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Today's episode of Gimle Lore Book will be the first part of three in which we will discuss the history of the in-game world. In the beginning, we will go back in time to the era of the Old World, which existed before Gimle was created.
The game world consists of many varied elements and mixed together they make it absolutely unique. Before we talk about them, however, we want to outline how it all began, so the best place to start will be the very beginning...
Birth of the Old World
Before the creation of the world and the emergence of life, there was an enormous dark void called Ginnungagap. Two worlds emerged from within the void: Niflheim, ice-bound and dark, and Muspeheim, blazing with eternal fire.
The lands that were initially distant from each other began to come closer. When they finally met near the center of the Ginnungagp, the Muspelheim fire began to melt the thick ice of Niflheim, forming droplets that breathed life into the first Jötunn called Ymir. It was this first giant that gave rise to his entire race, the representatives of which left his body while he slept. Another creature that arose from the melting ice of Nifelheim was Audhumla, a gigantic cow. By licking salty blocks of ice, Audhumla gave Ymir milk to grow in strength and size. However licking the blocks resulted in another strange occurrence. As time passed, hair emerged from within the ice... the next was whole head and finnaly, on the third day, a man called Buri was free from the shackles of ice.
Buri was the first of Aesir to appear, along with his son Borre. At first, both men lived on Audhumla's milk. Borr married the giant Bestla, daughter of the giant Bolthorn. They named their half-god - half-giant child Odin. In addition to Odin, his brothers Vili and Ve were also born, but it was Odin who became the ruler of all As.
Odin and his brothers killed the gigantic Ymir and created the world from his body. They used his blood to create oceans, muscles and skin to form soil, hair made vegetation, brain clouds, and sky was made of Ymir's skull. The As then made the first female, Embla, and the first male, Aska, from two tree trunks. Fearing Jotnar, the As provided the people their own world - Mitgard, and the giants left for themselves created their own world - Jotunheim.
Yggdrasil and the Nine Worlds
Over time, many new races and worlds have been born into existence. The As settled in their own realm, which was called Asgard, leaving humans in Mirgard. There was also a new race of gods called Wanami that took up residence in Vanaheim. The worlds of Muspelheim and Nifelheim still existed as two primordial worlds on opposite sides of reality. The realm of fire was inhabited by fiery giants called Muspells. The Elves of Light found their home in Alfheim, and the Elves of Darkness settled in Svartalfheim. After a long time, arose the world of the dead - a gloomy place for people who have suffered an unworthy death. This world is named Helheim after its ruler Hel.
All Nine Worlds were situated on the great tree of life called Yggdrasil.
The Nine Worlds:
• Asgard - Home of the main dynasty of gods - the Aesir
• Vanaheim - Home of the older race of gods - Vanir
• Niflheim - The land of fog, ice and cold
• Svartalfheim - A world inhabited by the Dark Elves
• Midgard - A world inhabited by humans at the center of the Yggdrasil tree
• Helheim - The icy land of the dead located at the bottom of the tree
• Jotunheim - A world inhabited by Jötnar, a race of giants that will attack the Aesir
• Muspelheim - The land of eternal fire, inhabited by fiery giants called Muspells
• Alfheim - A world inhabited by Elves of Light
Unfortunately, according to the prophecy, Nine Worlds, including Ygddrasil, had to meet their end in the face of an inevitable war between Ass and Loki allied with the army of Jotnar, the undead of Helheim and Muspells. Although the prophecy was known to everyone for a long time, no one wanted to believe that it could not be changed... Especially Odin, also known as the Allfather, who, being the most powerful of the gods and having almost everything in his possession, was to die in the jaw of the great wolf Fenrir.
For hundreds, if not thousands of years, Odin tried to acquire the necessary knowledge to change the fate of the world. He sacrificed his eye to the Well of Mimir to gain access to its knowledge, he hanged himself on the Yggdrasil tree to understand the runic magic, and traveled all over the worlds to get as much information as possible... Unfortunately, all his actions were in vain, because Ragnarok(that was the name of the coming war) finally became a fact...
In the next episode of Gimle Lore Book you will learn more about the mythical war between Aesir and Jotnar called Ragnarok that led to the end of the Old World...
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