Ysgard

The symbol of Ysgard, first inscribed by Annam

### Inhabitants

Gods & demigods (native), giants (native), Wolf Folk (native), Bear Folk (native), Celestial Dwarves (native), Chaotic Neutral souls (foreign), Chaotic Good souls (foreign)

**Ysgard** is an afterlife plane that houses souls who perished in the Material Plane, Feywild, Shadowfell, Ethereal Plane, and Elemental Chaos, that subscribed to or acted in accordance with the principles of Chaotic Good and/or Chaotic Neutral morality. It is one of the Sixteen Planes of Morality.

It is also home to the Giant pantheon, and a substantial number of Giants who serve their gods either in their afterlives or as mortals who ascended to the realm. Other natives of the region include Wolf Folk and Bear Folk, both of whom were brought into existence by the Giant gods. Celestial Dwarves also inhabit this realm.

## Description

Like all other afterlife planes, Ysgard is an infinite landscape that extends into all directions without end or repetition. It is a cold and unforgiving realm, featuring towering mountain ridges that penetrate the landscape, and huge swaths of land that are covered by ancient pine forests. The sky is always a deep navy blue, indicating a time of day that is just after dusk, however not quite nighttime. Rainbows are frequent occurrences in this plane, and are solid objects that can be climbed as bridges over natural barriers. There is a moon that floats above Ysgard on a southwest-northeast pathway. Every 24 hours it rises and passes over the realm. When it sets, it is teleported back to its starting location, where it begins again.

Ysgard is a realm of glorious individualistic struggle. Inhabitants of the realm are always at odds with each other; combat is more common than cooperation, however temporary pacts and alliances are not uncommon. However, unlike the villainous warzone of Archeron, Ysgard's polar opposite realm, the conflict in Ysgard is more of a friendly competition than a driving lust for slaughter.

When an afterlife soul dies in Ysgard, its "body" (more of a physical manifestation of the being's soul) vanishes without leaving any trace of its presence. When the moon teleports across the horizon every 24 hours, all of the beings that were killed in the previous day are resurrected, and all of their wounds are healed. This also applies to mortals who have made their way into Ysgard. Mortals who are killed there do not die from this process, and are kept in a permanent state of mortality as long as they are in Ysgard. This is how beings such as the Wolf Folk, Bear Folk, Celestial Dwarves, and ascended Giants are capable of living forever, however without ever losing their mortal bodies.

Beneath Ysgard lies the ancient undercity of Niðavellir, home of the Celestial Dwarves. Niðavellir was once a separate plane, however then the Giant race evolved and created their Giant deities, they initially lived in Niðavellir before the Dwarves requested that they be left alone. The Giant deities then created their own plane, surface Ysgard, which was later merged with Niðavellir when the Rapture Period began in the Material Plane.

## Gods

### Giant Gods

Collectively, the Giant pantheon is known as the *Ordning.*

 Hiatea, the Wild
 Grolantor, the Mighty
 Iallanis, the Merciful