Ysgard

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ysgard is the Outer Plane of Chaotic neutral / Chaotic good alignment in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is also called Asgard, Gladsheim or The Heroic Domains. It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) cosmology, used in the Planescape, Greyhawk and some editions of the Forgotten Realms campaign settings.

Contents

[edit] Layers

The wandering realm of the Seelie Court often appears on the plane of Ysgard, always in a different location.

[edit] Ysgard

The layer of Ysgard is the location of a number of godly realms, including Olidammara's realm of Winesong, Frey's realm of Alfheim, Selune and Soma's shared realm of Gates of the Moon, Surtr and Thrym's realm of Jotunheim, Bast's realm of Merratet, Anhur's realm of Netaph, Branchala's realm of Soul of Music, realm of the Vanir (Frey, Freya, Noatun, and Ullr) Vanaheim, Hachiman and O-Kuni-Nushi's realm of Kenyama, and Shou Hsing's realm of "The Orchard of Immortality.

The realm of Asgard on the first layer of Ysgard is the home of the Norse gods Odin, Frigga, Frey, Freya, Idun, and secondary realms of Loki and Tyr.

[edit] Muspelheim

Surtr's realm of Muspelheim, after which this layer was named, can be found here.

[edit] Nidavellir

Nidavellir is the location of Eilistraee's realm of Svartalfheim and the dragon deity Aasterinian's realm of Brassberg.

[edit] Fauna

[edit] Historic influences

Ysgard is derived from the realm of Asgard in Norse mythology.

[edit] References

Outer Planes
Celestia Bytopia Elysium Beastlands Arborea
Arcadia ↑Good↑ Ysgard
Mechanus ←Lawful Outlands Chaotic→ Limbo
Acheron ↓Evil↓ Pandemonium
Baator Gehenna Hades Carceri Abyss
Languages