The North

The North overcompasses the lands of Northern Europe, ruled over by the Norse pantheon of Gods, led by Odin. It compasses the land of Northern Germany, Denmark and the Scandinavian Peninsula (which is its biggest and most important region by far). It is a frozen, snowy thundering land where many beings and civilizations coexist both peacefully and aggressively.

It is the setting for several stories focused on Dunor and his part of the Jerkuffverse, as it is the place where he escapes to after leaving Greece; such as Escape from Olympus.

## Important Places

### Jötunnhaven

A village seen in Escape from Olympus, inhabited by halfbloods of both Jötunn and human descent. This is originally Sif's hometown and the first place where Dunor goes to for cover; it is featured in *Escape from Olympus*. There, after Dunor's arrival, the bear bounty hunter Rustt comes in to kill Dunor, but is defeated by both him and the Jötunn villagers. Because of this, Rustt returns to enact his vengeance upon the village, slaughtering all of its inhabitants except Sif, who was with Dunor away from the village at the time of the massacre. It also serves as the place for Rustt and Dunor's fight that ultimately led to the bounty hunter's death. In the end, the entirety of Jötunnhaven is split apart from the mainland by the power of Mjolnir, and set on fire as it drifts through the ocean, sending it away from the mainland.

### Járnviðr

A forest near the outskirts of Jötunnhaven that serves as the home and hunting ground for the **Trolls**. The forest seems infinite, it's covered in snow, and its leafless trees span to where the eye can't see. The trees have Troll symbols carved on them, and may have dream catchers hanging off them, as well as the pelts and skins of dead animals. Dead animal corpses can also be found through the forest. Deep into the forest an opening to a cave can be found, this cave serves as home for the Trolls, acting as their base where they pile on their food and generally live through its narrow and diverse halls. Massive piles of bones and skeletons can also be found inside this cave, belonging to different species, but mostly human. The cave also serves as the Hall of the Mountain King, the leader of the Trolls.

It's presumed that Járnviðr used to serve as a place for the Jötunns, seeing as though there's remnants of their presence in the forest, such as large footsteps now solidified into the ground, as well as a small opening inside the cavern in praise of the God Heimdall with several Jötunn shrines and runes on the stone walls, it also hosts the burying place for Farbaut, leader of the branch of Jötunns that decided to mix with humans.

## Bestiary

### Jötunns

Jötunns are a people parallel to humans and Gods who inhabit the north. Normally taller and bigger than humans, with pale-to-blue ish coloration in their skin. They can range from humanoid looking to completely monstruous in appearance and ability. Jötunns are usually at conflict with humans and Gods, and so retreat to other places to avoid showing themselves. It's known that a splinter Jötunns led by Farbaut desired to abandon the Jotnar way of war and scavenge and decided to retire to live with humans in their world, this splinter was however horrifically slain by most of the Jötunns who caught them, and the very few that remained retire to what was Jötunnhaven.

### Trolls

Trolls are devious creatures ranging in size who are animalistic-like, they have flesh but it's often covered with rocks or moss; and they inhabit desolate places like the forest of Jarnvior. They have low intelligence and can barely blabber out what they need to say, they're also incredibly aggressive to one another and very erratic. Trolls are predatory in nature, they hunt anything they can for their gluttonous stomach, and can even be cannibalistic; however, they mostly prey on the wildlife that they find nearby; although they'll also try and catch any humans that come into their territory. When specially hungry, Trolls are known to wander to civilization to hunt, catching any human they can. Although they can eat them raw, Trolls always love to season their food, and have developed quite the culinary aspect. Here's some important trolls:

#### The Mountain King

The leader of the trolls of Jarnvior, and by far the biggest and strongest, the Mountain King is the one in charge of 'organizing' the food. The Mountain King appears in the following stories: