr. He gets the sword back just in time for Ragnarök here, [[spoiler:but ultimately still dies to Surtr, though having the sword means he holds him off long enough for his allies to escape.]]
* MagneticHero: Freyr has a reputation of being charismatic and kind-hearted, which won over the hearts of both the Light and Dark Elves, who agreed to a temporary truce because of him. He also has the UndyingLoyalty of his followers. This is in part a consequence of his godly nature; he explicitly has the power to inspire others. However, Kratos notes he's ineffectual as an actual ''leader'', which is presumably why his followers consist of just six people, including the dog. When Atreus compares him to the Muses of Greece, Freyr ''immediately'' declares he'd be perfect for that job and brushes off the gender requirements.
* NiceGuy: One of the friendliest gods to appear in ''Ragnarök'', if not the ''entire franchise''; considering the [[JerkassGods nature]] of ''God of War'', Freyr stands out.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Much like how Odin dislikes his daughter-in-law Sif, he clearly doesn't think highly of Freyr. Freyr thinks the same way of him.
* OurFounder: Built the cities in Alfheim for the elves. In exchange, they devoted a temple and swore loyalty to him. [[spoiler:Despite his long absence, this loyalty remains; when the heroes decide to set off Ragnarök, Freyr recruits the Elves to their cause, once again reuniting the warring factions under his leadership.]]
* PluckyComicRelief: Like Sindri and Brok, Freyr brings some needed levity to the game thanks to his relaxed, goofy personality and the stories of his antics.
* TheScapegoat: Was blamed by the Aesir for their ''own'' misuse of his magic.
* TheStoner: Freya says that he used to partake in certain Vanir herbs in his search for the source of Bifröst and during one of his episodes wandered into Alfheim where he was mistaken for a god.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Temporarily in the backstory. According to Freya, after he was attacked by Aesir who accused him of sabotaging their crops, he became incredibly bitter, paranoid and argumentative, culminating in his and Freya's fateful argument on her wedding day. [[spoiler:Thankfully he's mellowed out considerably and is back to his old self by the time Freya reunites with him in ''Ragnarök''.]]
* UncertainDoom: He was subsequently captured, tortured and almost killed during the war, but was able to escape the Aesir and return to his home of Vanaheim. Some believe he has returned to Vanaheim while others believe he is being held in Asgard. Unfortunately, the paths to both realms are shut. His fate is revealed in ''Ragnarök'': [[spoiler:he returned to Vanaheim to defend it from Einherjar invaders, which, by the time Kratos meets him, is fighting a war he's losing due to having only five warriors at his disposal.]]
-->'''Freyr:''' [[RunningGag Six, if you count the dog.]]
* UniversallyBelovedLeader: There isn't an elf on either side of their eternal civil war who doesn't love Freyr. The only time the Light and Dark Elves haven't been killing each is when Freyr asked them not to, at which point they united to build giant statues and temples for him. [[spoiler:He's also able to get them to help fight against Odin's forces towards the end.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom:
** Freyr travelled between realms so he can learn and teach things from and to other people and species. Unfortunately the Asgardians attacked him, thus causing the Aesir-Vanir war.
** He's also this regarding the Elves. When Freyr learned his sister was going to marry Odin, he left Alfheim when it was on the brink of finally ending its civil war to stop her. Unfortunately, his absence led to the Light and Dark Elves hating each other again and picking up where the war ended.

[[folder:Hildisvíni]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hildisvni_3d_model.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:See his appearance in God of War: Ragnarök (spoilers)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/raf_grassetti_hildisvini01.jpg]][[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JamesCMathisIII (English)

A magical golden boar which lives with Chaurli and the Witch of the Woods.

* AdaptationNameChange: In the myths, Hildisvíni's human form is named Ottar. Here, he uses the name Hildisvíni in both forms.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: Hildisvíni, or rather, Ottar, is Freya's protege in the original myths while here he is more of an advisor to both Freya and Freyr.
* ButThouMust: After Kratos and Atreus wound him with their arrows during a hunting trip, the Witch gives them the mission of finding the ingredients for making a cure to prevent the boar from dying. The game and story will resume only after Hildisvíni has been saved.
* FullBoarAction: Averted, he's not evil or aggressive in the slightest. Interestingly, some of the concept art in the databook shows that originally he was supposed to be bigger and more mean-looking.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: While boars are actually omnivores, he plays this trope straight.
* InterspeciesFriendship: Is friends with a giant turtle and a witch [[spoiler:who is actually a goddess]].
** His human form is revealed in ''Ragnarök'', revealing he's actually a Vanir just like Freya and Freyr.
* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: In ''Ragnarök''; he's forgiven Atreus for shooting him while hunting, but he still ''really'' likes poking fun at the boy for it.
* PowerTattoo: Has golden markings on his hide which indicate that he's not just a normal wild animal.
* ScarsAreForever: When he reunites with Kratos and Atreus in his human form in Vanaheim, though he is friendly and forgiving to them, he reveals that Atreus' arrow left a large scar on his waist.
* ShapeshifterModeLock: It's implied he's really a shapeshifter that got trapped in the form of a boar. Unfortunately, the Witch of the Woods says that because he's been stuck as a boar for so long, he's forgetting that he was once human.
** He's freed of this by ''Ragnarök'', returning to Vanaheim and joining up with the Vanir rebellion, revealing he's not boar or human, he's Vanir.

[[folder:Ingrid]]
A sentient divine sword that befriends Atreus during his stay in Asgard.

* BigDamnHeroes: On two occassions, Ingrid clashes with Mjolnir; the second time, it's to stop Thor smashing Atreus to pieces in Niflheim.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: Near the end of the game it is revealed to be [[spoiler:Freyr's sword]].
* CoolSword: She is a divine sword that can fly, shoot energy blasts, and conjure energy barriers.
* EmpathicWeapon: She is a sentient divine sword that [[spoiler:originally belonged to Freyr, though]] Odin lends her to Atreus when he goes to Asgard.
* FlyingWeapon: Rather than being wielded by Atreus, Ingrid can move under her own power and floats alongside him.
* GuestStarPartyMember: She joins up with Atreus when he goes to Asgard, but Odin takes her back when Atreus leaves. [[spoiler:During ''Ragnarök'', she returns to her original wielder Freyr and dies being wielded by him.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ingrid perishes alongside Freyr while holding back Ragnarök's attack on Asgard]].
* NamedByTheAdaptation: Despite being a fairly notable weapon in Norse myths, it doesn't have a woman's name. Some myths have named it Sumarbrandr, or the Sword of Summer.
* SwordBeam: One of her attacks fires crescents of divine energy from her blade.
* TheVoiceless: She speaks in warbling notes, with only Atreus and Freyr being able to understand her.

[[folder:Njörd]]
The Norse god of seas and winds, the leader of the Vanir gods, as well as the father of Freya and Freyr.
----
* BlowYouAway: God of the winds.
* TheGhost: Njörd gets mentioned by Mimir in the 2018 game while in the boat on the way to Thamur's corpse and Freya, Freyr, and Hildisvini talk about him a few times in ''Ragnarök'', but he doesn't make an appearance.
* TheGoodKing: Compared to Odin, he's a benevolent ruler and god.
* MakingASplash: He's also the god of the seas, calming it down for the fishers of the town that venerated him.
* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler:Near the end of ''Ragnarök'', an optional conversation between Freya, Freyr, and Hildisvini reveals that despite being a benevolent god, he was barely present in his children's lives, opting to roam the realms instead of raising them. Hildisvini ended up being their surrogate father instead.]]
* TimeMaster: Mimir says Vanir magic can affect time itself, and the village that once worshipped him has a building with a platform that can be lifted through an enchantment that reverses time. He had to stop when it was realized that messing with time stopped the sun and the moon, but didn't slow down Sköll and Hati, the wolves always trying to eat them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nerthus]]
A Vanir goddess slain by Magni and Móði during the Aesir-Vanir War.
----
* BitCharacter: What you see here is all that is known about her.
* DeathByAdaptation: Unlike the myths, here she's long dead before ''Ragnarök''.
* DisposableWoman: Her demise (along with others') is used to start the war between the Aesir and Vanir.
* PosthumousCharacter: By the time of the game's events, the only things left of Nerthus are her name and the story of her death, written down by the Giants as a memorial of the brutality of the war.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Skirnir]]
A Vanir intellectual killed by the Aesir.
----
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: His insistence on thinking this is about every situation what got him killed when it alienated him from both the Aesir and the Vanir.
* DemotedToExtra: While Skirnir wasn't a major character in the myths, he was a serious case of SmallRoleBigImpact, as he was the one to whom Freyr traded away his sword. In ''Ragnarök'', it's shown that Freyr's sword [[spoiler: is instead in the possession of Odin]], and Skirnir has been dead for a long time.
* PosthumousCharacter: He is long dead, with only his crest left behind.
[[/folder]]

[-''Protagonists:'' [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesKratos Kratos]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesAtreus Atreus]]\\
''Greek Era:'' [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesGreekGods Gods]] ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesZeus Zeus]]) | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesTitans Titans]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesMythologysHeroes Mythology's Heroes]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarOtherBeings Other Beings]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesNormalHumans Normal Humans]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesComicBookCharacters Characters from Comics]]\\
''Norse Era:'' '''Gods''' ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOdin Odin]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesThor Thor]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesMimir Mimir]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesBaldur Baldur]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesHeimdall Heimdall]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesFreya Freya]]) | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesJotnar Jotnar]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesSindriAndBrok Sindri and Brok]]) | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesNorseMonsters Monsters]]-]]]]]

[[folder:Magni and Móði]]
!Magni and Móði
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TroyBaker (English, Magni), Creator/NolanNorth (English, Modi), Masafumi Kimura (Japanese, Magni), Masanori Takeda (Japanese, Modi)[[labelnote:additional [=VAs=]]]Fábio Azevedo (BP, Magni), Francisco Junior (BP, Modi)[[/labelnote]]

[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxresdefault_1_copy.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:340:Magni]]
[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/modi_god_of_war_2018_264_4.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:210:Modi]]

Two minor Aesir who tag along with The Stranger in order to find Kratos. They are also the sons of Thor.

* AbusiveParents: Both were raised by their parents, Thor and Sif, who were said to be cruel and sadistic alcoholics while raising them. [[spoiler:Though it's shown in ''Ragnarök'' that Thor does ultimately love all his children, [[TheUnfavorite including Modi]], his worst behavior being the result of his alcoholism which is in turn caused by [[FreudianExcuse Odin's abuse.]]]]
* AccentsArentHereditary: Both the brothers have British accents while Thor and Sif do not.
* AchievementsInIgnorance: They only found Kratos and Atreus when Magni wrestled an ogre off a cliff edge and landed right in front of them.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Any stories about Modi in the original texts have been lost to history, with the only indication of Modi's existence being the Ragnarök event. In the original texts, Modi survives Ragnarök with the help of Magni. Whereas in-game, Modi is jealous towards Magni for being Thor's favourite child.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the game, Magni and Modi share the legend of saving Thor from Hrungnir's body. Both brothers share the power of electrokinesis, a power that wasn't alluded to in the legends, and they were also part of the Aesir-Vanir war and were able to kill the Vanir goddess, Nerthus.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: According the myths, Modi was a warrior poet who survives Ragnarök and shares Mjolnir with Magni after the death of their father. In the game, Modi is presented as the belittled son of Thor and the overshadowed half-brother of Magni. Modi is seen as a coward by Aesir standards and he yearns to make a name for himself in Asgard's hall of fame after Magni was given sole credit for freeing Thor from Hrungnir's body.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Due to their lineage with Thor, both have the power of electrokinesis. Modi is also said by Mimir to have lifted Hrugnir's body with Magni, implying he is just as strong as Magni or not as strong as his brother. In the myths, only Magni is said to be incredibly strong and neither brother was said to have the power of lightning.
* AdaptationalSympathy: In this version of Norse mythology, Magni and Modi were abused by their parents and were ultimately sacrificed by their grandfather, who called them "useless" after they had died for him. Modi is also treated as the most pitiful of the two because he was overshadowed by Magni and had such a deep inferiority complex that he died believing his family hated him. In ''Valhalla'', Kratos says they didn't have a choice in becoming the way they were because they were disrespected by their father, sent to die by their uncle, and belittled in death by their grandfather.
* AdaptationalWimp: In the myths, Magni proved himself to be even stronger than his father Thor. Here, Magni is depicted as a ''lesser Aesir'' and explicitly far less mighty than his father (he still puts up a good fight with Kratos though). According to Sindri, they're only demigods.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Móði has very little to no characterization in the actual Norse mythology. According to the Prose Edda, Móði was a WarriorPoet who survived Ragnarök with Magni's aid. In the game, he's depicted as a DirtyCoward desperate to prove himself to Thor, by fighting those weaker than himself.
* AgeLift: They took part in the Aesir-Vanir war, which resulted in Baldur's conception and birth. This means that Magni and Modi are actually older than their uncle Baldur in this adaptation of the Norse myths.
* AlasPoorVillain:
** [[spoiler: In his final moments, Modi sincerely believed that his family hated him and that his father only loved Magni. In ''Ragnarök'', it's revealed that Sif and Thor loved him just as much as Magni and Thrud. Modi's death haunts Thor more than Magni's because he's indirectly responsible for it after beating him to a point where he couldn't defend himself from Atreus and was killed after being stabbed in the neck.]]
** [[spoiler: Even Atreus and Kratos have some pity for him, Kratos makes it clear that there was nothing personal about Modi's death and points out to Thor that Modi hunted them because was so afraid of his father and that he would have died of his injuries even if Atreus didn't kill him. Although an older Atreus doesn't regret killing Modi, he is ashamed of the needlessness of his death because Atreus killed Modi out of hubris after learning that he was a God and believing he could get away with anything.]]
* AloofBigBrother: Magni is Thor's favourite child and is proven to be superior to Modi in every way. The brothers do care for each other but their competition for Thor's hammer overshadows this.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Móði was always overshadowed by Magni, causing a bitter, envious rivalry that continued to their adulthood. [[spoiler: When Magni is slain by Kratos, Móði hides his grief by vengefully trying to kill Kratos and abduct Atreus. Once Móði returns, Thor beats Móði to near-death and casts him out of Asgard for his cowardice.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Móði's armour is made from bear fur and it reflects the ideology of Norse berserkers. Who frequently wore bear hide to battle so it would grant them courage and strength on the battlefield.
* AntagonistInMourning: After Magni's death, Modi became incredibly vengeful and swore to kill Atreus and Kratos for what they did.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Both aspire to best the other in their competition for Thor's hammer. Modi, in particular, desires to step out of Magni's shadow for once take the glory for himself.
* AscendedExtra: Móði's characterisation from the original sources is [[FlatCharacter scarce]]. At best, he's described as a Warrior Poet who survives Ragnarök with his brother Magni and inherits Thor's hammer. In the game, Modi is described by Mimir as having similar abilities to Magni. As it was Modi and Magni who freed Thor from Hrungnir's body, but Magni got all the praise and attention. Causing Modi to bitterly fall under Magni's shadow. Resulting in Modi developing a severe case of envy towards Magni and desperation for Thor's affection.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Deconstructed, while Modi was indeed a horrible person for how he bullied and eagerly tried to kill Atreus, ''Ragnarök'' showed how his death affected his family. Atreus's nightmare reveals that Atreus regretted the way he killed Modi as he outright murdered him because Atreus believed he could get away with anything. While Thor admits that Modi had "some problems", he was still Thor's son and he still wants to kill Atreus for murdering his son. While Thrud insults him while greeting Atreus, she does touch his shield sentimentally as if to imply that she still loved her brother and her words were more a result of Aesir culture and possibly Odin's indoctrination.]]
* BashBrothers: They are paternal half-brothers and are known to be dangerous and formidable together.
* BeardOfEvil: They are assisting their uncle hunt Kratos and Atreus and both of them have different styles of facial hair; Magni has a braided old dutch beard, while Modi has a french fork beard.
* {{BFS}}: Magni wields a huge sword, which is hardened by "cyclonic thunder".
* BilingualBonus: Their snowblind combo is announced in old Norse as "ÓÐR BRÓÐIR BLINDR!".
** ÓÐR means mental faculties or voice in old Norse. BRÓÐIR means brother, and BLINDR means blind. This either translates to "brother's blinding voice" or "brother's voice of blinding".
** ÓÐR often translates to "frenzy" or "fury" when used as an adjective. With this in mind, the chant can mean "brother's blind frenzy" or "brother's blind fury". The snowblind acts as a divide and conquer strategy. Where you'd seperate your enemies to prevent cooperation and pick them off individually. Or create enough dissent between your enemies to create self-destructive paranoia. In this case, the brothers wanted to separate Kratos and Atreus so they can kill them off individually while they were disorientated by the storm.
* BlindedByTheLight: Their combination move, the Snowblind. Magni strikes his sword against Modi's shield, creating a huge wave of light blinding enemies. They can then attack Kratos from all angles.
* BloodKnight: When Magni orders Kratos to surrender, Kratos naturally refuses and Magni smiles as he pulls out his sword saying "Good". It's almost like he was ''hoping'' he'd resist so they could have a fight.
* BraidsOfBarbarism: They sport them like most Norsemen.
* BreakThemByTalking: Modi repeatedly insults Atreus during the battle and makes sexual remarks about Faye.
* TheBrute: Being lesser deities, they both serve the role of muscle to the All-Father, though Magni stands out due to being very tall compared to Kratos or his own brother and using a large sword.
* TheBully: Móði just can't stop taunting Atreus and acts really eager about the idea of beating up a child long before they meet, which even Magni finds off-putting. Along with the fact he -unlike Magni- carries a shield and [[spoiler: runs for fear of his life whenever the tables are turned on him]] it compounds the idea he is the weaker and more cowardly of the brothers.
* TheBusCameBack: Both return as Kratos' memories in the ''Valhalla'' DLC as bosses, though are fought separately.
* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Played tragically with Móði, when Magni is killed, Thor blames Móði since no mortal should have the ability to kill a god and Thor promptly beats Móði to a pulp for allegedly leaving Magni to die. Kratos isn't mortal, but Móði didn't know that.]]
* CListFodder:
** In the main myths, they only have 1 or 2 stories to their names. Magni lifting Hrungnir's body to free Thor, and Modi surviving Ragnarök with Magni. [[spoiler: In the game, both are there to escalate the drama and establish how big a threat Kratos is to the Aesir.]]
** It's actually deconstructed in ''Ragnarök'', because while they're CListFodder to the ''audience'', Thor and Sif just lost two children because Odin is so callous as to apply the trope to ''his own family'' and sent them out on a dangerous mission they weren't qualified for because he genuinely didn't care if they died since they had no special use to him. [[spoiler: Their deaths are the reason why Sif has begun to turn against Odin and doubt his authority, because, in her words, "They were thrown at the All-Father's problems like brittle knives to a mountain face."]]
* ChildishOlderSibling: Despite seemingly being several hundred years older than Thrudd, Modi's behavior is more immature and has childish sadism compared to Magni, who, at least, appears more mission-focused than Modi.
* CoDragons: Odin enlisted their services to Baldur after he lost the fight with Kratos. Baldur isn't too fond of working with them and is quickly annoyed by their attempts to scare Mimir into talking, their bickering may have been another factor to why he wasn't with them at Thamur's corpse. They initially didn't believe Baldur when he told them about the fight and said he "hasn't seen straight in years".
* CombatCompliment: While fighting Kratos and Atreus, Magni will periodically compliment them by calling them "an actual challenge" and chastises Modi for not taking Baldur at his word about Kratos' skills.
* CurbStompBattle: Magni slays an Ogre without breaking a sweat.
* DeathByAdaptation: Unlike myth, they don't necessarily both survive through Ragnarök. [[spoiler:In their case, not even up until its beginning.]]
* DefiantToTheEnd: When Modi is found bloodied and beaten by Thor. He knew that he was unable to retreat and gave one final insult to Atreus before [[spoiler:being promptly stabbed in the neck and kicked off the edge.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Móði doesn't take Magni's death well. Neither does Thor; assuming Móði just up and left his brother to die in the fight, Thor pretty much manhandles him to the point where when Kratos and Atreus encounter him for the last time, he can barely stand. At this point, one can easily infer that all the trauma he's faced has caught up to him and that his act of taunting Atreus with [[YourMom another cheap shot at Faye]] is pretty much him either [[DeathSeeker wanting to die]] or [[StoppedCaring just not caring if he does]].]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:In a fit of vengeful grief Móði decided to attack Kratos and Atreus. He has Kratos stunned with electricity. Rather than smash Kratos' head in with his mace, he opts to rant and taunt Atreus despite knowing that Kratos is a god slayer and doesn't bow down to anyone. Which leads to Atreus using his spartan rage and causing Kratos to overpower Móði by using his protective rage.]] Both of them also didn't think to just attack Kratos at the same time during the Snowblind, at different angles.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Móði flees for his life as soon as Kratos kills Magni, and tries to ambush the duo later on rather than fight them directly. It bites him in the ass since because of his cowardice, Thor assumes that Móði left his own brother to die and beats him up as the result.]]
* DisappointingOlderSibling: In ''Ragnarok'', Thrudd says to Atreus that they are better off without Modi but she still touches his shield sentimentally. Which suggests that she still loves her brother despite her words.
* DisinheritedChild: [[spoiler: For failing to avenge his brother and to kill both Atreus and Kratos, Modi is beaten to near-death by Thor and dumped in Midgard until he proves his worth to Asgard.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler: Móði is kicked into a ravine after Atreus stabs him in the neck.]]
* DivideAndConquer: The Snowblind operates like this. It blinds targets with a flash of light, which then blankets the arena with smoke and lightning. The Snowblind was supposed to separate Kratos and Atreus so the brothers can either kill them individually or have one of them kill the other. Kratos instead has Atreus stand behind him and use a counter-strategy of waiting for them to come to him.
* TheDragAlong: Both Magni and Móði are only with Baldur at Thor's urging. Móði can't really believe that a man like Kratos can survive such a fight.
* DualBoss: They fight together as one against Kratos and Atreus.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Modi was always in Magni's shadow, ever since they freed Thor from Hrugnir's corpse as children. Modi resents his father and brother for this but chooses to swallow his anger and remain loyal to them in the hopes of becoming Thor's successor.
* DumbMuscle: Both are regarded as Thor's idiot sons and are referred to as "fools" by Kratos due to their competition for Thor's approval. Magni seems to be the most rational of the two, as he recognises Kratos as a threat and tries to warn Modi about underestimating him.
* TheDutifulSon: Magni puts his faith in Thor's judgement and doesn't want to fail him. Móði, on the other hand, is unenthusiastic and doubtful. It doesn't help that Thor always plays favourites with Magni.
* DyingForSymbolism: [[spoiler: Móði's death is a catalyst for Atreus' behaviour, as it escalates Kratos' fear of Atreus becoming worse than him.]]
* DynamicEntry: Magni makes his appearance by wrestling an ogre off of a cliff and landing in front of Atreus and Kratos.
* EnemyChatter: During the battle, Magni and Modi will speak to each other about Kratos and Atreus. Magni somewhat respects the protagonists while Modi spends his time insulting them. Before initiating the snowblind, the brothers will share some dialogue with each other if they are far enough away.
-->'''Modi:''' Brother--the Snowblind!\\
'''Magni:''' Right! Get ready!

-->'''Modi:''' Ready brother?\\
'''Magni:''' Always, brother!

-->'''Modi:''' Let's finish this, Magni!\\
'''Magni:''' Time to die, freak.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Magni, in particular, makes a hell of an entrance by literally dropping in front of the leads and snapping an ogre's neck with his hands before casually throwing its corpse away.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved:
** [[spoiler:Despite their rivalry: Magni and Modi did indeed care for each other, and Modi is devastated by Magni's death. Thor favored Magni and was grief-stricken by his sudden death, blaming Modi for being somehow responsible for his brother's death.]]
** Despite the abuse they dished out, both Thor and Sif ultimately loved Magni and Modi, [[spoiler:and mourn their deaths in ''Ragnarök'', with Thor being especially motivated against Kratos and Atreus because of it and descending into depression and grief.]]
** Played with regarding their sister Thrud, [[spoiler:who doesn't mention Magni, but claims the Aesir to be better off without Modi... after she touches a shield left in Modi's quarters sentimentally, implying that, despite her words, she ''does'' care about and miss her half-brothers.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Magni doesn't approve of and actively voices his disgust of Modi's sadistic interest in Atreus.
--> '''Magni:''' ''(after Modi asks him if he can keep Atreus for himself)'' What is the matter with you?
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Although Móði is jealous of Magni being the favorite, he is horrified [[spoiler:when Kratos kills him. He's also heartbroken by the accusation that it's his fault that Magni died in the first place.]]
* EvilBrit: Both brothers are portrayed with British accents.
* EvilCounterpart: Modi is one to Atreus; both have issues with a parent, use the power of lightning and wear animal pelts as armour (Atreus wears a wolf pelt, whereas, Modi wears bear fur). When Atreus learns of his [[spoiler:godhood, he shares Modi's arrogance and personal belief that he's too powerful to face the consequences of his actions. Curiously, after Atreus kills Modi, Modi's theme plays while Atreus is justifying himself to Kratos. Showing how Atreus is starting to become Modi by belittling everyone around him and attacking anyone out of hubris]].
* EyeScream: Modi threatens to gouge out Mimir's remaining eye for insulting them.
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler: Magni is killed when Kratos embeds the Leviathan Axe into the middle of his face.]]
* FacialMarkings: Magni has Norse tattoos across his face.
* FastballSpecial: A variant. Magni can occasionally throw Modi in the air, who in turn beats the ground with his shield, creating a [[ShockwaveStomp shockwave of lightning]].

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Magni is the responsible to Móði's foolish. Magni dutifully follows Thor's instructions whereas Móði has doubts about Baldur's story and taunts Atreus throughout the fight.

* TimeToStepUpCommander: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the only known surviving members of the Asgard royal family are Sif, Thrud, and Sif finds herself as the de-facto leader of the remaining Asgardians.]]

!!!CharacterSpecificPages

!!!CharacterSpecificPages

** The blighted realm of Niflheim is another example of Aesir prejudice. When Ivaldi decided to establish a workshop in the land and found a way to harness the power of its mist, Odin feared the idea of a dwarf gaining power through magic and mechanical skill; he intervened with Ivaldi's creations, to which the Dwarf furiously retaliated. As the situation escalated, Ivaldi began to meddle with forces he shouldn't have and ended up cursing the fog itself, altering its mist to poison anyone who breathed it -- a curse of which Ivaldi was the first victim.

* NobleDemon: Subverted; the Aesir see themselves as performing a necessary evil to prevent the end of the world and prevent the nine realms from going to war. Mimir explains they have actually rejected any and all offers of peace and carelessly caused discord within the realms because of how desperate they are for control. ''Ragnarok'' reveals that most Aesir actually do fit the bill, while the real NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist is Odin.

** Mimir notes that the Greek Gods tended to wield far more fantastical powers than the Aesir, such as using the elements themselves as weapons. This does contrast with the Aesir who tend to use far more mundane weapons such as Swords (Magni, Thrud and Heimdall), Hammer (Thor), Mace (Modi), or their bare fists (Baldur and Thor again). Only Odin makes use magic as his primary means of combat.

* BadassBookworm: Was knowledgeable of the other Pantheons due to various travels, and his Vault is basically a traphouse to prevent Odin or anyone else from finding out about [[spoiler:the pathway to Joutenheim]]. The badass part is showcased by the fact he's the Norse God of War, even if he uses his position to prevent conflict instead, [[spoiler:and gets to demonstrate the asskicking part of the role in a BossFight in ''Valhalla''. He proves to be Kratos' equal in handling a spear and a shield together as well as skill in weapons from other cultures, encouraging his performance throughout the fighting quilt seriously pressuring him with his own attacks, and when Kratos ends the fight with a button prompt, which normally results in him seriously damaging the target, he pulls an unflinching PunchCatch on Kratos that stops his attack cold, making it clear that he ''could'' fight even harder if he wanted to... but he doesn't want or need to, being satisfied with Kratos' showing]].

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Invoked by Kratos; after asking Mimir about Magni and Modi, Atreus became sympathetic to the pair because they were products of Thor's abusive parenting. However, Kratos intervenes by saying Magni and Modi are adults now and have no such excuses for their actions.

** It should be noted that Kratos says this before his CharacterDevelopment in between both games, as during his battle with Thor in the next game, he expresses genuine sympathy toward Modi and absolute disgust at Thor's treatment of him.
** In ''Valhalla'', Kratos himself questions this mindset: Modi and Magni were utterly failed by their father, commanded by an insane uncle, and their grandfather clearly had no respect for them. Even if they were adults by the time Kratos fought them, when would they ever have the chance to be better people?

* DropTheHammer: Móði uses a long mace in addition to a shield in battle. Sindri says they're nothing but a cheap knockoff of Mjolnir.

* TheArcher: He's skilled with long-ranged weaponry, unlike most other gods who rely on either magic or melee weapons.

* WomenAreWiser: After the deaths of Magni and Modi, Sif has caught onto Odin and knows how callous and selfish he really is. Although she can't outright punish Odin for causing Magni and Modi's deaths, she is trying to stop Thrud from being further gaslit into subservience and is actively trying to convince Thor to leave Odin's service and be a better parent.

* FlatCharacter: Magni has the least characterisation of the main cast of the first game. [[spoiler: Magni's role in the story is to die in battle against Kratos and establish the rest of the drama in the Norse chapter of the series.]]

* EntertaininglyWrong: She's right when she points out that Odin is a negligent patriarch who has them "thrown at [his] problems", but at that point she still wants revenge against Atreus and Kratos for killing Magni and Móði [[RevengeMyopia in self-defense]], so she convinces Thor, who at this point was starting to warm up to Atreus, to kill him in spite of Odin's orders. It isn't until the climax and {{Denouement}} does she realize that Odin is the real problem and forgives Atreus and Kratos.

* WarGod: Of the Norse pantheon. Though, as previously noted on this page, his status as such is solely down to the creative interpretation of a throwaway line in ''Lokasenna'' by Saxo Grammaticus. On the other hand, there is a reference to him as a bringer of victory in ''Sigrdrífumál''. Still, he's nowhere near as important as a war god in Myth/NorseMythology as Odin is. It should also be noted that even if Týr ''was'' a war-god, the game's depiction of him as actively trying to avoid wars and settle matters peaceably would have made him come off as a coward to pagan Germanics (particularly the Norse) to whom physical combat was among the most celebrated pursuits, and any attempts to avoid battle was seen as being unmanly. It makes this a case of SadlyMythcharacterized as well. Or it would, [[spoiler:if it was really Týr and not an imposter the entire time. ''Valhalla'' would expand on the real Týr's character as more of a balanced version of a TechnicalPacifist in that while he would prefer peace, he absolutely isn't afraid to show he ''is'' a God of War when push comes to shove and might be, [[WillfullyWeak in some ways]], even ''[[TheAce better]]'' than Kratos at it as he shows during their sparring matches.]]
* WarriorTherapist: Acts as one in the Valhalla DLC. [[spoiler:He's the one that lures Kratos to Valhalla, and engages him in friendly duels. By doing this, he encourages Kratos to reconsider his past actions so that he sees them in a less dire light, and therefore preparing him to face his past head on.]]
-->'''Týr:''' A man at war with himself places a deficit upon his focus. He is impatient, emotional, easily surprised. A man at one with himself has a clearer mind, sharper instincts. That man is ready to win. That man is ready to progress.
* WillfullyWeak: [[spoiler:The real Týr shows himself to be this in the ''Valhalla'' DLC as he serves as the FinalBoss of each run in [[WarriorTherapist his pursuit to help Kratos come to terms with himself]] as he proves to be able to match Kratos evenly and give him one hell of a fight to ''earn'' his understanding—but after being beaten by Kratos, he shows he's ''still'' holding a lot back as he's able to PunchCatch Kratos and stop it cold whenever he yields which implies that if it came down to an actual life-or-death battle between the two, Týr would be ''far'' harder an opponent than to be expected even for Kratos's ability.]]

** In the previous games, the Greek Pantheon can change size, communicate through statues, and their deaths ended either in a [[DefeatEqualsExplosion nuclear bomb-level explosion]] or they turn into flies that cause a world-wide calamity. The Norse Gods appear to be human-sized and for them dying appears to be normal as seen with Mimir, [[spoiler: Magni, Modi, and Baldur]]. However, it [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt still causes Fimbulwinter which triggers Ragnarök years earlier than it has been prophesized]]. ''Ragnarök'' covers this a bit more closely as [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve a difference between beliefs in the realms]].

* {{Foil}}: To Ares from the original trilogy. Both hold the title of WarGod to their respective pantheons and were considered weird and unpopular by them, with the TopGod conspiring against them to keep their influence from growing out of control. While Ares was a meathead who aspired only to kill and destroy, Týr only wanted to foster peace and diplomacy. The Olympians setting up Kratos to replace Ares because his warmongering made him treacherous and a threat to civilization, while the Aesir saw Týr as [[PacifismIsCowardice a coward for his pacifism]] and Odin had him imprisoned under the belief that his cosmopolitanism made him a threat to their way of life. While Ares wanted to make Kratos the ultimate killing machine in his image [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor and succeeded in spades]], Týr helps Kratos move past such a bad self-image just has he had in the past.

* INeverSaidItWasPoison:
** It goes unremarked on because everyone in the scene has more pressing concerns, but after Kratos shows him Gjallarhorn (proving that Kratos killed Heimdall), he says [[spoiler:that Odin promised peace as long as Kratos didn't kill any Aesir. Tyr ''wasn't there'' when Odin proposed that deal, and he never had the opportunity to learn what it was since Kratos and Atreus didn't talk about it. So, how'd he know the specifics of Odin's proposal?]]
** [[spoiler: Without the disguise, Odin also gives himself away in a very quick way. When Kratos and Brok make the Draupnir Spear, Odin identifies Brok as the creator despite Brok finding his own way home at that point and not being with Kratos during the talk with Odin.]]