D&D Lore - Ysgard and Limbo

[@aleksanderk6765]

It's pronounced Ysgard, but the ph is silent

[@baddonkey6876]

Lmaooooo

[@sagesheahan6732]

You rolled a 20 on your linguistics check.

[@nexushivemind]

This comment deserves More likes

[@eave01]

😂

[@kamui627]

You get inspiration

[@spikemaw]

I remember reading the Manual of the Planes really closely as a teenager, and Limbo's githzerai were really cool, lawful psychic monks that control the chaos of the plane as a test of will. If you haven't played Planescape: Torment yet, there's a githzerai party member that has an amazing backstory you can learn.

[@godhand612]

I was thinking of using the infinity stones for my campaign, limbo seems like a good place for the reality stone.

[@Jorphdan]

yep!

[@demoix]

I remember playing Neverwinter Nights HOTU campaign, the player has an opportunity to be at Limbo plane for a short time when on the journey to find a true name of Solar love and speaking with Lady Butterfly later on. It was definitely a Limbo plane. Also the player travel trough Baator plane in Cania layer durring the campaign.

[@lucaridudelvX]

Ysgard obciously gets its name from Asgard, Ásgarður in ancient norse. Ás meaning Norse god and garður meaning garden. Theres nothing in named Ys or Ýs in Icelandic which is almost the same language. Basically you can either say it like Ásgarður(Aowsgarthur) or say it however you want because its almost a made up word.

[@MGC-XIII]

I would presume it is supposed to be Jotunheim or Jǫtunheimr aka Udgård.

[@lucaridudelvX]

Marek Faithbreaker That would be weird since the Æsir live in Ásgarður and Ys and Út share literally no letter. The only way I can stretch it is if since Útgarður means outside garden YsTIgarður which means the outermost garden. Good suggestion though.

[@MGC-XIII]

I was looking at it from a scenery perspective given how Ysgard is nowhere near how Asgard would look like. We humans live on Midgard, then you have Jotunheim which in danish is "Outgard" so I guess in my translation it would fit. As far as I remember there are 7 realms in the Norse Mythology?

[@ShiroNekoDen]

yggdrasil is the closest i noticed with pronounced iggdrasil or eeggdrasil as is ysmir which is pronounced ismere or eesmere. So perhaps it's pronounced isgard or eesgard the only other time i have seen ys used is with the ys games.

[@adrianroed2178]

Gaming Princess Luna in danish its spelled Asgård and its pronounced with an A, Altough the danish a does sound a little differently, the å is more or less pronounced as an english o as in for. The d is pronounced as a soft letter, so an approximate pronounciarion of gård would be gor (pronounced like for but with g)

[@tfthief4931]

It's pronounced "Eesgard," like Skyrim's Ysgrammor (forgot the spelling)

[@johnnymozes2830]

This^^

[@sagesheahan6732]

OOOOOOOHHH duh... Anyone who has played Skyrim should have gotten this... Crap

[@stevewinkleburg5300]

In skyrim they pronounce it both ways though

[@VolosynT]

i think its said with a hard E, "EEs gard".. but once again, love the videos!! :D

[@Jorphdan]

I knew I'd mess it up XD Thanks!

[@lordnul1708]

"Isgard", like how Ygdrasil is pronounced.

[@seamusthefamous]

My first time finding your channel, I was reading it as “Yorf-dan.” I’m not certified to tell you about the pronunciation of Ysgard.

[@hanspatrikhaffner2260]

Using Escher's paintings to visualize Limbo is a brilliant idea

[@JakubWojciechowski933]

I once had a session in Limbo. There was literally nothing around us, unless we made it with our raw will alone. If we would all fail a check, it would be instant tpk. Good times

[@javierpatag3609]

Question for Jorphdan and other D&D lore experts: Are the Fire Giants of Ysgard Lawful Evil in alignment? Or, like the Drow, less Evil (and Lawful) than their Prime Material Plane counterparts? Does an Outer Plane automatically/usually/as standard change the alignment of a native creature away from its Prime versions? Thanks!

[@MW-ty5zw]

I visited Limbo once and it was epic. We were a few players short for our regular DnD game but we still wanted to game. A battle royale we figured and our DM choose to play a pacifistic planar traveling anthropologist paladin. All of us suddenly found ourselves on a speck of land in the middle of nowhere. Me being a wizard without offensive capabilities decided to hide, cast greater invis then proceed to cast teleportation circle. 10 turns later the spell went off but it did not work. The stand-in DM said that we were in Limbo and I did not have access to any teleportation circle on that realm. Our planar traveling anthropologist paladin informed us of the shape-things-with-your-mind aspect of Limbo. Thus the battle ended as we all walked in the chaos towards a beautiful sunset to the tunes of a gnome bard group playing Ocean man. It was beautiful.

[@thuglyfetorkoal397]

Loving the videos keep up the great work.

[@Rh3ttD4v1s]

After you finish The planes videos I would like to see videos they go into greater details about the specific deities of forgotten realms Then after that perhaps videos about heros like Drizzit and Eliminster

[@Jorphdan]

Deities would be great. I'll see what interesting information I can come up with :) Character videos might be a possibility, maybe the origins of both from both their history and a literary perspective. hmm... ideas ideas. Thanks :)

[@congruentleek414]

If I'm not mistaken, before an intelligence contest, the higher wisdom has control in a situation where two individuals with the same intelligence are trying to control chaos.

[@madhatter1334]

Like in Yggdrasil (the norse tree of life) the Y is pronounced the same. Which would be 'yg in the International phonetic alphabet. So since they are the same root language i think it safe to assume in this case the pronunciation would be 'ys. So it would sound like ease or east with out the "t" EAs-gaurd. I hope this helps :)

[@Jorphdan]

+R K it does help! Thanks so much!

[@henryi9738]

New subscriber here. Been a fan of the Forgotten Realms since the original box set back in 1987. Seen your videos, love your work. Request: can you go over the history of Zhentil Keep and the Zhentarim ?! thanks

[@Jorphdan]

I'll add it to the list of topics! Researching away!~~

[@oysterstu4822]

I've been saying 'Eez-guard.' Y typically acts as the long version of the vowel /e/ like in the Yvonne when it is word-initial

[@sosukeaizen7028]

Limbo sounds like a nice time.

[@51ghardy]

Your videos are fantastic. I use them like intel briefings for my players when they enter a new plane

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks! :D

[@informedconsumer5293]

Trees that thrive on infrared radiation? Dope

[@jackreacher4297]

Yagard is obviously a combo of the words Asgard and Yggdrasil from Viking mythos. Saweeet!

[@bonumhomini176]

Jezzguard or yazguard .lol these videos are great !!! Keep going 👍🏻

[@Cigarrettart]

"Ohhhh a Ysgard, eh?"

[@pppgggr]

I want to run a campaign in Ysgard now.

[@Peebees12]

I’ve always pronounced it like EEZ-gard, I’m pretty sure it’s right. Just say Ease-Guard, but loosely pronounce the S sound closer to a Z. And I’ve also kinda falted on the R sound, so it kinda sounds like Ease-gahld, but not quite. It’s a little funky I think lol

[@TotalTech2.]

3:35 Is that Guile from Street Fighter on the right?

[@duvanok3277]

Saw some frostgrave art!!

[@ihh2921]

Honestly Limbo is the best plane, it's immensly chaotic, whatever you and nothing can happen here and it also happens to be a largw part of my campaign

[@matthewrussell1600]

Keep up the good work Jorphdan whose p and h are silent. (:

[@beowulf.reborn]

Olympus really should be part of Ysgard (either on it's own layer, or just a domain/Island on Ysgard itself).

[@thinking-ape6483]

What is the relationship of Ysgard's gnomes and dwarves to their respective pantheons in Celestia and Bytopia?

[@Ghosthorse2029]

Limbo must be Discord's fave Plane.

[@johnpercychisholm9957]

'Eyesgard' or 'Yeesgard' (which you are saying so good job lol)

[@GringatTheRepugnant]

Githzerai is pronounced Gith-zurr-eye, just fyi, at least according to the Githzerai themselves in NWN2!

[@Jorphdan]

+Nathaniel Little thanks! I was thinking I had this one wrong too. :)

[@johnnymckenzie6092]

So bytopia is amber and limbo is the courts of chaos. That makes since

[@niydfass1060]

Limbo sounds fun

[@gargoyles9999]

I can imagine these videos as a realtor showing some dirty potential homes

[@meme0taker87]

i like to think wild magic sorcerers get their power by limbo

[@AngelofDeath7410]

I wanna know were you get all your fantasy art from? Its amazing!

[@JuriusDoctor]

*Ahem* Asgard? It's rune is a tree. It's a land of constant wars among deceased heroes... Valhalla, anyone?

[@ryanconrad2786]

Check out the planescape product Players Primer to the Outlands for pronunciations. The CD is invaluable.

[@Jorphdan]

I'll check it out thanks :D

[@dasboot9919]

EEs-gard and Gith-zer-rye :)

[@Alex-fn2hl]

Ysgard is basically Planetside 2.

[@runefire4483]

I pronounce it “eez-gard” with an American accent. If you want to throw an Icelandic accent on it I believe it would be pronounced “ees-gardth” with a rolling R and an edth at the end, which gives a soft th or dth sound.

[@ullinnofthesouth10]

So.... This is Valhalla hall of the fallen.

[@themalcontent100]

I might have missed it but where do the spirits of the undead go? If a vampire or Lich finally die where do they go? Are they set free to go to their eternal fate or are they corrupted so much that they end up in Hades?

[@DaxterL]

Ysgard is the dark souls afterlife

[@pierce6456]

I here Isguard or Eesguard a lot, but I believe the inspiration is Scandanavian which would make it more like Usguard. Edit- I double-checked this and I believe I'm right. In old Norse, the Y was pronounced like an Umlaut. Which would make it U(umlaut)sguard. Sorry I don't have a German keyboard so I cant type it lol.

[@AvantGardeAristocrat]

what is the name of the artwork at 5:54?

[@alee48916_masry]

Since it obviously takes root in old norse, I would say that the Y is either pronounced like the "U" sound in the word dude with a stereotypical surfer accent (see Dr. Jackson Crawford at the university of Colorado's video on how to pronounce old norse), or it is pronounced like an "I" or "ee" sound making it be pronounced like "Eesgard" . I think it is unlikely that the y is actually a "th" even though the "Y" character was once used to substitute the ð or þ characters, as the Y is at the beginning of the word, making it likely that it is pronounced as a vowel sound rather than a consonant.

[@jonathanredacted3245]

Anyone know where i can find a compilation of the art done by... shit i forgot his name but he did a bunch of amazing maps of the dnd outer plains among other things

[@willthrizzal2647]

I remember my inventory i Neverwinter Nights filled up with slaad tongues

[@Jorphdan]

that'll happen

[@rodrigomansilla6828]

Those random Magic The Gathering Artworks... :D

[@holidayymann1769]

pretty cool video! :)

[@Jorphdan]

+Holidayy mann thanks!

[@septemvii]

Y generally makes EE sounds in norse

[@alivecoy]

original Scandinavian languages normally pronounce a Y in the beginning as a hard E.

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Now as far as limbo is concerned there's a few things a lot of people don't realize about it one distance is technically an illusion there's nothing actually separating you from wherever you need to be and two any sufficiently high level monk as in 10th level or higher or any psychic Warrior of 10th level or higher and any psionest or sorcerer of even 5th level or higher are like Gods there so they're constantly being driven insane on a multitude of different levels and God forbid any epic level 30th or higher of any of those classes step foot into limbo as they would be quite literally Unstoppable

[@mitrasu5918]

what's a name of music in the end ? No Darude Sandstorms please... :P

[@mitrasu5918]

ouh.. it's [ Master Yee Original Mix DJ Tool ]

[@gokufirespit8418]

Late but I’ve always said it like Yeasgard

[@Lostenoch]

Y's typically make an i sound so it would be "isgard"

[@EricKingOfScots]

are the fire giants in Ysguard good?

[@biteso2333]

Limbo is where my main pc retired.

[@baileywatts1304]

yo, how do the githyaki and githzerai relate to the gith of athas? or do they?

[@almitrahopkins1873]

They don't.

[@Wildstag]

In the 3.0 book Deities and Demigods, the Norse gods are said to reside on Ysgard. It also includes some other pantheons such as the Greek and Egyptian gods, and I think perhaps the Celtic and Sumerian as well. So that would be the most up to date source that describes the Gods and their residences. Also, I know you tend towards 5E lore, but how could you talk about Ysgard and neglect to mention the glorious Bariaur‽‽ The bariaur are part goat and part human, with Medium human torso and head and a quadruped Goat body. They are strong and nomadic, and almost all completely good. Unrelated to centaurs, the roam the plains of Ysgard and have a "Shoot first, ask questions later" attitude toward planar travellers, since as mortal creatures, though they rise from the dead the next morning when they die, they become petitioners instead of continuing mortal life. Basically, they don't like people that assume that Bariaur will rise the next morning full of life, so they run from such people, but if they can't run, they are fierce defenders of their flocks. Almost every male has horns, and almost every female does not, but there are a few exceptions. Bariaur are included in the 2E Planescape setting and in the 3.0/3.5 books "The Book of Exalted Deeds", "The Planar Handbook", and "The Manual of the Planes".

[@ryanconrad2786]

check out the 5e origin of the slaadi.

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Another way to think of it as as the Norse Paradise realm of Valhalla at least that's how I look at and limbo that is like what everything was before the Gods and in a sense what some of the darker Powers wish to return the universe to

[@kysier6015]

You can pronounce it Az-Guard (flat A like in Apple) or Ees-guard

[@bigbrother4932]

Yeet guard

[@Babbleplay]

It's spelled 'Ysgard', but it's pronounced Throat Warbler Mangrove. (For the younger readers, that there is paraphrasing a Monty python skit)

[@linguisticallyoversight8685]

Now as far as the slide are concerned they have not been in limbo since the beginning of time in fact it's because of Primus from mechanist that they exist he wanted to bring order into the realm of limbo he created artifact known as the spawning Stone in an effort to do so the chaos from the Realm its self fused into and corrupted the artifact leading to the creation of the first slide which look absolutely nothing like their lesser brethren the majority of them are not toad like in fact it's implied that there forms can change a whim just like the realm itself some people in the D&D Universe actually theorize that it's the realm itself given consciousness or parts of it

[@Alernategem]

Gith-yan-key Gith-zer-eye

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

Ysgard=D&D vallhala

[@washingtonwebfoot9908]

eezguard but with an s-like "z" (or maybe eesguard with a z-like "s" would be more accurate).

[@wilkiedickinson-sparkes1920]

When you say heroes rise up the next day when they die, do you mean the spirits of dead heroes, or if my party plane shifted here would they also do that

[@Jorphdan]

I believe if your party plane shifted here they would also rise up the following day. It's the nature of the plane. Your call as a GM though.

[@wilkiedickinson-sparkes1920]

I like that. I've already given them a broken sword that the party's wizard can't identify (its like the information is there but its so complex and ancient you can't understand it enough to get a grasp of what this thing is). My current plan is that it is going to be a moonblade and maybe they can find its previous owner battling it out in Ysgard, and then find a smith in Nidavellir who can reforge the blade. p.s. not sure why thats important, just putting it out there to share for the hell of it

[@Wildstag]

In 3.5E (Manual of the Planes) the primary trait of the plane is "those slain in the never-ending conflicts on Ysgard's fields of battle rise each morning as if *true resurrection* were cast on them, fully healed and ready to fight anew. Even petitioners, who as outsiders cannot be raised, awaken fully healed. Only those who suffer mortal wounds on Ysgard's battlefields get the true resurrection effect; dead characters brought to Ysgard don't spontaneously revive." tl;dr it is anyone that gets injured and dies there.

[@calebnadeau3012]

Ease • Guard

[@gabef9538]

I give the realm some cheese and roll for handle animal.

[@loganplourde886]

I think based on the ancient Norse pronunciation it's isgard or eesgard

[@adrianroed2178]

in norse its pronouced with y though, its in english its pronouced with i or ee...

[@knightsotl796]

What does it mean when a plane is assinged inbetween 2 aligments.... How is it different than a 1 aligned plane?

[@Jorphdan]

It's slightly more chaotic/good/neutral/evil/lawful depending on where it is in the circle.

[@knightsotl796]

@@Jorphdan Do you know how is this shown?

[@Jorphdan]

@@knightsotl796 I think in how oppressive it is to someone of the oppose alignment, or how at peace one would feel there.

[@brantnuttall]

but what we want to know is: did Boo make it to Ysgard with his owner!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Iss-gard

[@joshuacramb2643]

what is your outro song it is just really good and would be happy to find out it is used in a real song.

[@Jorphdan]

It's in the description of the video. "I Dunno" by Grapes. You can check it out here: dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626

[@joshuacramb2643]

Hey thanks a lot! you are the first youtuber to ever respond to me. haha

[@Jorphdan]

;)

[@eedrox]

Ys is typically pronounced as "ease"

[@dovahkiin_brasil]

Limbo the LSD plane

[@jackdoherty5841]

So it's basically Valhalla

[@thezestypumpkin3202]

How large are the outer planes, I'm going to assume infinite

[@starwall8755]

Is-gard? Yis-gard? Es-gard?

[@Jorphdan]

Yxactly!

[@C2daORRUPT]

Elminster dwells in limbo. No?

[@faelela5898]

isnt ysgard just valhala

[@3rdDimensionFox]

“Is gard”

[@quintinsteevessenior5568]

3:29

[@Captnjared]

Ees-guard

[@gabriellawrence109]

E's gard yeah that's it

[@Renvil_]

Ysgard is derived from the old norse "Åsgard", pronounced "ass-gard" or "awes-gard".

[@starrypotts8513]

Can you get spawn killed in Ysgard?

[@alexandergrimm2197]

like Üsgard

[@fenrirswolh3]

Yeese-guard

[@bensiegel7710]

For some reason I say it like isgard

[@lionbryce10101]

I pronounce Ysgard is ease guard