Nine Realms

The Nine Realms were interconnected spheres of influence across the Earth during the Isu Era.
==Mythology==
As the First Civilization became mythologized by humanity, the Nine Realms fell into Norse legend as the various homeworlds of their gods and other races that existed along the branches of the great world tree Yggdrasil, which wove them together to form the Norse cosmos.
The realms compromised of:
*Álfheimr, home of the elves.
*Ásgarðr, home of the Æsir.
*Jötunheimr, home of the Jötnar.
*Múspellsheimr, the world of fire and home to the Muspels. 
*Midgard, home of humanity.
*Svartálfaheimr/Niðavellir, home of the dark elves or dwarves.
*Vanaheimr, home of the Vanir.
*Niflheimr, the world of ice.
*Helheimr, the world of the dead.
==Legacy and influence==
In the 9th century, the shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan consumed psychoactive mixtures prepared by her clan's resident oracle Valka which allowed Eivor to experience Odin's memories in the form of hallucinogenic visions. In this drugged state, she relived Odin's memories of his time in Asgard and Jötunheimr during the Isu Era in his attempts to avert his fated encounter with Loki's son Fenrir at the onset of RagnarökAssassin's Creed: Valhalla – In Dreams...↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Going Deeper...↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Bound to Fate. Later on, she relived Odin's memories from his mission to Svartálfaheimr to rescue his imprisoned son Baldr from the megalomaniacal Isu warlord Surtr.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök – Restless Dreams Following Baldr's death, Eivor relived a fourth set of memories in which Odin traveled through Niflheimr to reach Helheim, where he confronted the goddess of death Hel and attempted to resurrect his fallen son.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Forgotten Saga
==Behind the scenes==
Darby McDevitt, the Narrative Director for Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, has stated that the in-game mythological Nine Realms were developed to correspond with large geographical regions of Earth. The publicly known analogs are Asgard as Northern Europe, Southern/Mediterranean Europe corresponding with Jotunheimr, and Northern Africa for Múspellsheimr. The Forgotten Saga DLC has since depicted Helheimr as Hel's seat of power and residence within Niflheimr itself.Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Forgotten Saga
==Appearances==
*Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants – Fate of the Gods 
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 
**Wrath of the Druids 
**The Siege of Paris 
**Dawn of Ragnarök
**The Forgotten Saga
*Discovery Tour: Viking Age
*Echoes of History 
*Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths
*The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One 
==References==
Category:Mythological locations
Category:Norse mythology