Lord of the Frost Giants
Intermediate Deity
Symbol: White double-bladed axe
Home Plane: Midgard (Jotunheim)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Portfolio: War, cold, giants
Worshippers: Frost giants, giants
Cleric Alignments: CE, CN, NE
Domains: Chaos, Earth, Evil, Strength, War
Favoured Weapon: Greataxe
Thrym traces his lineage back to Ymir, the first giant and the creature from whose body Odin, Ve and Vili made the world. The death of Ymir is a grudge the frost giants in particular hold against the Aesir. Thrym once tried to win Freya as his bride by holding Thor’s hammer hostage. Unfortunately for him, the gods disguised Thor as the bride and Loki as the bridesmaid. When Thrym ordered the hammer brought in to hallow the wedding, Thor snatched it up and laid waste to every giant present, including Thrym.
A few cults of Thrym thrive in Mannheim, often cooperating with Loki’s cult. These cults teach that the world will end in the Fimbul Winter, and that cold will triumph after Surtur’s fire burns the world. Members of Thrym’s cult seek every opportunity to undermine Thor’s cult, and they have plenty of help and expert advice from Loki’s cult. Though Surtur has a similar cult, fire and ice never mix.
Thrym rarely grants divine power except to giants. However, a rare few individuals in Mannheim have earned his approval. They conceal their devotion to the giant destined to freeze over the world.
Thrym’s temples in Mannheim are hidden affairs, much like Loki’s. In Jotunheim they are enormous fortresses that ring with the sound of the forges day and night. Thrym’s Jotunheim temples are centres for preparation for Ragnarok. Temples in Mannheim secretly store weapons in preparation for the cult to fight alongside the giants.
Visitors to Thrym’s temples have only a few seconds to prove their devotion to Thrym before the members of the cult attack. The clergy and the members of the cult in Mannheim do not leave witnesses alive to report their activities.
Source: Deities and Demigods (Page 194)