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Níðhöggr: The Devourer Beneath the Roots
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Níðhöggr: The Devourer Beneath the Roots

Níðhöggr – The Malice-Striker Beneath the Roots

Gnawing in the shadows beneath Yggdrasil, Níðhöggr is no mere monster he is the devourer of rot, the executioner of divine consequence. Feared and misunderstood, he consumes oath breakers, murderers, and the morally corrupt in the depths of Náströnd, and bites at the roots of the World Tree itself.
Yet his hunger is not evil.. it is necessary. In him lies the truth that all corruption must end, all cycles must turn, and that even the gods are not beyond consequence.
To face Níðhöggr is to face the parts of yourself that must be surrendered to the dark before light can return.

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