Ragnarok

It is a time of strife between Gods, Normans, and demons...

Scarred during the gruesome war and avoiding destruction altogether, gods, mortals, and demons managed to enter into a truce...

But after thousands of years of fragile and forged peace in Midgard...

The lengthy peace eventually led the mortals to forget their memories of the wounds and hardships from the war. As they forgot the faults of the past, selfishness, corruption, and arrogance slowly spread throughout the land...

Now, the balance of peace trembles and strange occurrences become more frequent... There came a strange howl from the boundaries that divided Gods, normans, and demons. Peaceful creatures became aggressive and attacked innocent villagers. Violent earthquakes tear whole continents apart. Great hail storms drive some species to the brink of extinction...

The mysterious legend of demons was rediscovered...

As the fragile peace falls apart, stories about the parts of Ymir protecting the peace begin to spread... Forgetting the true nature of the ancient relics, people set out to seek the pieces out of selfishness and the promise of wealth that would come with it...

And so began Ragnarok, culminating in the Morroc Incident, which was, if the skein of the fates was to be followed, the end of the age. The powers of normans overcame destiny for a moment. Fate can be delayed, but not denied, and now, the embers of disaster grow into the flames of catastrophe, stoked now not by demons and jotnarr, but by normans.

A Holy War

Some believe Ragnarok to be a war against monsters or the forces of chaos in the world. This is a view popularised by the Church of Odin, who train to end the influence of demons and eliminate evil from the heart. Contrariwise, the Church of Freyja sees Ragnarok as a war against the work of a traitorous god. In both views, no matter the outcome, the world will forever change.

The End of the Gods

Some ancient texts refer to a prophecy that Ragnarok will bring about the end of the gods. The exact meaning of this is unknown -- some writers believe it means the gods will relinquish the world to mortals, others that the gods will die. Some believe that it simply means the gods will change, either transforming from their current form or a new pantheon will replace them.

The End of an Age

In ancient murals, great catastrophes are depicted. In the past, marvellous civilisations, long forgotten, once ruled this world. Perhaps time moves in circles, and Ragnarok will be the cataclysm that ends those civilisations that now bicker amongst each other.