Heresy: The Book of Mammon - Notes

Ragnarok

Ragnarok



In norse mythology Ragnarok is the equal of christianity's apocalypse.

In Heresy: The Book of Mammon, the people of Xalimfal are based on the Vikings of old, and as such have similar religions, gods, and traditions of our paganist ancestors.

Ragnarok the history:

Ragnarok is a tale in Xalimfal's holy book: The Gylfaginning. It speaks of the end of an old era, and the beginning of a new. Predominantly it speaks of how Xalimfal came to be.

The tale revolves around a man that was more than a man, but less than a god. His name was Tyr. His god was Odynn.

Odynn commanded him to guard a sacred book: The Tome of Norns

See the entry "Norns"  for more detail.

The Tome of Norns spoke of all things that were, things that are, and what is to come. In the pages was the history of man's creation.
Tyr read the book against the wishes of Odynn, and learned the art of creation. Man in those times were gifted with extraordinary
powers, but those powers were taken away. Only certain men still had such abilities, and Tyr was one of them.

Odynn was enraged by Tyr's betrayal. He sent his gods to kill Tyr, but the man could not be touched. He had a weapon of great power.
The Lodestone. Tyr had learned of the powers within Lodestone, and used them to hold the gods at bay. Tyr created his world called
Annwvyn

Pronounced Ah-noon

The gods feared his power, and created great structures to lock Tyr and his world away forever, however, Annwvyn swelled as Tyr stepped
into his creation, and swallowed the lands of Asgard around it. As the gods sealed Annwvyn away from the world, Asgard vanished into the sea. Asgard itself, was the only lands which Lodestone occurred.
Though it was a great loss to the gods, they were thankful that none could have the Lodestone, and both Annwvyn and Asgard were sealed
from the realm of the living.

The inhabitants of Asgard fled across the sea to an island shrouded in mist. As time passed, the men grew ever greedy of their possessions
and battled one another. The Aesir, Hunsvald, Hjalgaard, and Skald clans were the wealthiest of the clans. The Aesir being the former rulers
of Asgard. However, it was Skald that eventually won the battles, and the clans bowed to their new ruler.

As time passed, the Aesir were forgotten, and only three clans maintained rule of the Kingdom of Xalimfal. Kings passed, and new ones took
the throne as was the right of succession. Until King Ragnarr, who had a son to both a Skald wife, and a Hjalgaard wife. When the king died,
the crown was granted to his eldest, the Skald son, however the man was incapable of rule. The people overthrew their king, and the
Hjalgaard son was granted the crown instead.

This sparked a bloodfeud between Hjalgaard and Skald clans, and continues to present day. The Hjalgaard king killed his brother, and
as a punishment of their weak bloodline, stole Skald lands and gifted it to the Hjalgaard. It was then, that the Warlords rose, and battles
sparked anew against one another.

The king passed a law that allowed Skald to reclaim their lands only through battle. If they beat the Hjalgaard, they would hold their lands
and titles. However, if the Hjalgaard won, the Skald would forfeit their lands and titles. The law was held universally, and all three clans
fell into conflict, and still fight to the day.

It was then, that in the ashes of warfare, a new enemy emerged, one that fought all of them. They were called, the Dwergar. The Lizard-men.
Ruled by a great dragon, that was enraged from the Norsemid's theft of their lands.

The war between clans continues, and the Dwergar continue to fight them, but that is another story.