#hrym

Jeritza von Hrym

The jotnar at the club like

The beginning of Ragnarok is signified by three winters of war in Midgard followed by the onset of Fimbulvetr.  This is three years of winter with no respite and is a thoroughly unpleasant time on Earth, described as a sword age, an axe age, a wind age or a wolf age, in which kin slay one another, society breaks down, and none have mercy even upon former friends.  This is the result of the wolves Hati and Sköll finally catching the sun and moon.  Sköll swallows the sun and Hati mauls the moon.  The stars go out and the Earth trembles, causing many things once bound to break free. The beginning of Ragnarok proper is signified by the crowing of three roosters – one in Asgard, one in Jötunheim and one in Helheim.  Heimdall blows his horn Gjallarhorn to warn the gods, and the Midgard serpent Jörmungand approaches the land, sending great destructive waves ashore.  These also cause the corpse-nail ship Naglfari to break free from its moorings. Loki and Fenrir are also freed.  Loki brings and army from Hel (presumably the kinslayers and adulterers from Nastrond) and the army of giants sail in the ship Naglfari.  Some sources have Loki as captain of this ship, some the giant Hrym.  Naglfari is the largest ship in the world, and can hold a horde of giants.  Another army of Jötnar marches from Muspelheim behind the fire giant Surtur. After taking counsel with the other gods and at the Well of Mimir, Odin leads the gods and Einherjar out to the plain of Vigrid.  As Surtur sets the world afire with his blazing sword, many of the gods encounter ancient foes and battle of mutual destruction.  Odin is swallowed by the wolf Fenrir, and is then avenged by his son Vidar, who forces the wolf's jaws apart with his feet and plunges a spear into his heart.  Thor slays Jörmungand, but is poisoned by the serpent's venom.  He manages to walk nine steps before dying. Freyr confronts the giant Surtur, but has no sword, since he loaned his own to his servant Skirnir.  He is slain by Surtur but manages to stab him in the eye in some version of the tale.  Meanwhile, faithful Heimdall and trickster Loki meet in combat, slaying one another.  Tyr, who lost his hand to Fenrir, battles the great hound Garm; both slay one another.  Hel marches against Asgard with a legion of the dead, but Baldur and his brother Hod return from Helheim and fight on the side of the gods. Surtur's fire destroys everything – Asgard and Midgard are burned, as is Jötunheim and even icy Niflheim.  The wreckage sinks into the ocean as the dragon Níðhöggr flies over the battlefield looking for corpses to devour.  When the battle is over, it seems that everything is dead and the world is broken. The the land rises up again out of the sea, renewed with crops already growing in fields that do not need sowing.  A new and even more beautiful sun shines down, and two humans have survived, sheltered in the world tree Yggdrasil.  The surviving gods go to Idavöll, where Asgard used to be.  Among them are Magni and Modi, Thor's heirs and now the owners of Mjölnir.  Odin's sons Vidar and Vali make their way there, too, along with Hœnir.  Hod and Baldur also survive.