M.I.S.T. Campaign: Session 35

Yggsdragsil is a more dangerous place than I expected, it seems.  Though it’s perhaps not as bad as it could be, so far.  Two serpents attacked us barely minutes after we’d emerged onto the trunk of Yggsdragsil, tough enough for the first to survive the initial volley from Ken and Claire.  Though neither proved so fortunate, one after the other, as I held them still for shots to be lined up.

They died quickly, but not before getting off breath attack, of sorts, I suppose.  Most of us weathered it easily enough, except for Lexi.  It was…strange.  The first good luck I got of her after all the carnage began was after I tucked the second body out of the way.  I could see the specter of death looming over her.  It had come to claim her.  But as I watched it just left, faded away, relinquished its claim.  I’ve never seen anything like it before.

But that was something to dwell upon elsewhere, I suppose.  We made our descent; grueling by the standards of any mortal, even somewhat trying by those of a demigod of my fortitude.  The view was incredible, though.  Above were the endless stars of the overworld and the silvery leaves of the great trees, sometimes parting in such a way as to reveal the walls of Asgard or plains of Vanaheim.  Midgard stretched out before us on all sides, a view of the landscape unlike any that could ever be found in the mortal world.  Then there was the sheer size, majesty, of Yggsdragsil itself.  Like I said…quite the sight.

Eventually we passed down into the tree’s lower reaches, and saw its three great roots stretching into the distance.  I knew which one would bring us to Niffleheim, but before we could descend further a trio of norns made themselves known.  The oldest ones, apparently, caretakers of the well of Urðarbrunnr.  They want to talk to us because we’ve apparently made a horrible mess of things by forestalling Ragnarok.  Which…of course they’d say, I suppose.  It stands to reason that Fate would disapprove of people averting it in various ways, especially if it’s something major like Ragnarok.

Which begs the question, just how heavily is what they’re going to tell us going to be spun?