So, all the inaccuracies aside (it's Marvel Thor not Norse Thor of course) I feel inspired to make a hammer wielding Nord named Thor based around mythological Thor. That and despite all the Nord hate I spew, as a Dunmer, the Norse pantheon is my favorite of all the mythological gods.

But what's the situation on battle hammers? In Oblivion they were pretty long, two handed weapons. Will there be one handed versions?

Thoughts?

Ps. I'm so putting an enchantment on it and naming it Mjolnir.

Pps. Thor was pretty good. Cant wait for The Avengers.

I'd assume there would be battle hammers. TES wouldn't be the same without them, personally. Most likely under the two-handed and/or one-handed weapon tree under blunt.

And yeah, Thor was surprisingly pretty good. Much better than I expected it to be.

I don't really see any reason why there can't be, hammers were a pretty normal part of medieval weaponry. However, maces seen to fill the roll of one-handed hammers in previous Elder Scrolls games, and it will probably continue to be that way.

I would so create Odin's Gungnir!

Oh wait.........

Also for reference a giant spider boss called Sleipner.

I see what you did there...

OMG I WAnt to see Thor so so bad. was it totally epic?

As I understand it, Thor is traditionally depicted wielding more of a blacksmith's hammer instead of an actual battle or war hammer (which the Vikings didn't really use, anyways).

In the viking age it was looked on as blasphemy to name your child Thor, Freyja or from any of the other gods.
They never did it.

However, if you use a gods name and combine it with another name, then it is accepted. Many Norwegian/norse names are example of this, Torbj?rn(thor-bear), Torulf(Thor-wolf), Torgrim(Thor-face/mask(meaning "like thor")),Torstein(Tor-stone), Havtor(sea-thor), Bergtor(mountain-thor) and so on.

Thor used a small hammer, here's a rune carving of it:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/S?_111%2C_Stenkvista.jpg

I remember the long handled hammers but I never liked using them.

I hope that have some short one handed hammers.

I think that under the 2h tree under maces there will be war-hammers.

Yes of course there will be http://www.realmcollections.com/images/pl/Other_Weapons_German_War_Hammer_M600366_1753.jpg.

I plan on making a Breton arcane warrior type that uses a maul (large two handed hammer), but my Nord Berzerker warrior type will use a good ol'battle axe!

Was a great movie indeed, and id love to see a mjolnir reference in the game it would fit really well in skyrim

No thanks on the movie references. Id rather keep that trash out of TES. Breaks immersion IMO on a huge level.
Also, how can you play a Nord named Thor in TES? Or any other character that isn't TES? Doesn't that completely ruin immersion? :blink:
I simply could not do that.

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I'd love an easter egg hammer perhaps called the Ba'an Hammer :mage:

There is an Elton John reference in Morrowind, a lord of the rings one in Oblivion, also a shadow over hackdirt is a reference to an H.P Lovecraft novel,....there are so many "immersion" breaking Easter eggs in TES i don't even feel like listing them all

implying that sleipnir is a spider and not a horse...

Not to mention some pretty silly and quite obvious ones like those Pokemon references in Morrowind :teehee:

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@Surtur: That's entirely the point, mate. Duh.

i was just about to start this thread i just saw Thor last night, you should make a poll on of poeple would want a weapon like the hammer of thor..not its powers just the shape... in the game.. after seeing that movie i definitly do

what is the lord of the rings one and pokemon ones

wow, you DO know that sleipnir is actually a horse right? I haven't seen the movie or something so I don't know what's in there, but I have read the Poetic Edda four times and I kinda know the Norse mytholigy...

It has eight legs.

Get it?

Skull Crusher.

haha yes, I got that, but it's still a leap, they also just make a sprite of a horse with 8 legs that runs faster then normal horses...


EDIT: or make vargrs ( you know... wolf mounts)