Character from The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
CEO of Monoc Securities and the All-Father himself — Odin, who also moonlights as Santa Claus, playing the longest game in the supernatural world while providing mercenary Einherjar to those who can afford his rates.
Donar Vadderung sits behind a desk in a corporate office and looks like a fit, one-eyed man in an expensive suit, and he is exactly what you think he is. He's Odin. The Odin. All-Father, lord of Asgard, the Hanged God who sacrificed an eye for wisdom and hung on the World Tree for nine days to learn the runes. He's also Kringle — Santa Claus — because in the Dresden Files universe, mythological figures can wear multiple mantles, and Odin has been accumulating roles for millennia. He runs Monoc Securities, a private military company that provides supernatural security services and deploys Einherjar — the honored dead of Valhalla — as mercenary soldiers. His rates are steep, his contracts are iron-clad, and his intelligence network spans every pantheon and power structure in existence. He's been helpful to Harry, in the way that ancient gods are helpful — cryptically, conditionally, and always with an awareness of how today's favor serves tomorrow's strategy. He sees further than almost anyone, plans in centuries, and genuinely seems to enjoy the fact that Harry Dresden keeps surprising him.
Massive, broad-shouldered man with a grey beard and one eye — the other covered by a patch. In his Vadderung guise, wears expensive suits that strain at the shoulders. As Kringle, fills out the red suit with genuine warmth. Either way, he radiates ancient, patient power.
Also known as: Vadderung, Donar Vadderung, Odin, Kringle, Santa Claus, The All-Father