The continent of Asgard, known as the "Realm Eternal" or "Asgard," was a wondrous fantasy world seemingly lifted straight from myth and legend.
It perfectly matched the primitive, backward worldview of the "flat Earth," long since rejected by modern human science.
Amid the boundless void, dotted with stars, a vast continent—almost as though a planet had been flattened—floated silently.
Mountains, rivers, valleys, plains, and forests covered the land. At its center stood the splendid golden city of the gods and Odin's immortal palace.
The outermost reaches of Asgard were made up mostly of crystal-clear, multicolored seas, home to all kinds of fantastical creatures and an ecosystem all their own.
The Bifrost, hailed as the "shaking road to heaven," stretched from beneath the throne in the palace hall all the way to the edge of the continent, suspended above the seas of the Realm Eternal.
Heimdall, guardian of the All-Seeing Eye, seemed never to leave this shimmering bridge. His golden eyes gazed into the endless sea of stars as he stood forever at the forefront of Asgard's defenses.
He silently watched over the distant horizon, listening to the tide cascade down in roaring torrents.
Gurgle, gurgle.
A few enormous bubbles suddenly rose from the sea beside the Bifrost. Heimdall's ears twitched, and his divine eyes immediately focused on the ocean as its surface began to churn.
Like colossal whales rising from the seabed, dozens of whirlpools and surging columns of water burst upward.
Heimdall seized Bolt-Steel, the greatsword he had been leaning on, and darted into Himinbjorg, the golden, domed Bifrost projector. He plunged the sword into the control panel and twisted it hard. Brilliant golden light blazed forth, running backward along the bridge and linking Asgard's city and its palaces together.
Across the land, a golden barrier rose slowly, spanning