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	The World is Miðgarðr, centered around Yggdrasil,		The World is Miðgarðr, centered around Yggdrasil,
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	== '''Genealogy of the Gods''' ==		== '''Genealogy of the Gods''' ==
	'''The Lineage of Bestla'''		'''The Lineage of Bestla'''

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= '''The Æsir of Asgard and Midgardr''' =
''"I remember yet the giants of yore,
Who gave me bread in the days gone by;
Nine worlds I know, the nine in the tree,
With mighty roots beneath the earth."''
–Stanza 2, Voluspa

== '''In the Beginning''' ==
Forged from fire and ice, the Æsir and the Jötnar (the giants)
clashed the moment they met. It had to be done. They were
born into a world with nothing and with no land to call their
own. Odin and his brothers ripped Ymir asunder and with his
flesh, bones, brains, and blood, they created the mountains, the
ocean, the clouds, and the lands of Miðgarðr. As fate would have
it, Bergelmir and his wife were the only two giants to survive,
becoming the progenitors of their race. They fled to
Jötunheimr — a wild place filled
with beasts that inhabited dark
forests. Relentlessly battered
by the Æsir and storms alike,
the Jötnar had a choice — to live
and mate with the Æsir or exist
to torment their enemies until
the great wheel turned.

=== Æsir & Vanir ===
The Æsir dwelled in Ásgarð, a civilized and law-abiding land,
surrounded by a thick wall.
Eventually, a second tribe of
Gods appeared, calling them-
selves the Vanir. They hailed
from Vanaheim — a land with
sacred halls, woods, and fields.
The tribes coexisted with nothing
but peace in their hearts until it was dis-
covered the Vanir possessed the art of ''seiðr,''
a magic of incredible potency. Odin, seeker of all
things mystical, sought to take the knowledge by force. The
war proved one thing — that each tribe could gain the upper
hand, but neither could truly succeed. After much bloodshed
on both sides, the Titanic opponents of both devastated the
Gods. The Æsir absorbed their rivals into their ranks and thus
preserved themselves in difficult times.

=== Outlook ===
Born in the wastes and ruin of Northern Europe among
Germanic warriors and Nordic pirates, the Æsir are the
product of this shotgun wedding millennia ago, and the dichotomy still shows today. The Æsir do not regard the past
as better than the present. In fact, they appear more at ease
these days, for they are bound by Fate, and look to the future
with dread.

= '''Primary Membership''' =
The Æsir are an ancient calling — a voice of
nature and the force of war drums, loving
''[[flyting]]'' in the grand halls of Ásgarð as
equally as they do a worthy battle.
Bound by Fate, they are entangled to
the whim of the [[Nornir]] — '''Urðr''',
that which is; '''Verðandi''', that
which is becoming; and '''Skuld''',
that which should be. '''Odin''',
the All-Father, rules over
the Æsir, and often wanders
the World adhering to his
own agenda of breaking the
cycle of Ragnarok, the great
prophesied Twilight of the
Gods. The Æsir continue to
wait and hope: '''Tyr''', '''Skaði''',
'''Thor''', '''Sif''', '''Heimdall'''. Only '''Baldr'''
and '''Hel''' await the death of all with
something resembling joy, for the
former will resurrect as the sun over
the new world and the latter will rule over
the dead remains of the old. The Vanir still
exist, bound by marriage to the Æsir: '''Freyja''', '''Freyr''',
and '''Njörðr''' all grimly await their fate, doomed and bound by
blood oath. And '''Loki''', blood-brother to Odin, futilely struggles
against Fate to save his pantheon and family.

:* '''[[ODIN]]''' -- God of Wisdom, Magic and the Dead
:* '''[[THOR]]''' -- God of Thunder, Storms & Crops
:* '''[[FRIGG]]''' -- Goddess of Destiny and Marriage
:* '''[[HEL]]''' -- Goddess of the Realms of the Dead
:* '''[[BALDR]]''' -- God of Beauty, Love & Peace
:* '''[[HEIMDALL]]''' -- God of Perception
:* '''[[SIF]]''' -- Goddess of the Harvest
:* '''[[LOKI]]''' -- God of Fire and Trickery
:* '''[[TYR]]''' -- God of Courage and Justice
:* '''[[FREYA]]''' -- Goddess of Fertility, Love, Lust & War
:* '''[[FREYR]]''' -- God of Fertility and Prosperity
:* '''[[SKADI]]''' -- Goddess of Winter
:* '''[[NJORDR]]''' -- God of the Sea & the Winds
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== '''VALKYRIES''' ==
* :[[Hrund]] -- ''The Pricker'' :-)
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== '''Genealogy of the Gods''' ==
'''The Lineage of Bestla'''
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #DDDDDD; line-height: 130%;" width="75%"
|-
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
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!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
|-
|rowspan="15"| Ymir
| Thrudgelmir
| Thrudgelmir/Gjalp the elder
|Bergelmir
|Bergelmir (son of Thrudgelmir)/ Hjordskulda
|Bolthorn
|Bolthorn / Ymnalda
|Bestla
|}
'''The Lineage of Borr'''
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #DDDDDD; line-height: 130%;" width="75%"
|-
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
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!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
|-
|Auoumbla
|Buri
|Buri/Wyngalla
|Borr
|Bestla/Borr
|
* Hoenir
* Odin
* Vili
* Ve
|-
|}
'''The Lineage of Frigg, and her Children'''
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #DDDDDD; line-height: 130%;" width="75%"
|-
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
|-
|Fjörgynn
|Frigg
|Odin/Frigg
|
* Baldr
* Hoder(Höðr)
* Hermodr
* Braggi
| Odin/Grior
| Valdi
| Odin/ Rindr
|
* Vali
* Skjodr
* Tyr
| Skjodr/ Gefjon
| Scyldings
|-
|}
'''The Lineage of Nott, Grandmother of Thor'''
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #DDDDDD; line-height: 130%;" width="75%"
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
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!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
|-
|rowspan="15"|Narfi(The Elder Dark, a Jotunn)
|Nott(Grandmother Dark)
|Naglfari(Coming Dark)/Nott(Grandmother Dark)
|Audr
|Dellingr/Nott
|Dagr
|Annar/Nott
|Jord(Jörð)
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #DDDDDD; line-height: 130%;" width="75%"
|-
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
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!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
|-
|rowspan="15"| Odin/Jord(Jörð)
|Thor
|Thor/Sif
|
* Modi
* Thrud
|Thor/Jarnsaxa
|Magni
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #DDDDDD; line-height: 130%;" width="75%"
|-
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
|-
|Nepper
|Nanna
|Baldr/Nanna
|Forseti
|}
'''The Lineage of the Vanir'''
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 1px solid black; background-color: #DDDDDD; line-height: 130%;" width="75%"
|-
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Parents
!style="background-color: #CCCCCC;" width="10%"|Offspring
|-
|Njodr/Nether/[[Goddess Carna|Nerthus]]
|
*Freyr
*Freya
|
|
|}

:* Heimdallr, Guardian of the Bifrost – the rainbow bridge connecting the worlds.

:* Loki, God of Fire, mischief maker and ally Of the Frost Giants.

:* Njord, God of the Sea (Another Ex-Vanir)

==The Goddesses==

:* Freya, Goddess of Fertility

:* Frigga, Odin’s wife

:* Sif, Thor’s wife
|}

= '''COSMOLOGY:''' The Nine Worlds =
The World is Miðgarðr, centered around Yggdrasil,
a great ash tree that connects the World to eight others.
Showered in white hail, it stands evergreen on three roots.
The roots end in Ásgarð, Jötunheimr, and Niflheim.

== '''Yggdrasil''' - The Great Tree ==
The ancient universe is visualized as nine worlds divided up into three sets of three on three end or no beginning,
sustained by the Nornir known as Urðr, Verðandi and Skuld.
They would pour water over the branches so that the tree
would not rot. At the top perched a great eagle with a hawk
resting between its eyes. The serpent Nídhögg gnaws at the
roots. Ratatosk, the squirrel, runs up and down the trunk
carrying insults from the serpent to the eagle.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|'''Realm'''||'''Description'''
|-
|'''[[ASGARD]]'''|| ''Protected Realm and Home of the Norse Gods''
|-
|'''[[ALFHEIM]]'''|| Realm Description
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|'''[[SVARTALFHEIM]]'''|| Realm Description
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|'''[[MYRKHEIM]]'''|| Realm Description
|-
|'''[[NIFLHEIM]]'''|| Realm Description
|-
|'''[[MUSPELHEIM]]'''|| Realm Description
|-
|'''[[Vanaheimr|VANAHEIMR]]'''|| Realm Description
|-
|'''[[MIDGARD]]'''|| Realm Description
|-
|'''[[Jotunheim|JOTUMHEIM]]'''|| Realm Description
|}

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