Ragnorok at bay

In the future, the nine worlds of Norse legend are approaching another Ragnorok. While these Armageddons repeatedly destroy and subsequently renew the worlds, many thousands of years have passed since the great battle was fought. Fantastic technologies have been created by the varied races of the worlds, but not always for good. Dangerous power is now wielded by the Svartálfar, whom seek to control the mortal planes in an eternal decadence, rather than reign destruction upon them and consequently themselves like ages past.