====== Ragnarok Prophecies ======

All the events detailed below //will// come to pass.  See the **[[style_guide#The_Inevitability_of_Fate|Style Guide]]** for more information.

===== Before Ragnarok=====

  *Midgard suffers 3 winters without a summer.
  *The people of Midgard fall into discord and strife.
  *Three Roosters crow to announce the beginning of Ragnarok:
    *Fjalar crows in the forests of Jotunheim.
    *Gullinkambi crows from atop Valhalla.
    *Víðópnir crows in the halls of Hel.
  ***[[:earth#Jormungand|Jormungand]]** writhes furiously drowning the lands of Midgard beneath the waves.
  *The earth quakes. Every bond shatters which frees **[[:asgard#Fenrir|Fenrir]]**.
  *Heimdall blows the Gjallarhorn calling Asgard to war.
===== During Ragnarok =====

  ***[[muspellheim#surt|Surt]]** rides forth with a blazing sword leading a host from Muspellheim.
  *Sinmara((a giantess of whom little is known, save that Surt is her paramour)) follows in his wake with the army of Niflheim, freezing the ground and ensuring nothing will grow back.
  *The children of Fenrir, the wolves Skoll and Hati, swallow the sun and the moon. 
  *Loki and his brother Byleistr lead the armies of Helheim into battle as they arrive on the ship Naglfar.
  *Tyr faces Sinmara and she is cut down by the giantess, to be swallowed by the helhound Garm.
  *Thor kills Jormungand, then dies from the World Serpent's poison.
  *Loki and Heimdall kill each other.
  *The valkyrie Kára and Thrud((a daughter of Thor)) chase down and fight Skoll and Hati.
  *Fenrir swallows Odin.
  *Vidar ((a daughter of Odin, known for her quiet strength)) rips open Fenrir's jaws.
  *Freyja leads the dead of Folkvangr and routs the army of Muspellheim.
  *Hermod ((a son of Odin who once journied to Helheim to attempt Baldur's return)) will be slain by Hel.
  *Baldur returns from Helheim to reconcile with his brother **[[:asgard#Hodr|Hodr]]**.
  *Surt kills Freyja and Freyr.
  *Surt's fires burn the nine worlds.
  *Frigg strives to defend Asgard from its enemies and dies upon her throne.
  *The leader of the Jotnar will be crushed to death as Jotunheim burns.
===== Aftermath =====

  *A new abundant world rises from sea.
  *Some gods survive or are reborn.  
  *A mortal woman 'Lif' and her lover have survived hiding in 'Hoddmimir's Holt'((a location as yet unknown to god or man)).  Their progeny will repopulate the world.
  *Gods and man live together.