Odin is a character from Scala ad Caelum who appears in Kingdom Hearts Dark Road. He is a Keyblade Master who taught Masters Xehanort and Eraqus, in addition to Hermod, Urd, Bragi, Vor, Baldr, and seven upperclassmen.

Story

Before Kingdom Hearts Dark Road

Odin teaches an upper class of Keyblade wielders, composed of Vidar, Hoder, Vala, Vali, Heimdall, Helgi, and Sigrun, and a lower class, composed of Xehanort, Eraqus, Vor, Urd, Hermod, Bragi, and Baldr.

One day, in preparation of their upcoming Mark of Mastery exam, Odin sends the upper classmen to other worlds.

Baldr sneaks out after the upper classmen, and is found unconscious in Enchanted Dominion, while the upper classmen are missing. Odin brings Baldr to the infirmary to rest.

Vidar eventually returns to Scala ad Caelum. Odin tells Vidar about true darkness, which he believes may soon return. Odin explains that true darkness can only be defeated by sacrificing the vessel it is bound to. When Vidar refuses to accept this, Odin tells him about Kingdom Hearts and how it can be summoned, though he forbids Vidar from doing so.

Kingdom Hearts Dark Road

Odin calls the lower classmen, except Baldr, to class, and tasks them with finding the missing upper classmen. He teaches them how to travel to other worlds through the lanes between.

The lower classmen return to Scala ad Caelum without Vor, and inform him that Vor left with Vidar, and of the upper classmen's plan. Odin tells them their mission is over, but the lower classmen disobey him and leave anyway.

When Xehanort and Eraqus collapse in a Corridor of Darkness, Odin arrives in light and brings them home, though he is unable to find the other lower classmen. After Xehanort and Eraqus recover, Odin informs them that their classmates have not returned, and learns that Baldr had been with them. As they are talking, they hear explosions in the distance. Odin tells Xehanort and Eraqus to wait in the classroom, and summons No Name from the wall as he leaves to evacuate the other students.

When Odin next finds them, Baldr has already killed the remaining upper classmen and Vor. Odin restrains Baldr with chains and bids Xehanort to purge the darkness from him. Xehanort hesitates, but ultimately strikes Baldr down instead, saddening Odin.

Following the deaths of Xehanort and Eraqus's classmates, Odin decides to retire, and sends Xehanort and Eraqus to prepare for their Mark of Mastery exam early.

Between Kingdom Hearts Dark Road and Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep

After Xehanort and Eraqus become Keyblade Masters, Odin names Eraqus as his true successor, and entrusts Eraqus with Master's Defender and the Land of Departure, while Xehanort is given No Name.

Design

Odin is an elderly man with grey eyes, bushy white hair down to his shoulders, and a long white beard that extends to his chest. He wears a buttoned, beige shirt and beige hakama, with the top portion resembling an obi-sash with a gold Terra's Mark emblem in the center through yellow ribbon, and black heeled boots. He also wears floor-length grey-brown robes with a hood and wide, drooping sleeves, and a large, floppy grey-brown pointed hat with a wide brim and lavender inner lining, which obscures one of his eyes.

In Norse mythology, Odin is the chief of the Æsir gods and king of Asgard. Wōden is the Old English form of the name.

Abilities

Odin wields the Master's Defender and No Name Keyblades, though he primarily hangs No Name on a mantle above his desk. He is capable of conjuring chains of light to restrain Baldr, and he can open Gates to travel between worlds.

• Entelechy
• Scala ad Caelum
• Original characters
• Kingdom Hearts Dark Road characters
• Keyblade Masters