Aesgaard

Aesgaard
Name	Aesgaard
Aliases	Aesgard, Asgard
Status
Status	Defunct
Preceded By	—
Preceded By	—
Succeeded By	Scandinavian Peninsula
Succeeded By	Scandinavian Peninsula
Characteristics
Demonym	Aesir, Aesgaardian
Location Details
Reality	Earth-616
Galaxy	Milky Way
Star System	Sol
Planet	Earth
Continent	Hyboria
Region	Hyborian Lands ; Nordheim
Creators and Appearances
Creators	Roy Thomas, Barry Smith
First	Conan the Barbarian #2 (December, 1970)
First	Conan the Barbarian #2 (December, 1970)

Aesgaard occupied an area in the far north of the Hyborian world. Along with its western neighbor, Vanaheim, it formed the region called Nordheim.

History

Age of Conan

Following the path told to them by Maheeva, Conan and Veden Kamal climbing beyond the tip of Aesgaard over the frozen mountains to reach the Valley of Eternal Darkness and retrieve the Jewelled Sword of Tem.

After the Age of Conan

Following the reign of King Conan of Aquilonia, Aesir mercenaries usurped the government of Nemedia. There, they held their ground against the invading hordes of Hyrkanians.

End of the Hyborian Age

The Aesir still living in Aesgaard were forced to flee by the glaciers, and swarmed into Brythunia, where they became known as the Brythons or Britons.

After the end of the Ice Age, the heights of Asgard became the Scandinavian Peninsula, along with Northern Vanaheim was part of Scandinavia as well (while Vanaheim in general was submerged by the Norwegian Sea.

Facts

Aesgaard occupied an area in the far north of the Hyborian world. Along with its western neighbor, Vanaheim, it formed the region called Nordheim.

The terrain of Aesgaard comprised three separate zones:

• The southern lowlands were forested areas.
• The central areas contained a sizable tundra.
• The northernmost areas were mountainous and permanently covered in snow.

Aesgaard was unsuitable for agriculture; however, local species such as the musk ox, the mammoth, the moose, and the snow bear provided sustenance to the local tribes.

The local population were called Aesir. They were typically blonde-haired and blue-eyed. They were fierce warriors, though with a taste for nocturnal revelry. They were not unified politically, as each tribe had its own leader. They were a nation, however, through sharing the same culture and religion. Their supreme deity was Ymir. The Aesir maintained hereditary enmity with the Vanir and the Hyperboreans, while they maintained a long-standing informal alliance with the Cimmerians.

Points of Interest

• Valley of Eternal Darkness
  • Tomb of the Dark Angels
• Country of the Worms

Notes

• Aesgaard is a variant spelling of Asgard used by Marvel Comics, used to distinguish it from the mythological Asgard.

See Also

• 11 appearance(s) of Aesgaard
• 1 appearance(s) in handbook(s) of Aesgaard
• 2 minor appearance(s) of Aesgaard
• 42 mention(s) of Aesgaard
• 1 mention(s) in handbook(s) of Aesgaard
• 2 invocation(s) of Aesgaard
• 3 image(s) of Aesgaard
• 4 article(s) related to Aesgaard
• 11 citizen(s) of Aesgaard