This article contains lore based on real-life sources from Norse mythology as introduced from the God of War Norse era.
Verðandi is a Norse Goddess of Fate and one of the three Norns encountered during The Word of Fate.
Norse Mythology[]
Verðandi (Old Norse, meaning possibly "happening" or "present"), sometimes anglicized as Verdandi or Verthandi, is one of the norns. Along with Urðr (Old Norse "fate") and Skuld (possibly "debt" or "future"), Verðandi makes up a trio of Norns that are described as deciding the fates (wyrd) of people.
In the God of War Series[]
God of War: Ragnarök[]
In their desperate attempt to locate and free Atreus, Kratos and Freya encounter Verðandi alongside her sisters in their hidden sanctum located deep beneath the Lake of Nine. She remains largely hidden through the encounter, only showing herself to mockingly narrate the thoughts and actions of Kratos and Freya as the duo commune with the sisters to discover the location and fate of Atreus.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Immortality: as a Norse Goddess, Verðandi is immortal. Only a sufficiently powerful weapon or an extremely powerful being can kill her.
- Magic mastery: Like her sisters, Verðandi is highly gifted in magic, being able to summon illusions to disguise the entrance to the Well of Urð, as well as conjure visions to others to confront them with their fears and guilt. She also has the ability to either conjure or summon creatures to attack trespassers to the well, including gulons, dark elves and even a frost phantom.
- Insight: Being a norn, Verðandi has a supernatural insight and understanding the personal nature of others and the choices they will make. Her sister Urð explains that it is only because people are so predictable that the Norns appear to have the ability to predict the future. Verðandi uses her powers to narrating the actions that people have committed or are going to commit at any moment.
Trivia[]
- Her Greek equivalents (in terms of being Goddess of Fate) are Sisters of Fate.
- The Norns designs are based on the pagan idea of the Triple Goddess, as indicated by the moon design on their belts, with Verðandi representing the Mother.
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