I half hope the Far North is going to be a place of no return and we have to bring everything we need with us or perish.

I had heard about a new type of core and was thinking that maybe it will introduce a mechanic where you need to go through a certain type of portal to be "conditioned" or something so, for example, you would need to pass through a certain type of portal to be able to survive in the Ashlands .. like the portal itself makes you fire resistant and without it you would take damage over time being there.

The devs really have done a great job of making the games mechanics varied and interesting.. frankly it was only when I was making maps for some games in the past I realized you only have so many ways to deal with logic and it is all about how you dress things up in game that keep it interesting and seemingly different.

The ending itself is being set up as a meeting with Odin... but to what end?
Rewarded in some way or just be the lord of purgatory? Glorified jail guard?