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Balder: Son of Odin and Frigg. His death marked the nearing of Ragnarok, and when he finally died, the Aesir finally turned against the traitor, Loki, who killed him. He had a brother Hod.

Bragi: Son of Odin and giantess Gunnlod, Bragi was married to Iduna and was the god of eloquence.

Frigg: Wife of Odin. She was never jealous of Odin's affairs. She extracted an oath from everything except the mistletoe, which later caused Balder's death. She later tried to get him back from hell only to be thwarted by Loki.

Gullveig: One of the Vanir. Gullveig sparked the war between the Aesir and Vanir, because of her constant chatter about gold.

Heimdall: The guard of the Bifrost Bridge that linked Asgard to Midgard. On the day of Ragnarok he would blow the trumpet to herald the final battle between good and evil.

Hoenir: The member of the Aesir that was given to the Vanir, as part of the truce after the war. Hoenir was not as smart as the Aesir had promised him to be, and later the Vanir killed Mimir after they learned that Mimir was feeding Hoenir with answers.

Hod: Son of Odin and Frigg, he was the blind brother of Balder, and was guided by Loki to kill his brother unwittingly.

Njord: Originally the leader of the Vanir, Njord later joined the Aesir. His children were Freyr and Freyja, with his wife, the giantess Skadi.

Iduna: The bearer of the apples of youth, and wife of Bragi. A giant once captured her for her apples, in a ploy set up by Loki. Loki was later forced to rescue her.

Kvasir: The wisest of the Vanir who was later killed and turned into the mead of poetry.

Mimir: The wisest of the Aesir. He became a part of the Vanir through a hostage exchange, and was eventually killed. Odin kept his head preserved to gain knowledge from it.

Norns: The Norns were the goddesses of fate, and were responsible for guarding the Well of Urda. Together they wove the web of fate, which had power even over the gods.

Sif: Wife of Thor. Her golden hair was once cut off by Loki. Thor demanded Loki replace the hair, which led to the forging of the dwarven treasures.

Sol and Moon: The gods of the sun and moon respectively. They two would be devoured in the time of Ragnarok.

Tyr: The bravest of the Aesir, whose hand was bitten off by the Fenris wolf. He was eventually known as the one-handed god of war.

Valkyries: The Valkyries were not really gods, but they were immortal servants of Odin who brought back the souls of the greatest warriors who had died in the battlefield, to Odin's hall, Valahalla.

Vili, Ve: The brothers of Odin. They together helped breathe life into the first human. Vili was given to the Vanir as a hostage of peace, and was eventually killed by the Vanir.