According to Norse mythology, Níðhǫggr ("the one who strikes with hatred") is a dragon-snake that lurks among the roots of Yggdrasil. According to some legends he devours the roots in order to destroy the cosmic tree, according to others he is an evil being who torments the souls of the dead.
The Order of Níðhǫggr is a sect born in 1107. Its first location was in the Holstein region, more precisely in the city of Itzehoe. In its beginnings the sect gathered several personalities who claimed to know the time when the world would end. These men, considered crazy, claimed to have visions in which they witnessed the arrival of the apocalypse.
No one believed their words and so, to avoid being exiled from the city, these men known as the Visionaries gathered in the Order of Níðhǫggr.
The Order has never been aggressive or even dangerous. The members wrote what they saw in the visions and the different prophecies were collected inside a tome but it was lost due to the destruction of Itzehoe, which occurred in 1201.The Order of Níðhǫggr disappeared completely and no one heard of it anymore.
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