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the last plane of good before we succumb to the utter chaotic neutral energies of Limbo;
that is because you voted for Ysgard on our last video. However, I am making an executive decision
to instead focus on the end of the world because…as it so happens…the end of the world is actually
centered around Ysgard. Then on our next video we can delve deeper
into the plane itself and talk about all the sort of things that you can find in there. Now Ysgard as a plane is fascinating because
it is almost as if it requires or even demands domination. See let me explain that. The abyss is somewhat alive, and it makes
slaves out of those that exist within it; granting power to the conqueror of its domains. This we call the Prince of Demons, and there
are reasons to believe that this prince of demons might be acting on behalf of the abyss
itself…as an envoy of the abyss if you might call it that. In mount celestia, the mountain cooperates
and works together with the angels and the gods that recide within it. None is more important than the other, the
gods commune willingly with the helpful powers of the mountain. The beastlands rejects the settling of others,
untamed and always in control. Bytopia doesn’t do anything, it just exists. The planes…the heavens of D&D function as
it is understood their alignment to be. Lawful good entities follows laws and cooperate
with each other, and so does the mountain. The beastlands represents the beasts that
care only for themselves. The abyss corrupts and destroys, molding and
changing as it is needed; just how a chaotic evil monster would. Bytopia…well..those that go there seek peace
and tranquility, those that live there want nothing to do with the problems of the world…they
just want to relax and be invisible in the grand scheme of things…and that’s exactly
what Bytopia as a realm does. If Bytopia had a spirit, it would seek to
fade in the background and be forgotten. All these heavens, they kinda have personalities
to them…they behave as that which is meant for the realm to reflect. Now Ysgard craves, needs to be settled; it
grants thrones to those who come to claim it. Ysgard reminds me of the initial premise to
Dragon Age: Origins; where a civilization of powerful mages break all taboos and cast
forbidden magic in order to open a portal to heaven; only to realize that no one was
actually siting on the throne of heaven. It was empty. And as the mages entered this once perfect
domain, they sullied it with their sin and ruined it; cursing not just heaven but the
world as well. The power of the Norse Pantheon, which are
the divine collaborators that reside within the sacred halls of Ysgard; comes from the
plane itself. The Norse pantheon would be nothing without
the plane…well, they would still be gods but not quite as powerful. Now you do know the Norse pantheon, of course
we are talking about Odin, and Thor, Loki, Heimdall, freya, etc. They not only exist within the Dungeons and
Dragons multiverse, but are actually some of the most powerful and important gods in
the lore…and again that’s because of the great powers granted to them by the realm. In fact these gods don’t even have to bother
too much about petitioners in order to retain power, see most gods require a lot of mortals
to have faith in them in order to become more powerful. The more followers you have as a god, the
more powerful a god you are. That doesn’t apply as much with the Norse
Pantheon, instead these guys are born with divine power; and at birth, it is decided
how powerful they will be and what kind of divine portfolio they will have. In essence, belief in the norse pantheon is
not on the gods themselves but on the plane itself. Your faith is on Yggdrassil the world tree,
is on Ysgard the plane, and asgard the realm. The bodies that sit on these thrones simply
gain power from the believe in the realm, but they are not what is important. Now, Ysgard does have something of a personality…just
how all the other realms do. In this plane, there is one universal rule
that all must follow…and that is….”Might makes right”. In this plane, you take what you want…and
if you cannot protect that which you own, then you do not deserve to own it. The only reason why this realm is, barely,
considered good and not chaotic evil is because the right to own is respected by everyone
when it is won. So if you have two barbarians who fight over
the right of who will claim a magical greataxe, the one who wins gets the axe and the loser
will respect and honor it. This is the archetypal difference between
Asgardians and demons, demons often practice “might makes right” but they will never
respect an earned victory and will attempt to undermine it whenever they can until they
get what they want. The barbarians of Ysgard appreciate power,
and gladly follow it; but they reject tricks and cheating. A demon will do whatever it takes to win,
even backstabbing armless foes; in Ysgard on the other hand…war and battling is almost
sacred…in this realm a barbarian would give you a weapon to fight him if you don’t have
one; and backstabbing is not a true victory. Now this mentality is really interesting,
especially when it is held by a divine plane. In the abyss, the most powerful becomes the
prince of demons….but at the end of the day there is only so much that you can do
with this title when you are constantly getting betrayed, backstabbed, or destroyed by your
very own realm. The strongest will indeed get elevated, but
will likely promptly fall under the pedestal made of cards. On Ysgard, if you are the strongest then you
get elevated….but then you are supported by everyone behind you, by all those underneath
you, and by the very essence of the plane itself. If you are the strongest…you will rule and
succeed. This…in a much more different way…is a
really bad thing; or I should say…can be a really bad thing. That is because anyone can sit on the throne
of ysgard. The plane honors “might makes right” and
if the Norse Pantheon falls to another, Ysgard would theoretically have no qualms granting
its power to whoever wins it by right. This, in essence, is the fuel that sparks
the end of the world. The battle between the gods and the forces
who would seek to usurp the throne of Ysgard and usher a new age in the universe. This is Ragnarok. The Twilight of the Gods. Right..but..what exactly is this power that
Ysgard could grant. Why is it so important? I mean we already have evil deities, some
which are extremely powerful and the universe still keeps on ticking. Well there are two big problems. The first one is that we wouldn’t just be
talking about one single very powerful entity willing to do bad things, but also basically
every single god or monster that is bred by this powerful entity would also be extremely
powerful. Much of the power from the realm is divested
onto the offspring of the rulers as well, and so you would have an entire pantheon filled
with incredibly powerful entities that wouldn’t necessarily be beholden to faith in the same
way as some other gods are. But the second problem, which is the big issue,
are the connections which Ysgard grants…connections to the multiverse. Let me explain. Ysgard appears to be the knot which ties the
multiverse together, in some ways. See on this plane we have Yggdrasil, the world
ash. Yggdrasil is an unimaginably enormous tree
that exists mostly on the astral plane, but its roots rest on Niflheim which is the second
layer of hades….and the top of the tree resides in Ysgard. It is believed that this tree was in fact
the one which directly gave the Norse powers most of their might, and that this tree is
intrinsically connected to both Ysgard and Niflheim. Yggdrasil functions almost like a plane in
and out of itself, but its main thing is that it connects to many parts of the multiverse. It’s branches are planar gateways to all
of the outer planes, and it is said that the tree stretches to every single planet in the
prime material world that venerates the norse gods. Further, the norse gods have complete control
over many aspects of the tree…including the souls of any who die in it. If Ysgard had a spirit, or a soul much like
the other outer planes; that spirit would be found in Yggdrasil. Now control over Yggdrasil is one thing, but
there’s more. In Ysgard you also have bifrost which if you
know norse mythology or…more likely…if you have seen the marvel movies then you know
exactly what it is. Bifrost is a conduit that at will can join
Ysgard with literally any planet within the prime material world. This connection shows as a rainbow bridge,
in which those who venerate the nordic pantheon can walk on. Only those who either accompany a believer,
or are a believer themselves can walk on it. The common name for bifrost is The Trembling
Road because it constantly shimmers against other sources of natural light, and it looks
like its always moving. There is one limit however. Bifrost can only be activated on one single
place in the prime at any time, and it will always connect to the city of Himimborg on
Ysgard. You can’t ever have two connections active. But on the plus side, outside of using high
level magic or planar gates…it is virtually the fastest way to travel anywhere in the
multiverse. It only takes from 1 to 6 hours to get literally
anywhere using Bifrost. To put it into perspective, it takes about
a week to get anywhere in Yggrasil…and that is if you know the way. Plus some far away locations take way longer;
like for example if you want to go from Ysgard to Niflheim…the lore states that the trip
takes 100 days. So effectively, that’s how long it takes
to go from the top of the tree to the bottom. Anyways, the lore does state that bifrost
in particular was built specifically by the norse pantheon…and the prophecy also does
state that it breaks during ragnarok…but one has to imagine that fixing it wouldn’t
be outside of the purview of however takes over Ysgard. Figured I would mention it anyhow. Anyways, the other big thing about Ysgard…is
the Infinite Stairwell which…yes indeed…it is literally also within Ysgard. It is not manned or protected by the Norse
Pantheon…instead it is protected by Selune the goddess of the moon; but it is indeed
found on this plane and its power…is actually greater than you might think. See the infinite staircase connects…well…everything. Like…i mean…it just doesn’t have any
restrictions really. Yggreasil connects to many places, but not
all places…and those places where it does connect are fairly well protected and guarded. Bifrost can lead you anywhere within the prime,
but generally only the prime and you can only link to one single location. The infinite stairwell is just….infinite. But the biggest draw is that it connects both
space…and time. In the infinite stairwell you can indeed open
a door into the past, present, and or future of a location; allowing you to do so much
more than any other method of traveling. Generally, the stairwell is reserved for the
gods as a personal walkway into any location within the realms; including their very own
homes. We are not told too much about the stairwell,
other than it is very confusing for mortals to use; since the stairs lead in all directions
and many doors require keys to open. Not necessarily just physical keys, but sometimes
the keys are riddles…or actions that one must take in order to open the door. Though many of these restrictions can be opened
if you know the secrets of the stairs. Now, I hope that all of this helps illustrate
how the end of the world could even be reached in a multiverse filled with completely overpowered
deities and powerful primordials. In the realm of Ysgard, power can be taken
by the victorious side…and whoever takes that power…can use extremely potent planar
gateways to enact this power upon the universe. Remember that gods obtain their powers from
their faithful, and the faithful ultimately live in the prime world; so having access
to an infinite number of prime worlds makes whoever holds Ysgard…unimaginably strong. There’s also other things, the river oceanus
which passes by many of the upper planes also touches certain parts of Ysgard at very specific
moments…which is yet another conduit of travel. If whoever held ysgard wanted it, it could
allow entire armies from Hades to climb Yggrasil onto the upper planes. There are countless traditional portals that
join Ysgard with Arborea since they are side by side on their metaphysical locations, so
armies could invade Arborea from not just two or three fronts, but from a near infinite
number of fronts. Reinforcements from the lawful side of the
outerplanes would come in slowly since bypassing The Beastlands would be incredibly difficult
with huge armies, forcing those armies to potentially side track to the Outlands in
order to get to either Arborea or Ysgard…but those entrances are extremely narrow since
we are looking mostly at a single set of portals on only one or two cities within the outlands. It’s a mess to be honest. As you can see, it almost seems obvious that
it is just a matter of time until something happens. And that alone is really cool, from a story
perspective right? The possibility that a battle of the gods
can happen in Ysgard for control over great parts of the outer planes. But what makes it even cooler in a way, is
that we actually know how it will happen. And I mean that literally. What makes Ragnarok really cool, is that it
has been foretold how the battles would take place and who will be the one to attempt to
usurp the throne. Now before I go any further, I do want to
state that I haven’t studied the ancient poems of norse mythology…for the purposes
of this video I am only interested in Ragnarok as it happens within Dungeons and Dragons;
specifically using Planescape, the Manual of the Planes set of books from 1st and 3rd
edition, the deities and demigods 3rd edition book, and a couple of books from the Forgotten
Realms like Champions of Ruin. But yeah anyways, the concept of Ragnarok
does appear to go way beyond Planescape and it even enters the generic d&d books that
are meant to be setting agnostic; and we have mention of this end of the world scenario
in a few books for the Forgotten Realms so this is bound to get interesting. I do want to at least mention that some of
this will inevitably differ from the real life mythos of Ragnarok, as you can imagine;
so be ready for that. The Norse pantheon is not fully united as
one might hope. They all follow Odin as he is the leader and
the most powerful, but there are many gods within the pantheon and they all have their
own interests. In particular the pantheon is separated into
two, the Aesir and the Vanir. You know the Aesir as the gods of battle and
war and the vanir as the more peaceful gods, some of which venerate nature. So for example Odin and Thor are aesir while
Freyr and freya are vanir. These two pantheons had a big war a long time
ago but since then they have settled in peace, and now they live both groups within Ysgard
but in separated realms. Asgard which is the main most powerful realm
within Ysgard is governed by the Aesir. Now you also have the giants which live in
Ysgard, these are the fire giant god Surtr and the frost giant god Thrym; they have their
own realm also separated from the rest. Now both the Aesir and the vanir have a cold
war situation going on with the giants, they basically kill each other whenever it is feasible
but they are not in active warfare at the moment. Now let’s talk about Loki. So loki is a trickster god, but really more
about creating fun strife rather than actual mayhem…though this…turns at some point. So Loki was instrumental at the very beginning
of Ysgardian History, whether we are talking about the early battles between the aesir
and the vanir or between all of them and the giants. Loki is also responsible not just for securing
the construction of the giant divine wall of Asgard, but also helping Odin with dealing
with a lot of political enemies from other pantheons. In fact Loki has been so successful to the
gang that he was named Bloodbrother to Odin which is a huge deal, and carries with it
a lot of respect. Over time though he started to get more and
more machiavellian in his tricks, and over time…those tricks started turning more…and
more evil. This is important because Loki is crucial
in the events that will follow into the ends of the world. First of all, Loki is an extraordinarily powerful
god; we are talking about a Divine Rank 16 god…this is effectively stronger than like
90% of all deities. Second of all, loki has the special ability
of being able to transform into anything it wants; and this transformation for all intents
and purposes appears to be genuine. As in, it can fool even gods. As far as his divine essence goes, it appears
that he is not particularly stable…which makes sense considering that he is a chaotic
deity…but even more so than that…Loki’s seed is chaotically powerful…and random. So loki is a father of monsters, when he bangs
ladies…weird things come out. He once banged a horse…and from it came
out a baby horse with eight legs. This horse is of course Sleipnir which ended
up becoming the glorious steed of Odin. You have to remember, the Norse Pantheon is
granted power by the plane and by Yggdrassil; and this power is given to their children
as well…which includes loki and his children. So anything they produce will be incredibly
powerful. Now… Loki had a few romantic altercations with
a giant named Angrboa, and from this union came some of the most powerful monsters conceivable
in the multiverse. Three in fact. We have Fenrir, the wolf. Jormungar the world serpent. And hel. These children were somewhat problematic at
the time, and so they were each imprisoned or banished. Fenrir was imprisoned via godly made chains
by being tricked. Jormungar was banished to the prime material
realm. And Hel was delegated into governing the souls
of the dead in Niflheim which is the second layer of hades in the lower planes. Now you also have a set of mysterious gods
called The Norns, these are the caretaker gods of Yggdrassil and they basically mend
the tree from any damage it might have and tend to its nutrition and magical well being. They are the gods of fate, and there’s three
of them. Using the…frankly…overpowered power of
Yggrassil…they can see into the past, present, and future of any living creature in the multiverse…including
the gods themselves. They divined Ragnarok, the twilight of the
gods; but specifically they divined a set of events that will transpire during ragnarok,
events that cannot be changed. And it is through this divination that we
actually know exactly how **some** things will pan out. We don’t know everything, but we do know
some very important stuff; and like i said, we know that it doesn’t matter how much
you try and change it…it will still come to pass. That much at least the lore has told us. So. Let’s talk about Ragnarok. The beginning of Ragnarok is foretold as the
moment when Loki turns purely evil. We don’t know why he does it from a holistic
point of view, but we do know some of his motivations. Ragnarok begins when Loki kills Baldur, the
god of beauty and charisma in the norse pantheon. As a god, Baldur is really cool because he
is…described as actually being perfect. Like unironically just…actual perfection. He is the most handsome out of all the gods
in existence, the most charismatic, so everyone wants to be around him, everyone loves him…even
evil gods are described as becoming softer just being around his presence. The only gods described as not being able
to stand him are gods whose portfolios are opposite to what he is…so gods of pestilence
or rot…things like that. Because he was so good, some of the most powerful
gods in the planes got together and basically made a pact to never hurt him..including performing
some incredibly powerful magics in order to prevent most things from harming him. And so at the end, Baldur was effectively
immortal. Nothing could hurt him, Odin himself couldn’t
lay a finger on him. However, the magic that protected him wasn’t
infallible since it was designed to protect him from all the things that tend to kill
people…like spells…iron…silver…elemental attacks, etc. Anyways, Ragnarok begins when Baldur dies
by getting pierced by a weapon made out of mistletoe. This happens because loki tricks another god
named Hod…which happens to be the blind twin brother of baldur…into throwing the
weapon right into Baldurs heart. And so, the invincible god dies. In revenge, Odin transforms one of Loki’s
insignificant children into a wolf…and then sics that wolf against another of loki’s
unimportant children. Then uses the children’s entrails to bind
loki in a cave, while a serpent slowly drips venom onto loki’s skin. This is meant to be a torture, as the venom
is unimaginably painful. We don’t know much about what exactly transpired
before this event, or directly after; specifically whether or not Loki prepared for this moment. But we know that at some point after, the
armies of those who would seek to destroy the Aesir and the Vanir show up. These armies are composed of the giants coming
from Jotunheim, hel who marches her armies of petitioners towards valhalla…presumably
using the Yggdrasil as a road, the wolf fenrir who breaks free from its chains, jormungar
the world serpent which flies into Ysgard, and lastly of course…Loki who breaks free
from his bindings right at the start. It not written in the lore, but a lot of it
feels premeditated by Loki…considering that he mysteriously breaks free the day of Ragnarok…and
all of his children break free from their binds as well, and his daughter hel has an
army ready to charge in…AND the giants attack at this moment as well. Of course it is prudent to mention that the
lore does indeed suggest that Loki has giantish blood on his veins…so his allegiance might
not necessarily be fully with the Aesir or the vanir. The lore also does state that clerics of loki
do a lot of work in the shadows with clerics of Thrym. So a lot of this leads one to believe the
likelihood that it was all planned from the beginning by Loki. But alas, it is said that the beginning of
Ragnarok is when Loki tricks Hod into killing Baldur…but actual Ragnarok is the war…and
the war starts when the armies march towards Asgard. Heimdall who protects bifrost and has his
city close to the gates of Asgard is meant to blow is magical horn when he sees the armies. The horn lets all the gods of Ysgard know
that Ragnarok has started. Now, a lot of interesting things have been
divined from this battle. First, and i could be wrong on this, but it
doesn’t seem like Thrym and his frost giants actually join the battle….or they could…but
the divinations don’t mention them by name. In particular they only mention Surtur. But alas here are the divinations. We know that Fenrir devours Odin whole, effectively
killing the most powerful god in the pantheon. The great wolf dies immediately after being
slain by one of Odin’s many sons. Thor defeats Jormungr but only takes 9 steps
before succumbing to his wounds and dying. Loki will go straight to murder his nemesis,
which is Heimdall. See Loki always hated heimdall because heimdall
could see all that transpired within the realm, and so he would always ruin Loki’s tricks
by telling on him. So loki goes and steals heimdall’s weapon,
and does a battle to the death with him. The divination says that Heimdall kills loki…and
it says that Heimdall dies after…but we don’t know exactly how long after. We just know that he dies because of his wounds
in the encounter, but that’s it. The only other divination we have has to do
with Frey. So frey is a god of peace, and agriculture,
and fertility…he is actually a vanir not an aesir…so he’s not really meant for
war. However he is one of the most powerful gods
in the pantheon by sheer virtue of being so popular with petitioners. He’s actually a divine rank 18 deity…which
basically puts him just 1 tiny rank below Odin…and one tiny rank below any of the
other mega gods that you know of…like Moradin the god of dwarves. He is fated to fight Surtur…the god of the
fire giants and their army. Problem is…he is fated to fight him bare
handed, because fate claims that at some point in the middle of the war…he will be forced
to give his godly magical sword to his shield brother…for an undisclosed reason. And so Surtur and Frey fight…and Surtur
wins…killing Frey. That’s…the last fated window into Ragnarok
that we have. There’s no true mention as to what happens
with Hel and her armies, or some of the more intricate details about the war. We do know that Surtur effectively wins…at
least in so far as he accomplishes his goal. We know that he manages to destroy bifrost
and quote “burn the world”. We know that Surtur is fated to Burn the world
but divination can be tricky…we don’t really know exactly what the term “world”
means in this context. Whether it means Ysgard…or Asgard…or the
prime material realm…or the outer planes. We don’t know. But whatever world entails in this scenario,
he burns it and then Thrym freezes it. And then the world is fated to restart anew
in a new age. Oh there’s another prophecy too, so Tyr…yeah
the Tyr you know from the Forgotten Realms…he is the same Tyr as the one from the Norse
Pantheon. His arm was actually bitten off by Fenrir,
when they tried to imprison it as soon as they were foretold of the massive issue that
Fenrir was going to be in the future. Anyways, Tyr is actually fated to die in battle
against Garm who is the hound that protects the entrance to Niflheim during Ragnarok. Garm is a four eyed dog with blood that drips
from its chest, and it is the loyal hound of hel..the daughter of loki. I can’t recall for the life of me where
I read it, and i can’t find it again and its driving me crazy…but I recall reading
on a d&d book that Tyr had a reason for going into the underworld during ragnarok, he had
like brought an army with him and he wanted to free the soul of baldur perhaps? I can’t remember. But yeah he and garm basically fight to the
death and both die. Now after Ragnarok. The prophecy claims that only a few gods are
destined to survive the twilight, that would be: Hod the blind…who according to planescape
is likely to become banished after he accidentally kills Baldur..he probably technically doesn’t
even participate in the war. Then there’s two of Thor’s sons, one named
Modi and one named Magni. It is in fact Magni who is the god who inherits
Mjolnir…the weapon that Thor uses and one of the most powerful divine weapons in the
multiverse. There is a weird typo in Deities and Demigods
that makes some things a bit confusing. It claims that Vali is the son of Loki in
one passage, and then the son of Odin in another passage. I guess this might lead me to believe that
perhaps they are alluding at some kind of gay divine romance between Loki and Odin…but
I think it is more likely just a typo...since in the actual real norse mythology…vali
was the son of Odin who was birthed with the only literal purpose to having revenge on
Loki for having killed Baldur. Anyways, Vali survives Ragnarok. The only other god who is fated to survive
Ragnarok is Vidar who is one of Odin’s sons. He is actually the one who slays Fenrir after
Fenrir devours Odin. But yeah. So…the prophecy says that those are the
only gods that survive Ragnarok…but you know..again…its tricky right? We don’t know exactly who they are referring
to when they say “god” that survives ragnarok. It appears that they are only implying Aesir
or Vanir god…and not all gods…since we know for example that Surtur and Thrym survive
and they are also both gods. So you know, gotta take these prophecies with
a grain of salt..they can be tricky with their definitions. So there you have it. Ragnarok right? Is that it? Does that mean then that Surtur the god of
fire giants ends up being the winner in the game of thrones of d&d? Well…there’s actually more to it. There’s some debate as to what exactly does
the word “world” mean, within the context of Surtur burning the world. But…there is actually a character who also
takes a very direct hand in the events that unfold within Ragnarok and if you are a nerd,
I bet you have been probably wondering where is the serpent wyrm during these events. So. Nidhogg is the dragon serpent that is fated
to EAT Yggdrasil…and Nidhogg is actually the one who has the power to bring the events
of Ragnarok…into the other planes…and into the prime material realm. He is…in fact…the one who actually…destroys
everything as you know it. But that’s gonna have to wait until our
next video. Originally I intended to include Nidhogg here
but this already turned out to be a really long one so we will have to save it. —----------------------------- Oh btw before I go, i am actually in need
of environmental artists that are open for commissions for Dungeons and Dragons projects. I specifically need people that are good at
drawing environments, not characters. I also need artists who want to draw battle
maps and dungeons. So if you are good at drawing enviroments
and dungeons, send me an email at rhexxart@gmail.com The link is in the description below. I also need layout editors, people who can
put PDFs together. For all of you, please send me an email with
a links to either your devianart or artstation, or wherever you keep for work so that I can
look at it. If you are an editor, then please send me
examples of the things you have done. Thank you guys.
