Odin

Biodata

Background and History

Exile and the gift of Odinforce

After Asgard’s queen fell, Odin sank into despair. Loki took advantage of his weakened state and banished him to the Rainbow Bridge Nursing Home in Bodø, Norway. There, Odin spent his time with a fat orange cat he called Thor 9.

The Ancient One brought Lin Xu to Odin to discuss preserving his divine power before his death and the coming Ragnarok. Odin agreed to give Lin Xu nearly all of it, retaining enough to sustain his body and keep Hela from emerging. He also gave Lin Xu Gungnir and the steed Grani, hoping to secure help for Asgard when Ragnarok arrived 9 10.

Odin reasoned that, because Lin Xu had inherited the Odinforce, he was technically an offspring of Bor, the power’s previous bearer. Lin Xu accepted him as a sworn elder brother and adopted the name Fengxian Borsen when representing Asgard 10.

The Odin of the accelerated timeline

In another universe, Odin and the Ancient One accelerated Ragnarok and other crises after she foresaw the universe’s destruction. Odin sent Frigga and Asgard’s people to Vanaheim, while Loki took Thor to Jotunheim 45 46.

This Odin offered Lin Xu his divine power but used the transfer to seize control of the unconverted Odinforce in Lin Xu’s Sub-Dimension. He intended to take Lin Xu’s compatible body and prolong his life. Lin Xu immobilized him briefly with the Penance Stare and killed him with the Tyrant’s Butcher Blade; Odin’s soul then vanished 46.

A later counterpart

After arriving in another universe, Lin Xu received divine power from its Odin. Although the transfer relieved Odin of excess power, his body was still collapsing. Odin approved of Lin Xu’s killing of the counterpart who had attempted to possess him, and gave him a Divine King’s Decree to obtain a more suitable weapon from Eitri 62.

Odin later met Lin Xu through a phantom guarding Gaia’s sanctuary. He explained that, after Gaia was gravely injured about thirty years earlier, he had guarded her for several years and beaten an attacking Thanos nearly to death with his bare hands 116.

When Lin Xu brought him an alternate-universe Mjolnir, Odin explained the requirements of the God-King Oath Spell but failed to lift the hammer himself. He noticed that Lin Xu wielded the Power of Thor and began to believe his claim that he did not want Asgard’s throne. Odin said he had twenty-six days left to live 122.

Appearance

Odin appears as an old, one-eyed man; one counterpart has shoulder-length white hair 9 45.

• His eye was injured in a battle against the Frost Giants in Norway 9.
• During his exile, he is described as scruffy and wears an eye patch 9 122.

Personality

Odin’s decisions combine concern for Asgard with calculation. He gave Lin Xu his power and equipment partly to bind him to Asgard’s interests and protect Thor and Loki. He could also be proud: his originally golden divine power reflected his domineering nature and pride 10 22 116.

Different counterparts make different choices. The Odin who attacked Lin Xu was unwilling to die once his family had survived; the later Odin said he understood that counterpart’s motives while approving Lin Xu’s self-defense 46 62.

Abilities & Skills

Odinforce

Odin’s divine power is both a source of strength and a symbol of Asgard. Its lineage passes from Buri to Bor, then to Odin and the Thor Force 10.

• Odin could lend his power to Lin Xu, whose bodily Sub-Dimension contained it during the transfer 9 10.
• An Odinforce barrier and phantom guarded Gaia’s sanctuary. The phantom initially accepted Lin Xu after he supplied it with unconverted Odinforce 116.
• Odin’s growing divine power damaged his aging body; even after giving most of it away, its collapse continued 46 62.

God-King Oath Spell

Odin’s oath on Mjolnir grants the Power of Thor to a worthy wielder 122.

• The spell has no spoken incantation; its caster draws on Asgardian royal blood and silently states the desired effect.
• Odin says only a king with Asgardian blood can use it.
• A weakened Odin could not lift a Mjolnir enchanted by his counterpart in another universe 122.

Combat

Odin remained a formidable opponent even without his customary equipment. While guarding Gaia, he fought Thanos bare-handed and beat him nearly to death; Gungnir and the Destroyer Armor had been left in the Underworld to guard against Hela 116.

Equipment and Possessions

• Gungnir — Odin’s golden spear, long accustomed to his power. One Odin gave it to Lin Xu; its spearhead was later reforged into Lin Xu’s Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade 10 75.
• Grani — Sleipnir’s offspring, given to Lin Xu as a steed. Grani can fly and reach the speed of light in space; he also takes the form of the orange cat Odin called Thor 9 10.
• Sleipnir — Odin’s white, eight-legged, winged horse 10.
• Divine King’s Decree — An Asgardian royal decree Odin gave Lin Xu to take to Eitri at Nidavellir 62.
• Huginn and Muninn — Two ravens Odin summoned to report on Thor’s whereabouts 122.
• Destroyer Armor — Armor Odin had left in the Underworld as a guard against Hela 116.

Relationships

• Bor Bellison — Odin’s father and the previous bearer of the power that became the Odinforce 10.
• Frigga — Odin’s wife. One counterpart sent her to Vanaheim before the accelerated Ragnarok 45 46.
• Thor — Odin’s son. Odin sought to delay Hela’s emergence to give his sons more time 10.
• Loki — Odin’s son, who exploited his weakened state to banish him to Norway 9.
• Hela — Odin’s daughter, whose emergence Odin sought to delay by sustaining his body 10 65.
• Lin Xu — Inheritor of Odinforce and Odin’s sworn younger brother. A counterpart tried to possess him, while a later Odin accepted Lin Xu’s explanation for killing that counterpart 10 46 62.
• The Ancient One — Brought Lin Xu to Odin to discuss transferring his power. In another universe, she and Odin cooperated to avert a foreseen catastrophe 9 45.
• Gaia — Odin guarded her sanctuary after she was gravely injured 116.

Notable Quotes

“The divine power of Asgard belongs to Asgard.” — The Ancient One, explaining why she sought to preserve Odin’s power 9

“As long as I’m still here, she won’t dare come out. That’ll give those two boys another two years!” 10

“The Odin of each universe is an independent individual with his own ideas.” 62