Editing Odin (section)

==Historical Fantasy Odin==
{{Infobox Deity
|Name = Odin
|Symbol = [[File:Odin symbol.jpg|150px]]
|Aliases = All-Father, the Blind One, Father of the Slain, Father of Victory, the High One, the Inflamer, One with a Magic Staff
|Alignment = '''2E/3E:''' Chaotic Good<br>'''5E:''' Neutral Good
|Divine Rank = Greater God
|Pantheon = Norse
|Portfolio = Knowledge, Magic, Poetry, War, Wisdom
|Domains = '''3E:''' Air, Knowledge, Magic, Travel, Trickery, War<br>'''5E:''' Knowledge, War
|Home Plane = ''Asgard'' ([[Ysgard]])
|Worshippers = [[Bard]]s, [[fighter]]s, [[sorcerer]]s, [[wizard]]s, philosophers, sages, nobility, [[gnome]]s
|Favoured Weapon = ''Gungnir'' (Shortspear)
}}
Due to its existence only ever being discussed in one article in [[Dragon Magazine]], it's unclear how Odin gets on with his Anglo-Saxon counterpart, [[Woden]]. In real life history, it's assumed that Odin developed from Woden in the northern Germanic regions, and even the article mentions that Odin somehow "evolved from" Woden. However, the two are sufficiently different - for example, Odin is a Greater God and the leader of the Norse pantheon, whilst Woden is a Lesser God who is generally disliked by the entirety of his pantheon for being a creepy self-serving bastard - that they can't really be mistaken for each other on the [[Outer Planes]].

In Forgotten Realms, Odin has a somewhat more active role. Usually, he wanders in his disguise as an old man, although he would also come with his army of einheriar and valkeries, especially against fiends and demons.

His ever-splitting ring, the Draupnir, is valued between 3000 to 30,000 gold pieces, and he sometimes gives copies of that ring as gifts to his followers.

The only known temple of Odin in Forgotten Realms was on the worldlet of the Rock of Bral, among the Tears of Selune asteroids orbiting the planet Toril, tended by around a hundred worshippers. Elsewhere, his priests were mostly tribal chieftains.

His worshippers were never evil creatures, and he represented battles, knowledge, wisdom, and poetry.

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