#forgotten saga

[brittlesage]

How I feel when I've finished an unsolicited rant about assassin's creed valhalla 🍷

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Forgotten Saga

[krankittoeleven]

Hel Scheme Tattoos

Forgotten Saga DLC, AC Valhalla

[jurakan]

Fun fact Friday!!!

Because I'm re-reading Stoneheart I thought about talking about that one cat but I reminded myself that I did already lay out which topics to talk about, so that will wait until another week! Buckle up, friendo, because Today You Learned about Nidhogg from Norse mythology!

[He's been on my mind because he's in the "Forgotten Saga" DLC for Assassin's Creed: Valhalla.]

So in Norse mythology, you have the World Tree, Yggdrasil. We've talked about this before. At the bottom of the World Tree is the underworld, Niflheim, ruled over by the goddess Hel, daughter of Loki. Generally speaking, the people sent to Niflheim are the ones who did not die honorably--those who died of sickness, old age, whatever.

Within Niflheim is the fortress of Nastrod, in there are sent the souls of the worst of the worst--rapists, murderers, and all-around garbage people. THERE, is the great wyrm Nidhogg, who eats their souls because dragon's gotta eat, I guess.

But lo, should you think that Nidhogg is doing a service to the universe, keep in mind that he's also nibbling on the roots of Yggdrasil. You know, the thing holding up the universe. The squirrel Ratatosk takes gossip between Nidhogg at the bottom of the tree and the eagle at the top, and between the two of them talking smack to each other via squirrel, they get worked up and tear up the tree.

It's also said, at the end of the Voluspa, that at the end of days Nidhogg will leave his post and go flying up the tree. Wikipedia seems to take this as a herald of Ragnarok, that he's going to join the battle. TV Tropes seems to take it as Nidhogg flying up AFTER Ragnarok, when everything seems like it's been settled and going okay, like some sort of secret Final Boss fight.

I'm not a scholar so I couldn't tell you which interpretation is more accurate (if either of them are).

Also! It's a dope LEGO set from way back when:

[krankittoeleven]

Welcome to Hel

[francoise-givenchy-romanova]

I'm going through a Forgotten Saga and shipping them

[offense-is-the-best-defence]

OK no one said Dokkerland would slowly roast me alive..

[pierrebeasley]

forgotten saga is so scary, i wish i knew what im doing but i dont