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The battle has escalated, spilling over to the mortal world of Midgard and now a Champion must be found, a warrior that can sway this war, which threatens the fate of Asgard and the gods themselves. The Goddess Hel —daughter of Loki , Norse god of mischief, has been banished from the heavenly kingdom of Asgard for defying Odin 's rule.
The god Odin battles the wolf Fenrir while other deities and their combatants fight in the background on the field Vígríðr in an illustration (1905) by Emil Doepler.. In Norse mythology, Vígríðr or Óskópnir is a large field foretold to host a battle between the forces of the gods and the forces of Surtr as part of the events of Ragnarök.
Video games set in the Viking Age (61 P) Pages in category "Video games based on Norse mythology" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total.
Viking Child; Viking Quest; Viking Raiders; Viking: Battle for Asgard; Vikings (video game) Vikings: The Strategy of Ultimate Conquest; Vikings: War of Clans; Vikings: Wolves of Midgard; Volgarr the Viking
The game features both a "campaign mode" and an "arena battle" mode. The campaign mode takes place over 14 levels, while the arena battle mode tasks the players with surviving enemy assaults of increasing difficulty. An indirect follow-up called Viking: Battle for Asgard was released in 2008, dropping the Total Warrior moniker.
This eternal battle and life in Valhalla was a reflection of greater Viking ideals, for "what finer way to exist other than fighting, killing, and feasting with your erstwhile enemies, united in the common enterprise of training for the final battle”. [4]
Viking fleets would lash their boats together, their prows facing the enemy. When they got close enough, the fighters would throw ballast stones, spears and use their longbows . Archers would be positioned in the back of the ships protected by a shield wall formation constructed in the front of the ship. [ 46 ]
In Norse mythology, the einherjar (singular einheri; literally "army of one", "those who fight alone") [1] [2] are those who have died in battle and are brought to Valhalla by valkyries. In Valhalla, the einherjar eat their fill of the nightly resurrecting beast Sæhrímnir , and valkyries bring them mead from the udder of the goat Heiðrún .