1. Characters from the Prose Edda (Prologue)

4. Using references to famed classical literature was a mark of education and an accepted type of western mythology. With blood ties to the famous conqueror and royalty of Troy, the author gives the Norse god of war, Thor, mortal, Greco-Roman, linage.

5. After slaying his foster father and becoming the ruler of Thrace, he goes on to marry a mythically beautiful woman named Sybil (possibly the oracle blessed by Apollo, and another mythological figure who further ties a Norse god to a new Christian world, though it is not confirmed). He then goes on to describe all the children that they had, one predominate figure is that of Odin, the patron god of the Norse pantheon of the Æsir.

7. Odin and his band of women, warriors, attendants, and commoners bring peace and prosperity where ever they go, and winning the hearts and minds of the people immediately.

10. They tell him the story of the beginning and end of the world, Ragnarok, and of the gods, passing on to him the knowledge of a culture the new world seeks to forget. After asking his questions and being enlightened with their answers, he if charged with the task of passing on all that he has heard and keeping the stories and traditions alive.

13. Hel: Goddess of the Underworld, and ruler of Niflhel, an afterlife described as a dimension composed of nine levels, similar to Dante's Inferno, which is a piece written at a much later date.

15. Mimir: The wise one who guards the well of knowledge. Odin seeks council of the being when Bifrost is breeched.

17. Frey: Brother of Freya, and god fighting on behalf of Odin. Frey falls in a fight with the giant Surt during the battle of Ragnarok.

18. Tyr: Odin's left-handed war god, who lost a limb to Fenrir in ages past, and seeks revenge during Ragnarok. However, he instead lands a fight with Garm, and slays the hound while being slain in return.

19. Vidar: Son of Odin, and slayer of Fenrir after the monster kills his father. Also, one of the only gods to survive Ragnarok.

21. Niohogg: The great worm, or "Striker-that-Destroys", that gnaws at the roots of the great ash tree, Yggdrassil. Niohogg dwells at the base of the tree in Hvergelmir. Veorfolnir: The hawk that sits between the eyes of the eagle that dwells upon the great ash tree, Yggdrassil.Ratatosk: The squirrel messenger that scurries from branch to branch and carries words of war between the eagle and Niohogg. Dain, Dvalin, Duneyr, and Durathror: The four harts, many pointed deer, that leap about the tree and eat the shoots. Fenrir: The mythic wolf who is set free upon the world and heavens with the sun and moon are swallowed by its brethren. Fenrir spews fire from his nostrils and mouth, and is massive enough to swallow nearly anything whole, including Odin, lord of the gods, who meets his end at the jaws of the beast. Fenrir swallows Odin and kills him. The wolf is finally slain by Vidar, son of Odin. Midgard Serpent: A monstrous serpentine dragon that spews poison from its mouth and hails forth from the sea. The creature battles Thor and dies, but not before giving the god of war a fatal wound, which leads to his demise. Garm: The hound that guards the entrance to the realm of Hel. He is let loose during Ragnarok, and killed by Tyr, who dies in turn.

22. Norse Mythological Terminology Ginnungagap: According to a prophet, Sybil, the world was a vast Ginnungagap, an open void, before The All-Father created life.Yggdrasil: The giant ash tree that holds up the world.Ragnarok: "The Twilight of the Gods", "The End of the Age of Man and Gods", "The End of the World".Fimbulvetr: The three "summer-less winters" that with signal the beginning of Ragnarok. Harsh winds, snows, and no sun will consume the world. Fimbulvetr will occure after the many wars of man and gods, where wolves will be set free and swallow the sun and moon, then free Fenrir, the greatest of all Norse mythological monsters.Naglafar: The ship composed of the dead that continues to build itself as more and more men die with "nails uncut". It is captained by a giant named Hrym.Muspell: "A fiery southern world guarded by the giant Surt", from which the giant and his four sons emerge and ride to battle. Surt later sets fire to the whole world after Loki's death during Ragnarok.Bifrost: The rainbow bridge that leads to the realm of the gods.Einherjar: Souls of mortals who have fallen bravely in battle on earth, and join Odin's celestial army to fight with him and the other gods of Asgard in Ragnarok. Einherjar are selected by battle maidens known as The Valkyries, heavenly beings who serve Odin and work directly under Freya, bringing the souls of heroes to Valhalla when they die.

23. Post-Ragnarok Lif & Lifthrasir: The two surviving humans of Ragnarok, that will repopulate the new world with a new stock of humanity, better than the last.The Sun: The sun will have bore a daughter before Fenrir devours her during Ragnarok, and this new daughter shall be the sun at the beginning of the new world, and bring life to the ashes left behind by Ragnarok.