Squirrels

Small tree creatures made mythically important by Ratatoskr, the gossiping messenger of Yggdrasil.

Ordinary squirrels belong in forests, farms with trees, and nut stores. They are useful because they make canopy movement visible to attentive characters.

Ratatoskr runs along Yggdrasil carrying words between the eagle above and Níðhöggr below. That makes squirrels excellent symbols of gossip, messages, and trouble made by repeated words.

Use squirrels as harmless animals, druidic messengers, fey-touched gossipers, or comic but consequential carriers of overheard secrets.

• Norse Creatures

• Wildlife of Norway: https://grokipedia.com/page/Wildlife_of_Norway
• Ratatoskr: https://grokipedia.com/page/Ratatoskr

DM-only encounter details, stat blocks, and running notes are kept at Squirrels (DM).