Ysgard

Ysgard is the Outer Plane of Chaotic Neutral / Chaotic Good alignment in the "Dungeons & Dragons" role-playing game. It is also called "Asgard", "Gladsheim" or "The Heroic Domains". It is one of a number of alignment-based Outer Planes that form part of the standard "Dungeons & Dragons" ("D&D") cosmology, used in the "Planescape", "Greyhawk" and some editions of the "Forgotten Realms" campaign settings.

Layers

The wandering realm of the Seelie Court often appears on the plane of Ysgard, always in a different location.

Ysgard

The layer of Ysgard is the location of a number of godly realms, including Olidammara's realm of "Winesong", Frey's realm of "Alfheim", Selune and Soma's shared realm of "Gates of the Moon", Surtr and Thrym's realm of "Jotunheim", Bast's realm of "Merratet", Anhur's realm of "Netaph", Branchala's realm of "Soul of Music", realm of the Vanir (Frey, Freya, Noatun, and Ullr) "Vanaheim", Hachiman and O-Kuni-Nushi's realm of "Kenyama", and Shou Hsing's realm of "The Orchard of Immortality".

The realm of "Asgard" on the first layer of Ysgard is the home of the Norse gods Odin, Frigga, Frey, Freya, Idun, and secondary realms of Loki and Tyr.

Muspelheim

Surtr's realm of "Muspelheim", after which this layer was named, can be found here.

Nidavellir

Nidavellir is the location of Eilistraee's realm of "Svartalfheim" and the dragon deity Aasterinian's realm of "Brassberg".

Fauna

* Bariaur
* Battle dragon

Historic influences

Ysgard is derived from the realm of Asgard in Norse mythology.

References

*Grubb, Jeff. "Manual of the Planes" (TSR, 1987).
*Grubb, Jeff, David Noonan, and Bruce Cordell. "Manual of the Planes" (Wizards of the Coast, 2001). ISBN 0-7869-1850-0
*Moore, Roger E. "Plane Facts on Gladsheim." "Dragon" #90 (TSR, 1984).