Ragnarok

As foretold from the Jotunn, Ragnarök is a series of future events, including a great battle, said to ultimately result in the death of a number of gods, the occurrence of various natural disasters, and the subsequent submersion of the world in water. Afterward, the world will resurface anew and fertile, the surviving and returning gods will meet, and the world will be repopulated by two human survivors. Ragnarök was first prophesised by the Jötunn Seeress Gróa, who unintentionally saw a vision of the actual events while searching in her library for ancient tomes for knowledge that would help her find her lost husband Aurvandil. In her vision she saw the beginning of Fimbulwinter, Skol and Hati devouring the Sun and Moon, Sutr emerging from Muspelheim, Fenrir breaking free from his chain and the Gods once again at each others throats. Wotan saw the visions of Ragnarok after drinking from the Well of Knowledge, however Wotan was seemingly not able to take all of the knowledge regarding the events of Ragnarök and only learned some of the main figures to be involved. He continued to try and gather more knowledge surrounding the events. Knowing that the rest of Jötunn also possesed the gift of foresight as well, he manipulated his son Tyr into arranging a meeting with the Giants in their home of Jötunheim in order to try and steal some of their secret knowledge on the events of Ragnarök. Under the guise of brokering peace between the two races, Wotan managed to gain entrance to the realm of the Giants and proceeded with Tyr to the meeting hall. Distracting the Jötunn with the false promise of handing over Mjölnir to them for the sake of peace, Wotan managed to catch a glimpse of a hidden tapestry that depicted the events of Ragnarök. However, his treachery was qucikly discovered and he was forced to flee Jötunheim before he could learn anymore. As a result, Wotan and by extension the rest of the Aesir, did not have a clear picture of Ragnarök and could only piece together the parts he managed to gather so far, which resulted in the Aesir misunderstanding certain events and when exactly they were supposed to happen. However, the Giants foresaw everything that was meant to happen in Ragnarök and carved out the events leading up to it as a mural one of their walls in Jotunheim.

Prophesied Events

• The Death of Baldur
• The "Fimbulwinter", a three-year-long winter following Baldur's death.
• The war between the Aiser and the Vanir recontinues 
• Sköll and Hati will devour the Sun and the Moon, Heimdall will blow his horn marking the start of Ragnarök. 
• Surtr burns Asgard
• Thor is killed by Jormungandr
• Wotan is killed by Fenrir
• The world sinks in water
• A new world is born