Nordheim
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Nordheim is a country of the Hyborian Age.
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[edit] Geography
Nordheim extends as far north as any man has ever roamed, into vast and inhospitable tundras. One half of this country is Vanaheim on the shores of Western Ocean, bordering Pictish Wilderness southwest. The other is Asgard, bordering Hyperborea to the east. Cimmeria lies south, beyond the ice-capped Eiglophian Mountains.
[edit] History and politics
Nordics own no over-lord, but each tribe has its king. There's continual war on the borders.
[edit] Population and culture
This snow country with the flaring rays of the borealis shining above the mountains belongs to the Nordics. These people are tall and fair and blue-eyed, and of like blood and language, save that the Æsir of Asgard have yellow hair and the Vanir of Vanaheim, red hair.
They are great ale drinkers and fighters; they fight all day and drink ale and roar their wild songs all night. They are wild and wayward and fierce. They wear horned helmets and use shields.
Their chief god is Ymir, the frost-giant. His daughter Atali plays tricks on dying men, luring them into the wastelands to be slain by her brothers, the ice-giants, who lay men's red hearts smoking on Ymir's board. Afterlife is in vaulted halls of the Valhalla.
[edit] Stories set in Nordheim
[edit] Characters from Nordheim
See Vanaheim#Characters_from_Vanaheim and Asgard#Characters_from_Asgard.
