History Characters / GodOfWarSeriesThor

* AdaptationalDumbass: PlayedWith. Thor is more simple and straightforward than Odin or Loki in the myths, but he was still cunning, such as when he outwitted the dwarf Alvíss in the Poetic Edda, while in ''2018'' several Norse legends are retold by Mimir in a context that emphasizes how much of an oaf Thor can sometimes be -- Thrym stealing Mjolnir away from Thor while he slept is treated as being just as much the Thunder God's own fault for his carelessness; similarly, Thor bashing in Hrungir's head left him vulnerable from the shock of stone debris lodging itself in his skull, and his Aesir family only roared with laughter while he was pinned down by the jötunn's falling corpse and gravely injured, not seeking help for some time. His appearance in ''Ragnarök'', however, [[spoiler:suggests that these stories may be somewhat overstated or biased, as Thor is certainly blunt and straightforward, but generally not outright stupid, using more than brute force in his fight against Kratos and easily foreseeing an attempt of the Ghost of Sparta to knock down a pillar behind him, stating how cleverness isn't enough to beat him. However, he is often derided as such by [[AbusiveParent Odin]] and has internalized the idea that he is nothing more than a dumb brute.]]

* StrongFamilyResemblance: His appearance in ''Ragnarök'' shows clearly where Móði got his genes from, while his son Magni took after his giantess mother in more than just height. Like Modi, Thor has long red hair with a forktail beard. His daughter Thrúd also borrows heavily from him, with red hair and a similar heavy set build. [[spoiler: In a moment of tragic irony, Thor's death is very similar to Modi's, both involved a father betraying them in a fit of anger and being stabbed in the neck.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: His appearance in ''Ragnarök'' shows clearly where Móði got his genes from, while his son Magni took after his giantess mother in more than just height. Like Modi, Thor has long red hair with a forktail beard. His daughter Thrúd also borrows heavily from him, with red hair and a similar heavy set build.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: After Thor takes a heavy shot to the gut from the Leviathan Axe during his first fight with Kratos he walks around for the rest of the game with the wound still in his stomach, [[BodyHorror still fresh and bleeding]]. It's very likely that the wound doesn't heal thanks to the eitr, or poison, that was imbued in the leviathan axe by Jormungandr.

* WoundThatWillNotHeal: Or rather, wound that he ''refuses'' to heal; gods in this setting are shown to have something of a HealingFactor, as demonstrated with Baldur and Kratos in the previous game and Atreus early in this game. After Thor takes a heavy shot to the gut from the Leviathan Axe during his first fight with Kratos he walks around for the rest of the game with the wound still in his stomach, [[BodyHorror still fresh and bleeding]]. While the wound doesn't slow him down physically whatsoever, it does a lot to imply his DeathSeeker mindset that he won't put in the minimal effort it would take to fix a single slash in his body.

* SanityHasAdvantages: He's actually more dangerous when he's sober. In the first battle, his attacks appear more disciplined and focused, to the point where he actually beats Kratos in a fight. [[spoiler: When he's drunk at the bar, he can still hold his own but his attacks are wilder and more focused on overkill tactics.]]

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Downplayed and barely averted. When Atreus completed the mask and Odin attempted to pick him up, Sif tried to convince Thor to stand up to Odin, causing him to lash out at Atreus. The events leading forward [[spoiler: caused Ragnarök to start]], but had Thor's strike actually connect with Atreus, [[GoneHorriblyRight he would've seen what Kratos was like in his younger days and fight him in his angriest...]][[BeCarefulWhatYourWishFor and ''probably'' would've had his limbs and organs ripped out]].

* TroubledAbuser: Thor is portrayed as an alcoholic father who beats his sons Magni and Modi and [[ParentalFavouritism favours Magni over his brother]] -- when Kratos [[spoiler:kills Magni]], Thor blames Modi for not being able to save him and leaves him severely injured. However, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Thor himself was verbally and, according to Mimir, physically abused by Odin, who constantly belittles him as a mindless brute whose only purpose in life should be doing his dirty work by killing giants with no questions or objections, which left Thor with an alcohol abuse and a self-loathing belief that [[TrappedInVillainy he could never change himself to stop being a monster]]. When Modi [[spoiler:gets killed by Atreus as a result of being too weakened to defend himself]], Thor and his wife Sif ultimately decide to stop drinking in an effort to become better parents for their daughter, Thrud.]]

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler:During Atreus' stay in Asgard, Odin orders Thor to work with him. He's clearly not happy about having to work with the killer of his sons but isn't about to defy his father. He makes his displeasure known several times where he openly threatens Atreus and eventually decides to make good on the threats at the behest of Sif]].

* TruerToTheText: Downplayed; this version of Thor is more [[AdaptationalVillainy violent, bloodthirsty]], and overall [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade flawed]] than the protector of humanity and force of good from Norse myths ever was, but he is also quite closer to how Thor was described than the romanticized later versions seen in works such as ''Art/ThorsFightWithTheGiants'' and ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', in which Thor is clean-shaved, blonde, and more conventionally noble, handsome and heroic. In the games, Thor is large, red-haired, and has long hair, fierce eyes and a long beard, exactly like how he is described in the Eddas and in The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, as well as problems with alcoholism and a protuberant belly, referencing his large appetite and fondness for drinking seen in several myths, such as the Þrymskviða and in the tale of Utgarda-Loki. His [[BloodKnight short-tempered and violent personality]], while very exaggerated, also has plenty of basis in the myths, such as when he threatened to break all of Loki's bones in the ''Lokasenna'' if he didn't stop making insults, and when he got angry with how the giantess Hyrrokkin shook the ground by shoving Baldr’s enormous funerary ship and would have immediately cracked her skull with Mjolnir if the other gods hadn’t stopped him. Then there was the time Thor kicked a dwarf, called Litr, into Baldur's funeral pyre out of anger and grief over his unexpected death in the ''Gylfaginning''.

* AdaptationalDumbass: PlayedWith. Thor is much more simple and straightforward than Odin or Loki in the myths, but he is still cunning and aware in some events, such as when he outwitted the dwarf Alvíss in the Poetic Edda, while in ''2018'' several Norse legends are retold by Mimir in a context that emphasizes how much of an oaf Thor can sometimes be -- Thrym stealing Mjolnir away from Thor while he slept is treated as being just as much the Thunder God's own fault for his carelessness; similarly, Thor bashing in Hrungir's head left him vulnerable from the shock of stone debris lodging itself in his skull, and his Aesir family only roared with laughter while he was pinned down by the jötunn's falling corpse and gravely injured, not seeking help for some time. His appearance in ''Ragnarök'', however, [[spoiler:suggests that these stories may be somewhat overstated or biased, as Thor is certainly blunt and straightforward, but generally not outright stupid, using more than brute force in his fight against Kratos and easily foreseeing an attempt of the Ghost of Sparta to knock down a pillar behind the thunder god, stating how cleverness isn't enough to beat him. However, he is often derided as such by [[AbusiveParent Odin]] and has internalized the idea that he is nothing more than a dumb brute.]]

* TruerToTheText: Downplayed; this version of Thor is much more [[AdaptationalVillainy violent, bloodthirsty]], and overall [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade flawed]] than the protector of humanity and force of good from Norse myths ever was, but he is also quite closer to how Thor was described than the romanticized later versions seen in works such as ''Art/ThorsFightWithTheGiants'' and ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'', in which Thor is clean-shaved, blonde, and more conventionally noble, handsome and heroic. In the games, Thor is large, red-haired and has long hair, fierce eyes and a long beard, exactly like how he is described in the Eddas and in The Saga of Olaf Tryggvason, as well as problems with alcoholism and a protuberant belly, referencing his large appetite and fondness for drinking, seen in the Þrymskviða and in the tale of Utgarda-Loki. His [[BloodKnight short-tempered and violent personality]], while very exaggerated, also has plenty of basis in the myths, such as when he threatened to break all of Loki's bones in the ''Lokasenna'' if he didn't stop making insults, and when he got angry with how the giantess Hyrrokkin shook the ground by shoving Baldr’s enormous funerary ship and would have immediately cracked her skull with Mjolnir if the other gods hadn’t stopped him. Then there was the time Thor kicked a dwarf, called Litr, into Baldur's funeral pyre out of anger and grief over his unexpected death in the ''Gylfaginning''.

* IAmAMonster: Thor refers to himself as a "Destroyer", openly admitting to his violent and detructive nature, and taking pride in his status as a feared killer. [[spoiler:This is an act, at least partially, while Thor is a BloodKnight who revels in a good fight he derives no joy in being a murderer]]

* IHaveNoSon: [[spoiler:After failing to avenge Magni, Thor disowns Móði and beats him almost to death in a fit of grief and rage. However, the way Thor talks about him in ''Ragnarök'' indicates that it was just a moment a weakness and that he still considers him his son. It's implied that his self-destructive alcoholism is partially caused by his guilt over having contributed to his death.]]

* AntagonistInMourning: He's still mourning Baldur, Magni, and Modi and gets noticeably upset when Odin insults his sons and treats Baldur as a lost asset rather than family.

* AntagonistInMourning: He's still mourning Baldur, Magni, and Modi and gets noticeably upset when Odin insults his sons and treats Baldur as a lost asset than a son.

* BeyondRedemption: [[spoiler: Double subverted, Thor hates himself so much that he believes there's no chance he can redeem himself after causing Modi's death and slaughtering so many jotnar. When Kratos manages to convince him that there is a chance to redeem himself through Thrud, Odin kills him for disobeying him before he could do so.]]

* BoomerangBigot: Despite his hatred of the Jötnar, Thor himself is half-Jötunn on his mother's (Fjörgyun) side and technically an eighth-Jötunn on his father's (Ymir, father of Búri and progenitor of all Aesir, being his great-grandfather), and sired his sons with two different women both implied to be Jötnar. With ''Ragnarök''[='=]s release, Thor's hatred [[spoiler:actually seems to be a case of misdirected anger and guilt over his genocide of the Giants. Possibly as a coping mechanism.]]

!!!'''Voiced by (English):''' Creator/RyanHurst\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/TakanoriHoshino\\
'''Voiced by (Brazilian Portuguese):''' Gabriel Noya

* AdaptationalDumbass: PlayedWith. Thor is more simple and straightforward than Odin or Loki in the myths, but he is still cunning and aware in some events, while in ''2018'' several Norse legends are retold by Mimir in a context that emphasizes how much of an oaf Thor can sometimes be -- Thrym stealing Mjolnir away from Thor while he slept is treated as being just as much the Thunder God's own fault for his carelessness; similarly, Thor bashing in Hrungir's head left him vulnerable from the shock of stone debris lodging itself in his skull, and his Aesir family only roared with laughter while he was pinned down by the jötunn's falling corpse and gravely injured, not seeking help for some time. His appearance in ''Ragnarök'', however, [[spoiler:suggests that these stories may be somewhat overstated or biased, as Thor is certainly blunt and straightforward, but generally not outright stupid, using more than brute force in his fight against Kratos and easily foreseeing an attempt of the Ghost of Sparta to knock down a pillar behind the thunder god, stating how cleverness isn't enough to beat him. However, he is often derided as such by [[AbusiveParent Odin]] and has internalized the idea that he is nothing more than a dumb brute.]]

** During a talk between Kratos, Thor, and Odin, Odin dismisses Magni and Modi's deaths and tells Thor they were "kinda useless" to his face. While anyone other than Odin would be outright killed for showing such disrespect, Thor just turns his head and says something out of earshot. Either cursing himself for outliving his sons or outright cursing Odin for insulting his sons.]]

* FatalFlaw: In first chapter of the Norse saga, Thor's main flaw is his wrath. A ghost claims that Thor offered his condolences after the death of father but got so drunk that he became murderously angry after the ghost's mother asked him to leave when he outstayed his welcome. [[spoiler:After the death of Magni, he beats his surviving son, Modi, to a point where he can't stand or defend himself.]]

* OffTheWagon: After [[spoiler:Heimdall's death]], he falls back into drinking at the Asgardian tavern, despite trying to stay sober for Thrúd. The scene is played very tragically, and a sign of [[spoiler:Odin's abuse, which seems to have been heaped on him for the aforementioned death]]. In Thor's words, he "fucked up".

''Norse Era:'' [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesNorseGods Gods]] ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOdin Odin]] | '''Thor''' | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesBaldur Baldur]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesFreya Freya]]) | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesJotnar Jotnar]] | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesOtherCharacters Other Characters]] ([[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesSindriAndBrok Sindri and Brok]]) | [[Characters/GodOfWarSeriesNorseMonsters Monsters]]-]]]]]

* AdaptationalDumbass: PlayedWith. Thor is more simple and straightforward than Odin or Loki in the myths, but he is still cunning and aware in some events in the myths, while in ''2018'' several Norse legends are retold by Mimir in a context that emphasizes how much of an oaf Thor can sometimes be -- Thrym stealing Mjolnir away from Thor while he slept is treated as being just as much the Thunder God's own fault for his carelessness; similarly, Thor bashing in Hrungir's head left him vulnerable from the shock of stone debris lodging itself in his skull, and his Aesir family only roared with laughter while he was pinned down by the jötunn's falling corpse and gravely injured, not seeking help for some time. His appearance in ''Ragnarök'', however, [[spoiler:suggests that these stories may be somewhat overstated or biased, as Thor is certainly blunt and straightforward, but generally not outright stupid, using more than brute force in his fight against Kratos and easily foreseeing an attempt of the Ghost of Sparta to knock down a pillar behind the thunder god, stating how cleverness isn't enough to beat him. However, he is often derided as such by [[AbusiveParent Odin]] and has internalized the idea that he is nothing more than a dumb brute.]]