Helheim: Realm of the Dead

In the shadowed depths beneath the roots of Yggdrasil lies Helheim, the realm of the forgotten dead. It is not a place of torment, but of stillness - a hall of silence where those not chosen by gods or heroes find their rest.

Here, the goddess Hel, half living and half dead, keeps watch over countless souls who fade quietly from memory. There is no fire, no feast, no battle-song — only the whisper of what was.

To the Norse, Helheim was not a punishment but a truth. It reminded them that most lives end not in glory, but in quiet endurance — and that even in silence, every life still matters. In this cold, reflective realm lies a profound lesson: that the unremembered are not lost, and that death, like winter, is a pause before return.