Asgardians are visually indistinguishable from humans, but they
are far stronger and tougher. While some Asgardians exhibit
physical attributes that far exceed the norm for their race,
even mundane Asgardians can lift thousands of pounds and survive
the impact of modern firearms. They have life expectancies of
thousands of years. Asgard is a monarchy currently ruled by
Odin. Asgardian technology is vastly superior to modern Earth
technology, to the point that it can easily be called "magic".
Asgardians have created artifacts that can manipulate the
weather over large areas, fire powerful beams of energy, and
teleport man-sized objects over interstellar (possibly
intergalactic) distances. Many Asgardian artifacts appear to be
capable of responding to the thoughts of authorized users.
Asgardians prefer to engage their enemies in close combat, but
this preference may be explained by their high durability, which
makes range weapons less effective against them. They don't
appear to have starships, but the "Bifrost