[[jotunheim]]
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| - | Few firm and consistent details have survived on Midgard about Jotunheim, except to say that it is the home of the Jotnar. However those gods who remained in Asgard remember the realm of their ancient antagonists (as it stood over a thousand years ago) with much more clarity. | + | Few firm and consistent details have survived on [[Earth|Midgard]] about Jotunheim, except to say that it is the home of the Jotnar. However those gods who remained in Asgard remember the realm of their ancient antagonists (as it stood over a thousand years ago) with much more clarity. |
| >"One of the grandest of the Nine Worlds, that sits in the upper branches of Yggdrasil; Jotunheim was the land of the Giants, ancient rivals of the Aesir. To the most recent of our knowledge, the landscape of Jotunheim is bleak and unforgiving; with Longhouses belonging to the various Jotunn Lords being the only respite dotting the sheer cliffs and dark, dense forests. The Jotnar themselves were a proud and solitary sort and our surviving history of their squabbles and conflicts with the Gods of the Norse people often belittles a sort of idiosyncratic honour that is present in older, source texts." | >"One of the grandest of the Nine Worlds, that sits in the upper branches of Yggdrasil; Jotunheim was the land of the Giants, ancient rivals of the Aesir. To the most recent of our knowledge, the landscape of Jotunheim is bleak and unforgiving; with Longhouses belonging to the various Jotunn Lords being the only respite dotting the sheer cliffs and dark, dense forests. The Jotnar themselves were a proud and solitary sort and our surviving history of their squabbles and conflicts with the Gods of the Norse people often belittles a sort of idiosyncratic honour that is present in older, source texts." | ||
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| Most Eddic and Heathen sources refer to Jotunheim as being a barren taiga: with intermittent areas of tundra plain and snow capped mountains breaking up the dense forest that covers most of the Realm. | Most Eddic and Heathen sources refer to Jotunheim as being a barren taiga: with intermittent areas of tundra plain and snow capped mountains breaking up the dense forest that covers most of the Realm. | ||
| - | The Aesir remember this land far more clearly: enough to confirm the Eddic tales and more. The Jotnar lived in secluded longhouses, which rarely housed more than a family and attendants. So the rolling plains and dark forests of Jotunheim were renowned among the Aesir as the choice location in all of the Nine Realms to find wild and fierce game. | + | The [[Aesir]] remember this land far more clearly: enough to confirm the Eddic tales and more. The Jotnar lived in secluded longhouses, which rarely housed more than a family and attendants. So the rolling plains and dark forests of Jotunheim were renowned among the Aesir as the choice location in all of the Nine Realms to find wild and fierce game. |
| - | In the far East of Jotunheim, broadly across from Asgard, stood the citadel of Utgard. The largest single structure in the realm and the centerpiece of Jotunn military might; this enchanted citadel forced grudging respect out of even the most brusque of the gods. | + | In the far East of Jotunheim, broadly across from Asgard and closest in distance to [[Vanaheim]], stood the citadel of Utgard. The largest single structure in the realm and the centerpiece of Jotunn military might; this enchanted citadel forced grudging respect out of even the most brusque of the gods. |
| - | ==== The River Ifing ==== | + | ==== The Shining Plain ==== |
| - | Since waking, few of the Aesir have tried to enter the realm of the Giants. Not one has yet returned successfully, and as one they stubbornly refuse to describe the events of their failure. Though it is rumoured in Asgard that the River Ifing, which borders the two realms, has burst its banks and will not yield even to the mightiest of gods. | + | One of the oldest stories of the Gods, said by some of the skalds to be the reason that the Aesir first ventured into Jotunheim, is that of a paradise for the gods residing in the lands beyond Asgard. The Jotnar have always claimed to know the whereabouts of its existence in Jotunheim but most of the Aesir have treated this as nothing more than boasting. |
| ===== Inhabitants ===== | ===== Inhabitants ===== | ||
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