Odin gathers the Einherjar in Valhalla, building an army for Ragnarök. The Allfather rules them as war-lord, knowing they will march to their final battle when the world ends.
The Einherjar feast and train in Valhalla, Odin's great hall, preparing for Ragnarök.
The sound of Gjallarhorn rouses the Einherjar from Valhalla at Ragnarök. Heimdall's horn, kept at Bifröst, signals the final battle the warriors have trained for since the world's beginning.
The Einherjar drink mead from Heiðrún each evening. The goat grazes atop Valhalla on the tree Læraðr, and from her udder flows enough mead to fill a vat for all of Odin's warriors.
The Einherjar march from Valhalla to face the sons of Múspell at Ragnarök. The army Odin gathered for ages confronts the fire giants who surge forth from Muspelheim to destroy the world.
The Einherjar, warriors gathered in Valhalla since the world's beginning, march forth at Ragnarök to fight alongside the gods in the final battle on the plain of Vígríðr.
The Einherjar feast on Sæhrímnir each evening in Valhalla. The immortal boar is slaughtered and cooked daily by Andhrímnir, then restored each morning to provide an inexhaustible supply of meat.
The Valkyries ride over battlefields to choose the worthiest of the slain and bear them to Valhalla, where they serve the Einherjar mead in the golden hall each evening.
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