Description

Centuries ago, upon a vast, beautiful, and wondrous world, a horde of shape changing fiends known as the Yoten warred with the heroic Vanir. Betrayed by their own, the heroes failed and fell, one by one. Only upon the very edge of destruction did the survivors unleash ancient magic to conjure a portal to a new world. They fled through it, sealing it against the Yoten. They found themselves in a new world, Grimnir. Vast and inhospitable, its forests were foreboding, its sea mercurial. Winters ran long and cold and many died in the early years. Yet, it was a land free from their enemies, a place to rebuild. From the lead designer of Neverwinter Nights and Dragon Age: Origins...This is a fantasy world where you will encounter peoples, creatures, and gods that will be familiar to those who admire Norse mythology. But this world is a blend of high fantasy and what we imagine a darker world of grim seafaring raiders might look like. It is a new world, birthed by the destruction of a much older civilization. Creatures from our prehistoric past—saber-toothed tigers, bears the size of longships, and vast herds of mammoth—coexist with fantastic sea serpents, grim giants, illusive dragons, and the world devourers, the Yoten. The raiding peoples of Grimnir live amongst these creatures in the unstable, primal world they all inhabit. No stretch of land, forest, or sea is entirely safe.In your hands, your party become glory-seeking Vikings. Their deeds may become the sagas of future generations, and if they live well and boldly (and survive) they may even become something akin to the gods and goddesses from those old stories and myths. Regardless, though their fate may seem determined, their actions—and yours—shall decide whether this world meets the fate of the one that came before it or if Grimnir finally breaks free from the grip of Ragnarök.