Gods/Asa

Where the land plummets from the snowy hills into the icy fjords below, where the longboats draw up on to the beach, where the glaciers flow forward and retreat with every fall and spring-this is the land of the Vikings, the home of the Norse pantheon. It's a brutal clime, and one that calls for brutal living. The warriors of the land have had to adapt to the harsh conditions in order to survive, but they haven't been too twisted by the needs of their environment. Given the necessity of raiding for food and wealth, it's surprising the mortals turned out as well as they did. Their powers reflect the need these warriors had for strong leadership and decisive action. Thus, they see their deities in every bend of a river, hear them in the crash of the thunder and the booming of the glaciers, and smell them in the smoke of a burning longhouse. The Norse pantheon includes two main families, the Aesir (deities of war and destiny) and the Vanir (gods of fertility and prosperity). Once enemies, these two families are now closely allied against their common enemies, the giants (including the gods Surtur and Thrym). Like the gods of Greyhawk, gods in different families sometimes have overlap in their spheres of influence: Frey (of the Vanir) and Odur (of the Aesir) are both associated with the sun, for example.   DEITY ALIGNMENT DOMAIN SYMBOL Odin NG Knowledge, War, Wealth Watching blue eye Aegir NE Sea and Storms Rough ocean waves Balder NG Life, Light, Beauty, and poetry Gem-encrusted silver chalice Forseti N Justice and Law Head of a bearded man Frey NG Fertility and Sun Ice-blue greatsword Freya NG Magic, Fertility and Love Cat Heimdall LG Light, War, and Gold Curling musical horn Hel NE Death Woman's face, rotting on one side Hermod CN Luck and Trickery Winged scroll Loki CE Thieves and Trickery Flame Njord NG Sea and Wind Gold coin Odur CG Light Solar disk Sif CG War and Shieldmaidens Upraised sword Skadi N Earth and Mountains Mountain peak Surt LE Fire Giants and War Flaming sword Thor CG Protection, Storms and Thunder Hammer Thrym CE War, Frost Giants and Cold White double-bladed axe Tyr LN Knowledge and War Sword Ullr CN Hunting and Winter Skis and Bow