The Mighty Thunor
Level 30 - Magic Tanker




PROFILE
NAME: Thunor
OTHER ALIASES: Thor; Tor; Donar; Donner and others
IDENTITY: Public
ALIGNMENT: Hero
GENDER: Male
HEIGHT: 7' 5"
WEIGHT: 385
EYES: Blue
HAIR: Red
RACE/ETHNICITY: Aesir
MARITAL STATUS: Married (estranged)
LEGAL STATUS: Danish citizen with no criminal record.
DATE OF BIRTH: Unknown; sometime before the 7th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH: Aesgaard
OCCUPATION: Adventurer; National Hero (Denmark)
KNOWN RELATIVES: Wotan (father); Jord (mother); Sif (estranged wife);
BASE OF OPERATIONS: Talos Island, Paragon City, Rhode Island, USA
GROUP AFFILIATIONS: Legion of Valor
IN-GAME TITLE: The
IN-GAME BADGE: Old Fashioned
BATTLE CRY: Wotan! Aesgaard!
ORIGIN & HISTORY: Stories of an immortal red-bearded giant wielding a war-hammer first appear in northern Europe in the mid-7th century. Over the centuries, some places were said to be under the eye of this wandering roisterer, who insisted he was the god Donar, come to right wrongs in the name of his father Wotan. Many were his adventures, although he mostly avoided the great events of his day over his long life.

During World War II, Thunor came to international attention. Thunor defended Denmark during the Battle of Copenhagen, holding the city for nine weeks against the April 1940 Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway with only the help of a few hundred people, over a quarter of them children. In gratitude, after the war, Denmark declared him a national hero and granted him Danish citizenry.

In the early 21st century, Thunor followed the advice of a drunken fisherman to become more well known in the modern world. He hired an agent and a public relations firm. Complete with a new "modern" costume, he embarked on a publicity filled Goodwill Tour to Paragon City and decided to remain there as a member of the Legion of Valor.

After the third reference to him in the Paragon media as "Old Lightning Pants", Thunor fired his agent and PR firm and returned to wearing his regular Viking-like clothing.

POWERS & ABILITIES: Thunor's Aesir physique makes him incredibly strong and almost impervious to harm. In addition, he wears the magical belt, Megingjörð, which doubles his strength and the iron gloves, Járngreipr. The gloves allow him to control the massive war hammer, Mjöllnir. In addition to being a purely physical weapon, Mjöllnir is magically enchanted to give Thunor additional powers. When he spins the hammer, hurls it into the sky and holds on to it, it allows him to fly. He may also use the enchantment to call up winds and storms, and to draw lightning from the sky.

IN-GAME POWERS
Invulnerability War Mace Flight Speed Fitness
CREATOR'S CORNER
INSPIRATIONS: Thor

What can I say? The fact that mythological characters are public domain is great for this game ... Thunor initially had a more super-hero-y costume I now refer to as his "Marvel outfit" ... special gloves and belt are often ignored when people pastiche the myths.
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CHARACTERS:

Cut-Up was Thunor's traveling companion for 75 years in the 17th century, although Thunor is unaware of his identity.


WRITINGS:

Thunor's Timeline.
Thunor's travels with Cut-Up are briefly touched upon in "The Milk of Paradise".
Thunor joins with his many friends in the epic "Destiny's Children".
Thunor's City Info Tracker page.


Alternate Costumes/Versions
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