====== Asgard ======

===== Asgard, City =====

The capital of the [[Nine Worlds]], the arcology of Asgard is home to the [[AESIR]], the elite battle-armored troops commanded by [[Odin]].  Asgard is home to millions of humans, [[alfer]], and [[Dvergar]], as well as those [[Jotnar]] aligned against [[Utgardt-Loki]].  Various other organizations have headquarters or branchs in Asgard, such as the [[NORN]] Technical Services, the [[VALKYRIE]] and  the [[EINHERJAR]].  [[YGGDRASIL]]'s central servers are lodged here, as is the tactical AI known as [[Mimir's Well]]. 
==== Valhalla ====
Headquarters of two powerful military organizations, Valhalla is home to the [[VALKYRIE]], the "Choosers of the Slain." It contains vast medical facilities, both for soldiers who survive battles and for those the VALKYRIE select for [[Destructive Uploading]] into [[EINHERJAR]] bodies. 
Production of [[Saehimnir]], the precious life-giving fluid of the EINHERJAR also takes place at Valhalla.   

===== Asgard, Planet =====
The planet Asgard is a distant, cold world, with little to distinguish it from hundreds of other planets. It has high metalicity, near-frozen seas and plains of ice.  Creatures on Asgard grow to enormous size and evil temperment.  Humans born on Asgard are naturally stronger, due to higher than normal gravity. 

===== Asgard, Tiwaz System =====

**Atmospheric Composition:** Standard Oxygen-Nitrogen Mix

**Hydrosphere:** 45%

**Lithosphere:** Light Metals predominate

**Gravity:** 1.2G

**Diameter:** 10,602 miles

**Temperature Extremes:** -50 to 60 degrees

**Tectonic Activity:** 17 lithospheric plates, wide-spread evidence of subduction, extensive orogenic processes.

**Sentient Life Forms:** [[Asgardr]], few [[Jotnar]], [[Dvergar]] and [[Midgardr]]

**Population:** Asgardr 400,095,500, Jotnar 340,000, Dvergar 1,000,000, Humans (Midgardr)12,300

**Cultural Basis:** Family-clan-tribal units dominate locally, with a single Asgardian King ruling the entire planet. 
 
**Major Religion(s)** Asgardr Ancestor Worship dominates 

**Traded Commodities:** Extensive interstellar trade. Hypermetals, craftwork, Loresystems

**Threatening Lifeforms:** Eitrlings (Trolls, Ogres), Jotnar, Dragons, Ulf (Asgardian Wolves)

**Notable Physical Phenomena:** Large Moon (Mana)

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