What They Don't Tell You About The End of the World in D&D - Ragnarok
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Sources
-Planescape: Planes of Chaos
-Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appendix I
-Planescape: Monstrous Compendium Appendix II
-Manual of the Planes 1st Edition
-Manual of the Planes 3rd Edition
-Planescape: On Hallowed Ground
-Deities and Demigods
-Forgotten Realms: Champions of Ruin
-Polyhedron #118: Forgotten Deities
-5e Adventurers League: Turn Back the Endless Night (Not a source for this video, but it will be referenced on the Nidhogg video)
-Legends & Lore
-Forgotten Realms: Powers & Pantheons
-Forgotten Realms: Sword Coast Adventurers Guide 5e
-Wikipedia articles on Ragnarok, to reference how D&D's version intersects with real life mythos.
@Reddotzebra 2 жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about the infinite staircase is that if you spend enough time traversing it, there is a chance that you will come upon a door that literally, with no trickery whatsoever, leads to your greatest desires. Stepping through that door is basically game over, as whatever you find on the other side, you will not want to leave behind. If you reject the door, however, you will never come upon it again.
@agsilverradio2225 2 жыл бұрын
But what if your greatest desire specificly includes your current loved-ones being a part of it? Will the door summon your loved ones, and what if their greatest desires conterdict yours?
@piketheknight2581 2 жыл бұрын
That is quite scary if you think about it
@mistergiraffe9425 2 жыл бұрын
@@agsilverradio2225 for you perhaps, its possible that its like a duplicate/alternate world with said people. The character is actually UNUSABLE when they cross the door interestingly, and a lot of things have a "can be broken by a Wish spell" clause, this one does not. How it works is, its not actually greatest desire perse (but it is). Its described more as like... the ending of your character's story. The character becomes unusable because it puts them in a place when there's nothing more for them. Think of it as writing a book and officially publishing it with its concrete ending. Its just done. Edit: also important to note that the door only opens to someone who walks alone in the staircase. It has like a DC 18 Wis save to not open the door, and thats pretty low for 3e standards for smth that was in Fiendish Codex I (3.5e demonlords and abyss sourcebook) so Ig its sorta rare anyways
@LoreFoundry 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I'm running curse of Strahd. The party is near the end of the game and may end up at the Amber Temple in the next 5 games. Maybe I can use something like this concept to see if I can kill off a player or two.
@AriesBozz 2 жыл бұрын
@@LoreFoundry I’m literally just starting Strahd with my players and this is already popping up as ideas
@williamrish2736 2 жыл бұрын
My dnd campaigns have benefited massively from your videos. I appreciate the effort and depth you go in to. It’s so amazing to be able to learn so much from each of your videos.
@dkronikmusic 2 жыл бұрын
I literally post his videos as Lore references for my games. I've even gone as far as allowing someone to watch a video irl, and have them find that knowledge in a dusty book or tome or journal if they nat 20 a certain check looking for info
@Spiderboydk 2 жыл бұрын
Same here. 5e is so lackluster with lore info.
@otyugsdisplacerbeasts7943 2 жыл бұрын
Same!
@jordankleinschmidt5126 2 жыл бұрын
Between him, Pickett, and dungeon dudes you don't need anything. Maybe throw in esper
@whitemansucks 2 жыл бұрын
100th like on this post!
@jonathancampbell5231 2 жыл бұрын
The reason Loki turns evil in DnD (and in the myths as well) is that the prophecy of Ragnarok was made while he was still a blood brother of Odin (though increasingly rubbing people the wrong way) and the gods turned on his monstrous children as they knew they were prophecised to kill them. Loki was absolutely furious at how his children were being treated because they feared their power and nature, and became ever more malicious out of revenge. There is one particular myth where he shows up to a party and starts mocking and insulting everyone and he brings up the mistreatment of his children as an example of how selfish and hypocritical the Norse gods are. Hel was thrown into the underworld shortly after she was born, and Fenris was tricked into being chained up by being fooled into thinking it was a sort of game (can't remember what happened to the Serpent but it might just have been banished). Loki was always kind of a d*ck who pulled pranks on everyone for his own amusement and was generally pretty amoral, but this infuriated him and he vowed revenge.
@The_Keeper 2 жыл бұрын
Yup. The serpent more or less just got chucked into the sea...
@jonathancampbell5231 2 жыл бұрын
@@Rfk551 Nah. In the real.world mythology, EVERYONE knows about Ragnarok and the events leading up to it
@patrik90a 2 жыл бұрын
Wouldnt say he ever turns evil, the norse gods have always been dicks and he revolts, he is just "evil" in their eyes
@Tourak 2 жыл бұрын
@@Rfk551 In the real world, the prophecy is recited to the gods by a nameless female seer. She also recite thing like how the world came to be.
@shishoka 2 жыл бұрын
Then a giant tricks Thor into trying to lift the serpent out of the sea which she apparently doesn't like since he tries it again for hurt pride or something. Then again... he did love snakes...
@ZoeLycan 2 жыл бұрын
lil fun fact about Loki, on the Norse poems. Loki is the "Mother" of the multi-leg horse.
@SageSaga25 2 жыл бұрын
I was checking the comments to make sure someone pointed out that loki didn't "bang" a horse- a horse "banged" loki. Well done. XD
@ZoeLycan 2 жыл бұрын
@@SageSaga25 I believe in other versions/poems he also gave birth to the World Serpent, Fenrir and Hel
@mikehorne4053 2 жыл бұрын
@@ZoeLycan Loki being the mother of Sleipnir, and father of Fenris, Hel, and Jormungand (world serpent) is fairly universal in the poems.
@danielstellmon5330 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, the multi-leg horse? Does that mean more than 4 or more than 1? A one legded horse sounds interesting.
@ZoeLycan 2 жыл бұрын
@@danielstellmon5330 the horse Loki gives birth to has 4 front legs 4 back legs, by the Mythos making it faster than any other horse, so Loki gives this to his father (Odin) as long as NOONE ever asks about the origin of the horse. From that moment uses it as his main war steed. So funny to think Odin rides his Grandson to war
@sono_chi_no_sodium_chlorid7635 2 жыл бұрын
"You can finally play as a dragon" Are you kidding me? I can finally play as an ogre!
@Gabe600 2 жыл бұрын
with layers like an onion
@MrRhexx 2 жыл бұрын
hellz yeah brother!
@leonardogomez8812 2 жыл бұрын
Feast and Fight for the Maw! what do you mean we aren't doing Warhammer ogres?
@superiorrule34 2 жыл бұрын
No one makes shriek jokes because it’s to easy.
@thezerowulf2046 2 жыл бұрын
Giants > dragons. Ordning gang rise up
@jonathancampbell5231 2 жыл бұрын
Ragnarok in DnD is actually very, very faithful to the myths (or versions of the myths anyway). It's not 100% accurate, but they've clearly done their homework. The Norse and Greek pantheons described in "Deities and Demigods" are actually a pretty bang on portrayal of mythology, and to a lesser extent so is the Egyptian.
@thevashfan12392 2 жыл бұрын
I have a later edition of "deities and demigods" shame that it lacks the 36 missing pages of melnibonean lore but apparently that's "protected" or moreover "forbidden" lore to go over..... durn copyright.
@joshuarichardson6529 Жыл бұрын
@@thevashfan12392 The only thing more powerful than the gods of D&D, are the copyright lawyers.
@thevashfan12392 Жыл бұрын
@@joshuarichardson6529 wonder what that makes record labels out to be.
@jonathancampbell5231 4 ай бұрын
@tlemgr Rulebook is "DnD Deities and Demigods", which is 3rd edition and is more Greyhawk centred. Ao is Forgotten Realms and I believe first appears in the "Time of Troubles", which has novels, a comic and games covering it.
@conradoccaminha 2 жыл бұрын
Just a correction on Loki: You mentioned, about loki's offspring, that when he bangs ladies, monsters come out. That's wrong in the sense that it doesn't only happen in relationships with women. Idk about the world of d&d, but in the original lore, to fuck the stalion, Loki turned into a mare, and it was he who got pregnant with Odin's horse.
@andrewohagan2962 2 жыл бұрын
also his children with his god wife were normal gods, it was his offspring with an evil giant that produced Hella, Jormungundr and Fenris
@Sypossc 2 жыл бұрын
Let.
@alexinfinite7142 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine looking at your mutant grandson and thinking: Yeah, I'll ride that into battle
@minnumseerrund 2 жыл бұрын
@@alexinfinite7142 Loki and Odin arent related. That's Marvel-only
@alexinfinite7142 2 жыл бұрын
@@minnumseerrund oof my mistake
@323starlight 2 жыл бұрын
You know, I think you'll enjoy Overly Sarcastic Productions' videos on Norse myth. Especially her analysis on Loki as he was in the actual myths he came from.
@zenvariety9383 2 жыл бұрын
Her trope talks are informative. Have you also watched terrible writing advice. The sarcastic bad advice is usually meant to heeded as what not to do when writing.
@VeRG1L_47 2 жыл бұрын
Red is awesome) Blue is ok too
@deuscain 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was a really interesting video! :)
@xana3961 2 жыл бұрын
As a disclaimer, this is but one of several proposed scenarios in the books. There's about 12 or so. So this is but one of *many* possibilities for doomsday. Feel like MrRhexx should have led this off with or ended it off with that disclaimer.
@nicolaezenoaga9756 2 жыл бұрын
What are the others?
@Doublemonk0506 2 жыл бұрын
@@nicolaezenoaga9756, from the top of my head: Tharizdun, krakens, dracoliches, mind flayers, oberynths take control again, the Elder Evils.
@nicolaezenoaga9756 2 жыл бұрын
@@Doublemonk0506 So bad all around. Thanks!
@mistergiraffe9425 2 жыл бұрын
There's an Abyss legend in 4e's Demonomicon its said that when the Abyss reaches a certain number of demonlords, they will all fight til one remains and the remaining winner becomes the Avatar of the Abyss, they basically tun into the Walking Abyss if you would. Which is fcking horrifying because they'd be BEYOND Deity power, like its common knowledge that even if you could wipe out all the demons, no god could erase the abyss. And this thing basically channels the infinitely-growing, indestructible power of the abyss.
@Dragondan1987 2 жыл бұрын
He shouldn’t of led with it, because it’s completely irrelevant unless you are some autistic person that needs your hand held all the time… those scenarios are irrelevant to the topic of the video.
@charlessaintpe8574 2 жыл бұрын
In actual Norse Mythology, Baldr and his mother Frigg dreamt that he would die, so Frigg went around and got every object to vow not to harm him except mistletoe. Some time later, Baldr was showing off his invulnerability by having the gods throw stuff at him. Loki, knowing his weakness, gave a mistletoe spear to the blind god Hođr, Baldr's brother. Hođr threw the spear at Baldr and killed him. After the funeral, Frigg convinced Hel to release Baldr if everyone in the world wept for him. Loki, disguised as a giantess, refused to weep. This did not start Ragnarok, nor was it the reason Loki was imprisoned. Loki went around slandering the gods, and they eventually captured and bound him due to that. He was bound beneath a snake who would drip painful venom on him. His wife collected the venom in a bowl to stop it from falling on him, but sometimes she had to empty the bowl, and the poison would hit him, and he would writhe in agony. This is why we have earthquakes according to Norse myth. The actual first sign of Ragnarok will be when the wolves Skoll and Hati, who chase the sun and moon across the sky, catch their quarry. They will devour the sun and moon, casting the world into three years of winter, the Fimbulwinter, at the end of which Ragnarok will occur. Edit: Vali was not born to kill Loki. No-one knew Loki was to blame. Vali was born to kill Hođr.
@justicedemocrat9357 Жыл бұрын
wait, so frigg asked the mistletoe not to harm his son and the mistletoe said 'no'?
@charlessaintpe8574 Жыл бұрын
@justicedemocrat9357 no, mistletoe was too young to make a binding oath. Sorry, shoulda mentioned that.
@justicedemocrat9357 Жыл бұрын
How old does a plant have to be to make an oath? Also, she didn't ask again when the plant was older?
@justicedemocrat9357 Жыл бұрын
Also, why didn't Loki's wife bring two bowls so there's a spare one to catch the venom while she is emptying out the full one? Also if the wolves devour the sun why will there only be 3 years of winter shouldn't it be a permanent winter without the sun?
@charlessaintpe8574 Жыл бұрын
@justicedemocrat9357 I reckon Loki's wife isn't too bright, because there are plenty of better ways to solve that problem. After 3 years of winter they have Ragnarok, the final battle. After the battle, only a few gods survive, led by Frey, and only two humans survive (or the gods create new humans, I don't remember which) and their names are Ask and Embla. The world kinda starts over from that point, and presumably they make a new sun and moon, or dig the old ones out of the corpses of Skoll and Hati.
@zenith110 2 жыл бұрын
A big thanks for bringing some attention to the Dragon Age verse's lore! I love that series to pieces!
@mattd7695 2 жыл бұрын
I love apocalypse stories, sure it's sad to see something you and your freinds built destroyed. But at the same time it's a thrilling and heartwrenching adventure that dosen't let ya go. Great video as always 😀
@323starlight 2 жыл бұрын
Just finished the video, I can understand the confusion surrounding the whole thing, this is kinda the problem when you try to blend so many different mythologies into a single world. I believe it's only referring to the Nordic pantheon since Ragnarok is specifically the Nordic apocalypse.
@alteryl 2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention that it's kind of a hot mess. The Eddas were not only written 200 years after Snorri's native country of Iceland took up quite fervant christianity, but he was also very close friends with the Kingdom of Norway, which itself had been christian for almost 300 years and was a Christian Monarchy by the 1200's. This is the landscape he wrote the Edda's in. Loki for example has never appeared in any written record before the Eddas, check out OSP's video on Loki for some interesting theories on him, there are some that believes that he is an analogue for Jesus to be reborn in the new world where the Norse mythology dies after Raknarok and is replaced by Christianity.
@323starlight 2 жыл бұрын
@@alteryl I have actually seen that video analysis. Personally I prefer the theory that Loki was a mischievous hearth god.
@Tourak 2 жыл бұрын
@@alteryl Christian have used that analogy, that Ragnarok is meant to represent Christianity, but it doesn't hold the water when you consider that other norse gods survive the event. Imo, the Norse mythology was meant to be cyclical.
@VeRG1L_47 2 жыл бұрын
Great to see some Red & Blue watchers)))
@ragna6410 2 жыл бұрын
Again awesome video. My hopes for the Platinum dragon Video is still there.
@nicolaezenoaga9756 2 жыл бұрын
ALL HAIL BAHAMUT! MEY HE GUIDE US TO A PERFECT WORLD WITH HE'S WISDOM!
@Mori-Jin 2 жыл бұрын
Sure. Why not?
@firetarrasque4667 2 жыл бұрын
I love the idea that Thrymn isn't even involved with Ragnarok. He just wakes up one day to see everything on fire and goes "Hey what the *fuck"* and freezes it.
@0_Body 2 жыл бұрын
Nidhogg: We had one Ragnarok yes but what about 2nd Ragnarok
@KefkaCasselstone 2 жыл бұрын
in my Homebrew world, which uses alot of the same outerplanes gods and lore. Odin, always seeking to control fate and destiny, sought out prophesys and knowledge of the future and saw ragnarok, and what major players were involved, and while Loki was a blood brother, many of his children were harbingers of that end, an end he sought to prevent. so he had them bound, almost cruelly so. Loki, who was, mischivous at best, would slowly take umbrage to these insults to his children, and his festering anger and hatred was what slowly made his tricks more and more malicious. by the time of Baldr, Loki had fully given into his anger and sought to strike back at the gods. Loki does orchistrate events that cause the giants to invade, and the release of his children, with the help of his wife who stayed by his side and collected the venom from the snake in a bowl to offor some ease to him. This is just our homebrew's interpretation of corse, but in the timeline, it results in "The Schorching of the Material plane" which becomes a Dark Souls like "Dark Sun" setting after Ragnarok.
@cgreen7157 2 жыл бұрын
The difference between Ysgard and the Abyss is a little more pronounced that the author of the video described. There is true malice in the Abyss and it pervades everything. In Ysgard, malice between rivals is much diminished, if not completely absent. Even if you lose, you are respected if you still show bravery, and given a place, however humble, in the ranks of those you serve. Rivals don't necessarily hate each other and sometimes even like each other. In other words, true malice is largely absent.
@bjarnivalur6330 Жыл бұрын
Funny little fact about Freys' sword. In the poems, the sword was considered to be one of the grates swords ever made, It could even fight on its own for you. *_But,_* the reason why Frey didn't have Gram with him is because he used it as payment for Gerðs hand in marriage.
@TheLokiel 2 жыл бұрын
In real Norse mythology, Baldr is supposed to just resurrect at the end of the world (probably because Hel was not around anymore to keep him prisoner) and rule the world with the surviving gods.
@jonathancampbell5231 2 жыл бұрын
That's actually true in DnD as well
@grimnir8872 2 жыл бұрын
Not ressurect; He rides out of Helheim when the doors are opened and rejoins the battle, turning the tide of Rangarnok and leading the survivors to hide within the bowls the world tree.
@TheLokiel 2 жыл бұрын
@@grimnir8872 he is dead, escapes the Land of the Dead and rejoins the living. That’s a resurrection.
@Michael-du2fv 2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Balder is the one who benefits the most from Ragnarok, maybe he's the mastermind and Loki is just a pawn to take the blame....
@dracorex426 2 жыл бұрын
Well yeah. Loki dies, which means every living thing had wept for Baldr, thus the bargain is fulfilled.
@Panda_Roll 2 жыл бұрын
"Loki once banged a horse and from it came a baby horse with 8 legs" ... Sorry to brake it to you, but the lady horse in that particular one WAS loki. The baby horse came out of him, well, her at the time.
@The_Keeper 2 жыл бұрын
I guess thats the reason Loki apparently didn't take female again form after that...
@nigelthornberry3568 2 жыл бұрын
@@The_Keeper yep
@Panda_Roll 2 жыл бұрын
@@The_Keeper Oh he did, multiple times! Guess it was an experience like no other XD
@bpopsicle4898 2 жыл бұрын
You have brought a wealth of knowledge into an easly understandable format. Good on you brother. I hope lots are helped by your work.
@The_Keeper 2 жыл бұрын
21:36 No, you've got it ass backwards. *Loki* too the shape of a filly, to distract a Jotun/giant stallion and, well, he distracted it alright. The result of the "distraction" was Sleipnir. Apparently Loki, for some reason, never resorted to female shapes after that particular screw-up... :P
@KnightofLightfire 2 жыл бұрын
Not true, other Aesir occasionally mocked him for having given birth to the children of mortals and many motherless sons were seen as the children of Loki
@celarc99 2 жыл бұрын
Read the 3.5e Gods and Deities book. He *clearly states* at the beginning he isn't talking about the real norse mythology, but the specific mythos attached to the D&D pantheon. He explains it perfectly, following the descriptions given there.
@Micaerys 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing video!! About Vali: there's actually two of them! One of them is the son of Loki and his wife Sigyn, the one who gets transformed in wolf and kills his own brother Narfi. The other Vali is the son of Odin and a giant called Rinda/Rindr, and indeed, he is born solely to avenge (although later they give him some divine attributions beyond that) The thing with Norse mythology is that some names are repeated (there's a giant called Utgard-Loki, and the father of the personification of night is sometimes called Narfi) but for the Vali situation there's also a bit of confusion because apparently there's a text that was interpreted a bit messy so it's like "blablabla Vali involved in Narfi's death blablabla" but it's unclear if it means Vali Odinson doing the revenge or if it's the name of Loki' s now wolf son
@rhuiah 2 жыл бұрын
New item for D 'n D bucket list: dump a box of teleporting, self-replicating slinkies down the infinite stairwell.
@redfogwhitefrost2583 2 жыл бұрын
it's always a pleasant surprise to see you've uploaded more dnd content. this one really did turn out to be very interesting. can't wait for part 2
@0_Body 2 жыл бұрын
A typo? Sounds like another one of Loki's tricks!
@KimAlmighty1 2 жыл бұрын
Odin do have the ability to change gender..
@The_Keeper 2 жыл бұрын
@@KimAlmighty1 Really? I thought that was more Loki's thing... although that backfired on him. But still, Odin got a kick-ass mount out of it.
@KimAlmighty1 2 жыл бұрын
@@The_Keeper in actual Norse myth odin has turned himself into a woman dont remember why i think it was to spy on freya but arent sure was a long time ago but odin changing gender kinda stuck with me.
@Otaku_Reaper 2 жыл бұрын
Man all of these videos on the different planes are going to be crucial for my homebrew new sigil campaign.
@WillMoff0 2 жыл бұрын
I love your videos! I've been playing D&D for 28 years, and still learn stuff from them.
@lgbel3950 2 жыл бұрын
yeah... I'm pretty sure the horse banged Loki actually...
@wimfranken826 2 жыл бұрын
Don't know about the dnd version but in the norse version i only ever heard him being the mother of sleipnir.
@youtuberdisguiser6075 2 жыл бұрын
Been waiting for a new video for quite sometime. Thank you.
@AGS363 2 жыл бұрын
21:38 Fun Fact: In the original norse story he turned into the female horse.
@XyerDark 2 жыл бұрын
Your vids are always a great help in shaping the setting for players and DMs. Since this isn't the first time you mention real myths and pantheons from our world, do you have any plan to cover greek/roman ones? I've had a hard time finding anything on it (except for Theros obviously, which is its own thing), and I'd love to know more or even just be pointed toward where I could learn more.
@jonathangrant6835 2 жыл бұрын
I have never been more excited for the next video
@VeRG1L_47 2 жыл бұрын
Happy to know that you're alive... Was a bit nervous without any posts...
@tinkerjae 2 жыл бұрын
Yo dude you're still uploading! Loved your Skyrim stuff back in the day, glad to see you're still doing what you love man! Keep it up!
@themuzzy5092 2 жыл бұрын
This just gave me a delightful (and probably unoriginal) idea on how to structure the cosmology of my own setting. Thanks Rhexx!
@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim Жыл бұрын
Yeah, same here. XD
@autisticallyaccurate 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome, Bravo, I wish that I can compose videos like you one day soon enough!
@Silver-Spartan 2 жыл бұрын
I cannot express how BADLY I needed this second book for playable monster classes! I’m prepping my first ever D&D campaign as the DM and your book on dragons has been nothing but stellar inspiration! Topping it off with a video on the multiversal endtimes simply made my day even better 😎✨
@justinjohnson2802 2 жыл бұрын
Yessss new MrRhexx videos give me life
@Eramiserasmus 2 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the amount of lore I learn from your videos.
@alexandersvideopicks8735 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Thanks for posting!
@ximec.r.2643 2 жыл бұрын
Wow, that was an intense video. It was so much cooler than reading it. with the music, images and your voice. And Loki might actually have a reason to go for Ragnarok, if Odin did to all of Loki's children what he did in norse mythology. I felt a lot of sympathy for Fenrir, Jorgundarg and Hel for being punished for crimes 'fated'. I think it's a case of a self-fulfilling prophesy, Fenrir in particular was tricked by using his trust in a friend to be tied down in chains and then betrayed. If I had any love for my kids I would hate Odin's guts.
@markortega4930 2 жыл бұрын
I started out here years ago watching your elder scrolls lore videos, and the lore train keeps chugging along! Love your videos!
@victornsvs 2 жыл бұрын
NEW MRRHEX VIDEO?? My life just got better
@Tyrannosaurus_Hec 2 жыл бұрын
the skyrim soundtrack is a nice touch.
@RIlianP 2 жыл бұрын
I think Loki kilning Baldur (I prefer Baldr) is somewhat one of those warped myths that were created during the Scandinavian Christianization, I am not saying that is not the case in the original Norse myths but the Christians really had a hard on for making Loki a parallel to Satan (in most cases the Christian missionaries just absorbed the local customs instead of banning them thus mitigating the most of the rebellions that might have occurred otherwise, making exceptions for most of the fertility holydays with some exceptions that survived for quite a while before getting banned) and in what survived in older myths Loki is not as nearly as bad or cruel as the later myths that were "recorded" during the Christianization. The one with more cruel sense of humor and a real love for disproportional punishment in the older myths was Odin for some reason, he was the mightiest god but at the same time a real douchebag.
@nicolaezenoaga9756 2 жыл бұрын
I guess the moral was power corrupts.
@Reddotzebra 2 жыл бұрын
My personal favorite is still when Loki tricks Odin into thinking that Freya will sleep with anyone who returns her magical necklace. (This is BS of course, and hilarity ensues.)
@TacticalReaper56 2 жыл бұрын
His hubris is what ultimately kills him correct? Would make sense if odin is the asshat of the story AllFather, Wise one, High one dude was DRIPPING in pride.
@grimnir8872 2 жыл бұрын
@@TacticalReaper56 Odin wasn't dripping in pride, on the contrary, he had absolutely no sense of self-dignity. He practiced female sedir magic, which in Norse mythology was literally punishable by death, yet Odin could do it purely because he was the top dog, and anyone who crossed him usually ended up royally dead. Odin had several stewards like Ullr and Tyr specifically because he was off wandering. He was like this because he was finding everything and ANYTHING that can stop Ragnarok. For clarity, Zeus was the same, Zeus was fucking women not out of pleasure but because he was told by the fates that his Son is the one that will stop the titanomancy, the return of the titans, but in turn will overthrow Zeus; So Zeus spent ages trying to birth a son strong enough to help kill the titans for good, but not strong enough to overthrow him, most people think this son is Heracles.
@justnoob8141 2 жыл бұрын
@@grimnir8872 it was Ares, isn't it?
@PapaWolfDogZeus 2 жыл бұрын
Thank God! A new lore drop! I was starting to get the shakes
@jacobthurmond6210 2 жыл бұрын
NGL hearing MrRhexx with Skyrim music brings me a good sense of nostalgia.
@arykaas 2 жыл бұрын
Well I'll be damned .... I did not read the full title before full-screening the video, so I only knew it was about "The End of the World in D&D". Only when Rhexx said "an axe age, a sword age", I started to sing the chorus of "Prophecy of Ragnarok" from Brothers of Metal , but then Rhexx continue and basically paraphrase the end of the chorus (I'll paste it a the end of the comment) I was all like WAAAAAit a minute , and saw the FULL title ......... well played mister, well played :D - The Chorus in question : (Axe time, sword time) Gods go under (Wind time, wolf time) Death to all (Axe time, sword time) Shields are sundered (Wind time, wolf time) Worlds will fall
@brandonprescott5525 2 жыл бұрын
"If you know Norse mythology or more likely have seen the Marvel movies..." Ragnarok can not come soon enough.
@andyenglish4303 2 жыл бұрын
Ragnarok was 5 years ago, and if you missed it it's streaming on Disney Plus.
@KomradeCPU 2 жыл бұрын
@@andyenglish4303 makes even more sense
@andrewsettle2323 Жыл бұрын
This man is using Skyrim music. Thought we wouldn't notice, but we did. Love it. Thank you.
@TeodorGeorgiev 2 жыл бұрын
You know what dragon you haven’t done a video on? Drakes is love one. They’re little wingless versions of their parents. Also the more is kinda weird as I understand it (they have no autonomy?) so something cool to uncover from earlier editions hopefully
@TeodorGeorgiev 2 жыл бұрын
Haha I have no idea what autocomplete did with "is love one" but the point is drakes.
@ericgonzalez934 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the amazing Work
@anonymouskitten4715 2 жыл бұрын
A video on the far realm would be cool
@lorossilvers3490 2 жыл бұрын
"Heavens have spirits" I AM BYTOPIA.
@amadeusgamer7000 2 жыл бұрын
I run on coffe dnd and your videos man keep it up I love them
@ivanlisovenko3406 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video! It reminded me on the Alaundo's Prophecies. I think it is an interesting topic for a video and one more “end of the world”)
@superfrans100 2 жыл бұрын
I wish I was half as thorough in my daily life as you are in your videos. Like holy damn you never cease to amaze :3
@jdizzy192 2 жыл бұрын
Small correction, Slipnir wasnt just Lokis child, Loki was the mother. Father was still a horse tho
@Thoralmir 11 күн бұрын
Fun fact about the Norns: their predictions come drom a combination of knowledge of everything currently going on, and in-depth knowledge of character tropes, archetypes, and psychology.
@Boric78 2 жыл бұрын
Very good this - one of your best.
@cmelton6796 2 жыл бұрын
The quiet Skyrim music really works here. Great choice.
@bigles025 2 жыл бұрын
great video, glad to hear you again...Here to humbly ask about once again for a video about Sigil :D
@lmao2351 2 жыл бұрын
Love the good ol' skyrim music
@dudeboydudeboy-zj8kd 2 жыл бұрын
your vids are looking more and more good. can maybe do lore on the halflings and gnomes please
@ARreckless14 2 жыл бұрын
Finally! Thanks man.
@HawaiiAdventures808 2 жыл бұрын
this needed to be addressed , great video
@legitpizza3794 Жыл бұрын
god of war fans watching baldur be described as handsome charismatic and perfect
@Ryu_D 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you the video.
@battlechris8463 2 жыл бұрын
I love this lore. Thanks man!
@WisdomThumbs 2 жыл бұрын
This will be great for traveling back in time to make my “Horns of Valhalla” oneshots even more exciting.
@phillipbernhardt-house6907 2 жыл бұрын
It's not a misprint! In Norse myth, there are two divine beings called Vali: one is a son of Loki (that you mentioned as being "minor"), who is turned into a wolf and kills Nari/Narfi his brother, and Nari/Narfi's entrails are then used to bind Loki; and one is a son of Odin that avenges the death of Baldr by killing Hodr and then binds Loki. While the "gay romance" idea that you suggested is potentially present (Loki did get around, and being a "blood brother" in some medieval cultures often meant more than we think it does!), it's not what is going on in this particular case in most understandings. These are two separate characters with the same name. That happens a great deal in both Norse and Irish myth, amongst many others.
@Pallyrulez 2 жыл бұрын
Soverngard music for the Norse Pantheon is spot on decision making
@jroden06 2 жыл бұрын
Your videos RULE!!!
@hakuzoable 2 жыл бұрын
Gotdamnit Imma bout to buy those rulebooks. I hope at some point you can make these into hard covers or paper backs.
@iwistudio7337 2 жыл бұрын
Now this should be interesting
@AscendtionArc 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this.
@tyrannicaltypomichaeltester 2 жыл бұрын
Always love Some Norse Mythology.
@doctorjay8673 2 жыл бұрын
I did a revamped Lost Mines of Phandelver but it was a Norse myth campaign that lasted about 2 years. Black Spider was still the villain, and Fenrir and I made him the son of Loki. He killed his own dad in Jotunheim to take his place in Ragnarok. The entire battle was insane, a player turned into a dragon, Black Spider summoned an illusory dragon which then he turned physical with magic. He got killed in one shot by a PC monk who did over 300 damage saving another player and his spirit merged with Fenrir. The party literally had to wish Fenrir away from existence, which broke the timeline into three parts all of which house separate campaigns I run in this clusterfuck of a universe I made. It was truly amazing to end a campaign of 2 years like that.
@jamesmccracken3884 2 жыл бұрын
This was a very cool video.
@KatrinEgilsdottir 2 жыл бұрын
Tihr was trying to steal a silmaril from Morgoth's crown
@triumphoverdeath 2 жыл бұрын
I have never played DnD but i love all the lore the world has it is very interesting to me. Love the videos!
@OniByFame 2 жыл бұрын
Now I await for the next video 🙂
@rpghorrorstories 2 жыл бұрын
I've noticed that Primordials in DND seem to have a lot in common with the Giants of Norse mythology. Maybe that's why Surtur and Thrym survive, because while people might think they're gods, they're not actually.
@RyuuKageDesu 2 жыл бұрын
I like blending deities, to make my own, and you make Loki sound like a good match with Asmodeus.
@GonzaloAPH 2 жыл бұрын
The Norse Pantheon feeling all badass until the God of the French burns their magic tree.
@YeaItsMeMatt89 2 жыл бұрын
Dragon's Age: Origins One of my favorite games of all time. Grey Wardens are badasses
@Reddotzebra 2 жыл бұрын
My personal favorite is still that colorful clarification about the inscription that the gods themselves watch over the temple of sacred ashes... "It sounds better than 'Snorri toiled for many a year perfecting this curious contraption which projects a sharpened spike up the arse of the unbeliever...'"
@chaosgyro Жыл бұрын
Depending on which origin you choose the Wardens either seem awesome, or like worthless douchebags. I remember thinking Duncan deserved everything he got, and then some, when playing as a human noble, but as a city elf or mage he comes off much differently.
@ArantyrDarkhand 2 жыл бұрын
Another great video thks for the entertainiment.
@plantsoup6456 2 жыл бұрын
Skyrim music? In a Mrrhexx video? Man that takes me back…
@HitTheR0ad 2 жыл бұрын
20:03 When Patrick Stewarrt puts a wig
@justinrazon7200 2 жыл бұрын
So... if I'm in front of my PC and use the Bifrost to go to the bathroom, it will take me at minimum 1 hour to get there? There's a lesson here. Avoid using interdimensional godly apparatuses to go to the bathroom.
@drarsen33 Жыл бұрын
Seeing how strategically valuable this realm is one would expect each and every realm would march to battle once all prophecies of fates are fulfilled. Ragnarok would just be round 1. Prophecies cant be stopped so it is senseless to throw your armies in there just to fail because of prophecy.For instance anyone fighting Odin would be doomed to fail to kill him as wolf has to eat him etc.
@picses76 2 жыл бұрын
YES! Dragon Monster Class!
@joshuagranstrom7954 2 жыл бұрын
You and your dang sequal episodes!
@agsilverradio2225 2 жыл бұрын
5:35 And that's why I actually agree with Therusdune when it comes to keeping the planes seperated.
@Seph727 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about norse mythology, Loki was the horse getting bred and gave birth to sleipnir. He is a really kinky dude.
@lucaalduino-kq9ww 4 ай бұрын
Might makes right is a big part but what differentiates Ysgard from the Abyss is fellowship. That’s why they don’t stab each other in the back. It’s fellowship.
@Varizen87 2 жыл бұрын
It's very possible for Loki and Odin to both be the parents of Vali. Loki was Sleipnirr's MOTHER, not Father. He had a penchant for turning into female creatures. As a trickster god, it's not beyond the realm of reason that Loki messed around with Odin in the form of a woman.
@cassie8135 2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing
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