Magnus Chase || REWRITTEN

Magnus Chase is a sixteen-year-old, formerly homeless teenager who lived in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the Norse demigod son of Frey and Natalie Chase, as well as the maternal cousin of Greek demigod Annabeth Chase. After dying and becoming an einherji, he lives his afterlife in Hotel Valhalla and has prevented Ragnarök twice.

Magnus is a white teenage boy with hair parted in the middle, hanging to his jawline in a curtain of tangled, dirty blond. He has gray eyes, much like Annabeth's, which have a haunted, scary emptiness to them, a look that had served him well when he'd lived on the streets. Initially, Magnus was quite scrawny, with a concave chest, sticking-out ribs and very pale skin, to the point that his blue veins were clearly visible. He also had a scar of his left palm, where he'd cut himself on a hunting knife as a child. However, after gaining an einherji body after his death in The Sword of Summer, Magnus, while still lean and pale, became considerably more muscular, with his arms being better-defined, his skin smoother, less translucent, with all the scars, rashes, nicks and bites that came from living on the street completely disappearing. Magnus describes the transformation as not nearly as dramatic as turning into Captain America, but very similar.

On the surface, Magnus shows a rather sarcastic and snarky persona. He often makes jabs at people he is frustrated at and shows little sense of reverence, as noted by Gunilla. He makes snide remarks both verbally and internally, though this decreases throughout the series as he grows more comfortable in his skin and his life. The reason he died was because he flipped off Surt and put his guard down.

At the beginning of The Sword of Summer, he is very cynical after living on the streets for years and angry at the world, himself, and eventually, the gods. His anger is especially directed to rich people like his Uncle Randolph, who he refuses to associate with even years after the thanksgiving fight. He did not feel guilty about stealing from the rich and did it to survive, even feeling rage upon seeing them. The only reason he retained his kindness was the lessons he learned from his mother and the charitable acts from Amir Fadlan. On the flip side, his experiences led him to be very empathetic towards the less fortunate, and he does not judge people who are outside the social norm, like Alex Fierro. He thinks people who are different from him are fascinating and shows a want to get to know them. He usually comments about how cops often target his colored friends, cultural appropriation in Valhalla, and understanding how transgender and non-binary youth are homeless at higher rates.