- The Party
Meet our heros:
NORD
HULD
SOLARR
Ragnarök (the end of the world/killing of all the gods) happened.
But… something went wrong.
According to prophecy, after the destruction, a new peaceful world should spring from the reborn Yggdrasil. Sunna (goddess of the sun) returns. The surviving gods re-establish order.
That did not happen.
Instead, Yggdrasil lies wounded but not dead.
Its roots are poisoned. Its branches are broken. The worlds are bleeding together unpredictably.
Draugr (zombie-vampires) are appearing all over Midgard while the people have to survive through post-apocalyptic Ragnarök.
Meet our heros:
All of magic disappeared, except for the people that were branded by Yggdrasil when it burned down during Ragnarök as a last resort to find people to stop it.
But they couldn’t stop Ragnarök. The branded survivors started some sort of organisation or ‘clan’ to hunt the monsters that have risen after the destruction of the world.
They were named the Askbrendr (ash-tree branded) and were led by Lif and Lifthrasir, the two first branded.
Now they (and their descendants) are the only ones left with magic.
They’re bounty hunters and most revere them as heroes. Although some people think they’re cursed, the reason for the new dawn to not arise.
Which is also how the Askbrendr hunters came to be (the people that are hunting the Askbrendr).
There are nine worlds, all connected by Yggdrasil.
Yggrasil is the tree that is growing at the geographical center of the cosmos and connecting all nine planes, it's branches and roots holding everything.
The name means "Ash tree".
Around the base lives the dragon Nidhogg and several snakes, who all knaw at the roots. A eagles is found in the top branches and the squirrel Ratatoskr is running up and down to deliver insults between the eagle and dragon. 4 Stags, Dainn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr, and Durathror, are eating on the trees leaves.
Yggdrasil has three main roots, in Midgard, Jotunheim and Hel.
Sterngrund is a small village with around a dozen houses. It's led by Brynja, the village oldest. After finding a part of Yggdrasil they've planted it in the townsquare, starting to grow a new one. The party got given a room to use whenever they are in the area after saving the village from poisioning.
The Outpost in the north consists of tents for living, training, forging and a infirmary, a hut for the General Sigrud and a longhouse for meals. It was overrun by hords of draugr during a meeting after a rift opened in the longhouse.
One of the horses, he is a mighty paladin and serves as a helper and guide for the party.
The village oldest in Sterngrund, leading the village. She is positive to Askbrendr and likes the party.
A young boy in Sterngrund, helping the party and wanting to come with them to fight
Two ravens in Sterngrund. They are married, but Astrid does not want to go back to Björn, because he does not believe in ragnarok.
The general of the Nord Outpost, she is a stern woman that does not belive the party.
A man at the Nord Outpost, he seem to not like the party.
The second in command at the Nord Outpost, she belives the party and tries to help them.
Author: nsieber
Contact: nsieber@x-ion.de
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