Ull Sivsson

Ull is one of the oldest Norse gods, and despite not being “the Allfather” that became popular much later, he was once a very big deal and it’s something he hasn’t forgotten. Once he was known as a sun/sky god worshiped on open fields, had fertility rituals done for him, and was married to Njärd. But things have changed since then and Ull has, in a way, been reborn.

Ull was born to his mother Sif - and an unknown father whom he has never met - in the forests of Vanaheim where he also grew up.

When Ull was a child he was incredibly wary of strangers and rarely ever spoke around people he didn’t know, and he would hide behind his mother Sif or stay really close to her. However, whenever Sif brought home guests he would make sure to stay hidden, and the guests would only know he was there because he managed to sneak up on them and shoot various stuff at them with a slingshot.

Just as he is now, he was fiercely independent and investigated everything on his own, climbing everything that could be climbed, picking things apart… He was a lot more emotional and loud around people he knew, talking and singing a lot, and wriggled out from people’s arms when they tried to hug or touch him. If any grownup made him angry, he kicked them in the shin. If other kids were annoying, he would beat them up.

As he got older, he thankfully gained more self-control instead of beating up others and also became quiet and cold.

Sif was the first one to put a bow in Ull’s hands and also the one who taught him how to hunt from a young age. He loved it from the start. The older he got, the more he perfected the art - just like skiing and fighting - and soon enough gained the title god of the bow and the hunt and was thus raised to godhood.

After the Vanir/Aesir war, Ull hopped over to Asgard and became one of the Æsir. Who knows why - but he got his portion of land and Ydalir anyway.

When Oden was exiled from Asgard for rape, Ull was chosen to rule and did so for ten years under the name Oden. Later, the true Oden was called back and Ull retired, being chased out of Asgard. During his flight, he was attacked by Danes, and even if people claim that they killed him, he very much survived. Barely.

The Danes managed to weaken him and shackle him, and with various methods, they indeed tried to kill him. Methods that would have killed any mortal; disembowelment, dismemberment, the blood eagle. This is the only event that has left permanent, visible scars on Ull’s body.

During his “exile” he took a liking to Sweden, which wasn’t really Sweden yet at the time, and settled down in the northern parts. That can explain his Swedish accent when talking and also his northern dialect when speaking Swedish since it is a place he frequently visits when he can’t stand Asgard anymore.

While being on Midgard, Ull has served as a knight. During the Viking age, he was a member of different war bands, a “house-carl”, for kings and jarls. On a few occasions, he was also the stallari and served as the king’s champion and as a sort of general for the war band. And during medieval times, he has indeed served as what you would actually call a knight. Perhaps he wasn’t too keen on their take that you must be faithful to the Christian god, but other than that he has always had the same values as the chivalrous knights.

Even later when the knights weren’t a thing anymore, Ull has been fighting in several Swedish wars to keep himself occupied.