- "The Aesir are the warm breezes that melt the ice.
- We are the Wolf!
- Asgard shall free the world from cold stagnation.
- We are the Bear!
- With a runic vision, a single purpose becomes clear.
- We are the Aesir!"
- By our hand, Humanity shall be saved!
- Dialogue during Loki's enhancement.
The Aesir are a group of cybernetically enhanced Humans who serve as the rulers of Asgard and are seen as gods by the people of Midgard. They are involved in an eternal struggle against the machine-like Children of YMIR as the protectors of humanity during the wake of the constant winter.
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The collective name for the the principal race of Norse gods; they who lived in Asgard, and with the All-Father Odin, ruled the lives of mortal men, the other was the Vanir. The Aesir gods under the leadership of Odin, included Balder (god of beauty), Bragi (god of eloquence), Forseti (god of mediation), Freyr (god of fertility, who originally was from the Vanir), Heimdall (guardian of the bridge), Hod (the blind god of winter), Loki (god of fire and ally of the frost giants), Njord (the sea god, and another ex-Vanir), Thor (god of thunder), Tyr (god of war), Vili (brother to Odin), Ve (brother to Odin), and Vidar (Odin's son). The goddesses included Freya (the fertility goddess), Frigg (Odin's wife), Sif (Thor's wife), and Idun (keeper of the apples of youth).
Aesir might be derived from the old-Teutonic word Ase, the common word for "god".
Aesir" Encyclopedia Mythica from Encyclopedia Mythica Online. http://www.pantheon.org/articles/a/aesir.html Accessed April 22, 2008