Avalon
the land of the faeries
Avalon was a hidden land of the Fae far from the Nine Realms, ruled by the faerie King Oberon and his queen Titania. It was the homeland of Mimir before he wandered into the Norse world, a place of mischief, magic, and the Goodfellows.
Avalon was a hidden land of the Fae, lying far beyond the Nine Realms and ruled by the faerie King Oberon and his queen Titania. It was the homeland of Mimir before he ever set foot in the Norse world, a place known to Kratos and Atreus only through the stories Mimir told of his long-vanished past. Mimir never actually names it in the games. He speaks only of the faraway land of the Fae King, and Avalon is the name the old legends give that land. (God of War (2018); God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla)
The land of the Fae#
Avalon was a land apart from the Nine Realms, the home of the Fae. It was ruled by King Oberon, lord of the Fae, and his wife Titania. Its existence was known in the Nine Realms chiefly through the accounts of Mimir, who spoke of it as his homeland and the court he had once served. (God of War (2018); God of War Ragnarök; God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla)
The land was peopled by the Fae and by the band of tricksters known as the Goodfellows, among them Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Cobweb, and Moth. Mimir counted himself among their number in those days. (God of War Ragnarök; God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla)
Mimir's service to Oberon#
Mimir served King Oberon for many years as an errand boy and unofficial jester. He delighted in causing mischief among the humans, conduct that most of the other Fae considered a crime worthy of severe punishment. Oberon, however, tolerated it, for he found Mimir's actions entertaining. (God of War (2018))
In time the King grew bored of the chaos that Mimir and his kin stirred up. Fearing that Oberon might finally decide to punish him for his crimes, Mimir chose to leave his homeland behind. His wanderings eventually carried him into the Nine Realms, where he would live out the long centuries that followed under a very different fate. In those earlier days he had been known by other names, Puck and Robin of the Goodfellows among them, before the wider Norse world came to call him simply Mimir. (God of War (2018); God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla)
Frequently asked questions
- What is Avalon in God of War?
- Avalon was a distant land of the Fae, ruled by the faerie King Oberon and his wife Titania. It lay far from the Nine Realms and was the homeland of Mimir, who lived there before wandering into the Norse world.
- How is Mimir connected to Avalon?
- Mimir came from the land of the Fae. He served King Oberon for many years as an errand boy and unofficial jester, causing mischief among the humans under the names Puck and Robin of the Goodfellows, until Oberon's patience wore thin and Mimir left for the Nine Realms.
- Who lives in Avalon?
- Avalon was ruled by King Oberon and Queen Titania. Among its inhabitants were Mimir and his fellow Goodfellows, the fae tricksters Peaseblossom, Mustardseed, Cobweb, and Moth.
Sources
- GameGod of War (2018), Santa Monica Studio, 2018
- GameGod of War Ragnarök, Santa Monica Studio, 2022
- GameGod of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, Santa Monica Studio, 2023
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Titania: Queen of the Faeries
Titania was the Queen of the Faeries, wife of King Oberon and mistress of Avalon in the Celtic Lands. She endured a bitter marriage to a cruel husband, and her name reached the Norse realms only through the memories of Mimir, the faerie once called Puck who had served her tormentor.
Atreus (Loki): Kratos's Son and the Truth of His Name
Atreus was the son of Kratos and the Jotunn Faye, born in Midgard and given the hidden name Loki. Across two great journeys he grew from a sickly boy into the prophesied champion of the Giants, the god of mischief whose fate was bound to Ragnarok.
Kratos
Kratos was the demigod son of Zeus who rose from a Spartan general to the Greek God of War, destroyed the pantheon of Olympus in a quest for vengeance, and then began again in the Norse realms as a father seeking to leave his bloody past behind.
Mimir
Mimir was a Celtic fae who rose to become Odin's advisor and the ambassador of the Aesir before the All-Father imprisoned him for over a century. Freed and reanimated as a disembodied head by Kratos and Atreus, he became their guide, conscience, and friend across the Nine Realms.
Oberon
Oberon was the High King of the Fae, a capricious and cruel monarch of Fairyland. His fickle favor drove his servant Mimir to flee the realm of the Fae, a flight that carried Mimir into the Nine Realms.
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Cobweb: faerie maid of Queen Titania
Cobweb was a faerie of Avalon, one of the male maids of Queen Titania and a member of the Goodfellows, the band of tricksters who ran with the young Mimir in the days when he was called Puck. He never reached the Norse realms, and his name survived there only in Mimir's recollections within Valhalla.
Mustardseed: faerie of the Goodfellows
Mustardseed was a faerie of Avalon, one of the faeries who attended Queen Titania and a member of the trickster band called the Goodfellows. He was a friend of Mimir in the days when the future Smartest Man Alive was known as Puck, and he was remembered in the Norse realms only through the old ambassador's recollections in Valhalla.
Titania: Queen of the Faeries
Titania was the Queen of the Faeries, wife of King Oberon and mistress of Avalon in the Celtic Lands. She endured a bitter marriage to a cruel husband, and her name reached the Norse realms only through the memories of Mimir, the faerie once called Puck who had served her tormentor.
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