God · Primordial · Norse

Ymir

The first giant · frost and the making of the world

Of old was the age when Ymir lived; sea nor cool waves nor sand there were.

Written about him by the Poetic EddaVöluspá st. 3 Poetic Edda, trans. Bellows (1923)
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In the myths

In Norse myth, Ymir is the first being, a giant formed from the melting ice where the frost of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim. He fed on the milk of the cow Audhumla, and giants were born from his body as he slept.

Odin and his brothers killed him and made the world from him: the earth from his flesh, the sea from his blood, the mountains from his bones and the sky from his skull.

Sources: Snorri Sturluson, Prose Edda, trans. Anthony Faulkes (1987) · The Poetic Edda, trans. Henry Adams Bellows (1923)

In Godsdusk

Ymir, Primordial card
PRIMORDIALThe fifth rank. Gods side.ItemFire-and-Ice OrbThe half-ice, half-fire orb in his right hand

Passive · Giant of IceEach enemy that attacks him loses 10% SPD for the rest of the battle, up to -40%.

Active · Primordial Frost · cooldown 5 roundsFreezes 1 enemy for 2 rounds: it cannot act. If that enemy attacked Ymir last round, it is frozen for 3 rounds.

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