Editing Conquest: The Last Argument of Kings (section)

===The Nords awakening===

It’s not easy being a Nord. If the endless snow, wildlife and rogue giants don’t kill you, then poverty and starvation will. It’s not surprising so many try to get on the yearly raids south. 

Living on the northernmost continent of Mannheim, the stubborn people there used to live under the reign of the Jotnar, a species of giant, that would come down from the western mountains for a casual butchering now and then. Life changed when the Weavers and Exiles, posing as Gods or perceived as Gods, came into town and settled down in a giant tree. The two groups of Elves, led by a being called Thor, had decided to try and make-up since their latest spat and thought the best way to do this was make SCIENCE! on the locals. That said, for once the Elves were not complete dicks and from all accounts cared for the Nords, foretelling a time when the legions of light from the South would attack Mannheim: Ragnarock. 

The Elves started gene-splicing the Nords to give them superpowers however it was soon found that trying to splice certain traits into humans won’t work if it goes against their inner natures. For example, If you’re a quiet stalking hunter type, then wolf DNA would probably work but, say, Giant DNA wouldn’t. The Elves took the best of the best amongst the Nords, Captain America’d them and put them in stasis in secret halls to await the final battle. These super soldiers, the Einherjar, would be their secret weapon. When the Old Dominion did roll in, the elf Loki (who, unsurprisingly, was a massive dick) stopped the waking call for the Einherjar, leaving the Nords and their Gods to fight alone. The Nords won but at a massive cost. Their Gods were dead, their population decimated and the economy ruined. With The Fall followed the Winter, followed by the Jotnar, who took advantage of things to dab on the survivors. 

The only shining light in this was the Einherjar. After waking up and finding no-one to fight, they instead settled down with the Nords and helped them rebuild society, even as the Nords revered them as demi-gods. As generations passed, the Einherjar bloodlines have become pretty diluted but they are still crazy powerful, capable of doing insane feats. 200 years ago The Hundred Kingdoms realms on the Northern Coastline got a firsthand taste of this when a Nord raid became a full on invasion that threatened the Heartland. Turns out an army of half-wolves, trolls, superhumans and giants are really fucking effective. This invasion was beaten back but with the Hundred Kingdoms and Spires going to war, the Nords are ready for some payback against the descendants of the Old Dominion.