Too right, Lorna. [He cleared his throat and took a long pull from his drink before settling in.]
Alright, then. You're familiar with Midgard, your homeworld of Earth, yes? [With a wave of his hand, in the middle of the table, a large tree took root, with spiraling branches and roots that reached far abroad and beneath it. At the center of its trunk was a small blue ball spinning slowly, a ball which, upon closer inspection, was a miniature globe of Earth.]
It stands at the heart of Yggdrasil, the Worlds Tree. As such, it is something of a midway point for all the realms. You're familiar enough with its environs, so I won't bore you with specifics, but Midgard is a highly sought after realm, for its variety and for its central location. Midgard, after all, would be a perfectly strategic staging point for, say a conquest of all the Nine Realms.
[He waved his hand again as, as though to follow his tale, other orbs sprang to life long the length of the tree: a shining orb of brilliant golden light at its apex, a globe of pale green and one of pale blue just below it, nearly level with Midgard appeared an ice blue sphere swirling with ice crystals and snow, a brilliant place of verdant green, and then, among the roots of the tree, an inky black sphere, a crimson sphere swirling with fire, an a last shrouded in a dense fog.]
All the Realms enjoy the unification and protection of Asgard, there at the top. All Asgardians are protectors of all the Nine, and their custodians. From Asgard, all the realms were united, connected by a trans-dimensional conduit known as the Bifrost, or the Rainbow Bridge.
[Another wave of his hand and a multi-faceted ribbon of light sprang forth from the golden sphere at the top of the illusionary worlds tree, entwining with the trees branches and touching each glowing sphere as it encircled everything.]
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Alright, then. You're familiar with Midgard, your homeworld of Earth, yes? [With a wave of his hand, in the middle of the table, a large tree took root, with spiraling branches and roots that reached far abroad and beneath it. At the center of its trunk was a small blue ball spinning slowly, a ball which, upon closer inspection, was a miniature globe of Earth.]
It stands at the heart of Yggdrasil, the Worlds Tree. As such, it is something of a midway point for all the realms. You're familiar enough with its environs, so I won't bore you with specifics, but Midgard is a highly sought after realm, for its variety and for its central location. Midgard, after all, would be a perfectly strategic staging point for, say a conquest of all the Nine Realms.
[He waved his hand again as, as though to follow his tale, other orbs sprang to life long the length of the tree: a shining orb of brilliant golden light at its apex, a globe of pale green and one of pale blue just below it, nearly level with Midgard appeared an ice blue sphere swirling with ice crystals and snow, a brilliant place of verdant green, and then, among the roots of the tree, an inky black sphere, a crimson sphere swirling with fire, an a last shrouded in a dense fog.]
All the Realms enjoy the unification and protection of Asgard, there at the top. All Asgardians are protectors of all the Nine, and their custodians. From Asgard, all the realms were united, connected by a trans-dimensional conduit known as the Bifrost, or the Rainbow Bridge.
[Another wave of his hand and a multi-faceted ribbon of light sprang forth from the golden sphere at the top of the illusionary worlds tree, entwining with the trees branches and touching each glowing sphere as it encircled everything.]
Any questions thus far?