The Æsir stand in cosmic opposition to Surtr, the fire giant who has guarded the border of Múspelheim since before the world's creation and will lead its forces against the gods at Ragnarök, engulfing the world in flame.
Freyr and Surtr are fated enemies at Ragnarök. Having given away his self-fighting sword to win Gerðr, Freyr fights Surtr with an antler and falls to the fire giant's flaming blade.
Surtr slays Freyr at Ragnarök with his flaming sword, for Freyr gave away his own self-fighting blade to win Gerðr and must face the fire giant unarmed.
Surtr rules Muspelheim, the primordial realm of fire, guarding its border with his flaming sword since before the creation of the world. At Ragnarök he leads Muspelheim's hosts forth to destroy the cosmos.
Surtr leads the Sons of Múspell, the fire giants of Múspelheim, who ride forth at Ragnarök to shatter Bifröst and wage the final battle against the gods.
At Ragnarök, Surtr leads the fire giants across Bifröst into Asgard. After the final battle, Surtr casts fire over the realm of the gods, destroying it entirely.
At Ragnarök, Surtr and the sons of Múspell cross Bifröst, the rainbow bridge connecting Asgard to Midgard. The bridge shatters beneath the fire giants' weight, severing the gods' connection to the mortal world.
At Ragnarök, Surtr and the sons of Múspell march from Muspelheim and set Midgard ablaze, consuming the human world in fire as prophesied in the Völuspá.
At Ragnarök, Surtr advances from the south with a sword brighter than the sun, slays Freyr on the plain of Vígríðr, and flings fire across all the worlds until the earth sinks into the sea and the heavens split apart.
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