This article contains lore based on real-life sources from Norse mythology as introduced from the God of War Norse era.
Vili also known as Vili Borrson (Translation: Vili, Son of Borr) is the Norse God of Wit, touch, sense. He is the younger brother of Odin and elder brother of Vé. He is the uncle of Thor, Týr, Heimdall, and Baldur.
Norse Mythology []
In Old Norse, Vili means “Will''. Vili and Vé, together with Óðinn, are the three brothers who slew Ymir — ending the primeval rule of the race of giants — and are the first of the Æsir. Óðin is the eldest, Vili the middle, and Ve the youngest. To the first human couple, Ask and Embla, Óðinn gave soul and life; Vili gave wit (intelligence) and sense of touch; and Vé gave countenance (appearance, facial expression), speech, hearing, and sight.
Odin, Vili, and Ve were the first true Aesir gods to exist. Their parents were the proto-god Borr and the giantess Bestla. The three brothers slew the giant Ymir, the first being who had come into existence, and fashioned the cosmos from his corpse.
In the God of War Series []
Prior to the Game[]
Vili was a grandson of Búri the first of the Aesir gods, who had sprung from Ymir, the first Giant and father of all life and one of the sons of Borr. Vili, along with his elder brothers Odin and Vé, felt that the Aesir were fit to be the supreme rulers of the Nine Realms and killed anyone else who stood in their path, with Odin himself killing Ymir and taking the place of the "Allfather", after which Ymir's blood drowned all Jötnar, except Bergelmir and his wife.
Almost nothing is known about him afterwards, but he is presumably have participated the Long War between the Aesir and Vanir. After the Goddesses Nerthus was slain by Magni and Modi, the great warriors of Asgard, including him and Vé, Hodr, and Hœnir, celebrate it by feasting on Odin's silver hall of Valaskjálf. The next day, the All-Father deployed a large number of Aesir fleet and warriors onto Vanaheim to crush the Vanir once more, only to have being swept away by a devastating hurricane winds summoned by Njörd[1]
God of War (2018) []
While not appearing in the game, he is pictured in Ymir's Shrine where he and Vé were shown next to Odin stabbing Ymir.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Immortality: Vili, as a Norse God, is immortal, having lived for many millennia. Only a sufficiently powerful weapon or an extremely powerful being like can kill him.
Trivia []
- Vili counterpart is like Poseidon since they both are the middle brothers.
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