Although few of Asgard's important deities had died in this battle.
A funeral still had to be held for Tyr, the God of War.
The Dark Elves' attack had delayed his funeral until now.
Now, in the war against the invading Dark Elves, they had lost many more Asgardian Warriors, as well as many of Asgard's people.
They simply decided to hold both funerals together.
Odin, Thor, and the others were not actually too grief-stricken over Tyr's death. He would receive another form of rebirth in Valhalla.
It was the ordinary people of Asgard who truly deserved to be mourned.
To Asgard, the Dark Elves' slaughter was an outright provocation!
Asgard would never sit back and do nothing!
On a river that stretched as far as the eye could see, the body of Tyr, the God of War, lay flat on a raft.
This river had originally been the River of Burial, reserved exclusively for the royal family.
Tyr had followed Odin into battle for many years. If not for the upheaval involving Hela back then.
Tyr might even have had a chance to become part of the royal family.
Flowers, fine wine, and food surrounded Tyr's body, with a stone tablet standing at the head.
The tablet was covered in carved words recording the God of War's glorious history and achievements.
Sylvie, the God King's successor, held a flame in her hand. Once the prayers ended.
Sylvie hurled the flame onto the raft. Burning, it carried Tyr's body downstream, gradually drifting into the distance, while a figure resembling a soul slowly rose into the sky toward Valhalla.
Thor's eyes revealed his soul sight as he watched Tyr return to Valhalla.
Tyr had been a legendary figure they often heard about as children.
Today, that legend's story had come to