Calamities and catastrophes in Midgard, endless wars and three years of eternal winter. The signs are clear: Ragnarök, the great confrontation between gods and giants, is about to begin.
Odin's wife Frigg makes all animal, vegetable and mineral creatures promise not to harm her son Baldr.
Baldr, Odin's favorite son, sees himself dead in a nightmare, so, to save him, Odin travels to the kingdom of Hel to interrogate the völva, a dead seer.
The valiant young prince Sigurd, strengthened by the sword given him by master blacksmith Reiginn, sets out to conquer a fabulous treasure guarded by the dragon Fafnir.
Loki seizes the golden ring from the dwarf Andvari, unaware that it will bring death to every one of its owners.
Across the nine worlds, Kvasir answers all the questions of men, dwarves and giants.
Since Mimir was beheaded by the Vanes, Odin knows that Loki's children will be the downfall of the gods.
After Odin condemns Gullveig to death for refusing to pass on his magic, war breaks out between the Aesir and the Vanes.