The Sagas

The Sagas are the collective name given to the host of myths, stories, and assumed knowledge shared amongst the sentient races. While they vary to some degree between them, they share a common base structure, which scholars believe derives from an original source material, likely from the old inhabitants of Asgard.

There have been many attempts to categorize and organize the various stories contained in the Sagas, usually to establish a canon or religious text, however there is no universal agreement on what this contains. On Gaia, the Eleven high council gives judgment on what is canon, and makes decisions regarding the interpretation of these stories.

Included in the Sagas are a host of deities, although there is very little agreement on the historical basis for these deities. Beliefs range from them being actual entities, to personifications of particular concepts. Regardless, the deities are very much intertwined into the public zeitgeist, and subject to a range of worship.

The Ragnarok Saga
The Ragnarok Saga is the most highly attributed saga, and shares the most common details between the sentients. It details the destruction of Asgard, and the defeat of the Primordials, although different versions of the saga describe several details differently, particularly when describing the Primordials. It is generally believed that the Ragnarok Saga describes actual historical events centred on the destruction that befell Asgard.

The Jotunheim Saga
The Jotunheim Saga are perhaps the most contested of the Sagas, with the Orcs having a far more detailed telling of the events that led to the destruction of Jotunheim. While the Saga has now become integrated into most of human society, the Dwarves and Elves relegate the Saga to a short tale or warning. Scholars generally agree that the Saga is based on actual events, however numerous events (particularly in Orcish versions) are considered to be allegorical, such as the Planet being a Primordial Egg.

"As it was Huttuhola that saw it first, the hatching of the demon egg beneath, forests twisted as hairs on the Kjolos back, first warnings of the doom yet to come.

Cowardice was put toward them, new nomads aboard the Paamapeton, madness proclaimed against them, for they knew not what became.

Into the Aether and across the veil, the Jotun found home in land anew, with strange and wondrous a beast, and forests a sickly green."

- Excerpt from the Jotunheim Standard