Vindrgard

Vindrgard
Primary Canon MAIN_CANON Demonym Vindrite Dominant Race(s) Humans Major Deities Dreivadr, Saaldyr, Dvalinn Official Languages ​English
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Vindrgard is a pseudo-Jovian planet in the Manaverse.

Geography

giant crystals floating in sky; society resides mainly on these due to large amount of monsters on the surface

Ecology

Native Species

Crystal Striders

Vindrite Crystal Striders are a species of domesticated animals native to the crystals above Vindrgard. The first humans to settle there considered them pests, due to their abundance and tendency to cut away large amounts of crystal, via the blades on its legs, for food. However, it was soon discovered that the Striders were extremely docile and easily tamed, and now Vindrite humans use them as mounts, similar to horses on other planets. They are quite fast runners, reaching speeds of nearly 70 miles per hour when unmounted, due to their lithe build, but cannot carry the weight of more than one person at a time. Striders are passive animals with no natural predators, easily bred in captivity, and come in a variety of light or pastel-type colors, the most common being white, pale blue, and pale pink.

Dragons

Vindrite dragons are less humanlike than the dragons on, for example, Euthora, but are still sapient and more intelligent than those on Phantasia. They are rare and reclusive, residing primarily in the mountains on the surface of the planet, but may claim an unsettled floating crystal away from human habitation. Vindrite dragons have absolutely no interest in either of Vindrgard's races, instead becoming figures of awe and fear for both, particularly because of the lasting generational memories of each Nidhoggr.

Culture

Language

Most of Vindrgard's humans speak exclusively English, though those that frequent the AeroComm have developed a sort of "slang" used almost only in the AeroComm. Additionally, the [INSERT] on the planet's surface have their own language, although many speak English through rare encounters with humans.

Theology

The Pantheon

Major Gods

• Dreivadr - God of Storms
• ??? - Goddess of Knowledge
• Saaldyr - God of Souls

Minor Gods

• Dvalinn - God of the Hunt
•  ??? - God of Decay

The Renewal Cycle

Every millennium, Vindrgard undergoes a violent cycle of destruction, change, and renewal. This is instigated by the era's Nidhoggr, a force of nature and eternal law that manifests itself as a mortal dragon. The dragon, near the end of its assigned era, begins to destroy human civilization before going to a superweapon, using its own soul as fuel. This results in the complete destruction of civilization and the Nidhoggr's death.

Rather than going to the Spirit World, [INSERT GOD OF DECAY] collects the soul and delievers it to Saaldyr, who safekeeps it until the soul has regained its strength and the world is safe enough to allow the Nidhoggr to be reincarnated as a dragon hatchling. As some humans do survive the cataclysm, this cycle of death and rebirth has caused an inherent fear of dragons to take root in Vindrite society, despite most wanting nothing to do with humans.

The Vindrite pantheon created this cycle in order to attempt to create a perfect human civilization- barring luck, only the most resourceful or resilient humans survive the end of a cycle, thus passing on these favorable traits to their offspring. Over the cycles, society itself has evolved so that each renewal is quicker and easier than the last one.

Inhabitants

Notable Characters

• Ateiya Takzanye (Not actually from Vindrgard)
• Calemvir
• Daniel Kuvalon
• Jaguar Version 21 (Not actually from Vindrgard)
• Nathair Kigyo

Trivia

• Vindrgard is in the Seventh Era around the "standard" canon time, that being around the timeframe of Cult of Ustream (Canon), Fyreborne, and Oblivion Phantasy: Forsaken Malign.