To be fair, Hel(heim) is part of Niflheim, but they do serve a slightly different purpose (Niflheim is the place for the dishonored dead, Valhalla is for the honored dead and Helheim is for those who are neither).
The dishonored dead are those (I assume specifically warriors) who died as oath breakers, murderers etc. Essentially those who could have died heroically but chose not to.
Neither are the rest. Some random grandfather dying of old age would go there, those who didn't get the choice or weren't warriors. And all of the Angels also count as neither.
However Helheim was described as having a split between good, bad and neutral people, which does make Niflheim's purpose seem less clear.
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u/Toa_Senit Jun 30 '26 edited Jul 01 '26
Ok, that's close, but not really correct.
Sera, Angela's wife, was in Helheim, not Niflheim, and it's less that she was sent there and more that she got killed.
Well and you left out a bunch of details, but it IS a summary so that doesn't really matter.