Saxnot

Saxnot, also called Seaxneat, Seaxnet, or Saxnet, is a Germanic god of Iron and Steel and war. He is also the progenitor and patron deity of the Saxons.

History
Saxnot is the son of Woden/Odin and Frigga. At some point he sired about a dozen or so half-bloods in quick succession and then proceeded to do something very few gods have done before or since; he decided to remain in Midgard and raise these children himself.

This group of half-bloods would become the first generation of Saxons. He became the patron deity of the Saxons and they would view him as one of the "big three gods" alongside Odin and Thor. To those outside of the Saxons however he was a minor deity that most people had never heard of and nobody worship.

In 772 King Charlemagne of the Franks entered Saxony intent on conquering them and forcibly converting them from Germanic Paganism to Catholicism. Within the first year he had succeeded in destroying the Irumsule. In 782, Charlemagne ordered the death of 4,500 Saxon Noblemen in what became known as the massacre of Verden. The turning point came in 785 when the Saxon leader Wildiking let himself be baptized and plead fealty to Charlemagne.

The Saxon Wars ended in 804 when the last rebellion of disaffected tribesmen was crushed. By that point most Saxons had lost the will or means to resist so they converted to Christianity, assimilated, and essentially stopped being Saxons (as far as Saxnot was concerned anyway).

With his cult suppressed and quickly being forgotten and his seat of power destroyed, Saxnot was left incredibly weakened and fell into a state of hibernation.

Personality
Saxnot has an egotistical and tribalist mentality. He loves the Saxons as his children and will go to extreme measures to protect them and is very cruel to anyone who threatens them. To anyone outside this family however Saxnot is callous.