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There was a Time, when the world was young, and no man had ever trodden a face of the earth. |
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Whence it happened that Odin, falmost and mightiest of the Asen Dynasty, rode across the vast planes of Asgaard, to feast his very eyes upon his realm. His gaze fell upon meadows green, vast and densed forests, rivers and streams abondened of fish, and mighty mountains whose snow covered peaks reached far into the endless sky. |
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After he had ridden for seven days, his gaze fell upon a city stretching far upon the eastern horizon, never before had he seen this city, nor had he deened its existance to be possible; As the only dynasty supposed of making their home in Asgaard, was the one of the Asen. Odin rode closer and took cover behind an ancient oak tree. He called upon his ravens Hugin and Munin to be his eyes and ears, and send them forth to scry upon the miracles which might hide beneath the city walls. |
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He saw figures of men, looking seemingly alike to his own people. And he also saw the miracles they were able to work. One he saw was using just the powers of his spirit to grow trees in his garden. And he saw another using his will to call sparkling water from the plane earth to cultivate his fields. And Odin heart how they spoke to each other, thus he became aware of their name; they called themselves Vanier. For three days and three nights his raven stayed in the city of Vanier and for three days and three nights he remainded hidden behind the ancient oak tree. Then when he decided to have seen and heard enough, he summoned back his messengers and turned away from Vanaheim, heastly he rode back towards the sacred halls of Valhalla, to give account of his discovery, to give account of the terrible threat rising in the east.... |