THOR
Secret Identity: Professor Donar "Don" Woodson
Calling: Repentant. Thor is of advanced age, a disillusioned and despondent
state of mind. He blames himself for the death of his beloved sons.
| Strength: |
9/14A |
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| Intelligence: |
6B |
| Agility: |
4D |
| Willpower: |
4X |
| Edge/Hand: |
3/6 |
Skills:
- Hammers, Swords, Spears, Brawling
- Flinging
- Lore: Asgardian; Dimensional Geography, Languages (English, Elven,
Giant, Troll, Dragon and Old Norse)
Powers:
- Resistance to Cold, Lightning (+7) Thor is not immune to electricity, but
out of deference, natural lightning will not strike him. The effects of
cold weather are negligible to Thor.
- Spirit Entreaty 8 - Thor is the son of an Earth Goddess, Fjorgyn, and as
such has limited ability to speak with and influence spirits of the earth.
Base difficulty is Challenging (12) for spirits to respond, but each
exchange of intense entreaty lowers the difficulty by one level.
Equipment:
- Girdle of Strength (+5)
- ("Meginjarder") Ability Boost: Strength. Thor has a girdle, which used to augment his muscle, giving him unlimited strength. Now it's affects are much less dramatic.
- Glove of Forging (+7)
- ("Jarn Grieper") Resistance to heat. Thor has a glove that allows him to handle objects of extreme hot temperature.
- Enchanted Chainmail (+3) - Asgardian body armor.
- Uru Hammer (+4) - ("Mjolnir") - Ordinarily used as a warhammer, this weapon may be thrown, and always returns to its master.
- Call Lighting
- Allows the user to bring forth a storm front (difficulty depending on the
prevailing weather - much more difficult in the Sahara, trivial in Seattle)
and bring down bolts of lightning in a small area. Affects everyone in the
area indiscriminantly.
- Lightning Bolt +3 - User may send forth a bolt of electrical power.
Thor's Goats - ("Tanngrisner"
and "Tanngjost") These are Thor's pets. They can fly anywhere.
If they are killed, Thor can re-animate them with a successful willpower
check.
ST:8B IN:2 WL:2 DX:4B 10 HP Head-Butt, Flight
Hinderances
- Berserker Rage - Thor has a tendency
to become Frenzied in extended battle, and must succeed in a Desperate (20)
Willpower action to stop attacking, pull punches, or avoid hitting allies
who may restrain him. Thor's Intellect drops to 0 during this rage.
- Addicted - Alcohol
Personal History:
Beaten and broken, his hammer stolen, Thor is the last survivor of
Ragnarok. He is disillusioned and bitter. Cut off from the land of his
birth, his fabled strength has begun to wane, bereft of Idun's apples he
has begun to age -- drastically. Can a weakened, aging, hammerless and
distraught Thor be an asset to the Avengers?
Ragnarok occurred in 1945 at the same time the bomb was dropped on
Hiroshima. Loki had become the god of atomic/nuclear energy and used the
power of that destruction to change the events of Ragnarok. He was able to
survive, kill his nemesis Heimdall and escape Asgard, taking with him
Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, Odin's spear, Gungnir, and Odin's well, Mimir,
that sees all and knows all. Loki has become quite powerful, and survives
as a powerful new god unbeknownst to Thor, the other survivor of Ragnarok.
Thor's destiny was taken from him, when his two young sons, Magni and
Modi, sacrificed themselves and were slain by (and in turn slew) the
Midgard serpent. Thus, Thor survived Ragnarok, which was never his destiny
and never his plan, especially meaning the loss of his beloved sons.
Without Asgard, his wife, his father, his family; without Mjolnir; without
Idun's apples that give Asgardians their eternal youth Thor has aged,
becoming an old man, weak and bitter and lonely.
Thor is currently employed as a Professor of Nordic Literature and
Anthropology at Columbia University. There he is known as Dr. Donner
Woodson. He has published one semi-successful fictional book, "Ragnarok Lost."
Thor has recently become involved with a team of heroes-- The Avengers. His
adventures with them have renewed his lease on life.
Appearance
Thor appears as a wizened old man, that was once a powerful
warrior. When not stooped, he stands at 7'. He has a bushy braided red
beard, is balding with wild red hair. His ornate chainmail armor slumps
heavily on his depleted frame. He has a persistent cough and a lost look
in his eyes.