5/10/2023 0 Comments God of war characters“I haven’t checked online to see if there’s discourse over her inclusion in God of War Ragnarok and honestly, I can’t be bothered. How does that hype her up? Especially considering there is no connection made?īecause her name roughly means “the one who announces misfortune”? I mean, sure, “This might serve as a mystery mouseketool for her role in God of War Ragnarok.” But how? In what way? I mean, lorewise, she has literally zero to do with Ragnarok… So why is this the reason for the hype? Why? Because she is the mother of 3 monsters who, other than naming them, offers no lore in regards to them, which is weird considering they’re integral to the Ragnarok mythos… Which, once again, this game is named after. You have my heart.Īll this article offered is a lore dump, then stated “If my lore dive is anything to go off of, Angrboda is going to be a much-welcomed addition to the already stacked characters in the God of War series.” We’ll have her back if any caucasity comes her way.Īngrboda, if by my life or death I can protect you, I will. All I know is Laya DeLeon Hayes, the actor who will be bringing Angrboda to life, is a cinnamon roll who will get her flowers from the Black gaming community. I haven’t checked online to see if there’s discourse over her inclusion in God of War Ragnarok and honestly, I can’t be bothered. All of this to say, there’s room for Angrboda in God of War and the cookout. Kratos is Black too…just in some major need of some Burt Bees lotion. The late wrestler Shad Gaspar (also Black), did Kratos’ motion capture. Christopher Judge, a Black man, voices Kratos. There’s already plenty of fan discourse that reads protagonist Kratos himself as Black, too. ![]() It’s not like she exists in a vacuum, either. These characters help affirm that it should never be an option for Black people to not exist in the world. And when games like Hades acknowledge that reality by making mythological figures like Athena Black, we see that and it matters. The Gamer’s Stacy Henley beat me to the punch in saying this but it bears repeating that Black people didn’t just start existing in the last decade. It’s no different with the now norse-infused God of War series. Whenever a game decides to add some seasoning to their cast of characters by adding some Black folks, I eat that shit up. I headcanon Miles decided he should stop playing with whatever Great Clips was in Peter Parker’s neighbourhood and got a lining and a nice fade at a barbershop offscreen in Miles Morales. Luckily they eventually realised they gave my man a yee yee arse haircut in the first Spider-Man. ![]() Insomniac is in their bag right now with the announcement of Wolverineand Spider-Man 2, but even they didn’t get Miles Morales completely right on the first try. Even when we do get Black characters, studios don’t always get it right on the first try. I don’t think I’m breaking any new ground in saying that gaming is very white. It’s not just her intriguing lore, but because she is Black. If my lore dive is anything to go off of, Angrboda is going to be a much-welcomed addition to the already stacked characters in the God of War series. God of War Ragnarok will no doubt take some liberties in portraying Angrboda, just like they have with its other cast of characters. She is called the “mother of monsters’’ because in Norse myth, she gave birth to Fenrir the wolf, Jörmungand the Midgard serpent, and Hel the ruler of the dead. Aside from being an all-around badass warrior of Iron Wood, apparently in her culture multiple marriages are not unorthodox. The last thing I discovered during my lore dive about Angrboda is that she is one of Loki’s wives, or more appropriately, he is one of her consorts, according to Northern Paganism. ![]() Remember, he and the World Serpent are the last frost giants in Midgard. Perhaps she managed to flee the Middle Realm and survived Odin wiping out the Jötnar race in fear of Ragnarok before the events of the first game? Alongside Kratos, Dad of War, Angrboda might play a vital role in educating Atreus about his frost giant heritage. This lore could tie into the larger story of God of War. The second thing I discovered is that Angrboda is a frost giant, or a jötunn. This might serve as a mystery mouseketool for her role in God of War Ragnarok. ![]() “Angr” means misfortune and “both” means to announce, according to Dictionary. Angrboda is “the one who announces misfortune.” The name Angrboda is derived from the old Norse version of her name, Angrbotha.
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