Originally posted by maldorf:

Thanks guys. Good information. It sounds like a promising game and something I might like. It also sounds like there is an overall aim of defeating those bosses.

Having no NPCs kinda sucks. If you build a little village, does it just sit there empty then? Nobody lives in it?

The 10th world is a land of the dead and natural spirits, inhabited by the damned souls who manifest as various types of monsters and beasties and the imprisoned elders.
The only NPC would be the Dwarven Trader who you have to locate somewhere in the world.
If you wish to build a little village to while away the time while you remain in this afterlife then knock yourself out.
However, you are the only Viking soul who has been sent there by Odin and you will be the only resident... unless you have decided to play with friends.
As it happens, you will very likely build a number of bases from which to explore and progress through the world, or at least you'd be wise to ;)
This is not a settlement building game.
The game also actively pokes you into being more active by sending raids against you if you dally too long in one place so no villages for me, just a place to rest and arm up before moving on ;)

Originally posted by maldorf:

The game then only plays while you are logged on and playing?

I haven't played since April 2021, but I know that everything will be just as I left it when I eventually return to play.... which will be when the next biome, Mistlands is released (later this year).