The Silent God
Vidar is a son of Odin and the giantess Gríðr, and one of the strongest of all the gods, second only to Thor. He is known as the silent god, a quiet and reserved figure whose importance lies not in words but in a single mighty deed still to come.
Vidar is famous for a special shoe, said to be made from all the scraps of leather that cobblers have ever trimmed and cast away. This shoe is prepared for one purpose: the moment at Ragnarök when he will avenge his father.
When the wolf Fenrir devours Odin at the final battle, Vidar strides forward. He sets his great shoe upon the wolf's lower jaw, seizes the upper, and tears Fenrir apart. As one of the surviving gods, Vidar walks the world reborn after the end.
Divine Powers
The Great Shoe
A shoe of gathered leather made ready to crush Fenrir's jaw
Silence and Strength
The quietest of the gods, yet nearly the mightiest of them all
Survivor of Ragnarök
Endures the final battle to inherit the renewed world
Quick Facts
Key Connections
Residence
Landvidi
Vidar dwells in a hall grown thick with brushwood and tall grass
Family
- Group: Aesir
- Father: Odin
- Mother: Gríðr