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| “ | I shall give you what you truly desire....closer thee to thy God! | „ |
| ~ Thor |
Thor is the secondary antagonist of the 2013 action film Vikingdom. He is a far more malevolent take on the traditional Norse god of thunder.
He was portrayed by Conan Stevens who also portrayed Gregor Clegane in Game of Thrones, and Torturer of Dol Guldur in The Hobbit trilogy.
Biography[]
Angered that humans were abandoning the Norse gods for the favor of Christianity, Thor decides to merge Midgard, Valhalla, and Hel, which would result in an apocalyptic event that will lead to the end of civilization. In order to achieve this genocidal campaign, Thor has to collect three key items: Mjolnir (his hammer), the Necklace of Mary Magdalene, and the Horn from Helheim. Gathering an army of followers, Thor invades a monastery located in Midgard to obtain the necklace. After massacring several of the monks, he crucifies the guardian out of spite for his religion.
When he was nearing completion to his plan, one of his lieutenants attempts to rebel against him when he realizes that his plan would result in the death of millions. Thor expresses apathy over this fact, and he gouges the eye out of his treacherous lieutenant. He then prepares to go to war against Eirick, a former king who was resurrected after dying in battle. The battle commences between both sides, and Eirick personally goes to stop the mad god.
The Blood Eclipse falls on the horizon as Thor was preparing to open the gateways to the three dimesnions. Thor reveals to Eirick that he was his biological son, thus explaining how he was able to keep his mind while he was in a relationship with the goddess Freya. After failing to convince him to join him in his conquest, Thor proceeds to brutalize his own son. Before the final blow could be struck, Brynna intercepts Thor, sacrificing herself for Eirick. Eirick's teammates take on the Norse god, which gives Eirick the opportunity of using the Horn of Helheim on his father.
Rather than destroying his physical body and sending him back to Valhalla as was initially thought, Frey reveals that Thor was working under him, the ultimate goal being the complete eradication of existence. Unbeknownst to the two gods, Alcuin had actually given Beothric a fake horn; a portal opens up, and it sucks the two villainous gods into it, banishing them to another dimension.
Trivia[]
- Apart from his stature, iron gauntlets and red hair, this iteration of Thor barely faithful to his more benevolent mythological counterpart. Most notably, his Mjölnir is depicted as an actual two-handed war hammer with rectangular sledgehammer-like head, His iron gauntlets from the myth are mostly used to help Thor hold Mjolnir, but in here he is shown to be capable of using Mjolnir without the gauntlets late in the film, both his breastplate and kilt being Grecian in origin, and detestable personality which is far cry from jovial and friendly despite having quite a temper.
- Ironically, Conan Stevens would portray another take of the Nordic Thunder God featured in Victor Magtanggol who far more faithful to the myths 5 years later.
- His infidelity with Eirick's mother resembled more to the Greek Gods rather than the Norse Gods and in the myth, His father Odin committed one act of infidelity that got Odin himself exiled for a decade for such an action, bringing another inaccuracy to Thor's Vikingdom portrayal.
- If one were to assume the events of Ragnarök also took place in Vikingdom, Thor, likely died by the Midgard Serpent at some point after the film, It was not clear if Ragnarök were a factor in his crusade against Christianity.