Yggdrasil Fissure

*Yggdrasil Tree of Norse Mythology*

The Yggdrasil Fissure is an anomaly that occurs when a Rift is created and the pane of existence beyond expands the diameter of the rift, thus "branching" into the existence opposite the Rift Origination Point.

Tremendous amounts of energy are required to expand a Rift and successfully insert on existence into another. Due to the excessive energy collected during the Yggdrasil Fissure's formation, ethereal pollution of the realm at point of entry is nearly impossible to prevent.

The Asgard Pollutionary Region is the region of existence primarily polluted by the 'branching" energies of the Yggdrasil Fissure. The Midgard Gate is the Fissure's expanded Rift Origination Point. The Niflheim is the Cast Origination Point (the location of existence immediately opposite of the Fissure, where the Fissure was constructed).

Etymology:
The Yggdrasil Fissure anomaly's namesake is derived from the Norse mythological Yggdrasil Tree or World Tree.

The Yggdrasil Tree of Norse mythology is an ash tree located at the center of the universe, connecting the Nine Worlds of Norse cosmology.

The highest realm of the Yggdrasil is known as the Asgard, the realm of the Gods, Midgard, located approximate to the center of the tree, is the realm of the humans, and Niflheim, the realm containing Hel (the realm of the dead) is the lowermost realm of the Yggdrasil.