Search/Recent Changes
DBTropes
...it's like TV Tropes, but LINKED DATA!

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)

 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
type
TVTItem
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
label
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
page
AssassinsCreedValhalla
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
comment
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is a historical open-world Action RPG, the twelfth main entry in the Assassin's Creed series, and the first to be released on PlayStation 5 and the fourth generation Xbox consoles. It released on November 10, 2020 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Google Stadia, and PC, with a PlayStation 5 coming on that console's launch on the 12th/19th. Jesper Kyd, the first composer of the franchise, returned for the soundtrack nine years after leaving the series with Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Also collaborating to the soundtrack are Einar Selvik of Wardruna fame, and Sarah Schachner, who composed for various games in the franchise; namely Unity and Origins.The story is set in 9th century Europe during the Viking Age and centers on a Norwegian Viking warrior named Eivor (whose gender can be determined by the player) as they lead raids against the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England, including the Kingdom of Wessex led by King Aelfred the Great. It features the return of a usable Hidden Blade after it was mostly absent from Assassin's Creed: Odyssey.A spin-off book titled Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Geirmund's Saga was written by Matthew J. Kirby, who also wrote the young adult Assassin's Creed: Last Descendants trilogy of novels, the third of which followed Vikings in Scandinavia during the 10th century. It follows the son of Hjorr Halfsson and Ljufvina Bjarmarsdottir, Geirmund Hel-hide, as he attempts to make a name for himself in the Great Heathen Army, and was also released on November 10, 2020. A serialized manhua series titled Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Blood Brothers was released a few days before the game in China and will receive an official English-language release on August 10, 2021. The story is a prequel to Valhalla that focuses on the Stensson brothers fighting with Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ivarr the Boneless during the Viking invasion of England. Additionally, a three-part Dark Horse Comics miniseries titled Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Song of Glory detailed the exploits of Eivor and Sigurd before their clan colonized England and established Ravensthorpe. The game will also receive a tie-in novel written by Mathieu Gabriella set for release in the fall of 2021, focusing on a Christian monk and an aspiring Hidden One traveling across Britain from the village of Ravensthorpe to the heights of Scotland. There will also be a Valhalla novel trilogy published by Aconyte Books. Eivor will also star in a children's book in the Mr. Men and Little Miss series.Along with intermittent content updates, the game features two major story expansions. Wrath of the Druids (May 2021) sends Eivor to Ireland to quell a druid conspiracy threatening the island's political unification and economic expansion. The Siege of Paris (August 2021) heads into continental Europe as Eivor joins a barbarian coalition waging war against the Carolingian Empire. A third expansion, Dawn of Ragnarok, was released in March 2022, following Odin as he infiltrates Muspelheim to resurrect Baldr.Like Origins and Odyssey, Valhalla features an educational "Discovery Tour" mode that goes deeper into the history and culture of the region and time period.The following game, Assassin's Creed: Mirage, is a Spin-Off focusing on the youth of Basim in Abbasid Baghdad. It was released on October 5, 2023.Previews: World Premiere trailer, First Look Gameplay trailer, Gameplay Overview trailer, Eivor's Fate trailer Tropes
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
fetched
2024-03-02T11:14:52Z
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
parsed
2024-03-02T11:14:52Z
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AdaptationalNameChange: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AnAesop: Not a Feature - IGNORE
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedI: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedII: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedIII: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedIVBlackFlag: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedLastDescendants: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedMirage: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedOdyssey: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedOrigins: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedRevelations: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedRogue: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedSyndicate: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to AssassinsCreedUnity: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to CallBack: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to Destiny2: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to FacelessMooks: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to Frozen2013: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to HidingInPlainSight: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to HistoricalDomainCharacter: Not a Feature - IGNORE
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to Prequel: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingComment
Dropped link to ShaggyDogStory: Not a Feature - ITEM
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingUnknown
AdaptationalNameChange
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingUnknown
FacelessMooks
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingUnknown
HidingInPlainSight
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
processingUnknown
HoistByTheirOwnPetard
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
isPartOf
DBTropes
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_106f1a77
type
A Form You Are Comfortable With
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_106f1a77
comment
A Form You Are Comfortable With: The visions of Valhalla that Eivor sees are implied to be the story of the Great Collapse from the perspective of the Norse Pantheon, but related in a way a 9th Century Viking would understand using the story of Ragnarok. It's confirmed when the secret memory of the last Valhalla vision is shown after completing all 10 Animus anomalies, showing the same memory and a bit afterwards but without the mystical trappings of the visions. For instance, instead of furs and cloth, the Norse Isu are wearing metallic body suits, and instead of an actual tree Yggdrasil is a metallic, tree-like contraption with what appears to be fetuses on top.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_106f1a77
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_106f1a77
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_106f1a77
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_13646b1b
type
My Friends... and Zoidberg
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_13646b1b
comment
My Friends... and Zoidberg: Gwenydd is the only non-Anglo Saxon kingdom in Britain visited by Eivor and the Raven Clan. Additionally, they are Welsh instead of English.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_13646b1b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_13646b1b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_13646b1b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_140883ec
type
I Will Show You X!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_140883ec
comment
I Will Show You X!: During the argument with Holger in the later part of the game, he insists he should be given praise for his art. The woman whose sails he stole to make this art gets halfway through saying she's going to "praise" him upside the head before Eivor interrupts.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_140883ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_140883ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_140883ec
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1616e13
type
Ripped from the Headlines
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1616e13
comment
Ripped from the Headlines: Layla's brother asks in an e-mail if the reason she's disappearing for a while is because she's socially distancing due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, when the reality is that she's looking through Eivor's memories with the help of Shaun and Rebecca.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1616e13
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1616e13
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1616e13
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_173909
type
Brainwashed and Crazy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_173909
comment
Brainwashed and Crazy: The Apple on Skye turns a lot of the locals into minions, and makes them speak in Ancient Greek.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_173909
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_173909
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_173909
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17761744
type
Heal Thyself
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17761744
comment
Heal Thyself: With active healing abilities no longer existing, restoring health in combat is tied to consuming one of your limited amount of rations or performing finishing moves on stunned enemies. A specific skill allows Eivor to regain the red part of their health bar by dealing damage to enemies, and there exists a shield as well as a mythical weapon rune that restores a lot of health by parrying an attack.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17761744
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17761744
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17761744
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17a45ff5
type
Misplaced Wildlife
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17a45ff5
comment
Misplaced Wildlife: Grey squirrels are not native to Britain and were introduced only in the late 19th century. Some deer in England are modeled after American white-tailed deer. The Gemad-Wulf is a striped hyena, which only existed in Europe during the Pleistocene. The Elk of Bloody Peaks that Eivor can fight in Norway is an American elk as opposed to a moose, which is what "elk" normally describes in Scandanavia. (Moose comes from Algonquin and is used to differentiate moose from the American elk in the United States and Canada) While in the past the American elk ranged as far west as France during the Pleistocene, the last relict populations in southern Sweden and the Alps died out during the early Holocene. You can encounter lynxes in Britain, even though they went extinct around AD 400, almost 500 years before the game takes place. Snakes can be found absolutely everywhere, even in freezing biomes where cold-blooded reptiles can't survive. Or in pots without any water or food to sustain them in underground ruins that haven't been visited in a long while. Humurously enough, there's only ONE snake in Ireland in "Wrath of the Druids." Killing it gives you the "The Legend of St. Patrick" achievement/trophy. The bullhead in the game are depicted as the small catfish native to North America as opposed to the sculpin of the same name that should be in Europe.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17a45ff5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17a45ff5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_17a45ff5
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_18aff462
type
Artistic License – Biology
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_18aff462
comment
Artistic License – Biology: Valhalla features the same ultra-aggressive lynxes as Odyssey despite real lynxes being known for avoiding humans like the plague.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_18aff462
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_18aff462
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_18aff462
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1994ba0b
type
Gone Horribly Right
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1994ba0b
comment
Gone Horribly Right: The Hidden Ones in Roman Britain spent their time trying to balance the scales between the Romans and the native tribes by killing those in the way of freedom, only to be forced to evacuate themselves when the Romans abandoned Britannia because the native tribes also viewed them as an enemy for killing some of their leaders. As one Hidden One puts it in a letter, they spent so much time damaging the pillars of Roman imperialism that they weren't prepared to deal with the fallout once they'd succeeded. A note found in a side-area in "Dawn of Ragnarok" has a dwarf engineer experimenting with growing crystals. His notes say he's found a massive breakthrough and plans to start really growing them tomorrow. This is found inside a ruined house covered in ginormous crystals, and no sign of the owner anywhere...
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1994ba0b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1994ba0b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1994ba0b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19b6f396
type
Alternate Timeline
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19b6f396
comment
Alternate Timeline: Discussed between Layla and The Reader at the end of the game. The duo discuss ways to prevent another catastrophe from happening by looking at other timelines. Layla suggests looking into one timeline where Desmond never sacrificed himself in 2012.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19b6f396
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19b6f396
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19b6f396
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19e22123
type
Ancient Tomb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19e22123
comment
Ancient Tomb: The Tombs of the Fallen, a set of post-game content where Eivor explores the tombs of historical Britons, starting with three, with two more added in late 2022.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19e22123
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19e22123
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_19e22123
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1a183344
type
Honorable Warrior's Death
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1a183344
comment
Honorable Warrior's Death: Members of the drengir, companions/bodyguards of Ragnar Lothbrok who outlived their leader, long for the chance to experience this as they languish in retirement. Eivor has the option to take them on and grant them their desire. After uncovering Ivarr's plot and defeating him, Eivor has a choice about whether to let Ivarr hold his axe as he dies, giving him a shot at entering Valhalla, or to deny him the opportunity.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1a183344
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1a183344
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1a183344
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1b65dfad
type
The Cameo
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1b65dfad
comment
The Cameo: Bayek has a voiceover cameo in the mission "A Brief History of the Hidden Ones" when Eivor finds the pages of the Magas Codex. Ezio Auditore's voice is heard by Gunlodr/Minerva while trying to communicate with the future. Ragnar Lothbrok has a brief cameo that depicts his execution at the Snake Pit in Northumbria. Both Aethelflaed and Ealhswith appear in a Mercia World Event.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1b65dfad
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1b65dfad
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1b65dfad
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1ba17583
type
The Ghost
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1ba17583
comment
The Ghost: While Bjorn Ironside and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye are mentioned by Halfdan in a conversation with Eivor, they're never seen and are thus the only Sons of Ragnar that Eivor doesn't meet over the course of the game. Fuladh and Rayhan are mentioned a few times by Hytham when he's discussing Aluh-Amut, the Hidden Ones' base of operations, but they never appear in the flesh.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1ba17583
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1ba17583
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1ba17583
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf
type
Unwinnable by Design
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf
comment
The battle against Odin is Unwinnable by Design as far as standard combat is concerned since he's invincible. The only way to win is by running away from him, which is impossible because he just pulls Eivor back by their axe when they get too far away. Manually unequipping the axe in the inventory menu is required to facilitate the escape, something so meta many players never thought of it. However, even if you figured that out somehow, the exit portal from the Helheim realm only appears after Eivor's health has been fully depleted at least once. If you're good enough at parrying and dodging to avoid taking damage from Odin's clumsy attacks, you might never reach this point and end up running around in the darkness with nowhere to run to.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1bd4c0bf
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c21e3fb
type
The Place
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c21e3fb
comment
The Place: Valhalla does show up in the game, albeit briefly in the Isu sequences where Svala regains her memories as the Norse goddess Freyja and visits Yggdrasil to simulate her experience in the area.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c21e3fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c21e3fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c21e3fb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c398324
type
Death from Above
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c398324
comment
Remember the ability of that very name from Odyssey? Where you shot some arrows skywards that would then blanket a large area with Death from Above? Well, it's back ... but only enemy elite archers can use it. Which they do. With pleasure. And it hurts. A lot.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c398324
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c398324
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c398324
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c445e86
type
Poor Communication Kills
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c445e86
comment
Poor Communication Kills: During the Oxenfordshire arc, the main villain has a stone Sigurd and Basim want, and offers to give it to them if they kill Geadrich, their local ally. Eivor protests, and then starts a fight because they refuse to commit an act of betrayal. It's only afterward Sigurd tells them he had no intention of actually betraying anyone. But it might've helped if he'd intimated this, rather than not telling Eivor anything.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c445e86
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c445e86
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1c445e86
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e14ea2a
type
Boss Battle
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e14ea2a
comment
During Fulke's White Room scene, Odin prevents Eivor from attacking her by pulling them backwards by their axe. His entire Boss Battle near the end of the game is built around this trick, with the battle being less about defeating Odin and more about finding a way around this specific ability.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e14ea2a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e14ea2a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e14ea2a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e1d10ee
type
Fishing Minigame
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e1d10ee
comment
Fishing Minigame: Building the fishing hut in Raventhorpe automatically gives Eivor access to a fishing line they can use to, well, go fishing in the world's rivers and lakes. Caught fish can be traded for certain items at the fishing hut, or sold for silver at the general trader. Some are also required at sacrificial altars. A similar mechanic exists for land animals, but in their case no special equipment is required.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e1d10ee
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e1d10ee
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e1d10ee
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e584efa
type
Cruel and Unusual Death
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e584efa
comment
The single instance of the "Blood Eagle" ritual is completely off-screen, for understandable reasons; heck, the sounds alone are probably the most violent part of the game.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e584efa
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e584efa
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1e584efa
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1edfa2c7
type
Royals Who Actually Do Something
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1edfa2c7
comment
Royals Who Actually Do Something: The World Premiere trailer presents King Aelfred the Great as being on a campaign to eliminate the Vikings in order to put a stop to their vicious raids in 9th century England.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1edfa2c7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1edfa2c7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1edfa2c7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1eed8e76
type
The Juggernaut
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1eed8e76
comment
The Juggernaut: In the World Premiere trailer the Vikings are ridiculously strong, chopping off heads and sending people flying with spears. They mow through the Saxons and each Viking shown falling in the actual fighting requires multiple enemy attackers.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1eed8e76
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1eed8e76
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1eed8e76
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1f963842
type
Bloodier and Gorier
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1f963842
comment
Bloodier and Gorier: This is, by a wide margin, the most visceral Assassin’s Creed game to date. While the franchise is no stranger to decapitation and dismemberment (Unity was set during the The French Revolution, and four of the main titles use real-life wars as their main backdrop), the other games relegated the gorier bits to cutscenes. This time around, NPCs have their heads and limbs lopped off pretty regularly during gameplay, and there’s a new form of 'X-ray Assassination' that looks like it’s ripped straight out of Mortal Kombat 11.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1f963842
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1f963842
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1f963842
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1fb440a6
type
Voluntary Shapeshifting
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1fb440a6
comment
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Some Jötunn enemy types can shapeshift into animals, either into various predators in the heat of combat or into herbivores for ambush purposes.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1fb440a6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1fb440a6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_1fb440a6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_20e2a53b
type
Notice This
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_20e2a53b
comment
Notice This: The Tombs of the Fallen are noticeable from a distance by a swirling, glowing blue pillar and a column of circling ravens.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_20e2a53b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_20e2a53b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_20e2a53b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_21e5b9c7
type
Failed a Spot Check
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_21e5b9c7
comment
Failed a Spot Check: A justified example. The scars Evior received from a wolf bite as a child prevents Basim from seeing the mark on her neck that identifies her as a Isu reincarnation. He even laughs upon realizing this.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_21e5b9c7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_21e5b9c7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_21e5b9c7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_23781532
type
Ironic Name
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_23781532
comment
Ironic Name: Heillboer translates to something along the lines of "whole", "complete", or "undamaged" town, and it gets destroyed by Kjotve and his men and remains an uninhabited ruin decades later.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_23781532
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_23781532
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_23781532
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2557e3a9
type
Palette Swap
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2557e3a9
comment
Palette Swap: Bandits and Jötunn field exactly the same troop types that use exactly the same tactics and animations, only with different skins - humans for the former, blue-skinned ice giants for the latter.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2557e3a9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2557e3a9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2557e3a9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_259d5879
type
Anachronism Stew
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_259d5879
comment
Anachronism Stew: The world event "Otta, Son of Slugga" in Sciropescire has Otta Sluggason donned in what can be best described as a Middle Ages version of a baseball player, his club being a bat and smacking stones like baseballs. He even has an American accent, being voiced by Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger. Some weapons and armor are depicted much earlier than they developed in real life, particularly the giant swords.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_259d5879
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_259d5879
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_259d5879
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_260926c3
type
Failure Is the Only Option
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_260926c3
comment
Failure Is the Only Option: Downplayed. When you first arrive in Saint Brendan's Island, you cannot pick up any plants to make rations. However, your first "death" results in a cutscene where Eivor wakes up in a tent, having been rescued by one of the natives. They're then taught a species of berry that's safe to eat, after which said berries become eligible to use for healing.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_260926c3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_260926c3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_260926c3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_26ac510e
type
Mythology Gag
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_26ac510e
comment
Mythology Gag: Eivor wears their Hidden Blade mounted atop their arm, like Darius in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey. Eivor even makes fun of the Hidden Ones for wearing the blade under their arms, which requires severing one of their own fingers to use that way. Hytham's failed assassination attempt on Kjotve the Cruel is framed exactly like a sequence from the original game's first trailer from 2006. The Lotus-Eater Machine Yggdrasil is this twofold. First of all, it functions very similarly to the Animus from the 2016 film, with the exception that it has a different function and the people "hanging" from it don't move while connected. Secondly, its location (underneath Norway) was one of the Isu sites shown way back in Assassin's Creed II. If Sigurd returns to Ravensthorpe with Eivor, he motions to the jarl's throne and tells them to sit a moment and rest, which was the last game prompt for Altaïr's Memory Disk missions. Siege of Paris allows Eivor to rush their targets blindly, or they can take a page out of future Parisian Hidden One/Assassin Arno Dorian and gather info on their target to sneak in for a cinematic kill. Hell, the first cinematic kill opportunity involves Eivor taking the place of someone else during a religious ritual, exactly like Arno's confessional kill in Unity. Another Unity callback in "Siege of Paris" involves a church in Saint Denis, where the "Dead Kings" DLC takes place. Inside is a tablet that looks like it's in gibberish, but it's in a Caesar cipher where letters are shifted by 18 letters back (for example, A=V), but going by classical Latin. It involves a triangular set of coordinates between Paris, Suessonium and Compendium, and then meeting in the middle. Guide Dang It! doesn't even begin to describe this Mythology Gag! Either way, it leads to a crypt, and the sealed off Isu Vault where the Lantern of Dionysis is kept. In case any player managed to avoid the press announcements or the advertising, Eivor's encounter with Kassandra on Skye has a brief portion of Odyssey's soundtrack play when they first meet.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_26ac510e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_26ac510e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_26ac510e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_276ad49e
type
Karma Meter
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_276ad49e
comment
Sigurd & Basim: Eivor is successfully able to bring Sigurd back from the brink of glory-obsessed madness; and thwart Basim's plot against the duo. In the aftermath, Sigurd realizes he is no longer fit to rule Ravensthorpe and abdicates to Eivor. If the player defied Sigurd too many times, he chooses to stay in Norway. If you have a positive relationship with Sigurd, he comes home; but the loss of his arm ensures he won't ever be going a-vikingr like he used to.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_276ad49e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_276ad49e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_276ad49e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_294ed981
type
Bilingual Bonus
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_294ed981
comment
Bilingual Bonus: The Native Americans encountered in Vinland/Saint Brendan's Island by Eivor, while friendly, speak in completely untranslated Mohawk, so they're forced to use sign language to communicate with them for trading purposes, and the player won't understand what they're saying either unless they themselves know the language.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_294ed981
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_294ed981
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_294ed981
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_295087bf
type
Non-Indicative Name
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_295087bf
comment
Non-Indicative Name: The English call any Scandinavian person "Dane". You end up meeting vikings from all over: the Ragnarssons are actually Danish, but Eivor, for instance, is Norse, while Soma is Finnish. Ceolbert, when meeting Eivor's retinue for the first time, is surprised at the different accents among his "Danish" companions, prompting Eivor to remark that "not all Danes are Danes." One Legendary Animal is named Aelfred's Battle-Sow, but is a bull, not a pig. Another one, named Gemad-"Wulf", looks more like a striped hyena. The ability "Blinding Rush" works by actually slowing time.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_295087bf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_295087bf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_295087bf
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_297170d3
type
Halloween Episode
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_297170d3
comment
Halloween Episode: The Glowecestreshire Arc takes place during Samhain. It begins as harmless spooky fun as Eivor goes trick-or-treating as Mari Lwyd, but becomes more sinister as the religious rituals tied to the holiday draw near.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_297170d3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_297170d3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_297170d3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2b7d29e1
type
Artifact Title
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2b7d29e1
comment
Artifact Title: Zig-Zagged. Unlike Odyssey, Valhalla does focus on the Assassin-Templar conflict and Eivor has the Hidden Blade as one of their weapons, not to mention that they work with the proto-Assassin Hidden Ones to re-establish their presence in England by building a bureau in Ravensthorpe. However, Eivor chooses not to join the Hidden Ones for personal reasons, making Valhalla the second Assassin's Creed game to not have an Assassin protagonist.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2b7d29e1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2b7d29e1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2b7d29e1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae
type
Awesome, but Impractical
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae
comment
Awesome, but Impractical: Thor's Armor is this game's ultimate armor set. It looks awesome and has great defensive stats, but it's also the heaviest armor in the game, meaning it drastically increases stamina consumption. Its Set Bonus is also less useful those on more mundane armor sets. The Isu weapons generally fall under this trope as well: Gungnir (Odin's spear) can only be wielded near the end of the game; if the player grabs it the first opportunity they get, the only storyline bosses they can use it against are Basim and Goodwin. Mjolnir (Thor's hammer) can only be obtained after the end of the story, meaning there are no storyline bosses to use it against. Excalibur is potentially the Isu weapon the player can get the earliest, but this involves fighting three Zealots with recommended levels in the 200s in order to get the tablets needed to release the failsafe on its pedestal. The "Miasma" and "Battlefield Cremation" upgrades make clearing outposts incredibly easy, but also make elemental attacks very risky in towns. These abilities cause NPCs that die of poison or fire to spread the status effect to other nearby NPCs, meaning you can easily cause a plague among innocent townsfolk until too many die and you get a game over. Cremation also makes it slightly harder to collect loot from bodies, but that's a minor annoyance compared to the above.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2bdae2ae
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d5b1c65
type
Expansion Pack Past
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d5b1c65
comment
Expansion Pack Past: This game gives us a previously unrevealed sect of the Isu enemies of Minerva and Juno's group. Here they are presented as the Norse gods, primarily through Eivor's visions of Odin, while Minerva and Juno are Odin's enemies, the Jotnar.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d5b1c65
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d5b1c65
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d5b1c65
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce
type
Talking in Your Sleep
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce
comment
Talking in Your Sleep: The world event "Stray Naps" has Eivor find a man passed out, and a letter on him saying that if he's sleeping, to bring him home to Grimsby, but if he's dead and you killed him, then you can go to hell. Eivor brings him home and while doing so, he lets out some non-sequiturs. His name is Bjarte and this is not the first time he's done so, to his wife's dismay. In "The Twit Saga, Part II" while Eivor is carrying the skinnier brother out on their back, he goes into this dreaming he's got a sword that can kill a man in one nick.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2d6c0bce
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2da5273e
type
Just Like Robin Hood
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2da5273e
comment
Just Like Robin Hood: Eivor can encounter a man in Sherwood Forest wearing a green hood and wielding a longbow named Ryce Sherwin who steals from nobles to give to the poor and even has his own band of Merry Men, making him basically a 9th Century Expy of Robin Hood.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2da5273e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2da5273e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2da5273e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2df3589
type
Same Plot Sequel
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2df3589
comment
Same Plot Sequel: Not the whole game, but the sequences in the game's major cities deliberately parallel the cities in the original Assassin's Creed: The port city of Lunden mirrors the port city of Acre. It features a mad doctor (The Leech vs Garnier de Naplouse) who uses the poor and infirm for their twisted experiments, a military commander (The Arrow vs William of Montferrat) who hoards food to supply their own army, and a paranoid ranger (The Compass vs Sibrand) who commands his legions from a boat in the harbor. The Danish capital Jorvik parallels the Saracen capital of Damascus. There's a heretic member of a religion (The Firebrand vs Jubair al Hakim) burning sacred texts because they contain "lies" and the Order wants to control all information, a corrupt merchant (The Needle vs Tamir) who exploits the other merchants, and a fat nobleman (The Vault vs Abu'l Nuqoud) who kills people with poisoned wine at a massive party while calling them corrupt and decadent. The holy city of Wincestre is similar to the holy city of Jerusalem. It has an archer (The Quill vs Talal) who lures the assassin into an ambush and flees when they escape, a judiciary (The Gallows vs Majd Addin) who is assassinated while publicly executing the innocent, and someone (The Seax vs Robert de Sablé) who uses a funeral to ambush the assassin and is revealed to be near to a king by a woman who partook in the deception. The modern day plot on the other hand is similar to Assassin's Creed III, in which the modern day protagonist attempts to find a way to stop the upcoming apocalypse and finds the solution via a Precursor Temple. They are successful in saving the world but at the cost of their life and the release of an Isu from their confinement. It becomes more meaningful when there are several Continuity Nods from III throughout the game.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2df3589
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2df3589
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2df3589
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e62fdc2
type
Set Bonus
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e62fdc2
comment
Set Bonus: Every armor set provides two perks: one activates when two or more set pieces are equipped, the second once the whole set is worn.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e62fdc2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e62fdc2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e62fdc2
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e8441c9
type
The Bad Guy Wins
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e8441c9
comment
The Bad Guy Wins: Aelfred ultimately succeeds in his long-term scheme to remove all pagans from the Order of Ancients, which will subsequently gain new life as the Christian Knights Templar. He ends at a low spot for his other goal, unifying England, but only because the game decides to end there. In the historical record, he quickly rebounds from this loss and succeeds on that front, as well. Basim/Loki wins. It's unclear if Layla coming into contact with The Reader was part of his plan, but his millennia-long gambit to be released in the modern world pays off. To hammer the point home, Loki gloats over Eivor's grave in the postgame.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e8441c9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e8441c9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_2e8441c9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30763ed8
type
Eternal English
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30763ed8
comment
Eternal English: The Mohawk spoken in Vinland/Saint Brendan's Island is indistinguishable from the language spoken today despite that being mostly unlikely, which McDevitt says was because they didn't know for certain how the language might've changed.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30763ed8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30763ed8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30763ed8
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30b6f084
type
Canis Major
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30b6f084
comment
Canis Major: One of the legendary animals is a gigantic wolf called the "Cricket-Wolf of the Pit". The Eald-Wulf is at least twice the size of a man. Two of the three Corpse Feeder wolves are about as tall as Eivor. The Asgard arc involves two battles with Fenrir, the wolf prophesied to kill Odin during Ragnarök. He starts out horse-sized and rapidly grows bigger from there. With the Berserker Pack installed, Eivor can turn their horse into a horse-sized white wolf. Sadly, it still behaves like a normal horse.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30b6f084
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30b6f084
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30b6f084
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30bf3ff4
type
Beef Gate
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30bf3ff4
comment
Beef Gate: World regions have level recommendations that you shouldn't undercut too much if you don't want to get bogged down by normal enemies killing Eivor in one or two hits. Also, keep in mind that these recommendations are for the main quest only. Any Superboss you encounter there has a level completely independent from the region they inhabit, with some outranking their home by 200 levels or more. For instance, Jotunheim, with a recommended level of 190, is home to level 400 Steinbjornn, and you can enter his stomping ground as soon as you arrive in the area. Another is Daughter of Lerion, Cordelia, in East Anglia with its recommended level of 55, rocking her own recommended level of 340. This often results in some very nasty surprises for adventuring players trying to earn the requisite achievement/trophy by going region by region starting from the lowest.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30bf3ff4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30bf3ff4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_30bf3ff4
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0
type
It Will Never Catch On
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0
comment
It Will Never Catch On: A man making sauces in Ledercestershire declares he's move to Worcestershire, but he won't bother naming a sauce after that awful place.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3149c4b0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_32b71305
type
Thunder Hammer
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_32b71305
comment
Thunder Hammer: Mjölnir is an obtainable weapon, complete with a lightning effect.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_32b71305
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_32b71305
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_32b71305
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33c2b1e2
type
Best Served Cold
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33c2b1e2
comment
Best Served Cold: Hildiran reveals she and her family have been passing down the knowledge of Hilde so they can get revenge on Odin since the Toba Catastrophe, roughly seventy-five thousand years. Hell of a long time to hold a grudge.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33c2b1e2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33c2b1e2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33c2b1e2
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33ca811a
type
Game-Breaking Bug
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33ca811a
comment
Game-Breaking Bug: Some localizations require downloading the English language pack for the game, otherwise there will be no captions and no voice acting. Also, in the Polish localization, flyting doesn't work correctly due to sloppy translation of the dialogue options. Starting the game before downloading the Day One Title Update (v. 1.0.2) can prevent the game from triggering the main story mission A Seer’s Solace. It’s recommended that players download the latest patch before playing for the first time. The PC version has a problem with Eivor being unable to shoot arrows backwards while on horseback. They can aim and draw their bow but won't release the string. Needless to say that this makes getting rid of pursuing enemy cavalry and especially predators a whole lot more annoying. The Animus Anomalies sometimes don't let you interact with beam emitters or the data packet at the top, forcing you to reload and restart. If you're lucky, getting Layla desynchronized is enough to fix it, but don't rely on it. The anomaly in Norway in particular proved impossible to complete for some PC players thanks to this until the 1.0.4 update fixed it. Many players have reported their legendary animal trophies randomly disappearing from Raventhorpe's longhouse, or never showing up in the first place. Anything that requires cooperation with an NPC, like forcing doors or the lid of large treasure chests, is prone to not working as it should. Always save before raiding a monastery because if running away and trying again a minute later doesn't fix it, only reloading a save will. In the Suthsexe arc, if Ljufvina is knocked down during the final assault and is not revived before the battle is finished, she will spawn in as dead in future appearances. This is a serious issue in the Eurvicscire arc, where the assault on Magnis cannot begin until you speak to her, and you cannot speak to her corpse. As of patch 1.04, the only fix would be to reload a save from the Suthsexe arc, ensure Ljufvina is still standing during the fight, and play through the game again from there — something that is frustrating for how much it sets players back and might be impossible if players don't have a save that old. note Fortunately, there is an easy way to monitor if she had survived the battle: Eivor can converse with her (and other participants) after the battle.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33ca811a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33ca811a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_33ca811a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_347e35d6
type
Grim Up North
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_347e35d6
comment
Grim Up North: The further north into England, the colder the weather gets. Yorkshire and beyond are in perpetual winter, and when Eivor gets to Hadrian's Wall, there's a blizzard. Averted with Skye, which is much further north, where aside from the occasional rain, it's perfectly mild.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_347e35d6
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_347e35d6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_347e35d6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_34e15b76
type
Kindhearted Cat Lover
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_34e15b76
comment
Kindhearted Cat Lover: You, if you want to be one by snuggling the cats.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_34e15b76
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_34e15b76
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_34e15b76
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36e63b81
type
Rule of Cool
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36e63b81
comment
While it was likely done for the sake of Rule of Cool, no Viking ship would ever consider attacking heavily armed fortresses. Vikings were raiders and pillagers, but they did not care about fortresses. Vikings usually attacked minor settlements and especially monasteries because they were lightly defended (though they would also attack and raid cities across Europe).
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36e63b81
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36e63b81
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36e63b81
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36fa3e83
type
Garnishing the Story
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36fa3e83
comment
Garnishing the Story: In-Universe. The author of Beowulf added in the dragon in the story. Not because it was attached to what actually happened, but because that's the kind of thing the English tend to do anyway.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36fa3e83
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36fa3e83
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_36fa3e83
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_372f29ac
type
One-Handed Zweihänder
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_372f29ac
comment
One-Handed Zweihänder: With the right skill, weapons that typically require two hands like spears and greatswords can be wielded in one hand instead, with the potential even for dual-wielding.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_372f29ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_372f29ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_372f29ac
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38805691
type
Catch and Return
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38805691
comment
Catch and Return: After purchasing the skill "Missile Reversal", if you time your parry right, you can take any projectile thrown at you and turn it back on the attacker for a One-Hit Kill. The time frame to pull it off is fairly generous, making this an extremely useful skill to have, especially since many of the most resilient Elite Mooks and even some bosses can be taken down this way quickly and efficiently. Some normally difficult elite/boss fights can outright be reduced to just using this skill until they die.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38805691
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38805691
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38805691
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38d02d44
type
Batman Gambit
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38d02d44
comment
Batman Gambit: As it turns out, the events in Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla are all part of a plot cooked up by Alethia and Basim so that Layla would bring the Staff of Hermes to the temple Basim is imprisoned in. Basim steals the Staff from Layla, reversing his millennia of aging.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38d02d44
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38d02d44
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_38d02d44
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39441318
type
Horny Vikings
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39441318
comment
Horny Vikings: While most of the helmets are historically accurate, a Norwegian shaman is shown wearing a horned headdress in the World Premiere trailer. In general, the Vikings are portrayed more like they are in pop culture rather than how they were in history.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39441318
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39441318
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39441318
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_396e1c2a
type
Face Death with Dignity
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_396e1c2a
comment
Face Death with Dignity: When Ragnarok, or rather the Great Collapse comes, the Norse pantheon walks to their destiny with their weapons drawn.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_396e1c2a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_396e1c2a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_396e1c2a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39aeb09e
type
Rare Candy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39aeb09e
comment
Rare Candy: The ingots you need to upgrade your equipment level can be purchased in small amounts from traders, but for the most part, their prohibitive price tags still restrict your supply to the ones you find in treasure chests in heavily guarded areas. The materials required to upgrade Eivor's settlement can only be looted from monasteries, and sometimes gained from completing main quests.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39aeb09e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39aeb09e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39aeb09e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6
type
Boring, but Practical
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6
comment
Boring, but Practical: The ability "Feign Death" allows Eivor to play dead; this simple concept has a multitude of uses, as it can be used to end an alarm, escape combat, and/or to avoid fights with high-level Zealots you stumble upon. At level 2 you can even assassinate people from the position, which is useful on its own but also refunds the adrenaline the move uses. In Orlog, the "Thor's Strike" God favor is by itself enough to take down almost any opponent, as it can cause up to 8 damage in a minigame where max health is 15. The "boring" part comes from the fact that it's always available and isn't nearly as flashy or complicated to use as the other favors. The practicality is that the opponent has to resort to a defensive God favor (like healing or downgrading the spell) to mitigate the damage.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39b8d3d6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39ffee21
type
Heinous Hyena
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39ffee21
comment
Heinous Hyena: Despite its name, the legendary animal boss known as the Gemad-Wulf is actually a striped hyena, albeit much larger than normal.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39ffee21
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39ffee21
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_39ffee21
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b
type
Unintentionally Unwinnable
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b
comment
Unintentionally Unwinnable: Until 1.04 fixed it by letting players purchase fabric from Ravensthorpe after fully upgrading it, an offering altar in Eurvicscire that demands five pieces of fabric could be rendered impossible to complete if you had all quiver and ration bag upgrades, since fabric stops spawning in chests once the aforementioned upgrades are crafted.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3ac5110b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3b5fcbb7
type
Artifact of Doom
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3b5fcbb7
comment
Artifact of Doom: The cause of Eivor's problems in the crossover storyline is another Apple gone haywire. It's actually trying to defend itself from Kassandra.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3b5fcbb7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3b5fcbb7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3b5fcbb7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f
type
Foregone Conclusion
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f
comment
Foregone Conclusion: Aelfred is going to survive his self-imposed exile from Wessex after the Battle of Chippenham and return to take control of the kingdom. Additionally, he will reform the Order of the Ancients into the Knights Templar, otherwise known as the Templar Order. This eventual reformation is alluded to in a letter by Goodwin in the study room which reveals that Aelfred called himself "a Poor Fellow-Soldier Of Christ" (a reference to the historical name for the Templars) when he provided information to the Hidden Ones on key targets in Lunden, Jorvik and Wincestre.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3bc88a7f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3e8d9cd3
type
Historical Hero Upgrade
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3e8d9cd3
comment
Historical Hero Upgrade: The game tends to present a mostly favorable view of the Vikings, despite the fact that they had been violently raiding and pillaging England for centuries and are forcibly colonizing parts of it and displacing, forcibly ruling over, or outright massacring the Saxons and native Britons in the process. It even keeps the "killing civilians will result in desynchronization" mechanic from previous games even though Eivor technically never becomes an Assassin nor takes the Creed; apparently, they (or at least the Raven Clan) were nice enough to never hurt the defenseless while burning monasteries down. And for the most part, it downplays stuff like the widespread Viking practices of slavery and blood sacrifice in real life.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3e8d9cd3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3e8d9cd3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3e8d9cd3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3eee0728
type
Captain Obvious
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3eee0728
comment
Captain Obvious: On solving the Standing Stones on Skye, Kassandra remarks that it's a map of the island. Eivor responds that she didn't say so because she didn't feel the need to point out the obvious.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3eee0728
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3eee0728
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3eee0728
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3f0494d
type
Player Headquarters
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3f0494d
comment
Player Headquarters: Eivor's village of Ravensthorpe serves as this. By investing in it, you expand the village over time so that it grows into a proper community where you can upgrade your equipment, take missions, and customize your character.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3f0494d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3f0494d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_3f0494d
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e
type
Bittersweet Ending
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e
comment
Bittersweet Ending: Sigurd & Basim: Eivor is successfully able to bring Sigurd back from the brink of glory-obsessed madness; and thwart Basim's plot against the duo. In the aftermath, Sigurd realizes he is no longer fit to rule Ravensthorpe and abdicates to Eivor. If the player defied Sigurd too many times, he chooses to stay in Norway. If you have a positive relationship with Sigurd, he comes home; but the loss of his arm ensures he won't ever be going a-vikingr like he used to. Conquering England: Hamtunscire is taken and the Raven Clan has successfully pacified England, yet as history would have it, Aelfred the Great lives to fight another day (see below). Additionally, Ubba, Soma, Hunwald and Hjorr all lie dead; unlike all the other battles, the feeling is overall more somber than celebratory. Upon arriving back in Ravensthorpe, Eivor even tells Randvi that the cost was high. If you consider the real history, the victory is only temporary: the attack on Chippenham happened in January 878; by May, Aelfred had managed to levy fyrds from areas west of Hamtunscire and defeat the Dane army at Edington. Guthrum and other high-ranking leaders were forced to convert to Christianity and pull back to Mercia. Modern Day: Like Desmond before her, Layla ends up sacrificing her life to end the global magnetic crisis, but she ascends to a higher plane of existence, and resolves to work alongside The Reader (heavily implied to be Desmond himself) to explore timelines and find a future where the flares are permanently stopped. However, this was all part of Loki's plan to take revenge on Odin, and reunite with Aletheia. Furthermore, Loki is set to meet William Miles face-to-face, and the answer to stopping the flare is implied to be in a timeline where Desmond didn't activate the Grand Temple mechanism and possibly let the solar flare destroy the world. The Forgotten Saga: Odin defeats Hel only to find out that Balder faked his death with her help, he confronts Balder who confirms this saying it is part of a plan to protect himself from Ragnarok and enemies that will survive it while Odin won't, he then erases Odin's memory of the meeting trapping him in an Amnesia Loop of trying to rescue him over and over not knowing he can never win.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40e2ac3f
type
Flunky Boss
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40e2ac3f
comment
Flunky Boss: The majority of (bonus) bosses have backup when they're fought, including several of the legendary animals. One that stands out is Gemad-Wulf, a giant striped hyena that calls in packs of wolves as reinforcements ... however that's supposed to work.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40e2ac3f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40e2ac3f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_40e2ac3f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4108bb3e
type
Doomed Hometown
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4108bb3e
comment
Doomed Hometown: The village of Heillboer is destroyed by Kjotve the Cruel and his forces at the beginning of the game. Eivor can revisit the place for a Fast Travel point, treasure, and some experience points as they interact with certain items.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4108bb3e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4108bb3e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4108bb3e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_41914bb3
type
Blade Below the Shoulder
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_41914bb3
comment
Blade Below the Shoulder: The Hidden Blade makes a return, with Eivor using it to stab a soldier equipped with heavy armor through the eye in the World Premiere trailer. The blade can be used in open combat by having nothing equipped in Eivor's left hand, with a long charge time for a stabbing attack with it that can do substantial damage if pulled off.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_41914bb3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_41914bb3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_41914bb3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_420e223e
type
Girl in the Tower
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_420e223e
comment
Girl in the Tower: One sidequest involves Eivor rescuing a lady from a tower guarded by a knight, after beating up the knight it turns out they're a couple engaging in sexual roleplay and the woman is now interested in Eivor, much to their annoyance.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_420e223e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_420e223e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_420e223e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4252fdf6
type
Hyperactive Metabolism
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4252fdf6
comment
Hyperactive Metabolism: Eivor can heal back from near death in seconds just by munching on a handful of raspberries, scarfing down a bowl of soup or consuming a ration in combat.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4252fdf6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4252fdf6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4252fdf6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43b154c9
type
Not Even Bothering with the Accent
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43b154c9
comment
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Certain NPCs (particularly children) speak with North American accents that are clearly out of place among their British or Scandinavian neighbors. A notable case is Otta Sluggason, played by Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger using his normal voice and accent.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43b154c9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43b154c9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43b154c9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43f2f606
type
Annoying Arrows
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43f2f606
comment
Annoying Arrows: Averted in the main game, but played straight during the battles in "Valhalla", where Eivor takes an arrow to the eye and shrugs it off.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43f2f606
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43f2f606
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_43f2f606
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4508b16b
type
The Guards Must Be Crazy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4508b16b
comment
The Guards Must Be Crazy: While guards are somewhat more perceptive than in most other stealth games, they still aren't exactly smart. They generally ignore disappeared colleagues unless found dead, and their detection is a bit wonky - sometimes it's possible to air assassinate someone without alerting their buddy right next to them, while other times a regular Mook can spot you from half a camp away after you briefly enter within a 180 angle of their face.note There is a mechanic that causes enemies to stay extra alert after spotting you, but even calm camps seem to have their super-aware enemies. Not to mention that they will always fall for "Feign Death" even if Eivor keeps pulling the trick over and over again, and that just like the first game, you can blend in with monks to slip by guards even while armed to the teeth. You can occasionally find captured Norse soldiers in bases you're raiding. They're either tied up or stuck in cages, but in either case, the guards apparently let these prisoners keep their weapons in their captivity. You can find soldiers in flimsy wooden cages literally holding massive battle axes, which speaks poorly of both their guards and themselves.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4508b16b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4508b16b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4508b16b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_452cda57
type
Eternally Pearly-White Teeth
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_452cda57
comment
Eternally Pearly-White Teeth: Mostly played straight, but notably averted with Halfdan Jarl. His teeth are disturbingly black. Truth in Television as it turns out, as Saxon skeletons have much better teeth than modern people, as there was very little sugar in their diet.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_452cda57
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_452cda57
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_452cda57
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4832a3bb
type
Always Chaotic Evil
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4832a3bb
comment
Always Chaotic Evil: There's no negotiating with bandits or the Picts - if they spot you, they attack no matter the circumstances.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4832a3bb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4832a3bb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4832a3bb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4956a3f9
type
Map Stabbing
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4956a3f9
comment
Map Stabbing: Eivor stabs the map with a dagger every time they pledge to a new territory.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4956a3f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4956a3f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4956a3f9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d18492
type
Scenery Gorn
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d18492
comment
Scenery Gorn: Throughout the map, there are ruins of the once-prominent Roman Empire that have been either left to rot, or have been used as foundations for new settlements and cities. Yggdrasil in the modern day is bathed in a ghastly red glow, falling apart after centuries of neglect, and is steadily being taken over by nature. Francia, as seen in The Siege of Paris, is typically a prime example of Real Is Brown. The colors are more dull, the land is bathed in fire and bloody remains, people are starving and dying in the streets of Paris, the place is falling apart, and rats are everywhere. "Dawn of Ragnarok" has Svartelheim, once proud home of the dwarfs. Now, it's been invaded by the forces of Musphelheim and Jotunheim, and so much of it is either frozen over or on fire.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d18492
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d18492
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d18492
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d59be9
type
Scenery Porn
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d59be9
comment
Scenery Porn: In keeping with series tradition, the locations you visit are filled with gorgeous landscapes ranging from awe-inspiring mountains to gorgeous lakes and oceans, fully explorable and detailed, bringing the beauty of 9th Century England to life. The Asgard and Jotunheim arcs are blatantly more fantastical than the main locations you visit, and as such are also filled with beautiful scenery that one could not see in reality. This includes the colossal tree Yggdrasil in the background of Asgard at all times, stretching across the sky, the Bifrost over the waters, and fantastic views over all of Asgard from atop the highest point, the Asgardian throne. Jotunheim is similarly fantastical, with lots of snow and frozen spectacles to gaze upon. Yggdrasil is a massive departure from what you've seen throughout the whole game and is one of the most beautiful locations the Isu have ever built. It brings to mind a small portion of Odyssey's Atlantis. "Valhalla" is filled with heavenly light and warm colors, fitting the vision of the Norse afterlife.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d59be9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d59be9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49d59be9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a
type
Gory Discretion Shot
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a
comment
Gory Discretion Shot: Oddly, in a game where heads, arms, and legs are being visibly cut off and/or crushed by the dozen during active combat (if the setting is turned on for that, at least), during the Wincestre arc, when Eivor observes Reeve Selwyn the Gallows member of the Order of the Ancients conducting a public execution, when the time comes for the man to be killed, it cuts to his wife wincing as she looks away and his body twitching before falling still in the background, and further still the bloody stump is obscured behind the bloodsoaked execution block. The single instance of the "Blood Eagle" ritual is completely off-screen, for understandable reasons; heck, the sounds alone are probably the most violent part of the game. In the Wrath of the Druids DLC, Azar's quest involves bringing in Konstantinos, the man who betrayed her and took her eye. He tells her to Get It Over With, but she tells him she spent all night sharpening several knives for this day and that she's gonna take her time with him. Eivor leaves the house and all you hear is him screaming and what sounds like slicing meat. She then informs Eivor what was left of him was Fed to Pigs.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_49f20c6a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a10e526
type
You Have Researched Breathing
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a10e526
comment
You Have Researched Breathing: One of the available abilities, "Feign Death", simply involves Eivor falling over and staying there until the player does something. That said, enemies seem to check their vital signs, suggesting Eivor is doing more than just lying still. The ability's upgrade is also an example, as it gives Eivor the ability to assassinate from a prone position.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a10e526
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a10e526
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a10e526
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f
type
Leaning on the Fourth Wall
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f
comment
Leaning on the Fourth Wall: When Eivor meets Reda in Ravensthorpe, one of the questions Eivor can ask is if they've met them before because they feel familiar. (The "Dawn of Ragnarok" DLC confirms Odin and Reda did know one another.) When Layla approaches the 7th Animus Anomaly and Rebecca tells her that there're ten in total, Layla jokingly asks if the Animus hands out achievements for completing them all. Rebecca doesn't get it, so Layla just drops the topic.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a65922a
type
Easter Special
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a65922a
comment
Easter Special: The Ostarra Event is this, being a precursor to modern Easter Day traditions. Eivor can indeed go on an egg hunt around Ravensthorpe and wear a floral wreath, with a male Eivor even getting flowers braided into his beard.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a65922a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a65922a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4a65922a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4b2500a1
type
This Means Warpaint
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4b2500a1
comment
Several of the details in the World Premiere trailer owe more to modern pop culture depictions than to actual historical evidence, such as the Vikings having Pict-ish warpaint, wearing leather armor with furs, and having metal-rimmed shields with arm-buckles. Additionally, the Anglo-Saxons' elite soldier with a Roman-style helmet wields an anachronistic two-handed sword that would be more fitting in the 15th century. In the Assassin's Creed: Valhalla Official Trailer #2, one of the enemies has a windlass crossbow on his back — a weapon not invented until the 15th century.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4b2500a1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4b2500a1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4b2500a1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cccd2a9
type
Mad Oracle
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cccd2a9
comment
Mad Oracle: The "Pig of Prophecy" World Event in Cent has Matilda the Seer, who is a literal pig. She's not a talking animal either, but only understood after Eivor drinks from some water next to the sow. The interpretations are easy enough with it being about Eivor and Sigurd's relationship, Odin and Fenrir. The historical references in the prophecies involve The Wars Of The Roses, the spinning jenny. It starts getting weird when a pig in 9th century England brings up 13.0.0.0.0. That would be December 21, 2012.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cccd2a9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cccd2a9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cccd2a9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cf04991
type
SocialDarwinist
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cf04991
comment
The Asgard arc has you play as Odin, whose Social Darwinist worldview and apparent sociopathy start showing more and more as the game goes on.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cf04991
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cf04991
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4cf04991
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536
type
Wham Line
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536
comment
Wham Line: When Ivarr reveals that he was Ceolbert's true killer, having framed Rhodri to spark war once more for revenge.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4e7c4536
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4efce9e6
type
Thematic Sequel Logo Change
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4efce9e6
comment
Thematic Sequel Logo Change: The Assassin sigil consists of two axes with intertwined knotted handles to represent the game taking place during The Viking Age and its prominent use of axes.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4efce9e6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4efce9e6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4efce9e6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4fd47ee6
type
Dark Age Europe
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4fd47ee6
comment
Dark Age Europe: Valhalla's main story takes place from 872-878 AD, shortly before the establishment of the Danelaw.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4fd47ee6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4fd47ee6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_4fd47ee6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50d71a78
type
Dual Wielding
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50d71a78
comment
Dual Wielding: Any combination of two weapons are possible, including fighting with a pair of shields. An upgrade in the skill tree even allows for Eivor to dual-wield two-handed weapons. To illustrate this, the cover art shows Eivor wielding a pair of axes.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50d71a78
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50d71a78
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50d71a78
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50f5dabe
type
Reincarnation
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50f5dabe
comment
Male Eivor noticeably shares their overall appearance, scars, and voice actor with Eivor's "hallucinations" of Odin. While this doesn't completely spoil the big twist about Reincarnation, it does make it much easier to guess.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50f5dabe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50f5dabe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_50f5dabe
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_519f108a
type
Throwing Your Sword Always Works
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_519f108a
comment
Throwing Your Sword Always Works: Well, Throwing Other People's Swords Always Works, actually, but close enough. With the appropriate skill unlocked, Eivor can pick up any melee weapon dropped by a dead enemy and hurl it at the closest living enemy, which deals heavy damage at the very least but usually results in a One-Hit Kill if not just entirely destroying a shield. Another skill allows Eivor to hurl their axe at a nearby enemy after successfully assassinating another, also for an instant kill - two dead guards for the price of one assassination. Since guards are very often encountered in pairs, this is more useful than it sounds at first.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_519f108a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_519f108a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_519f108a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_52475ffd
type
Cutting Off the Branches
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_52475ffd
comment
Cutting Off the Branches: In the modern day section, reading the file on the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus shows that Kassandra is indeed the canonical Eagle Bearer who handed the staff to Layla before dying. The Eagle Bearer herself shows up in a free post-launch mission.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_52475ffd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_52475ffd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_52475ffd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5313c266
type
Bookends
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5313c266
comment
Book Ends: Ceolbert, while talking to Eivor at the beginning of the game, notes that they sound different than Ivarr despite both being Danes, causing Eivor to remark that Ceolbert has a good ear, and that not all "Danes" are Danes. At the end of game, Eivor makes a joke to Aelfred about the trouble they had with a "Dane" ended up leading to the Order's demise in England, Aelfred remarks that Eivor is Norse instead of a Dane, leading Eivor to give the same response they gave Ceolbert. At the beginning of the game, Eivor's clan starts singing a song to celebrate their union with King Styrbjorn before getting interrupted by Kjotve's attack. After Eivor successfully pacifies England, the Raven Clan sings once more to celebrate her becoming their new Jarl. The tragedy of Eivor's life began on the day their father is remembered as a "coward" for letting go of his axe and dying on his knees so that his family may live.... twenty years later, upon learning that also letting go of the axe and refusing to fight Odin was the only way they could escape his grasp and save their brother Sigurd, Eivor finally learns the nobility and heroism of swallowing one's pride to protect that which one loves.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5313c266
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5313c266
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5313c266
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_550e75cd
type
Braving the Blizzard
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_550e75cd
comment
Braving the Blizzard: The first time the player goes to look for Yggdrasil in Norway, there's a blizzard going on, and Sigurd insists on going through it over Eivor's suggestion to just go back to the ship and wait it out.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_550e75cd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_550e75cd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_550e75cd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5541da8c
type
Lotus-Eater Machine
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5541da8c
comment
After being manipulated into taking Basim's place in Yggdrasil, Layla meets a being known as The Reader. Heavily implied to be Desmond Miles, they explain to Layla that they have been using Yggdrasil to find a timeline where the solar flares are stopped. Layla resolves to assist their efforts, and suggests that the answer lies in a timeline where Desmond let humanity be destroyed in 2012.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5541da8c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5541da8c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5541da8c
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_561da1c8
type
Mistaken for Dog
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_561da1c8
comment
Mistaken for Dog: One Anglo-Saxon woman begs you to free her "dog", Dandelion Puff, from a house fire. She's quite surprised to learn that Dandy is in fact a fox, but not upset - unfortunately she dies from said fire, so the fox winds up living in Ravensthorpe.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_561da1c8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_561da1c8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_561da1c8
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_56515a39
type
Artistic License – History
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_56515a39
comment
Artistic License – History: Several of the details in the World Premiere trailer owe more to modern pop culture depictions than to actual historical evidence, such as the Vikings having Pict-ish warpaint, wearing leather armor with furs, and having metal-rimmed shields with arm-buckles. Additionally, the Anglo-Saxons' elite soldier with a Roman-style helmet wields an anachronistic two-handed sword that would be more fitting in the 15th century. In the Assassin's Creed: Valhalla Official Trailer #2, one of the enemies has a windlass crossbow on his back — a weapon not invented until the 15th century. Upgrading Eivor's equipment level requires nickel, titanium, and tungsten. The peoples of that era were barely able to smelt and forge iron. While nickel and titanium have melting points in roughly the same bracket as iron, working tungsten with its 3400°C melting point would've been impossible back then. Flails are an obtainable weapon despite not being attested to in this period, and their existence in general being a subject of controversy. Instead of following real world-consensus on Vinland being in eastern Canada, Valhalla's map depicts New England and upstate New York, and the area features natives that speak Mohawk instead of any Algonquian languages. The game offers a justification: Eivor specifically visits the "real" Saint Brendan's Island. There is also the real-world argument that the term "vinland" may not refer to a specific location, but any area along the North American east coast that can support the eponymous grapevines. In that light, it's somewhat reasonable for one viking clan to settle one "vinland" in the 870s and Leif Erikson to discover a completely different "vinland" in 1000. Stave churches can be found in Norse-controlled areas, even in Asgard, for presumably aesthetic reasons despite the fact that the game takes place 200 years before Norway was Christianized. Despite their commonality in the game, the earliest known proper Dane axes (as opposed to nonspecific two-handed axes used in battle) are attested to from the 10th Century as opposed to the 9th when the game takes place. The world event "Ledecestreshire Sauce" is one for what would be the creation of Worcestershire sauce by a good thousand years before it became known, though the man putting it in the basement because it wasn't quite right does line up because it has to properly age before it's palatable. The Picts are depicted as fur-wearing or topless. Despite still being a distinct ethnic group at this time, their dress would probably have been broadly similar to the Anglo-Saxons. The Viking longships in the game have the heads of dragons and the like in the front. As any scholar well-versed in the history of the Viking Age can tell you, dragon heads are far too small to fit on a ship. While it was likely done for the sake of Rule of Cool, no Viking ship would ever consider attacking heavily armed fortresses. Vikings were raiders and pillagers, but they did not care about fortresses. Vikings usually attacked minor settlements and especially monasteries because they were lightly defended (though they would also attack and raid cities across Europe). 9th Century flyting involved a lot of alliteration, kennings, and a particular meter, but no rhyming. According to Word of God rhyming was chosen as the method of determining a correct verse because it was deemed more intuitive for the average modern player to follow, even if it wasn't very accurate to the time period. The Glowecestrescire Arc follows a group of pagan holdouts, but by this time paganism at this scale would've already been eradicated for centuries. Additionally, human sacrifice by Celtic pagans is only attested in biased Greek/Roman sources and may not have even been practiced. The Raven Clan are depicted using their longship to move from Norway to England. In real life, the longship would not have been used for such a voyage due to the lack of room to carry cargo, and would have instead only been used for local raiding. For such a journey, a knarr would be used instead. The longships in the game are also much smaller than the ones in real life, at least on average, being based more on the karvi than on the larger snekkja or skeid more commonly used in warfare. Prehistoric material is all over the place throughout the game. Bronze Age round barrows are treated as if they're Neolithic chamber tombs. Seahenge is fairly accurate but called Seahenge by a Viking over a thousand years before the name exists. Arbor Low uses the commonly speculated etymology of Eorthburg Hlaw but otherwise bears no resemblance to the actual monument. This while the game does little to distinguish these things from 'Celtic' materials, and goes all in on conflating them in Wrath of the Druids. Doon Fort - an Iron Age ringfort - is turned into a Stonehenge-esque array of trilithons, seemingly because of the fact a Druid - one outright ascribed as 'he of the Stone Circles' - has to be found and assassinated there. Despite their association in popular culture, Druids were not responsible for the building of Stonehenge or other monuments like it, as such precede even the broadest definitions of proto-Celtic by a thousand years. There is no Goddess called Danu found in Irish mythology; her existence was hypothesized by scholars as an explanation for the name Tuatha Dé Danann, and the true meaning of the word Danann is still ultimately unknown. The existence of Druids in Ireland is something of a contested topic in modern historical scholarship; there is no contemporary evidence for their presence and their first mention in the historical record comes almost 400 years after Ireland was Christianised as the word druí, generally meaning 'mage' or 'wizard', having no apparent association with the Celtic priestly caste of popular imagination.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_56515a39
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_56515a39
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_56515a39
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5869bd44
type
Arrows on Fire
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5869bd44
comment
Fortresses under assault occasionally launch massive volleys of Arrows on Fire at the invaders, which invariably includes you.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5869bd44
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5869bd44
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5869bd44
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_58e43f17
type
Cats Are Mean
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_58e43f17
comment
Cats Are Mean: One of the animals Eivor can encounter in Vinland/Saint Brendan's Island are cougars that attack them on sight. England gets in on the fun with hyper-aggressive lynxes that are somehow even worse than the cougars, mostly because they attack in packs.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_58e43f17
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_58e43f17
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_58e43f17
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ac34441
type
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp"
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ac34441
comment
Call a Rabbit a "Smeerp": In "The Dawn of Ragnarok", everyone in Eivor's visions call what we'd name lava "fire sludge" (since, as a Viking, Eivor has no idea what lava is).
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ac34441
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ac34441
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ac34441
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ad39c3a
type
Play Every Day
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ad39c3a
comment
Play Every Day: Like Odyssey, the game has a rotating shop that offers items from the Animus Store in exchange for a special currency - this time opals, which can be found in the world in small amounts but mostly come from Reda's quests. There's one daily item and three weekly items available at a time, and Reda gives two temporary quests each day (worth 5 opals each) and one each week (worth 20 opals). The cost of each item ranges from ~50 for cosmetics and ~120 for gear.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ad39c3a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ad39c3a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ad39c3a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace
type
Gang Up on the Human
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace
comment
Gang Up on the Human: So long as they can detect Eivor, enemies will always priotize them over any other target, most notable when fighting an Order member and Saxons or Bandits interrupt the fight.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ade9ace
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c17c12f
type
Bribing Your Way to Victory
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c17c12f
comment
Bribing Your Way to Victory: You can buy all upgrade materials from traders. Even fabric, tungsten and titanium become available after fully upgrading Ravensthorpe, although getting there takes a while. Eivor can come across wandering explorers, who will happily share them the location of one random collectible item (type of which the player can choose) for 30 silver. You can also hire a cartographer to Ravensthorpe, who sells maps of "Wealth" you haven't discovered yet. This is also present as Microtransactions, which allow you to purchase upgrade materials and map filters that reveal all collectibles on the map. Store-bought gear mostly averts this however, as their stats and special properties are more or less the same as those found in weapons obtainable in-game; while there are some exceptions, their special aspects usually boil down on their unique appearance.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c17c12f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c17c12f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c17c12f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c300c3b
type
The Berserker
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c300c3b
comment
The Berserker: There are literal mooks called Berserkers that dual-wield axes and fight with extreme speed and ferocity, but without any sense of self-preservation. Certain quests and conversations reveal that they're shot up with a potentially lethal drug cocktail that sends them into a battle frenzy. Two of the optional drengr fights also fit: one of them is a high-powered version of the Berserker archetype, while the other drinks a frenzy potion before battle (and asks you to do the same, so that it's a fair fight).
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c300c3b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c300c3b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5c300c3b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ca80293
type
Pragmatic Villainy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ca80293
comment
Pragmatic Villainy: When you raid, you're more interested in stuff you can use (to build up your settlement) than pure money or frivolous things like gems. The giant chests you force open are gilded as a gameplay affectation, but inside you can clearly see that they're full of tools and building materials.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ca80293
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ca80293
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5ca80293
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5d5cc3fd
type
Through the Eyes of Madness
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5d5cc3fd
comment
Through the Eyes of Madness: Eivor's "dreams" of Asgard and Jotunheim appear to be a blend of reality and myth - on one hand there's all kinds of fantastical elements such as dwarves, giant wolves and deer, and talking animals, yet much of what's seen has some basis on the series' lore as ancient technology and the "magic" is clearly technology. Notably, we see some of the same events (be it in previous games as in the case of Juno's message at the Well of Mimir or in the "Hidden Truth" video) without the filter of Eivor's perceptions as well, showing that what is glimpsed is similar to what actually happened, but not exact, and is colored by Eivor's preconceptions about mythological concepts.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5d5cc3fd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5d5cc3fd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5d5cc3fd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5f611b7e
type
Good All Along
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5f611b7e
comment
Good All Along: King Aelfred the Great actually opposes the Order of the Ancients despite his role as a Grand Maegester. He even works with Eivor to drive out the last remnants of the Order in England.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5f611b7e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5f611b7e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_5f611b7e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac
type
Names to Run Away from Really Fast
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac
comment
Francia is definitely this, with ravenous and unkillable rats blocking some paths, a part of Paris actually called The Plague Slums, and the countryside outside the city littered with the rotting bodies of the dead being fed upon by murders of crows.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_60fa92ac
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_61066d95
type
Fictional Counterpart
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_61066d95
comment
Fictional Counterpart: Orlog is a Fictional Board Game that meant to be a stand-in for Tafl, the Norse and Celtic equivalent of chess. The developers admitted that they created the game to feel credible to the time period and couldn't find any clear rules for contemporary Norse board games.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_61066d95
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_61066d95
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_61066d95
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6141b228
type
Full-Boar Action
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6141b228
comment
Full-Boar Action: One hostile animal species are wild boars that will attack Eivor on sight. "Wrath of the Druids" has Black Stout, a giant boar Legendary Animal in Black Pig's Dyke in Connacht. Killing it gives the Bone Sickle.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6141b228
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6141b228
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6141b228
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62434fe2
type
Sanity Slippage
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62434fe2
comment
Of particular note is the scene late in the game where Sigurd sentences a wrongdoer to pay 30 times the normal restitution. By this point in the game, it's become increasingly obvious that Sigurd is undergoing severe Sanity Slippage as the power of the Sage of Tyr is going to his head, and even the offended party in the trial is horrified by the sentence. You would think that the right option would be to try to reason with Sigurd, but if you want to maximize your chances of getting the good ending, you have to side with Sigurd despite how insane the judgement is.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62434fe2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62434fe2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62434fe2
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6293c185
type
Sequel Hook
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6293c185
comment
Sequel Hook: A note found in a dungeon reveals the existence of other, non-Order zealot groups in Ireland and Francia. These are dealt with in The Wrath of the Druids (The Children of Danu) and The Siege of Paris (Bellatores Dei), respectively. After being manipulated into taking Basim's place in Yggdrasil, Layla meets a being known as The Reader. Heavily implied to be Desmond Miles, they explain to Layla that they have been using Yggdrasil to find a timeline where the solar flares are stopped. Layla resolves to assist their efforts, and suggests that the answer lies in a timeline where Desmond let humanity be destroyed in 2012. Now freed, Basim travels to Eivor's grave to meet the party who received his messages. Shaun & Rebecca are bewildered by Basim's arrival and Layla's disappearance, but nonetheless, agree to his request to meet William Miles. They depart the excavation site as Basim resolves to find Fenrir and the rest of his children in the modern world. After completing The Last Chapter, Basim exits the Animus and uploads a sample of his blood to it. It's deemed viable and a month-long processing begins, leading into Mirage.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6293c185
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6293c185
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6293c185
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62f9d08e
type
Freeze-Frame Bonus
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62f9d08e
comment
Freeze-Frame Bonus: In the last Asgard memory when the main Aesir drink of the mead of immortality at Yggdrasil, before facing their fate in Ragnarok, one of the faces briefly shifts to what appears to be a fetus in a sac. This foreshadows that the whole Asgard sequence is actually telling the tale of the Great Catastrophe that rendered the Isu functionally extinct.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62f9d08e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62f9d08e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_62f9d08e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6320eced
type
Gameplay and Story Segregation
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6320eced
comment
Gameplay and Story Segregation: While Eivor's dreams don't give any physical rewards, gear can be changed and improved during them. Sure, Eivor may wake up in different clothes than they went to sleep with, but at least you don't need to wake up every time you want alter your stats. In spite of the fact that some of the kings you encounter, such as Oswald, are devout Christians; none of them will ever comment on, or even react to, Eivor pillaging and looting the various monasteries that dot the English countryside. The story (quite correctly) treats the decision to sail to England as a serious, momentous choice on the part of Eivor, Sigurd, and the rest of their clan. It's a long journey, and everyone is intensely aware that they are leaving their homes, probably for good. But once you get settled in England, Eivor can fast travel back to Norway without any obstacles or delays (unless you count the loading screen).
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6320eced
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6320eced
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6320eced
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_63387043
type
Glorious Death
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_63387043
comment
Glorious Death: A series of side quests centers on the Lost Drengir of Ragnar Loðbrók, a group of Retired Badasses who fought in the Great Heathen Army. They all coped poorly with retirement, however (whether due to Rich Boredom, Guilt Complexes, fear of Badass Decay, or simply because Victory Is Boring), and jump at the opportunity to Duel to the Death so they can rejoin their fallen leader in Valhalla. Fortunately for them, player character Eivor is happy to oblige them.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_63387043
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_63387043
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_63387043
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6439de78
type
Heroic Sacrifice
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6439de78
comment
Heroic Sacrifice: Layla manages to slow the machine down, preventing it from spewing a dangerous magnetic field, but thanks to the failsafe implemented in the Isu machine, she is automatically forced to drop the staff and dies from radiation exposure. As a result, she joins or becomes one with The Reader (heavily implied to be Desmond Miles), to try to find a timeline that will prevent any more global catastrophes from occurring.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6439de78
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6439de78
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6439de78
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_64a5e4f
type
Black Vikings
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_64a5e4f
comment
Black Vikings: A literal example. Vagn is a Viking of Black African descent who is a member of the predominantly white Scandinavian Raven Clan. Yanli is a Chinese merchant living in Ravensthorpe. However, no Europeans would visit China in the time span of the game. Ljufvina is an indigenous Siberian of Mongol descent, possibly Buryat.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_64a5e4f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_64a5e4f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_64a5e4f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65acf9db
type
He Knows Too Much
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65acf9db
comment
He Knows Too Much: Implied to have happened to Alcuin of York when he learned about the Order and tried warning Charlemagne about it, as the letter he was supposed to have sent ended up in the possession of Aethelwulf of Northumbria before passing down to Aelfred. Aelfred himself notes in his writings that his father would never say how exactly he got that letter, implying some sort of involvement in his assassination.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65acf9db
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65acf9db
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65acf9db
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65d658f
type
Putting the Band Back Together
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65d658f
comment
Putting the Band Back Together: A world event in Lunden has Eivor helping to put a band of bards back together. In Saint Brendan's Island/Vinland, Eivor also helps to put a band of Norse hunters back together.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65d658f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65d658f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_65d658f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6602cad
type
Permanently Missable Content
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6602cad
comment
Permanently Missable Content: Downplayed. Layla's banter with Rebecca/Shaun as the former explores the Animus Anomalies can be missed if the anomalies are not completed before Basim comes into the Modern Day picture. Conversely, Basim has his own commentary on the Anomalies (albeit a one-liner, "fragment of an ancient memory"), which you can only hear if you leave them until after the end of the story.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6602cad
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6602cad
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6602cad
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_66f763c0
type
Interface Screw
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_66f763c0
comment
Interface Screw: Some bandit types can throw sand in Eivor's eyes, which obscures most of the on-screen action and prevents the player from blocking or parrying even if they can make out what's happening. Consuming alcohol makes Eivor's view go all wobbly. Finishing a drinking duel makes it so bad that players have reported getting motion sickness from the effect. This isn't much of a handicap for Eivor—after one drink too many, you can no longer lock onto enemies, but they otherwise remain in perfect fighting shape. The battle against Odin is actually unwinnable, and you need to escape him in order to win. However, every time you try to run, he will prevent you by pulling you back via the axe you're holding. The way to thwart Odin is to manually unequip the axe from your inventory. When Odin is under the influence of a truth serum concocted by Angrboda, while he's being interrogated about Asgard's defenses, no matter what choices you make Odin will say the truth, because the serum is preventing him from lying. At the end all the choices are literally the same to reflect that. Try using Odin's sight around Kassandra when you're on the Isle of Skye. Hot damn if that's not different. Just before Eivor approaches any of the caskets in the Tombs of the Fallen for the first time, the screen gets blurry as it does when they're drunk.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_66f763c0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_66f763c0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_66f763c0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_67a7cd88
type
Battle in the Center of the Mind
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_67a7cd88
comment
Battle in the Center of the Mind: The final task of the Mastery Challenges is Eivor against Hildran in one of these.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_67a7cd88
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_67a7cd88
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_67a7cd88
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68069489
type
Nipple and Dimed
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68069489
comment
Nipple and Dimed: Played straight for humans in general, averted for female Jötunn whose nipples can be seen through their tops. Zigzagged in one specific instance during the Essex arc: when you go to retrieve Rollo from a bawdy house the prostitute who is whipping him is only wearing a helmet above the waist and her nipples are clear to see. The other prostitutes in the room, on the other hand, are stuck in permanent underwear. Averted for two of the three Daughters of Lerion.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68069489
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68069489
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68069489
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_681077c5
type
Wide-Open Sandbox
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_681077c5
comment
Wide-Open Sandbox: The playable area includes southwestern Norway, England, and part of what is now New York and New England in the form of Vinland/Saint Brendan's Island.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_681077c5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_681077c5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_681077c5
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68f6e811
type
Made of Plasticine
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68f6e811
comment
Made of Plasticine: Many of Eivor's gruesome melee finishers only work because of the Rule of Cool. Real human bodies would make them impossible to pull off in the way they're shown, like ripping someone's entire head off at the neck by ramming a sword in their back and pulling the full blade upwards. That last part alone would be quite a feat in real life, considering all the bones in the way.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68f6e811
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68f6e811
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_68f6e811
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_69e4f7b7
type
Historical Fantasy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_69e4f7b7
comment
Historical Fantasy: The Asgard and Great Catastrophe segments heavily lean into fantasy with scientific elements (i.e. the Yggdrasil being a supercomputer). Not to mention that Eivor is the female reincarnation of Odin while her adopted brother Sigurd and Basim are also reincarnations of the Norse gods Tyr and Loki respectively.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_69e4f7b7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_69e4f7b7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_69e4f7b7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6aada778
type
Only the Chosen May Wield
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6aada778
comment
Only the Chosen May Wield: To use Thor's Hammer you have to prove yourself by collecting all the pieces of his armor first, which can't be done until after the main quest is complete. Same goes for Excalibur.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6aada778
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6aada778
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6aada778
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec4232f
type
Casting Gag
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec4232f
comment
Casting Gag: Magnus Bruun voices male Eivor and Varin who are Norse Viking warriors as well as Odin. He previously portrayed Cnut the Great in The Last Kingdom which takes place in the same time period and setting as Valhalla. Jeppe Beck Laursen is cast as Halfdan Ragnarsson, a fierce warrior who participates in the raids against the English Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Much like Brunn, he played a major character in The Last Kingdom known as Haeston who also fought in England alongside other Vikings.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec4232f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec4232f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec4232f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8
type
Guide Dang It!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8
comment
Another Unity callback in "Siege of Paris" involves a church in Saint Denis, where the "Dead Kings" DLC takes place. Inside is a tablet that looks like it's in gibberish, but it's in a Caesar cipher where letters are shifted by 18 letters back (for example, A=V), but going by classical Latin. It involves a triangular set of coordinates between Paris, Suessonium and Compendium, and then meeting in the middle. Guide Dang It! doesn't even begin to describe this Mythology Gag! Either way, it leads to a crypt, and the sealed off Isu Vault where the Lantern of Dionysis is kept.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ec989d8
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ee09826
type
Religious Bruiser
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ee09826
comment
Religious Bruiser: The World Premiere trailer shows Eivor and the Raven Clan conducting rituals to gain Odin's favor before going on raids, and Eivor has a vision of Odin mid-battle that spurs him on in combat.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ee09826
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ee09826
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ee09826
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe
type
Christmas Episode
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe
comment
Christmas Episode: Patch 1.1 introduces a Yule event to Ravensthorpe that unlocks as early as completing Ledecestrescire, the town decorated for yule thanks to some "revelers" from afar. The Jorvik arc also takes place during Yule in a vein similar to the Glowecestrescire arc taking place during Samhain. The battle for Hamtunscire takes place days before "Christ-mass".
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7086b98
type
Port Town
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7086b98
comment
Port Town: The settlement of Ravensthorpe was built upon the remains of Ragnar's camp which was adjacent to River Soar of Leicestershire, England.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7086b98
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7086b98
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7086b98
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_70ade2c4
type
Culture Clash
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_70ade2c4
comment
Culture Clash: 9th century England was a chaotic place populated by continually feuding Christian Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Celtic Briton tribes, and vestiges of the Roman Empire even before the Norse Vikings arrived. King Aelfred's xenophobic speech in the World Premiere trailer particularly emphasizes the prejudices involved between these rival cultures; and the First Look Gameplay trailer further emphasizes the divide with contrasting shots of each culture's holy sites: a church for the Saxons, a rune-engraved stone for the Norse, and Stonehenge for the Celts. Notably averted in Wrath of the Druids, where the viking settlers have long stopped raiding and have assimilated with the locals as Norse-Gaels.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_70ade2c4
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_70ade2c4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_70ade2c4
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7241785e
type
You Can't Fight Fate
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7241785e
comment
You Can't Fight Fate: The Asgard and Jotunheim arcs revolve around Odin's attempts to defy this trope by finding a way to survive the looming end times, where he is prophesied to die alongside all the other Norse gods. He eventually manages to sidestep the prophecy by ensuring that their minds will one day be reborn in humans as Sages, after their original incarnations die in Ragnarök. Eivor spends most of the game mulling this over after seeing a vision that implies they will somehow betray Sigurd in the future.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7241785e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7241785e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7241785e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_726ab4c9
type
Attack Animal
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_726ab4c9
comment
Attack Animal: Wrath of the Druids introduces Irish wolfhounds as an animal used by enemies against Eivor.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_726ab4c9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_726ab4c9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_726ab4c9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7276d0de
type
Mugging the Monster
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7276d0de
comment
Mugging the Monster: Some World Events involve swindlers, robbers, murderers, and fanatics trying to prey on Eivor. They hand them their asses for their troubles. The "Monster" part is taken a bit more literally in the World Event The Devil Has All The Best Tunes, where Eivor is "merely" left with drunkenness by poisoned ale potent enough to kill the average adult.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7276d0de
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7276d0de
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7276d0de
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7286e96d
type
Idiot Ball
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7286e96d
comment
Idiot Ball: Eivor during the Sciropescire arc. First, they allow Ivarr to join the negotiations with Rhodri, despite knowing that Ivarr is an impulsive Blood Knight who hates Rhodri. They then allow Ivarr to stay on the mission after ruining the peace-talks by murdering Rhodri's brother, which leads to him murdering Ceolbert and framing Rhodri for it so that he can have an excuse to get even with him, ruining the peace they'd worked so hard to achieve. During their duel Ivarr even lampshades how dumb it was for Eivor to trust him in the first place.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7286e96d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7286e96d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7286e96d
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7335ffa9
type
Grey-and-Gray Morality
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7335ffa9
comment
Grey-and-Gray Morality: The conflict that takes place in Valhalla follows in the footsteps of Assassin's Creed III, Rogue, and Unity when it comes to who's more in the right and who's more in the wrong. No matter how honorable, reasonable, and inspiring the Vikings can be, the Saxon Kingdoms are still completely in their right to defend their lands and people from foreign invaders. By the same token, while the Danes are seeking to conquer all of England, the various petty kings and rulers of the land are, while not as bad about conquest, still often hated by their own people to various degrees for other horrible actions.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7335ffa9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7335ffa9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7335ffa9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7374ab13
type
Once More, with Clarity
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7374ab13
comment
Once More, with Clarity: At the end of the Asgard arcs, a vision of Ragnarök is shown, with each of the Norse pantheon's gods and goddesses sitting down at a table and drinking mead that will allow them to "cheat death". If the player completes all of the Animus Anomalies, they will be shown what actually happened, with Eivor's perception of the events removed to show the Isu unfiltered. At the dawn of the Great Catastrophe, the Norse pantheon of Isu sit at a table and allow a machine, Yggdrasil, to upload their genetic material to the human genome, ensuring that they will cheat death through resurrection. However, this unaltered version also shows Loki killing Heimdall and using his glass mask to upload his genetic code as well, ensuring that he will cheat death, too.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7374ab13
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7374ab13
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7374ab13
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
type
ColorCodedForYourConvenience
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
comment
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Each of the warring factions has different colors for their soldiers: Norse: Blue (Friendly), Red (Hostile) Britons and Danes: Green Saxons: Dark yellow
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_740f59b4
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_754df088
type
Put on a Bus
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_754df088
comment
Put on a Bus: Layla's team from Odyssey are gone, apparently because after what went down in the "Trials of Atlantis" DLC, things got strained between her and them.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_754df088
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_754df088
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_754df088
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_75538142
type
Friend to All Children
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_75538142
comment
Friend to All Children: Eivor has a great relationship with children and enjoys playing along with their games. This ends up putting Eivor in a rather uncomfortable spot in one early sidequest, where Eivor goes along with a group of Dane children who gleefully practice raiding, only to realize once they're done that the kids are part of Kjotve's clan and they're practicing wiping out the Raven Clan.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_75538142
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_75538142
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_75538142
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_77c9a628
type
Your Soul Is Mine!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_77c9a628
comment
Your Soul Is Mine!: "Dawn of Ragnarok" has Odin having to deal with a magical artifact which can drain the souls out of people it's used on. Like Baldr. The post-game conversation suggests it's the device Juno wound up sealed in.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_77c9a628
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_77c9a628
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_77c9a628
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7831c048
type
So Much for Stealth
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7831c048
comment
So Much for Stealth: One ability you can gain is the ability to use a heavy attack as a sneak attack on an enemy instead of the quieter Hidden Blade. This will have Eivor messily dismember the foe in a loud and attention-getting way, with the benefit of filling up all your adrenaline slots so you can then take on the other alerted enemies with ease.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7831c048
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7831c048
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7831c048
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7a4013f3
type
Deuteragonist
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7a4013f3
comment
Deuteragonist: Basim is second only to Eivor in terms of overall importance to the story. He's also the reincarnation of Loki who wants revenge against Eivor/Odin for killing his son.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7a4013f3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7a4013f3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7a4013f3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7b047cb2
type
Legendary Weapon
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7b047cb2
comment
Legendary Weapon: Eivor can find (at least) four Isu weapons. Excalibur, probably the most famous sword in Western mythology. It's classified as a longsword, and releases a flash of light during finishers. Found in a cave near stonehenge, but also requires end-game collectibles to obtain. Mjölnir, Thor's hammer, which releases a stun blast on finishers, and also has a 33% percent chance to do so on any melee hit. Found on a small path off the northernmost fjord in Norway, and needs Thor's armor to obtain. Gungnir, Odin's spear, which has slightly extended range. Found stuck in a wall inside the Isu temple that houses the Yggdrasil, but is unobtainable until the endgame. Noden's Arc, an Isu hunter bow, which causes more damage the further you are from the target. Found inside a pile of rocks on a small island in a lake southeast of Brunton's Turret, but the pile refuses to budge to any weapon other than the Excalibur and the hit needs to happen at sunset. Gae Bolg, the spear of Cú Chulainn. In "Wrath of the Druids," Eivor is tested against Balor who serves as an Optional Boss after killing all of the Children of Danu.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7b047cb2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7b047cb2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7b047cb2
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bc8c453
type
Origins Episode
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bc8c453
comment
Origins Episode: The letters from Goodwin near the end of the game reveal that Valhalla is ultimately about the reformation of the Order of the Ancients into the modern Templar Order by King Aelfred the Great. Aelfred's alias is "Poor Fellow-Soldier Of Christ" which will later become the historical name for the Knights Templar.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bc8c453
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bc8c453
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bc8c453
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bf14666
type
And Now for Someone Completely Different
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bf14666
comment
And Now for Someone Completely Different: Basim/Loki, a 9th century era Hidden One/sage of an Isu, replaces Layla as the modern day protagonist at the end of the game.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bf14666
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bf14666
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7bf14666
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e6c0522
type
Off with His Head!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e6c0522
comment
Off with His Head!: Decapitation is a frequent result of melee finishers and often even normal deathblows.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e6c0522
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e6c0522
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e6c0522
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e74d66f
type
Politically Correct History
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e74d66f
comment
Politically Correct History: The game glosses over the more unpalatable aspects of raiding (like killing civilians and taking thralls) and the Pagan Norse religion (blood sacrifices), presumably to avoid having the player character seem like too much of a Villain Protagonist. Discussed in detail by Bret Deveraux here. Like Origins and Odyssey, the huge role slavery plays in the time period is barely ever addressed, as presumably it'd clash with the pro-freedom ideals the Hidden Ones / Assassins are supposed to support if the local economy runs on the back of slaves. As mentioned above, Thralls were not only an aspect of raiding, but a major focus for raiding.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e74d66f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e74d66f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_7e74d66f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6
type
Easy Level Trick
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6
comment
The game brings back the "chase a flying page" parkour challenges, but this time the page will stop at the end of the course for about ten seconds before vanishing. This gives you some extra time to catch up after missing a few jumps, or, alternatively, plenty of time to simply run to the end and wait on your next attempt.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8125d8f6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_81c0e175
type
An Ass-Kicking Christmas
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_81c0e175
comment
An Ass-Kicking Christmas: The Jorvik arc takes place around Yuletide, an end-of-year celebration and precursor to Christmas. Right around "Christ-mass" time is when Eivor and their allies take over Hamtunscire.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_81c0e175
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_81c0e175
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_81c0e175
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82384b1
type
Never Hurt an Innocent
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82384b1
comment
The "Miasma" and "Battlefield Cremation" upgrades make clearing outposts incredibly easy, but also make elemental attacks very risky in towns. These abilities cause NPCs that die of poison or fire to spread the status effect to other nearby NPCs, meaning you can easily cause a plague among innocent townsfolk until too many die and you get a game over. Cremation also makes it slightly harder to collect loot from bodies, but that's a minor annoyance compared to the above.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82384b1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82384b1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82384b1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82fc5bdf
type
Bratty Half-Pint
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82fc5bdf
comment
Bratty Half-Pint: Barring a few exceptions, almost all children in the game treat Eivor as their personal servant and doormat, though Eivor doesn't take this personally.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82fc5bdf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82fc5bdf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_82fc5bdf
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8344209e
type
BFG
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8344209e
comment
BFG: Many strongholds are equipped with mounted springalds, basically the .50cal machine guns of their time. With their huge range, pinpoint accuracy, good rate of fire, and bolts that can't be evaded and deal very high damage, bolting for cover is the only sensible thing to do when you come under fire from one of these things.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8344209e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8344209e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8344209e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_834420aa
type
BFS
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_834420aa
comment
BFS: All player-usable swords in the game are massive two-handed blades almost as long as Eivor is tall. With the right skill unlocked, Eivor can wield them one-handed, and even two at a time.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_834420aa
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_834420aa
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_834420aa
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_83d37e5d
type
Attack Its Weak Point
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_83d37e5d
comment
Attack Its Weakpoint: When using the bow Eivor can target glowing parts of their opponent's bodies in order to open them up for stun attacks.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_83d37e5d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_83d37e5d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_83d37e5d
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8454f523
type
Superboss
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8454f523
comment
The reward for beating Steinbjornn, the game's most powerful Superboss, is ... absolutely nothing. Not even an achievement!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8454f523
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8454f523
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8454f523
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_85557b38
type
Reality Is Unrealistic
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_85557b38
comment
Reality Is Unrealistic: The game's inclusivity can come off as Politically Correct History, but it actually has basis in reality, and is more reflective of what the reality of the time would be like. The game depicts 9th century England as far more racially diverse than the middle ages are commonly depicted, but it's actually closer to reality than those are for it. Ljufvina Bjarmasdottir, an NPC who is visibly Asian in appearance, was a real person, and is believed to have been a Mongolian princess. Likewise, while Ravensthorpe has a number of residents who are of Asian descent, dialogue confirms they came to England via the Silk Road, which did stretch to England, and as a port town, Ravensthorpe would likely see a notable populace of foreign travellers and traders, so Reda's presence isn't too anachronistic (well, outside of them being an immortal child, anyway). Vagn doesn't detail his origin, but Viking clans were known to allow outsiders to join, and even to promote thralls (IE, slaves) to raiders if they proved themselves, and they did reach as far south as North Africa in their raiding and travels. The game doesn't make this too ridiculous as most of England is still primarily ethnically Anglo-Saxon, Danish/Scandanavian, Britton, and Pictish, and the racial diversity is limited to where it would be historically plausible, but it's far from Politically Correct History. Likewise, the game features women as combatants, both allies (never mind Eivor herself) and enemies alike, including one case where a noblewoman (Lady Eadwyn) fights to defend her castle. While women were generally expected to be housewives and carers, noblewomen who inherited armies from their family were sometimes known to lead them during times of war, though they were typically unpopular as leaders outside of those who are loyal to their family linenote the reason behind Lady Eadwyn's 0% Approval Rating isn't explored too heavily beyond her being a Jerkass (albeit, only because her husband was killed by people just like Eivor and Sigurd, who are foreign invaders trying to depose her), however the fact her thegns are happy to betray her to the Norse, which includes appointing a (male) leader, makes a lot of sense in this light. Meanwhile, burial sites of warriors of the time have included skeletal remains identified via DNA as female, though it's unknown if they were welcomed into the army knowingly or if it was merely a Sweet Polly Oliver situation, either of which lines up with how the game portrays itnote among the Saxons and other enemy factions, women are rarer than men, and wear armour that is entirely identical, and thick enough to conceal their body type, so for the most part you can only tell they're women by their voice; given this, it's equally possible they were either welcomed due to their skill matching the men's, or the rest of their comrades couldn't tell their gender either. Finally, the game allows Eivor to have romances with any gender, who respond in-kind regardless of Eivor's apparent gender (which, canonically, is female, but it's up to the player how they present). During the viking age, homosexual behaviour was known, and though there's little record of openly exclusively-gay/lesbian individuals from the time, the Norse (and the Anglo-Saxons of the time) didn't view homosexuality as sinful or against nature in itself; rather, as they valued procreation and family, it was expected that you would marry and have kids eventually, but who you slept with before, or outside, your marriage wasn't anyone's business, regardless of the gendernote men avoiding marriage to women because they solely wished to sleep with men was known of, and was socially discriminated against, and sometimes penalised. Notably, the game doesn't have any openly queer couples outside of anyone Eivor romances, with Stowe and Erke's romance being kept on the DL, which does reflect how homosexuality was treated for most of history, something that existed but was kept quiet about.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_85557b38
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_85557b38
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_85557b38
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_86d4f985
type
Doing In the Wizard
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_86d4f985
comment
Doing In the Wizard: Oddly for a franchise with explicitly supernatural elements, the game does this with the Beowulf saga. Eivor investigates a mass murder, then discovers that Grendel is merely a deformed and simple-minded man who Does Not Know His Own Strength, not unlike Lennie from Of Mice and Men. His mother was likewise a normal, elderly woman (albeit with some druidic magic) who just wanted to keep her son safe. Eivor is forced to kill them both, and the whole thing is a tragic Shoot the Shaggy Dog story. Eivor tells the Quest Giver what happened, and she decides to make the story more heroic and exciting when she writes it down.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_86d4f985
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_86d4f985
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_86d4f985
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_881b90be
type
Bling of War
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_881b90be
comment
Bling of War: Upgrading equipment to mythical level usually adds lots and lots of gold to it. Metallic surfaces often gain a Damascene texture, and most fabric pieces switch color to royal blue or red for that extra bit of classiness, not to mention all the extremely elaborate engravings and embroidery.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_881b90be
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_881b90be
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_881b90be
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8829dfa0
type
What the Hell Is That Accent?
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8829dfa0
comment
What the Hell Is That Accent?: Some of the NPCs in England have some bizarre accent that sounds vaguely Irish. This is most noteable with Thegn Aelfgar in the Lincolnscire arc.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8829dfa0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8829dfa0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8829dfa0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_883f3732
type
WarmUpBoss
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_883f3732
comment
It's difficult to see accidentally, but losing the Warm-Up Boss battle against Kjotve the Cruel results in him ramming his axe into Eivor's stomach, lifting them up by the head, and finishing them off by gouging out both of their eyes with his thumbs.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_883f3732
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_883f3732
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_883f3732
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_88a5b2e6
type
Circle of Standing Stones
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_88a5b2e6
comment
Circle of Standing Stones: Common landmarks in England, and always tied to a mystery that consists of looking at a hidden runic symbol at just the right angle to channel the place's ancient power and gain a single power point. Stonehenge is just one of many standing stone circles dotted across the land. There's even one in Vinland as well. Their presentation in game can be a little... curious. Stonehenge proper is explained away in the codex as being an attempt by Neolithic peoples to imitate the structure of the Isu Barracks which is hidden beneath the site. Considering that it's not even the oldest megalithic complex in the game, going by real world inspirations, and the disproportionately high presence of trilithons - otherwise a unique feature of Stonehenge IRL, in the British Isles - what this implies of other Isu ruins potentially buried beneath Britain is unclear. This is before you even consider the second 'Stonehenge', which mirrors even the inner horseshoe of the original, which can be found in the Ochre Cave beneath Aelfwood.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_88a5b2e6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_88a5b2e6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_88a5b2e6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_898ff050
type
Villain Protagonist
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_898ff050
comment
Villain Protagonist: All over the place. You play as one of the Vikings invading and colonizing England. Even though the Raven Clan are nowhere near as bad as some other clans, they still fully intend to conquer all of England, albeit mostly through alliances as opposed to subjugating people through direct warfare. Eivor even compares their quest to the Order of the Ancients when first learning about them. Furthermore, even the leader of the Order is only keeping them running to protect England and his people from the Dane invaders. The Asgard arc has you play as Odin, whose Social Darwinist worldview and apparent sociopathy start showing more and more as the game goes on. Loki prevails in his revenge quest against Odin. The postgame has you playing as Basim, exploring Eivor's life.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_898ff050
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_898ff050
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_898ff050
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a3c406e
type
Hair-Raising Hare
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a3c406e
comment
Hair-Raising Hare: The world event, "Splitting Hares" in Hamtunscire involves rabbits invading a farmer's turnip garden. Eivor deals with it by killing each one.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a3c406e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a3c406e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a3c406e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a8130a8
type
Courier
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a8130a8
comment
Courier: Eivor can become one for Yanli, by delivering items to four of her clients. The twist is that the items to be delivered have to be carried by Eivor physically (no Fast Traveling allowed). While the longship helps greatly with the deliveries, one of the destinations is within a Distrust Zone, and entering combat can easily make Eivor lose the item, forcing a restart.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a8130a8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a8130a8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8a8130a8
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f
type
Character Customization
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f
comment
Character Customization: Eivor's face and body shape are fixed, but you can customize their haircut, hair color and the tattoos on their arms, chest, back and face anytime you like and as often as you want. Some side activities only exist to unlock more tattoo schematics for them.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8aaa6f4f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8b568cb7
type
Posthumous Character
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8b568cb7
comment
Posthumous Character: Eivor's parents Rosta and Varin, the founders of the Raven Clan. They were already killed by Kjotve and the Wolf Clan in the prologue in 85 AD, seventeen years before the events of the game. Ragnar Lothbrok, the legendary leader of the Great Heathen Army who has an entire death sequence when Eivor visits the Snake Pit in Northumbria. His legacy as a famous Viking conqueror lives on through his children, the Sons of Ragnar. Brendan of Clonfert, the Irish monk who discovered the New World while conducting a pilgrimage to document his interactions with the Isu. His voice can be heard when Eivor discovers his carved messages on the Standing Stones. Britain's first king Arthur Pendragon helped unite the Romano-British people against the invading Anglo-Saxons from Denmark. Arthur's sword Excalibur can be obtained by the character when they visit Stonehenge. Ragnar's wife Lagertha is mentioned a few times in the "Lost Glory" mission; not to mention that Eivor can use her axe as one of their weapons. Saint George is the main focus of an entire sidequest where Eivor acquires his armor while raiding several river-bound locations. Charlemagne, the first crowned emperor of the Carolingian Empire. He was a member of the Order of the Ancients and is implied to have ordered the assassination of Alcuin of York in 804 AD when he tried to reveal the Order's existence and its pagan beliefs to him, viewing it as a threat, but not realizing that he was a member.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8b568cb7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8b568cb7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8b568cb7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bd16732
type
The Law of Conservation of Detail
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bd16732
comment
The Law of Conservation of Detail: Much of the Norway map's northern half is taken up by a huge fjord devoid of any obvious points of interest. It's the location of the Yggdrasil Temple and the place of the Final Battle. Said fjord is also walled in by continuous mountain ranges, except for one small valley that cuts into the western mountains about halfway through the fjord. Thor's hammer Mjölnir can be found at the very end.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bd16732
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bd16732
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bd16732
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bf8adfa
type
Just Before the End
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bf8adfa
comment
Just Before the End: The "Dawn of Ragnarok", as the name suggests, is just before Ragnarok kicks off. After the storyline is finished, Juno informs Odin his actions have managed to cause it to start early.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bf8adfa
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bf8adfa
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8bf8adfa
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8cda3dc2
type
Flawed Prototype
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8cda3dc2
comment
Flawed Prototype: The Eden Ring Station, one of the Isu attempts to prevent the end of the world. Even with centuries of lead time, the AI in charge of it makes it clear it was never actually finished before the Toba Catastrophe. Not helping is the project lead went off to confront Odin about a disagreement and never came back. The result is that in Eivor's time it's starting to overload, and that is extremely bad.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8cda3dc2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8cda3dc2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8cda3dc2
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d3349bb
type
Canon Character All Along
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d3349bb
comment
Canon Character All Along: The Jötunn that Eivor met during their visions as Odin have blue skin and are towering in size. These are actually Eivor's interpretation of the Jötunn and they are actually Isu that have already been encountered in previous games. For example, Hyrrokin is actually Juno, as she is seen communicating through a crystal ball, using the exact same words she spoke to Desmond in Brotherhood, and mentions of her late husband.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d3349bb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d3349bb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d3349bb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d52f376
type
Battle Rapping
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d52f376
comment
Battle Rapping: Eivor can get into flyting duels, which were a Nordic precursor to rap battles.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d52f376
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d52f376
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d52f376
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d718b9e
type
Bears Are Bad News
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d718b9e
comment
Bears Are Bad News: Both England and Norway are home to various species of bears, all of which are dangerous opponents that should never be underestimated. Two of the legendary animals Eivor has to face are the Bear of the Blue Waters and the Beast of the Hills, massive polar and brown bears respectively. Vinland has hostile black bears. Eivor can also throw down with Steinbjornn, a bear-shaped monster from Norse mythology that's made of ice and rock. At power level 400, it's the highest-leveled enemy in the game, though thankfully it's an Optional Boss.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d718b9e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d718b9e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8d718b9e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8e20979
type
Wham Episode
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8e20979
comment
Wham Episode: The ending to the game's modern day section. Layla, Shaun and Rebecca discover a way to prevent the apocalypse, but the cave Layla needs to enter is too irradiated for a human to survive... without the staff from Odyssey. Layla makes her way to the machine, but using it causes her to lose consciousness, and to drop the staff. She's then tricked by Basim/Loki to take his place, after which Layla finds her only companion known as "the Reader" in the Gray - though faceless, he is voiced by Nolan North, who also voiced Desmond Miles. He tells her she'll die in under two minutes, which she accepts, and joins him in his calculations. Meanwhile, Basim is dropped from the machine, and holds onto the staff to revitalize his body... before telling the Isu within - his wife - that they succeeded. Basim then heads back to Shaun and Rebecca, manages to convince them to let him use the Animus and to meet with William Miles under the assumption that they take their fight to Abstergo and wipe them out entirely rather than waiting in the shadows; and after they leave, Basim acknowledges that he's now free to learn everything about Eivor's life and skills, and promises his wife that he'll find their children and reunite.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8e20979
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8e20979
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8e20979
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8ef5ae81
type
Lethally Stupid
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8ef5ae81
comment
Even if you killed all the enemies yourself before starting a raid, some of your raiders will still accidentally set themselves on fire, requiring you to either waste rations on them or leave them to die.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8ef5ae81
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8ef5ae81
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_8ef5ae81
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_90c018ac
type
Justified Trope
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_90c018ac
comment
Instead of following real world-consensus on Vinland being in eastern Canada, Valhalla's map depicts New England and upstate New York, and the area features natives that speak Mohawk instead of any Algonquian languages. The game offers a justification: Eivor specifically visits the "real" Saint Brendan's Island. There is also the real-world argument that the term "vinland" may not refer to a specific location, but any area along the North American east coast that can support the eponymous grapevines. In that light, it's somewhat reasonable for one viking clan to settle one "vinland" in the 870s and Leif Erikson to discover a completely different "vinland" in 1000.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_90c018ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_90c018ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_90c018ac
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91526ff7
type
Absurdly High Level Cap
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91526ff7
comment
Absurdly High Level Cap: Eivor's power level caps out at 400, but they can continue to level up beyond that to gain Mastery Levels that give minor stat boosts across the board. Even without Mastery, level 400 is on par with the strongest Superboss in the game and far above what the most difficult regions recommend. Several patches have increased this cap by adding new skills to learn.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91526ff7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91526ff7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91526ff7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_916c72b3
type
Rule of Symbolism
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_916c72b3
comment
Rule of Symbolism: The last shot of the game shows the Reader and Layla, now a being of light like him, looking for a solution to the cycle of catastrophes in the bundle of all possible timelines. Said bundle looks like a tree of light, under which a man and a woman stand.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_916c72b3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_916c72b3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_916c72b3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9182ea54
type
Crazy Cat Lady
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9182ea54
comment
Crazy Cat Lady: A quest in Grantbridgeshire has Eivor encounter a woman who has dozens of cats in her house. Eivor successfully convinces her to let them out to deal with a local rat problem. The "The Farewell Meow" world event in Linconscire has a woman mourning her cat Sphinxy, who's been dead for 11 years. Eivor offers to go inside to find offerings for a shrine to the cat and finds it's full of cats, which are Sphinxy's children.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9182ea54
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9182ea54
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9182ea54
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91b31f6b
type
Please Select New City Name
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91b31f6b
comment
Please Select New City Name: The game primarily alternates between the earlier Byzantium and the Old Norse name Miklagard when referring to Constantinople. As noted in a loading screen tip, the northern coast of France/Francia along the English Channel is referred to as Evresin in-game because vikings have only just settled there. It won't officially be called Normandy until the 10th century.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91b31f6b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91b31f6b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91b31f6b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91e894b4
type
Apocalypse How
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91e894b4
comment
Apocalypse How: The second instalment of Tombs of the Fallen has Eivor having to deal with a malfunctioning Isu site that threatens to wipe out all life in England.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91e894b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91e894b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_91e894b4
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_927b2f11
type
The Bus Came Back
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_927b2f11
comment
The Bus Came Back: After their last onscreen appearance in Syndicate, Shaun and Rebecca make a return as Layla's Mission Control.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_927b2f11
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_927b2f11
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_927b2f11
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_934eb07f
type
Resurrective Immortality
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_934eb07f
comment
Resurrective Immortality: The Isu of Asgard survived the Cataclysm by using a similar method to the one Juno used on Aita, with Eivor's ability to see visions of Valhalla a side effect of the process. Also, Basim's motivation for turning on Eivor turns out to be revenge for Eivor's past self killing the son of Basim's past self.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_934eb07f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_934eb07f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_934eb07f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_940a5958
type
Artificial Stupidity
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_940a5958
comment
Artificial Stupidity: The AI has no concept of a blast radius, resulting in enemies with fire damage setting everything ablaze with arrow barrages or torches, regardless of who gets caught in the blast, including themselves. This even extends to Eivor's raiders, who will set things on fire and start explosions even if they, or Eivor, are in the blast radius. This is especially frustrating in River Raids, as there are no checkpoints, so your own men can inadvertently ruin your progress and force you to start over. Even if you killed all the enemies yourself before starting a raid, some of your raiders will still accidentally set themselves on fire, requiring you to either waste rations on them or leave them to die.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_940a5958
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_940a5958
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_940a5958
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_949291d1
type
Merging the Branches
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_949291d1
comment
Merging the Branches: Subverted with regard to Eivor's gender. According to Word of God, the canon data stream choice is "Let the Animus Choose", which entails playing the historical sections of the game as a woman and the mythological sections as a man. However, the character being played as in the latter is not Eivor, but Odin, the Isu that Eivor is a reincarnation of. Furthermore, a letter to King Alfred confirms that the character of Eivor is a woman since her surname is revealed to be Varinsdottir. Overall, while the canon choice involves playing as both male and female, it is as two separate characters.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_949291d1
featureApplicability
-0.3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_949291d1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_949291d1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7
type
Take a Third Option
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7
comment
Take a Third Option: Leveling up Eivor's charisma by winning flyting duels occasionally opens up special dialogue options. They're not always beneficial, but most of the time they result in better outcomes than the regular choices, like avoiding a fight or saving you some bribe money.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e
type
Pre-Rendered Graphics
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e
comment
Pre-Rendered Graphics: The "First Look Gameplay Trailer" is, in fact, just a montage of pre-rendered cutscenes that have been misleadingly advertised as gameplay.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_956a6d1e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_967ae225
type
Vikings In America
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_967ae225
comment
Vikings In America: One arc involves Eivor traveling to Vinland to assassinate the fledgling Viking colony's leader. In the end Eivor returns to Vinland and lives out the rest of their life there, until Layla's crew finds their remains.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_967ae225
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_967ae225
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_967ae225
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_970c790a
type
Big Bad
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_970c790a
comment
Big Bad: King Aelfred the Great is the ruling monarch of Wessex and the Grand Maegester of the English Order of the Ancients. Aelfred is also responsible for reforming the Order into the "Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ" otherwise known as The Knights Templar. Basim Ibn Ishaq/Loki becomes this mixed with Villain Protagonist. Not only does he succeed in his quest for revenge against Eivor Varinsdottir/Odin but he is able to steal the Staff of Hermes from Layla Hassan and free himself from the temple that entrapped him for millennia with the help of his wife Aletheia.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_970c790a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_970c790a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_970c790a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_97926168
type
Rewatch Bonus
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_97926168
comment
Rewatch Bonus: Hints towards Asgardians being sages can be seen very early on. Before you even leave Norway, an optional discussion with Basim reveals he felt meeting Sigurd was like meeting an old friend from way back. Halfdan is frequently depicted with a hammer, something he shares with Thor. If you didn't catch much on the first playthrough, the fact that several people Eivor meets have same facial features and voices as the Aesir in his dreams is much more blatant when you know the twist.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_97926168
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_97926168
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_97926168
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_984ef9ef
type
"Not So Different" Remark
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_984ef9ef
comment
"Not So Different" Remark: Eivor notes to Hytham that as a conquering force the Norsemen aren't really that different from the Order of the Ancients, which Hytham forcefully denies. The Saxons themselves, while victims of Norse predations, are noted in the Database to have themselves originally come from elsewhere and colonized the region like the Norse are doing during the time of the game. Historically, they even ended up getting Christianized like the Norse did afterwards.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_984ef9ef
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_984ef9ef
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_984ef9ef
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9a1d239e
type
Been There, Shaped History
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9a1d239e
comment
Been There, Shaped History: Among other things Eivor does is help Asser the acolyte get the idea to chronicle the life of Alfred the Great. Eivor gets a glimpse at his first drafts, and thinks it's both dull and badly written.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9a1d239e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9a1d239e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9a1d239e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b06e314
type
Greater-Scope Villain
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b06e314
comment
Greater-Scope Villain: King Aelfred the Great turns out to be this for the entire franchise as he is the founder of the modern Templar Order who is dissatisfied with the largely pagan Order of the Ancients and decides to reform the group into a Christian military religious order. Aelfred's personal reeve Goodwin even calls him "a Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ" (the historical name of the Templars). The Greek Isu goddess Aletheia from Odyssey is responsible for releasing her husband Basim/Loki into the present day and sets in motion a new modern day story for Assassin's Creed. Not to mention that she is the "unknown female voice" in the Animus anomalies. Odin is this to Eivor and Basim/Loki. Not only does Odin use the Yggdrasil supercomputer to reincarnate himself as a shieldmaiden but he wants Eivor to become a Blood Knight just like him and he's also responsible for killing Loki's son Fenrir which led him to go on a quest for revenge.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b06e314
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b06e314
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b06e314
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b53f32
type
Exposed to the Elements
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b53f32
comment
Exposed to the Elements: Pict warriors only wear light leather armor, with the men frequently being Walking Shirtless Scenes, despite operating in the snow-covered north of England. You can make Eivor get in on it as well by turning their armor pieces invisible via the inventory menu.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b53f32
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b53f32
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9b53f32
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
type
Kill It with Fire
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
comment
Kill It with Fire: Once again an Assassin's Creed protagonist can set their melee weapons and arrows on fire, though unlike in Odyssey, fire kills almost any enemy in seconds, plus it prevents them from fighting back while they're running around screaming in agony. Conversely, the bandit faction has two special enemy types that deploy a variety of powerful fire attacks that can kill Eivor just as quickly... or themselves and their buddies, because their AI has no concept of "blast radius".
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9c1f758a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e
type
Interface Spoiler
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e
comment
Once you return the final batch of Order medallions to Hytham, Eivor mentions the one belonging to "The Father" is among them, after which the two openly discuss his identity and motivations. The problem comes due to a bug which replicates medallions, making it possible to collect and hand over the final batch before Eivor or the player learns who "The Father" even is.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9cb3e22e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1
type
Foreshadowing
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Foreshadowing: When Ceolbert lays dying, he tries saying Ivarr's name repeatedly before passing. While it seems like he's just asking for a loved one, Ivarr's admittance that he killed him means that it was most likely Ceolbert trying to tell everyone who killed him before passing. The first hint that the Asgard/Jotunheim dreams have a grain of truth to them is that most of the "magic" seen in them - such as forcefields and teleporters - look just like Isu technology from past games. Why would Eivor, a person whose culture believes in natural magic, and who has never seen such technology, imagine them in such a specific way? Several of the Aesir have the same voices as people Eivor knows. This hints at the roles they might play in Eivor's life. During Fulke's White Room scene, Odin prevents Eivor from attacking her by pulling them backwards by their axe. His entire Boss Battle near the end of the game is built around this trick, with the battle being less about defeating Odin and more about finding a way around this specific ability. Following Aelfred's deposing, Eivor and Guthrum have a talk in a church where the latter asks Eivor if the Christian afterlife sounds appealing. This foreshadows how historically following Guthrum's defeat at the Battle of Edington in 878 at Aelfred's hands, he will end up converting to Christianity. When Eivor finds Gungnir, they talk about the spear as if they'd personally seen it before. That's a result of Odin's memories leaking through. When you meet Alfida and learn her younger brother is about 19 when she's presumably around the same age as the, at minimum, middle-aged Birstan, that seems a bit odd. It foreshadows that her brother is actually her and Birstan's illegitimate son. Towards the end of his White Room scene, Ealferth will proclaim that his allies, the Order of the Ancients will not be defeated, but rather "transform... into something far worse for all of us". With the deposed Aelfred's declaration to found a new order dedicated to Christian ideals, of which is implied to eventually become the Templar Order as we know them, he was not wrong. Inside Aelfred's study room located in Winchester, Eivor discovers two letters from his personal reeve Goodwin. The first mentions a "Poor Fellow-Soldier Of Christ", an alias used by Aelfred to send crucial information to the Hidden Ones about key targets in England while the second brings up Aelfred's general dissatisfaction with the Order of the Ancients' pagan beliefs and the organization's personal connections to Charlemagne. Notes inside Venetius's Tomb can be found that were written by Hildiran, spelling out her entire motivation and what happens at the end of the Mastery Challenges in one go. A less serious example that borders on Brick Joke happens with Gunnar. In the first conversation with Eivor, he complains about recently splitting from a lover named Brunhilde, and Eivor jokes about the name, suggesting he try someone a little lower than a valkyrie. Gunnar replies that he never settles for anything less than the best. Eventually he ends up with a woman whose name is Brigid, a Celtic goddess's name instead.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d17b859
type
Made of Iron
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d17b859
comment
Made of Iron: The heavy soldier in the World Premiere trailer withstands the majority of Eivor's attacks and is unfazed by being stabbed through the leg with a sword, with most of Eivor's attacks bouncing off his armor. Just before he slits Eivor's throat, Eivor exploits the soldier's one weak spot by stabbing a hidden blade into his helmet's eye socket.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d17b859
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d17b859
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d17b859
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d723582
type
Shield Bash
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d723582
comment
Shield Bash: Eivor can equip a shield in the left hand and use it defensively and/or equip one in the right hand to use it offensively. Shields also feature prominently in some finisher animations, with Eivor grabbing the enemy's shield and slamming it over their head.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d723582
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d723582
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9d723582
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9da6354b
type
Reality Has No Subtitles
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9da6354b
comment
Reality Has No Subtitles: The Mohawk inhabitants of a village in Saint Brendan's Island/Vinland speak their language but unlike III none of it is translated at all to represent the language difference with the Vikings whose Old Norse dialogue is mostly rendered as English by the Assassin Brotherhood's Animus.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9da6354b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9da6354b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9da6354b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e
type
Continuity Nod
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e
comment
Continuity Nod: Eivor and other Vikings use the term "Odin's Sight" to describe Eagle Vision. This is a reference to the last book of the Last Descendants trilogy, Fate of the Gods, whose historical portion is in the later years of the Viking Age, more than a century after Valhalla ends. During her duel with Eivor, Kassandra wields the Hero's Sword that was given to her by Barnabas' daughter. She also holds the broken handle of a battleaxe the same way when she holds the Spear of Leonidas while dual-wielding.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9edbda07
type
Elite Mooks
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9edbda07
comment
Elite Mooks: Anyone with a title above their health and stamina bars hits harder and has better defenses than a common soldier.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9edbda07
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9edbda07
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9edbda07
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9f80e1da
type
Sarcasm Mode
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9f80e1da
comment
In the World Premiere trailer, Eivor is seconds away from having his throat slit by a brute wearing heavy armor before he jams his hidden blade into the brute’s eye. We’re treated to a lovely shot of the eye’s gloppy remains as Eivor pulls the blade out.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9f80e1da
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9f80e1da
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_9f80e1da
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0d9c2f3
type
Final Speech
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0d9c2f3
comment
Final Speech: As per series tradition, the assassination targets in the Order of the Ancients each get one, or rather a dialogue, in a shadowy void and often the presence of Odin. They serve to give extra depth to even the minor Order members and highlight Eivor's motivation.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0d9c2f3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0d9c2f3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0d9c2f3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0f61fe2
type
Power-Up Letdown
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0f61fe2
comment
Power-Up Letdown: The game in general is fairly stingy with its rewards. Leveling up mostly gives a choice of some minor stat improvements instead of active abilities. However, some of the passive skills unlocked via leveling up could be considered Game Breakers. The nerfed equipment system means that completing a new armor set rarely results in a noticeable increase in Eivor's combat effectiveness, and it never influences the player's play style as heavily as it did in Odyssey, if at all. Weapons are a bit better about this, but only a few provide notably powerful perks. The reward for collecting every single wealth item in Asgard and Jotunheim, respectively, which can take up multiple hours in total, is a measly five skill points each. The reward for beating Steinbjornn, the game's most powerful Superboss, is ... absolutely nothing. Not even an achievement! The game's ultimate armor and weapons are barely any better stat-wise than the non-Isu gear, and their perks are nothing to write home about, either.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0f61fe2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0f61fe2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a0f61fe2
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a11669c5
type
Braids, Beads and Buckskins
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a11669c5
comment
Braids, Beads and Buckskins: Eivor can acquire a Native American outfit that checks all the boxes during their sojourn to Vinland/Saint Brendan's Island. Sadly, you can't keep it despite (or possibly because) of its surprisingly good stats, as it disappears from your inventory upon your return to England.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a11669c5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a11669c5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a11669c5
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a2b38d3b
type
Eye Scream
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a2b38d3b
comment
In the Wrath of the Druids DLC, Azar's quest involves bringing in Konstantinos, the man who betrayed her and took her eye. He tells her to Get It Over With, but she tells him she spent all night sharpening several knives for this day and that she's gonna take her time with him. Eivor leaves the house and all you hear is him screaming and what sounds like slicing meat. She then informs Eivor what was left of him was Fed to Pigs.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a2b38d3b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a2b38d3b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a2b38d3b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a33bdefe
type
Fast-Killing Radiation
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a33bdefe
comment
Fast-Killing Radiation: Justified. Due to Yggdrasil being the machine that boosts the magnetic field of the entire planet, it emits outrageous levels of radiation, and as a result the underground facility in which it's located now has extremely high temperatures, on top of several other side effects. The Reader tells Layla that without the healing effects of the Staff she'd only survive for less than two minutes there before the radiation becomes lethal.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a33bdefe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a33bdefe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a33bdefe
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
type
One-Hit Kill
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
comment
Well, Throwing Other People's Swords Always Works, actually, but close enough. With the appropriate skill unlocked, Eivor can pick up any melee weapon dropped by a dead enemy and hurl it at the closest living enemy, which deals heavy damage at the very least but usually results in a One-Hit Kill if not just entirely destroying a shield.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a414c3f0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a43a691b
type
Finishing Move
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a43a691b
comment
Several Finishing Moves end with Eivor stomping the victim's head into the ground.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a43a691b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a43a691b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a43a691b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe
type
Mood Whiplash
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe
comment
Mood Whiplash: After completing the second round of Mastery Challenges, Eivor enters Odin's Vault... and the music suddenly stops as they're clobbered over the head with a plank.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4c37cbe
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4d8473b
type
Stealth Sequel
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4d8473b
comment
Stealth Sequel: To Assassin's Creed III. The modern day plot follows the aftermath of Desmond saving the world from the coronal mass ejection eight years ago. By the end of the game, Layla encounters who appears to be Desmond himself in the Gray, and together, they try to save the world by seeing what would happen if Desmond heeded Minerva's advice and let the Earth burned. One can also make the case that it's one to Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, due to the heavy focus on Sages, and the fact that this game can be shortened to "ACV".
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4d8473b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4d8473b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a4d8473b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a56e3cba
type
Language Barrier
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a56e3cba
comment
Language Barrier: When the Norse and Danes go to Saint Brendan's Island/Vinland, they are unable to speak the language of the natives and vice versa. They make do with bartering via sign language when necessary. Averted with the Saxons as Old English and Old Norse are treated as mutually intelligible.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a56e3cba
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a56e3cba
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a56e3cba
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a6275bef
type
Cool Sword
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a6275bef
comment
Cool Sword: Eivor can acquire Excalibur in the form of a Sword of Eden. The Carolingian Greatsword is also a pretty neat piece of gear, especially once fully upgraded. The final "Tomb of the Fallen" grants the player an Isu sword which, in-game, doubles as a portable engine.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a6275bef
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a6275bef
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a6275bef
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a627a930
type
Gender Is No Object
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a627a930
comment
Gender Is No Object: The Norse Vikings and the Saxon bandits have women amongst their Faceless Mooks, which goes without commentary. As a result, you might not realize there are women there save for their cries when hit in battle. Surprisingly Truth in Television, as examined burial sites for both have revealed biologically-female warriors' remains, and both had warrior women as part of their cultural heroes, folklore, and legends. Even outside of that, Sweet Polly Oliver was a very common practice and, thanks to a lower standard of living and many other factors, gender dysmorphia would have been far less noticeable. All Romance Sidequests are available to Eivor of either gender.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a627a930
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a627a930
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a627a930
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e
type
Giant Mook
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e
comment
Giant Mook: A large number of Elite Mooks tower head and shoulders over the normal infantry, but what takes the cake are the aptly named Goliaths and their variants. These guys are as wide as they're tall, yet surprisingly fast regardless and (unsurprisingly) immensely strong melee fighters. And how resilient are they, you ask? They're the only enemy type that Eivor can only finish off by snapping their neck with quite some effort involved, as opposed to the usual dismemberment anyone else is subjected to.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8826e1e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a89efe3c
type
Unusable Enemy Equipment
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a89efe3c
comment
Unusable Enemy Equipment: The only thing you can do with enemy weapons is throw discarded ones at other enemies, provided you have the required skill. Outside of that there's no way to make use of enemy equipment at all even when it would be really helpful, like during the Vinland arc.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a89efe3c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a89efe3c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a89efe3c
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a4b41e
type
Not So Stoic
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a4b41e
comment
Not So Stoic: In the Glowcestershire arc, the Wicker Man ritual involves burning the town's leader alive inside a giant man made out of wood and straw. He celebrates it as an important tradition, but his final moments consist of terrified screaming.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a4b41e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a4b41e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a4b41e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a5e4ed
type
Christianity Is Catholic
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a5e4ed
comment
Christianity is Catholic: Justified, since much of Western Europe (including England) was still predominantly Catholic and Protestantism would not exist until several centuries later after the events of Valhalla.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a5e4ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a5e4ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8a5e4ed
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8c6a317
type
Super-Strength
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8c6a317
comment
Super-Strength: The Grendel, despite being nothing more than an exceptionally large human, has no problem throwing a dead cow on the roof of a shack.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8c6a317
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8c6a317
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a8c6a317
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a9317105
type
Age Without Youth
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a9317105
comment
Age Without Youth: McDevitt states in an interview that the Yggdrasil can support a body effectively indefinitely through feeding them nutrients through its neck injections, while uploading their brains, but only barely. Hence why Basim/Loki is shriveled up until he grasps the Staff dropped by Layla and it restores his youth.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a9317105
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a9317105
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_a9317105
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aa30e350
type
Sole Survivor
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aa30e350
comment
Sole Survivor: A world event in Oxenefordscire has a vikingr named Sten having a funeral pyre for his raiding crew. He tells Eivor he got news that his family back home in Norway died of plague and he can't cry. They can either fight him, or with level 3 charisma allow him to finally get it all out.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aa30e350
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aa30e350
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aa30e350
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aabe2fb
type
Deliberate Values Dissonance
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aabe2fb
comment
Deliberate Values Dissonance: This is a central theme of the story: clashes arise as the Vikings settle among the early medieval English, whose values are different from ours, certainly, but much more different from the Vikings': To Vikings, "heaven" is basically a fun boot camp, for eternity, where you train as a footsoldier for the upcoming war of Ragnarok. As such, to earn your way in, you must die in battle, and even more narrowly, with an axe in hand. Those who die in a more subdued, everyday life sort of way are forced to spend eternity in Helheim, a featureless plain covered in mist. There are multiple instances of Odin popping into Eivor's head and reminding them that some war crime they just witnessed actually earned the perpetrator entrance to Valhalla, while someone who showed kindness to others deserves no reward. This is taken to extremes in the Sciropescire Arc: Ivarr intentionally ruins a peace negotiation with the Britons by killing the hostage. When a truce is successfully negotiated, he rekindles hostilities by killing Ceolbert, the boy he was supposed to install as leader, and framing the other side. All of this to get another chance at killing King Rhodri and cementing his own reputation as Ivarr Kingkiller. After successfully capturing Rhodri and subjecting him to the blood eagle, Ivarr challenges Eivor to a deathmatch, just to make things as unhinged as possible. Eivor is the only Viking that blinks at this behavior; Odin absolutely loves it and thinks it's a perfect tribute, while Ivarr's brother Ubba is only concerned about whether Ivarr's death met the requirements for Valhalla. Despite his bloodlust and glory-seeking nearly costing his side the war, Ivarr is apparently a paragon of Viking virtue. Eivor's father Varin allows Kjotve to execute him to spare the rest of the Raven Clan, a promise Kjotve immediately breaks. Varin is therefore considered a "bad Viking" not because he made a Senseless Sacrifice, but because you're supposed to go down fighting. He later appears in Sigurd's false Valhalla, giving Eivor an obvious hint that something is wrong. Despite the above examples, you're given several opportunities to flaunt Viking morality; the axe-in-hand requirement leads to the choice of letting someone into Valhalla, or denying it to them, on a technicality. Odin will sternly remind you of the spirit of the law, but whether they're holding an axe as they die is up to you. This theme logically develops into a narrative about the Christianization of the Vikings. The Raven Clan arrives hot-blooded, ready to conquer, and fully Norse, but once they are divorced from the hostile environment they're used to and immersed in a different culture, it becomes difficult to remain Norse in their thinking. The Church is also highly integrated into English political systems, so they must deal with them and even convert if they expect to effectively rule. These influences come to a head near the end of the game. Upon Soma's death, Guthrum is driven to despair and begins to find the Christian heaven much more comforting than Valhalla. Later, the final battle against Odin is a rebuke of Viking values for Christian ones: Eivor rejects glory and conquest for a more quiet life centered around family, community, and agriculture. After that, she meets with Aelfred in hiding, to basically admit defeat to his Christian agenda despite the Vikings' momentary political gains. The Glowcestrescire Arc deals with willing human sacrifice, in the form of Cynon choosing to sacrifice himself in a Wicker Man as the Harvest King in order to secure a good harvest. The only punishment Eivor faces for killing two of Harald's men over an insult is having to pay 50 silver per man in compensation (weregild, a fine for murder based on the victim's social standing, also common to the Anglo-Saxons during this age). Once Styrbjorn promises to cover it, Eivor is free to leave and set off for England.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aabe2fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aabe2fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aabe2fb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abd29ad8
type
No-Sell
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abd29ad8
comment
No-Sell: In the World Premiere trailer, Eivor's attacks simply bounce off the heavy soldier's scale armor. Stabbing the soldier through the leg with a sword only serves as an annoyance. Vikings frequently shrug off blows, but Ivarr takes it to an extreme when he shrugs off being set on fire.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abd29ad8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abd29ad8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abd29ad8
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abe166cc
type
Bond Creatures
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abe166cc
comment
Bond Creatures: As in Origins and Odyssey, the main character is accompanied by a bird. Unlike those games, the bird is a raven named Sýnin instead of an eagle. However, a wide variety of skins allows you to have her appear as the previous two eagles or many other species, such as a pigeon or rooster.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abe166cc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abe166cc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_abe166cc
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ac81e4b0
type
Dueling Player Characters
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ac81e4b0
comment
Dueling Player Characters: Eivor fights Kassandra in the Isle of Skye arc, believing her to be responsible for the island's nightmares. They fight to a standstill and only stop when they both see they're using Hidden Blades, leading them to believe their goals are aligned. While the physical fight is a cutscene, the player does get to challenge her to a drinking contest and flyting.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ac81e4b0
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ac81e4b0
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ac81e4b0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad1db87c
comment
Oh, Crap!: In the World Premiere trailer, King Aelfred's second-in-command has a strong reaction when his armored brute is killed by Eivor mere moments away from executing the latter. While it's clear he's surprised at this turn of events, if his king is associated with the Order of the Ancients then he's realizing the implications of the Hidden Blade's presence.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad1db87c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad1db87c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad1db87c
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80
type
Apocalyptic Log
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80
comment
Apocalyptic Log: Everywhere. If you come across a destroyed or abandoned dwelling (using the word loosely), expect there to be skeletons or corpses, animal carcasses in the case of farms, and at least one note to explain how this ruin came to be.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad22fa80
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad8dbae4
type
Public Domain Artifact
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad8dbae4
comment
Public Domain Artifact: A sidequest in Hamptunschire has Eivor having to recover the Jewel of Aelfred, or deciding to pocket it for themselves. Seems Aelfred had a bit of bother with the contractors...
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad8dbae4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad8dbae4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad8dbae4
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad982e04
type
Super-Persistent Predator
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad982e04
comment
Super-Persistent Predator: Once an aggressive animal has aggro'd on you, it will only stop in its pursuit once you've put quite some distance between it and you. If that animal is fast enough to keep up with a horse, prepare to be chased to the end of the world unless you dismount and kill it. Lynxes in particular are virtually impossible to shake once they've singled you out as their next meal.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad982e04
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad982e04
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ad982e04
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aea21604
type
Even the Subtitler Is Stumped
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aea21604
comment
Even the Subtitler Is Stumped: Brigid, Gunnar's fiancée and later wife speaks in such a thick Welsh accent that the subtitles say "(Unintelligible.)" Tyra's dialogue meets a similar fate in Dawn of Ragnarok.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aea21604
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aea21604
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aea21604
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aed65980
type
All for Nothing
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aed65980
comment
All for Nothing: Played for laughs and zigzagged in the "Eivor the Sheepdog" world event. It has them kill wolves attacking a sheep named Fenton and bring Fenton back to his master, only for the shepherd to kill him because the ealdorman demanded a sheep sacrifice, and doubly cause Fenton was a pain in his ass. Eivor looks at it as mutton stew for dinner.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aed65980
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aed65980
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_aed65980
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_affbcbb
type
Cool Helmet
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_affbcbb
comment
Cool Helmet: The elite soldier shown in the World Premier trailer is wearing a helmet that blends Anglo-Saxon and Greco-Roman aesthetics, sporting a distinctive red fur crest on top.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_affbcbb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_affbcbb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_affbcbb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
type
Convection, Schmonvection
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
comment
Convection, Schmonvection: All over the place in "Dawn of Ragnarok", where Odin can walk near lava flows but be perfectly fine right up until he sets foot on it. Several quests and side-quests have him lugging someone over flows, and getting no more than an ear of grumbling for his trouble, usually about the heat.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b0a91b69
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2226c2f
type
Sheathe Your Sword
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2226c2f
comment
Sheathe Your Sword: Near the end of the game, Eivor has to battle Odin to escape the Valhalla simulation, Odin is invincible and when an exit from the combat arena appears, he uses his powers to pull Eivor's axe toward himself with Eivor still holding it if Eivor tries to run away. To win, you have to unequip your weapons, then run for the exit.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2226c2f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2226c2f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2226c2f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b23e7ba9
type
Real Is Brown
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b23e7ba9
comment
Francia, as seen in The Siege of Paris, is typically a prime example of Real Is Brown. The colors are more dull, the land is bathed in fire and bloody remains, people are starving and dying in the streets of Paris, the place is falling apart, and rats are everywhere.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b23e7ba9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b23e7ba9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b23e7ba9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2407a69
type
Talk to the Fist
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2407a69
comment
Talk to the Fist: Twice in the same conversation in the Oxenforshire arc, Eivor can reach their breaking point with Basim and Sigurd and punch them - Basim for being condescending, Sigurd for insulting Eivor's father. And Sigurd being Eivor's blood-brother doesn't mean it's pulled.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2407a69
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2407a69
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b2407a69
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b4d6aa7d
type
Dungeon Bypass
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b4d6aa7d
comment
Dungeon Bypass: A lot of collectible puzzles are built around walled-up doorways and the explosive barrels required to open them, which usually require some searching and freerunning to get where they're needed. All of this can be avoided comfortably by just shooting an Incendiary Powder Trap arrow at the door.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b4d6aa7d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b4d6aa7d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b4d6aa7d
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b5ac90ac
type
"Groundhog Day" Loop
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b5ac90ac
comment
"Groundhog Day" Loop: When Eivor and Sigurd visit the Isu Valhalla simulation near the end of the game, the whole "dead people coming back to life the next day" works like this. Wake up, fight/die, wake up again, ad infinitum.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b5ac90ac
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b5ac90ac
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b5ac90ac
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b61c6d0c
type
Top God
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b61c6d0c
comment
Some modern studies of Norse mythology suggest that Tyr, not Odin, was the Top God before Odin simply became more popular. Throughout the Asgard arc Tyr often acts as the compassionate voice of reason while Odin just kind of improvises everything without regard towards bloodshed, and Tyr's reincarnation Sigurd ends up being The Chosen One with more character development, while Eivor/Odin just watches from the sidelines.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b61c6d0c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b61c6d0c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b61c6d0c
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6203862
type
Interquel
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6203862
comment
Interquel: The Animus portion of the game takes place around 828 years after Origins, and 319 years before the first game.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6203862
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6203862
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6203862
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b
type
Acceptable Breaks from Reality
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b
comment
Acceptable Breaks from Reality: England's rivers are depicted as a single network of connected canals. Geologically, this is complete nonsense, but it would be much harder to sail around a realistic England. The ice-cold waters of Norway will damage Eivor if they ever take a swim, but getting out of the water is easy and will instantly stop the damage instead of being one step in a protracted death of freezing.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b6e1d40b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b7c53a22
type
Blood Knight
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b7c53a22
comment
Odin is this to Eivor and Basim/Loki. Not only does Odin use the Yggdrasil supercomputer to reincarnate himself as a shieldmaiden but he wants Eivor to become a Blood Knight just like him and he's also responsible for killing Loki's son Fenrir which led him to go on a quest for revenge.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b7c53a22
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b7c53a22
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b7c53a22
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b869b5b1
type
Color Motif
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b869b5b1
comment
Color Motif: The green color is very prominent in the game's promotional material (including the many displays of an aurora borealis in it) as well as in its title. The skill tree applies this to the different sections. Bear, the warrior, is red. Wolf, the archer, is blue, and Raven, the assassin, is yellow. The mastery challenges also include the colors extensively.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b869b5b1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b869b5b1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b869b5b1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b956ebdd
type
Tron Lines
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b956ebdd
comment
Tron Lines: Excalibur has them. Being an Isu weapon, it's hardly surprising.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b956ebdd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b956ebdd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b956ebdd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b9f472b
type
Storming the Castle
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b9f472b
comment
Storming the Castle: Most story arcs culminate in a large-scale assault on the regional fortress or castle. They're always messy, chaotic affairs where you have to fend off countless enemies while bashing down gates with siege rams, taking out defensive weapon emplacements, lowering drawbridges and, usually, defeat the Arc Villain at the very end.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b9f472b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b9f472b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_b9f472b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ba6cf869
type
Rape, Pillage, and Burn
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ba6cf869
comment
Rape, Pillage, and Burn: Well, fortunately not so much raping, but the game makes no bones about you doing a lot of pillaging, since you are settling in England without anyone's permission and need a lot of material goods to build up your settlement. In the first chapter of the game, you've got some settlements in Norway to raid, but Harald Fairhair uniting all the fiefdoms under his rule means raiding each other is a no-no, so off to England you go. And as far as burning goes, during a raid your fellow vikings will usually torch a building after you've gotten all the goods from it (or sometimes before). Thankfully roofs are only flammable and not collapsible.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ba6cf869
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ba6cf869
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ba6cf869
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e
type
Cool Boat
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e
comment
Cool Boat: Eivor and their fellow Vikings ride around in a Viking longboat that can travel up rivers due to its shallow hull. It's their primary means of raiding the juiciest of targets: monasteries. However, unlike previous games, there is no ship-to-ship combat; it's purely a mode of transportation. In the River Raids free DLC, Eivor and co use a longer longboat in order to do river raids and collect more loot.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb01ad0e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb5126ec
type
Prophecy Twist
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb5126ec
comment
Prophecy Twist: Averted if Eivor has acted dishonorably towards Sigurd. In this case, Sigurd chooses to stay in Norway after the Yggdrasil trip, his clan becoming Eivor's officially (and hence fulfilling the "betrayal" foretold by Valka). The trope is downplayed if Sigurd returns to England with Eivor; although he still gives up his position as clan chief, he does so gladly in this scenario. As per the DeWitt, Eivor is not actually seeing future events, but Odin's memories - in essence, the so-called prophecy actually depicts events that already happened in the distant past.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb5126ec
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb5126ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bb5126ec
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd2812b5
type
Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd2812b5
comment
Modern Day: Like Desmond before her, Layla ends up sacrificing her life to end the global magnetic crisis, but she ascends to a higher plane of existence, and resolves to work alongside The Reader (heavily implied to be Desmond himself) to explore timelines and find a future where the flares are permanently stopped. However, this was all part of Loki's plan to take revenge on Odin, and reunite with Aletheia. Furthermore, Loki is set to meet William Miles face-to-face, and the answer to stopping the flare is implied to be in a timeline where Desmond didn't activate the Grand Temple mechanism and possibly let the solar flare destroy the world.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd2812b5
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd2812b5
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd2812b5
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd288171
type
Romance Sidequest
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd288171
comment
Romance Sidequest: Eivor can enter into romantic relationships with various citizens of Raventhorpe, usually after completing a quest or two for/with them. All romances are always available regardless of Eivor's gender, but unlike in Odyssey, you can only commit to one at a time.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd288171
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd288171
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd288171
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd50ec63
type
Battle in the Rain
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd50ec63
comment
Battle in the Rain: The duel against Dag takes place during a raging thunderstorm.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd50ec63
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd50ec63
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_bd50ec63
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be009bbc
type
Alliterative Name
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be009bbc
comment
Alliterative Name: Sigurd and Styrbjorn Sigvaldison.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be009bbc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be009bbc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be009bbc
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be8416ea
type
Shrouded in Myth
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be8416ea
comment
Shrouded in Myth: The game reveals the true story behind the legend of Beowulf: Grendel's just a normal human man. A huge, mentally disabled man, strong enough to kill and toss cattle onto roofs, but still just a man. Grendel's mother, meanwhile, is just an old woman trying to defend him from hateful townsfolk. However, circumstances force Eivor to kill both of them. She's, understandably, still pretty ashamed about the whole thing, and instructs the author to make up a wild story of monsters and heroes instead of telling the simple truth. She even seems a mixture of bemused and annoyed that the author adds in a dragon, which is typical of the English in her eyes but irrelevant to the story as it is.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be8416ea
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be8416ea
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_be8416ea
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c00462c7
type
Amnesia Loop
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c00462c7
comment
The Forgotten Saga: Odin defeats Hel only to find out that Balder faked his death with her help, he confronts Balder who confirms this saying it is part of a plan to protect himself from Ragnarok and enemies that will survive it while Odin won't, he then erases Odin's memory of the meeting trapping him in an Amnesia Loop of trying to rescue him over and over not knowing he can never win.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c00462c7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c00462c7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c00462c7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c181a846
type
Dies Differently in Adaptation
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c181a846
comment
Dies Differently in Adaptation: In real life, Kjotve escaped the Battle of Hafrsjord, the same one that led to Harald Fairhair regaining the Norwegian throne, and fled with some of his allies to an island. Here, he is killed by Eivor, with his son Gorm taking his role. Likewise, Gorm or Thor Haklang was killed in Hafrsjord as opposed to his game counterpart who escaped to Vinland/Saint Brendan's Island and was killed years later by a disguised Eivor. Alcuin of York was implied to have been killed by Charlemagne after he warned him about the pagan beliefs of the Order of the Ancients. In history, his true cause of death is unknown.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c181a846
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c181a846
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c181a846
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c2fc1ae
type
Neck Snap
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c2fc1ae
comment
Neck Snap: Every time Eivor kills a goliath, they pick them up by their head and break their neck for the coup de grace, which takes visible effort to do.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c2fc1ae
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c2fc1ae
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c2fc1ae
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c335b9ec
type
Irony
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c335b9ec
comment
Irony: The game portrays the theological conflict of England's Christianity and Norway's Norse paganism. Just like in the real world, Christianity eventually won this battle and spread around the world, while the game reveals that in the AC universe it's the Pagan gods who keep coming back from the dead.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c335b9ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c335b9ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c335b9ec
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
type
Mooks
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
comment
An actual skill Eivor can learn to quickly finish off stunned enemies. It's moderately helpful against early-game Mooks, but Elite Mooks are too difficult to stun most of the time, and late-game cannon fodder tends to die so quickly that they rarely get a chance to get stunned.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c36cba70
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3bdfbb9
type
Let's You and Him Fight
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3bdfbb9
comment
Let's You and Him Fight: When Eivor and Kassandra first meet they have a brief skirmish. While Eivor is able to hold their own, it's clear that Kassandra's centuries of experience makes her the superior of the two in a fight.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3bdfbb9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3bdfbb9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3bdfbb9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3e4b9fd
type
Final-Exam Boss
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3e4b9fd
comment
Final-Exam Boss: Of a platforming variety as the final Animus Anomaly in Hordaflyke requires you to use every trick you used in those levels to get to the top of that Platform Hell.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3e4b9fd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3e4b9fd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c3e4b9fd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5dfd763
type
Volcanic Veins
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5dfd763
comment
Volcanic Veins: The Muspels in "Dawn of Ragnarok" have lava flowing through their bodies.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5dfd763
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5dfd763
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5dfd763
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5e42cbd
type
Cutscene Incompetence
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5e42cbd
comment
Cutscene Incompetence: Early in Norway, Eivor must deal with some of Kjotve's men infiltrating the vilage. Even if the player effortlessly defeats or assassinates them, the following cutscene still has Eivor bloodied.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5e42cbd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5e42cbd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5e42cbd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5f0119c
type
Insane Troll Logic
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5f0119c
comment
The lack of side quest tracking means that numerous world events and mysteries can be tough to complete without a guide (or if you've not been paying attention). Many don't even tell you clearly what you're supposed to do, let alone how and where. Others require the application of some serious Insane Troll Logic to proceed.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5f0119c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5f0119c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c5f0119c
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c660bc15
type
Fan Disservice
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c660bc15
comment
Fan Disservice: Two of the three Daughters of Lerion run around with their ample breasts exposed, but with the rest of them clad in sinister shamanistic outfits made of bones and their being bat-shit insane mass murderers, it's hardly titillating.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c660bc15
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c660bc15
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c660bc15
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c7f294da
type
Large and in Charge
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c7f294da
comment
Large and in Charge: Many Elite Mooks are significantly taller than their lower peers, with some of the largest (often a Goliath-type enemy) usually serving as the commanders of larger strongholds.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c7f294da
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c7f294da
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c7f294da
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c83751cb
type
Description Cut
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c83751cb
comment
Description Cut: Played for Drama in the World Premiere trailer to illustrate King Aelfred's preconceived notions about Viking culture. He describes the Vikings as godless, murderous, destructive barbarians, and each matching scene in the trailer immediately contradicts him by showing Eivor's clan performing pre-raid rituals, sparing women and children while attacking, and overall focusing more on trying to make a new life for themselves in England rather than just raiding for raiding's sake.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c83751cb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c83751cb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c83751cb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c978d895
type
Canon Name
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c978d895
comment
Canon Name: Eivor's surname is revealed to be Varinsdottir from a letter by Goodwin, confirming that the character is a woman.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c978d895
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c978d895
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c978d895
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c9861848
type
Video Game Caring Potential
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c9861848
comment
Video Game Caring Potential: During the finale of the Lunden arc, if you choose to go with Erke's plan to flank Vicelin's forces, then on your way to the target location you'll overhear a civilian trapped in his burning house and pleading for aid. You have the option to detour from your mission and fight through some of Vicelin's soldiers to break down the civilian's barred door and escort him to safety. There's no real reward other than the civilian's thanks, and its not acknowledged afterwards, but it still feels right.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c9861848
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c9861848
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_c9861848
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cab5085a
type
Rain of Arrows
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cab5085a
comment
Rain of Arrows: Remember the ability of that very name from Odyssey? Where you shot some arrows skywards that would then blanket a large area with Death from Above? Well, it's back ... but only enemy elite archers can use it. Which they do. With pleasure. And it hurts. A lot. Fortresses under assault occasionally launch massive volleys of Arrows on Fire at the invaders, which invariably includes you.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cab5085a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cab5085a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cab5085a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cadf2d2a
type
Death of a Thousand Cuts
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cadf2d2a
comment
Death of a Thousand Cuts: Skirmisher-type enemies don't deal a lot of individual damage with their puny daggers, but they're extremely quick on their feet, constantly darting in to deliver a quick stab before jumping out of your reach again. They're also surprisingly resilient if you do manage to hit them, so if your blocking/parrying skills are subpar, skirmishers will whittle down Eivor's health stab by stab while nimbly avoiding your attacks themselves.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cadf2d2a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cadf2d2a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cadf2d2a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cc4b45f6
type
Word of God
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cc4b45f6
comment
9th Century flyting involved a lot of alliteration, kennings, and a particular meter, but no rhyming. According to Word of God rhyming was chosen as the method of determining a correct verse because it was deemed more intuitive for the average modern player to follow, even if it wasn't very accurate to the time period.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cc4b45f6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cc4b45f6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_cc4b45f6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d028e0da
type
An Arm and a Leg
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d028e0da
comment
An Arm and a Leg: Almost any melee deathblow on a non-boss enemy results in dismemberment, and it's even more common for finishers. Squeamish players can disable the gorefest in the options menu. However, this trope does come into play at a certain point in the story.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d028e0da
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d028e0da
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d028e0da
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d24ed873
type
Developer's Foresight
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d24ed873
comment
Developer's Foresight: If Eivor stays in the haypile long enough after doing their first Leap of Faith in "To Serve the Light", Hytham will think that they might've botched it and died and starts panicking. It's entirely possible to run into a Zealot in game before the storyline brings them to Eivor's attention (or vice-versa). Doing so can trigger idle conversation between Eivor and the Zealot, provided the player doesn't pick a fight, where the Zealot essentially tells them to piss off. If Eivor's head goes underwater while using "Feign Death", the oxygen meter will not only appear but actually drain faster. If you tackle Animus Anomalies after finishing the main story, the out-of-commission Layla is replaced by Basim, who's taken over exploring Eivor's life in the meantime. When starting one, Basim expresses curiosity at how the Anomalies he placed turned out. Additionally, Rebecca & Shaun's commentary is replaced by Loki & Aletheia discussing their plan to take revenge on Odin.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d24ed873
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d24ed873
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d24ed873
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2a11313
type
Death of the Old Gods
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2a11313
comment
Death of the Old Gods: A major theme throughout Wrath of the Druids is the dominance of Christianity within Ireland's Norse-Gaelic society and the near-extinction of the Druidic faith with the Children of Danu being the last surviving remnant of this otherwise dead religion.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2a11313
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2a11313
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2a11313
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
type
Schmuck Bait
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
comment
Schmuck Bait: There's a sidequest where Eivor can stumble on a bard playing music for a group of Norse soldiers and trying to get them to drink some ale he set out. It is painfully apparent from the bard's dialogue and context clues that the ale is poisoned, but you still have to drink it if you want to advance the sidequest.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d2c0e2ed
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d442f9d1
type
ToiletHumor
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d442f9d1
comment
Toilet Humor: Lots of it. Just to name a few examples, one world event sees a woman discourage people from entering the sewers with a massive fart; another involves a house filled with so many boxes of excrement it's actually formed a toxic gas, and who coats himself in it for strength. At least it's setting-appropriate, as both the Norse and especially the Anglo-Saxons were very fond of that type of joke.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d442f9d1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d442f9d1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d442f9d1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51
type
Walking Shirtless Scene
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51
comment
Walking Shirtless Scene: The Pict warriors wear nothing above their waists but fur capes draping their shoulders. You can just as well make Eivor fight this way by making their armor invisible, even in snow-capped Norway.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d4bb4e51
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d57f4a99
type
The Nothing After Death
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d57f4a99
comment
To Vikings, "heaven" is basically a fun boot camp, for eternity, where you train as a footsoldier for the upcoming war of Ragnarok. As such, to earn your way in, you must die in battle, and even more narrowly, with an axe in hand. Those who die in a more subdued, everyday life sort of way are forced to spend eternity in Helheim, a featureless plain covered in mist. There are multiple instances of Odin popping into Eivor's head and reminding them that some war crime they just witnessed actually earned the perpetrator entrance to Valhalla, while someone who showed kindness to others deserves no reward. This is taken to extremes in the Sciropescire Arc: Ivarr intentionally ruins a peace negotiation with the Britons by killing the hostage. When a truce is successfully negotiated, he rekindles hostilities by killing Ceolbert, the boy he was supposed to install as leader, and framing the other side. All of this to get another chance at killing King Rhodri and cementing his own reputation as Ivarr Kingkiller. After successfully capturing Rhodri and subjecting him to the blood eagle, Ivarr challenges Eivor to a deathmatch, just to make things as unhinged as possible. Eivor is the only Viking that blinks at this behavior; Odin absolutely loves it and thinks it's a perfect tribute, while Ivarr's brother Ubba is only concerned about whether Ivarr's death met the requirements for Valhalla. Despite his bloodlust and glory-seeking nearly costing his side the war, Ivarr is apparently a paragon of Viking virtue. Eivor's father Varin allows Kjotve to execute him to spare the rest of the Raven Clan, a promise Kjotve immediately breaks. Varin is therefore considered a "bad Viking" not because he made a Senseless Sacrifice, but because you're supposed to go down fighting. He later appears in Sigurd's false Valhalla, giving Eivor an obvious hint that something is wrong. Despite the above examples, you're given several opportunities to flaunt Viking morality; the axe-in-hand requirement leads to the choice of letting someone into Valhalla, or denying it to them, on a technicality. Odin will sternly remind you of the spirit of the law, but whether they're holding an axe as they die is up to you.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d57f4a99
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d57f4a99
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d57f4a99
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3
type
Anti-Frustration Features
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3
comment
While Eivor's dreams don't give any physical rewards, gear can be changed and improved during them. Sure, Eivor may wake up in different clothes than they went to sleep with, but at least you don't need to wake up every time you want alter your stats.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d6f284a3
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d99a228f
type
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d99a228f
comment
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Eivor never comments on seeing "ghosts" in the Tombs of the Fallen. Toward the end of the quest, she's told the Isu tombs have a defense mechanism that gently erases the memories of anyone who enters.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d99a228f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d99a228f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_d99a228f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dae5c997
type
Action Girl
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dae5c997
comment
Action Girl: Eivor can be played as a woman and is a woman, canonically, with her male option appearing due to her Odin DNA interfering with the Animus, and there is no shortage of ass-kicking women, such as Soma. While the development team have noted in interviews that the historical existence of shieldmaidens is disputed, they chose to include them anyway.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dae5c997
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dae5c997
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dae5c997
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dba4ae4f
type
Arc Welding
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dba4ae4f
comment
Arc Welding: The Mastery Challenges and "Tombs of the Fallen" expansions initially appear unrelated, but they do turn out to be connected at the end of the second installment of the later.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dba4ae4f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dba4ae4f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dba4ae4f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dbc2a0cd
type
Hand Wave
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dbc2a0cd
comment
Handwave: No matter how unusual the sights seen in the Tombs of the Fallen, Eivor scarcely comments on it, and never brings it up to anyone. The final tomb has the AI guarding it mention that a security feature gives Eivor a mild case of Laser-Guided Amnesia every time.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dbc2a0cd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dbc2a0cd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dbc2a0cd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dc1761bd
type
A God Am I
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dc1761bd
comment
A God Am I: Sigurd starts talking like this after hanging out with Basim for a while, which kind of freaks out Eivor. He turns it up to 11 after being rescued from his captivity with Fulke, which puts a serious strain on his relationship with Eivor.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dc1761bd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dc1761bd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dc1761bd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_de306ba6
type
Worst Aid
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_de306ba6
comment
Worst Aid: When Eivor finds Ceolbert stabbed in the side but still alive in a wolf's den, they pull the dagger out before carrying him out. While Eivor notes that he's pretty close to death anyway, the dagger being removed likely kills him faster.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_de306ba6
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_de306ba6
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_de306ba6
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_df858e81
type
Shoot the Medic First
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_df858e81
comment
Shoot the Medic First: In the "Dawn of Ragnarok" DLC, the Flame-Keepers can revive their fellow Muspels indefinitely, no matter how viciously they were killed. They're also much tougher than the regular Muspels, making it harder to take them out before they've done their work.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_df858e81
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_df858e81
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_df858e81
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfc3e10a
type
The Dung Ages
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfc3e10a
comment
The Dung Ages: While parts of the world can be beautiful, most of the man-made areas, especially in England, are wretched at best, as it is war-torn, disorganized, muddy, and full of ruins of the once-great empire of Rome. Francia is definitely this, with ravenous and unkillable rats blocking some paths, a part of Paris actually called The Plague Slums, and the countryside outside the city littered with the rotting bodies of the dead being fed upon by murders of crows.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfc3e10a
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfc3e10a
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfc3e10a
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfe57573
type
Historical In-Joke
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfe57573
comment
Historical In-Joke: King Aelfred the Great's alias is "Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ" when he spies on the Raven Clan. Brendan of Clonfert discovers the New World during his religious pilgrimage. When Eivor visits the place, the Vikings call it "Vinland" or "Saint Brendan's Island". When Eivor visits Bishop Deorlaf after Ivarr kills Rhodri they ask him if he's afraid of the Britons doing a reprisal against Mercia for his unjust death. Deorlaf responds by saying that Rhodri and Angharad's sons are currently too busy bickering amongst themselves to do so because due to Welsh law, Angharad had the kingdom separated amongst her sons. Eivor asks what'll happen if the eldest, Anarawd, manages to unite the clans, and Deorlaf says he prays that won't happen. Historically, Anarawd does up succeeding his father as king, and three years after the end of the game in 881, he goes to war with Mercia again at the Battle of the Conwy, and successfully avenges Rhodri with a decisive victory.note The Welsh annals even describe the event as "revenge by God for Rhodri". An apocrhyphal story about Aelfred has him in disguise helping a baker woman until he got distracted, causing her bread to get burnt. At the end of the game, Eivor and Aelfred have a chat, which results in that very thing, much to the woman's upset.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfe57573
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfe57573
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_dfe57573
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0140e6c
type
From the Mouths of Babes
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0140e6c
comment
From the Mouths of Babes: One side quest is about helping a young boy woo his crush (King Aelfred's daughter) by presenting her with a rose, upon which his friends declare that he's now betrothed. One of the kids immediately opines that there's more to a betrothal than that, like holding hands and especially a lot of praying, because she always hears these people scream "Oh God! Oh God!" along with some grunting.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0140e6c
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0140e6c
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0140e6c
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e01bf9f9
type
Flashback with the Other Darrin
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e01bf9f9
comment
Flashback with the Other Darrin: Ezio Auditore's brief vocal cameo was done by an imitator, despite the line being taken directly from the ending of Assassin's Creed II.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e01bf9f9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e01bf9f9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e01bf9f9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0606d52
type
Optional Boss
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0606d52
comment
Optional Boss: The three Daughters of Lerion, the Lost Drengr, the various legendary animals, Steinbjornn... take your pick. Some must be defeated if you're after certain legendary weapons and armor, but none of them figure in the main story in any way.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0606d52
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0606d52
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e0606d52
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e11b003d
type
Translation Convention
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e11b003d
comment
Translation Convention: The Old English and Old Norse spoken by the characters is translated by the Animus as mostly modern English, save for some period-accurate spellings of certain words and places for flavor (e.g. "Lunden" for London). While the Roman-era Magas Codex pages are translated into English for the player/Layla's benefit, when Eivor gives them all to Hytham they mention that they couldn't understand a word of it, presumably because they were originally written in Latin. When Hytham tells Eivor about a letter from around the same time in Reda's possession and they ask him about it, Reda lampshades how the letter is written in Demotic and as a result is unreadable by Eivor, but the player/Layla themselves can read it in English. Averted for the Native Americans in Vinland/Saint Brendan's Island, who speak untranslated Mohawk, which Eivor cannot understand.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e11b003d
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e11b003d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e11b003d
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e16217f8
type
Historical Villain Upgrade
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e16217f8
comment
Historical Villain Upgrade: King Aelfred the Great is one of Britain's most venerated ancient rulers (hence "The Great"), though here the dev team has noted his portrayal as an Anti-Villain and he's seemingly one of the main antagonists. The World Premiere trailer frames him as a xenophobic ruler fighting to protect his kingdom from those he sees as ruthless foreign invaders. The actual game depicts him as even more of an anti-villain who is forced to work with the Order in order to save his lands from the invading Vikings.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e16217f8
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e16217f8
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e16217f8
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e19e68
type
Cruel Mercy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e19e68
comment
Cruel Mercy: Sparing Rued the first time you fight him is this, since dying in glorious combat to enter Valhalla is Norse tradition and he's denied an honorable death. He then takes matters into his own hands by escaping and crashing Oswald and Valdis' wedding, forcing Oswald or Eivor to face him in combat. The trope is continued if Oswald fights him, as Oswald exiles him from East Anglia instead of killing him after the victory.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e19e68
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e19e68
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e19e68
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2ccee25
type
Animal Motifs
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2ccee25
comment
Animal Motifs: Eivor is a member of the Raven Clan. They also have a pet raven named Sýnin. The name of the settlement in England that they and their brother Sigurd settle in? Ravensthorpe. Kjotve the Cruel is the leader of the Wolf Clan, a vicious band of Viking raiders affiliated with the Order of the Ancients. It's also fitting for someone as savage as Kjotve. The skill tree is split into animal motifs to represent the different aspects of Eivor's abilities. The Bear (Warrior), the Wolf (Archer), and the Raven (Assassin) which is further expanded on in the Mastery Challenges.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2ccee25
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2ccee25
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2ccee25
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2f7ab99
type
Assassin Outclassin'
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2f7ab99
comment
Assassin Outclassin': Who does Eivor meet on the Isle of Skye? None other than Kassandra. No, not a Hidden One, but an occasional ally. They easily hold Eivor to a standstill even though they're not trying to kill Eivor, though the latter isn't returning the favor. And why not? She has 1500 years expericence at this point.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2f7ab99
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2f7ab99
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e2f7ab99
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e303d198
type
Whole-Plot Reference
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e303d198
comment
Whole-Plot Reference: The Glowecestrescire Arc to The Wicker Man. Eivor visits a small Celtic pagan enclave in an otherwise Christian Britain as they celebrate the harvest. The community's leaders use Eivor as a pawn in their plot to sacrifice a zealous Christian in the wicker man. The arc's ending is nearly identical to the film's: the victim prays to God as he burns alive in the wicker man—again, nearly identical to the film's. The ealdorman watches in silence, realizing that he's probably next.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e303d198
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e303d198
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e303d198
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e35bc0f7
type
Tragic Monster
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e35bc0f7
comment
Tragic Monster: Grendel and his mother. In the legend, the Grendel is an evil giant and his mother is a witch, here we see the events that inspired the legend, Grendel was an exceptionally large and strong but mentally handicapped man who accidentally slew some livestock and bandits while trying to play with them and didn't even understand why Eivor was trying to kill him, his mother turns out to be an old woman Eivor met earlier trying to protect her son by pinning the blame on the bandits, Eivor ends up accidentally murdering her due to the spores in her lair causing hallucinations of her being an actual Wicked Witch and trying to avenge her son.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e35bc0f7
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e35bc0f7
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e35bc0f7
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3697447
type
Finishing Stomp
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3697447
comment
Finishing Stomp: An actual skill Eivor can learn to quickly finish off stunned enemies. It's moderately helpful against early-game Mooks, but Elite Mooks are too difficult to stun most of the time, and late-game cannon fodder tends to die so quickly that they rarely get a chance to get stunned. Several Finishing Moves end with Eivor stomping the victim's head into the ground.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3697447
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3697447
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3697447
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3c36782
type
Call-Forward
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3c36782
comment
Call-Forward: An audio recording between Desmond and Rebecca that Layla can listen to has him mentioning a Bleeding Effect moment where he ended up on a beach in the Caribbean with a bunch of pirates, which is implied to be a memory of Edward Kenway. The medallions that Eivor takes off the bodies of felled members of the Order of the Ancients, that serve as the symbol for their order, are of the exact same design as the one worn on Templar Shay Patrick Cormac's belt. It's implied that the Piece of Eden that Eivor gives the Iroquois for safekeeping after killing Gorm is the exact same one belonging to Kanatahséton that Connor will use around 900 years later. Before that, Eivor even manages to find the entrance to the Grand Temple. Those facts combined mean that Vinland isn't just any random part of North America, it's the Frontier some 900 years earlier. After Odin speaks with Gunlodr/Minerva about her attempts to communicate with the future and they leave, Ezio's voice can be heard coming out of the mirror from the moment he met her in the Vault beneath the Vatican. A Mentor of the Hidden Ones named Fuladh asks Hytham to meet them at Aluh-Amut, aka Alamut, in 879 to discuss Basim's betrayal of the Order by attacking Eivor and Sigurd. This also happens to Call Forward to the (at the time unreleased) Assassin's Creed: Mirage where the Alamut branch of the Hidden Ones is focused on, as well as a Mythology Gag to Alamut, one of the inspirations of the original Assassin's Creed. One of the locations in the game is Lunden, the setting of Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Since Valhalla takes place 995 years earlier, the city is completely unrecogniseable and is the tiniest fraction of the size of Syndicate's London. Similarly, Paris can be visited in the Siege of Paris DLC, 916 years before its depiction in Assassin's Creed: Unity. It's again much smaller than its later version, but not quite as tiny as Lunden. In "Wrath of the Druids," a letter in Barid's longhouse written in Old Gaelic by his mother, after some translation, reveals that the mac Imhair family are the distant ancestors of Shay Patrick Cormac.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3c36782
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3c36782
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e3c36782
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e402b8bd
type
Hailfire Peaks
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e402b8bd
comment
Hailfire Peaks: Svartalfheim in the Dawn Of Ragnarok DLC, due to the Jotunn - Muspel joint invasion has areas that are frozen over, flooded with lava, or both side by side.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e402b8bd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e402b8bd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e402b8bd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4965307
type
Composite Character
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4965307
comment
Composite Character: Composite Location in the case of Vinland, it's actually known as Saint Brendan's Island and the area stretches from the present-day Canadian province of Newfoundland to upstate New York in what is now the modern United States.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4965307
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4965307
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4965307
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4e86215
type
Fake Difficulty
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4e86215
comment
Fake Difficulty: The "Mastery Challenges" often not only require effectively perfect play with mechanics that rarely allow it, but also require at least some luck - for example, the Lolingestone melee challenge requires you to kill enemies with fire, yet only gives you gear that has a random chance to create a fire cloud upon parry, meaning most of the challenge meant to "prove your strength" is spent parrying enemies without attacking them directly and hoping that A) Mook Chivalry applies, B) the fire is actually enough to kill, C) they don't die from the parry itself, and D) that you still have enough enemies for the other objectives. Similarly, Odin Mine camp has just enough enemies to perform all challenges, making it extremely easy to accidentally kill someone in the wrong way. And that's just the melee challenges, as archery challenges tend to be rather picky over what counts as a headshot and stealth still suffers from the same unpredictable detection mechanics as the main game.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4e86215
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4e86215
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4e86215
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4fc9fbc
type
A Glitch in the Matrix
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4fc9fbc
comment
A Glitch in the Matrix: Anomalies are a callback to the Truth and Rift Puzzles from AC2 and Brotherhood. They appear as "normal" areas in the simulation, but with glitchy effects. When Eivor interacts with them, the simulation will break open, creating a pocket dimension where Layla—not Eivor—must climb electric blue platforms to reach an top-secret Animus data file.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4fc9fbc
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4fc9fbc
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e4fc9fbc
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e545e190
type
Nerf
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e545e190
comment
Nerf: Equipment perks have been severely nerfed from their Odyssey performance. Most only provide minor stat boosts that become obsolete once you've leveled up Eivor and their gear a bit. By the time you hit the midgame, your choice of armor and weapons mostly boils down to visual preference. Only a small handful of weapons have noticeably powerful perks, like one shield that heals about a third of Eivor's health every time you parry an attack. Abilities were hit just as hard. Between the reduced number of adrenaline pointsnote a maximum of 4, less than half of what Odyssey provided, being tied to a rare type of collectible to even unlock, many non-Ability actions also consuming adrenaline if the pip isn't completely filled, and Eivor's extreme combat prowess with weapons alone, one can comfortably play through the entire game without ever using a single Ability. The "spy through your bird's eyes" feature has been weakened considerably, with Eivor's raven being unable to spot and mark enemies and treasure. If you want to know what awaits you, you'll have to get close and see for yourself.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e545e190
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e545e190
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e545e190
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e563bf09
type
Insistent Terminology
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e563bf09
comment
Insistent Terminology: A dwarf Odin encounters in Svartelheim insists the ring he carries is "curséd" (the emphasis is his), and will remind Odin of this every time he brings up the ring.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e563bf09
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e563bf09
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e563bf09
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e57bd3dd
type
Wolfpack Boss
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e57bd3dd
comment
Wolfpack Boss: A literal example in the case of the three wolves Hwit-Wulf, Eald-Wulf, and Niht-Wulf, legendary animals who Eivor fights at once.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e57bd3dd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e57bd3dd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e57bd3dd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b
type
GameplayAndStoryIntegration
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b
comment
Gameplay and Story Integration: Instead of the iconic leap of faith, Eivor jumps into haystacks and water with their limbs flailing as they prepare for impact. Once you progress enough in the Hidden Ones subplot, Hytham teaches them the iconic move, after which the original jump is replaced by the leap. The Asgard & Jotunheim dreams don't give any physical rewards, since, you know, they're All Just a Dream. "Spiritual" rewards, however (skill points and charisma increases), do carry over into the real world, since they rely on knowledge Eivor learnt from their dreams. During Eivor and Kassandra's cutscene duel, both use the skills they can acquire in-game, such as the former using Harpoon Impalement and the multi-axe throw and the latter the Sparta Kick.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6630c8b
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6c8cd60
type
Fed to Pigs
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6c8cd60
comment
Fed to Pigs: While Eivor is interrogating Lady Aethelswith, Ivarr the Boneless comes in and throws some severed heads for the pigs to devour right in front of her as an intimidation tactic, and Eivor has the choice to either use it or tell him to leave, but the pigs continue eating regardless. In "Wrath of the Druids," this is Konstantinos's final fate after Azar gets done slicing him up for leaving her for dead and taking her eye.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6c8cd60
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6c8cd60
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e6c8cd60
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e913fe74
type
Epic Flail
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e913fe74
comment
Epic Flail: Flails are one of the obtainable weapons in the game, notable for their long sustained combo attacks once the wielder starts flailing them around. Flail-wielding enemies are the most likely to break through Eivor's guard due to how often they can strike in succession.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e913fe74
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e913fe74
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e913fe74
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9550e66
type
Nun Too Holy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9550e66
comment
Nun Too Holy: The world event, "Saint Faith" in Hamtunscire has Eivor come upon a priest and a goliath-sized nun try to force them to be converted in the name of the Lord. Since Eivor refuses, the titular Saint Faith comes to blows and ends up another notch on the vikingr's belt.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9550e66
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9550e66
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9550e66
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e96475ec
type
Excalibur
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e96475ec
comment
Excalibur: The legendary sword of King Arthur can be found at Stonehenge and Eivor can use it as a weapon.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e96475ec
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e96475ec
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e96475ec
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9f517e1
type
Artistic License – Geography
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9f517e1
comment
Artistic License – Geography: Somewhat inevitable in trying to condense most of England to an easily navigable open world; even then, some of the game's choices are more than a little egregious. Treating the country's myriad rivers as a series of connected waterways is just the tip of the iceberg; somehow Gloucester has made its way inland and avoided the Severn entirely, instead sitting on the River Avon. The Derbyshire Peak District, where Mam Tor is situated in the top left of the map, whilst undoubtedly hilly, is polar and much more mountainous than in real life. There are quite a few towns and villages incorrectly placed in relation to each other — perhaps due to condensed map-warp. For example, Snotingham (Nottingham) is north of Sudwella (Southwell) on the game-map, when in reality Southwell is located north of Nottingham (very near Fiskartun aka Fiskerton, in fact), and it’s certainly not in Leicestershire. Similarly, Snotingham is placed west of Sherwood Forest, when the actual forest is on the other side of the town and to the North. The game world is particularly bad in the southern counties. Portsmouth and Southampton simply do not exist in Assassin's Creed-world, despite both being settled since the time of the Romans. The white cliffs of Dover are apparently visible from the Isle of Wight. Portchester, which is in reality near Portsmouth, is in Sussex. Most egregiously, Stonehenge, which in reality is in Wiltshire, is in Hampshire for some reason.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9f517e1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9f517e1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_e9f517e1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea44cd34
type
Britain Is Only London
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea44cd34
comment
Britain Is Only London: Averted. Not only do Eivor and the Raven Clan settle in the English village of Ravensthorpe located in the East Midlands region but they also visit the rest of England and Wales. Additionally, the hub cities of Winchester, York, Norwich, and London itself can be explored by the player both within the story and free-roam exploration.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea44cd34
featureApplicability
-1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea44cd34
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea44cd34
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea85d6ea
type
All Just a Dream
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea85d6ea
comment
The Asgard & Jotunheim dreams don't give any physical rewards, since, you know, they're All Just a Dream. "Spiritual" rewards, however (skill points and charisma increases), do carry over into the real world, since they rely on knowledge Eivor learnt from their dreams.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea85d6ea
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea85d6ea
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ea85d6ea
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb3c0a1
type
The Kingslayer
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb3c0a1
comment
This is taken to extremes in the Sciropescire Arc: Ivarr intentionally ruins a peace negotiation with the Britons by killing the hostage. When a truce is successfully negotiated, he rekindles hostilities by killing Ceolbert, the boy he was supposed to install as leader, and framing the other side. All of this to get another chance at killing King Rhodri and cementing his own reputation as Ivarr Kingkiller. After successfully capturing Rhodri and subjecting him to the blood eagle, Ivarr challenges Eivor to a deathmatch, just to make things as unhinged as possible. Eivor is the only Viking that blinks at this behavior; Odin absolutely loves it and thinks it's a perfect tribute, while Ivarr's brother Ubba is only concerned about whether Ivarr's death met the requirements for Valhalla. Despite his bloodlust and glory-seeking nearly costing his side the war, Ivarr is apparently a paragon of Viking virtue.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb3c0a1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb3c0a1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb3c0a1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb7c34cf
type
Crossover
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb7c34cf
comment
Crossover: A free downloadable sidequest has Eivor encountering and working alongside Kassandra. Another sees you working with Roshan, a character from the presently-upcoming Assassins Creed: Mirage. In late 2022, Destiny 2 and Monster Hunter: World items packs were added to the Helix shop. Destiny 2 also got Assassins Creed items added to its store, such as armor cosmetics that resembled the classic robes, Odyssey Spartan armor, and Valhalla viking armor, as well as a Ghost shell that makes it look like an Apple of Eden.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb7c34cf
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb7c34cf
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eb7c34cf
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986
type
Spotting the Thread
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986
comment
Spotting the Thread: The biggest failure of Yggdrasil and Sigurd in convincing Eivor that the Valhalla simulation is real is the presence of Eivor's father. Eivor knows for a fact that there's no possible way for Varin to be in Valhalla due to him dying a "coward", which is their first clue that they are trapped in a simulation.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ec0ce986
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eda30d58
type
0% Approval Rating
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eda30d58
comment
Likewise, the game features women as combatants, both allies (never mind Eivor herself) and enemies alike, including one case where a noblewoman (Lady Eadwyn) fights to defend her castle. While women were generally expected to be housewives and carers, noblewomen who inherited armies from their family were sometimes known to lead them during times of war, though they were typically unpopular as leaders outside of those who are loyal to their family linenote the reason behind Lady Eadwyn's 0% Approval Rating isn't explored too heavily beyond her being a Jerkass (albeit, only because her husband was killed by people just like Eivor and Sigurd, who are foreign invaders trying to depose her), however the fact her thegns are happy to betray her to the Norse, which includes appointing a (male) leader, makes a lot of sense in this light. Meanwhile, burial sites of warriors of the time have included skeletal remains identified via DNA as female, though it's unknown if they were welcomed into the army knowingly or if it was merely a Sweet Polly Oliver situation, either of which lines up with how the game portrays itnote among the Saxons and other enemy factions, women are rarer than men, and wear armour that is entirely identical, and thick enough to conceal their body type, so for the most part you can only tell they're women by their voice; given this, it's equally possible they were either welcomed due to their skill matching the men's, or the rest of their comrades couldn't tell their gender either.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eda30d58
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eda30d58
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eda30d58
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ee0e6e70
type
The Marvelous Deer
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ee0e6e70
comment
The Marvelous Deer: Two legendary animals Eivor can face are the Elk of Bloody Peaks in Norway, and O Yan Do' Ne in Vinland, a moose with blood-red antlers named after the moose personification of the east wind in Iroquois mythology.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ee0e6e70
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ee0e6e70
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ee0e6e70
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eef35d8d
type
A Handful for an Eye
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eef35d8d
comment
A Handful for an Eye: Some enemies have a nasty habit of chucking an entire man-sized cloud of dirt at Eivor to blind them. Even if they're standing on ice.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eef35d8d
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eef35d8d
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eef35d8d
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eff85ff1
type
The Low Middle Ages
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eff85ff1
comment
The Low Middle Ages: The game takes place in 9th century northern and western Europe.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eff85ff1
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eff85ff1
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_eff85ff1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f27ec906
type
Identical Stranger
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f27ec906
comment
Identical Stranger: In the vision quests of Asgard, perceptive players will notice that Havi/Odin, Tyr, and Loki look and sound like Male Eivor, Sigurd, and Basim respectively. They are indeed one and the same, in the sense that they're all Sages of the respective Aesir in question.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f27ec906
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f27ec906
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f27ec906
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f54256d4
type
Micro-Transactions
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f54256d4
comment
This is also present as Microtransactions, which allow you to purchase upgrade materials and map filters that reveal all collectibles on the map. Store-bought gear mostly averts this however, as their stats and special properties are more or less the same as those found in weapons obtainable in-game; while there are some exceptions, their special aspects usually boil down on their unique appearance.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f54256d4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f54256d4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f54256d4
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6919c77
type
Voices Are Mental
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6919c77
comment
Several of the Aesir have the same voices as people Eivor knows. This hints at the roles they might play in Eivor's life.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6919c77
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6919c77
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6919c77
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6b30338
type
Murder Is the Best Solution
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6b30338
comment
Murder Is the Best Solution: The game reintroduces the "social stealth" aspect of gameplay, coupled with Distrust areasnote basically lighter versions of Restricted Areas where Eivor should go hooded to avoid drawing the guards' attention. However, there's no drawback to just killing all the guards to explore the area undisturbed.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6b30338
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6b30338
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f6b30338
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d4f121
type
Mushroom Samba
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d4f121
comment
Mushroom Samba: Eivor can indulge in hallucinogenics in order to have bizarre visions ranging from seals popping up in dry land up to portals to other realms. One side mission has Eivor and Petra accidentally inhaling mushroom fumes and running around the woods hallucinating a spirit guide and trying to teleport. Petra tries talking to the animals, while Eivor predictably fights imaginary enemies.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d4f121
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d4f121
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d4f121
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f
type
No-Gear Level
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f
comment
No-Gear Level: The Vinland arc starts you off with nothing but Eivor's Hidden Blade - no weapons, no armor, no rations, no resources at all. The few equipment pieces you can purchase from local traders require resources you can only find in enemy camps. You do the math. The whole arc provides the game's only area where stealth is actually useful.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f7d66b6f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f8173bd9
type
Medieval European Fantasy
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f8173bd9
comment
Medieval European Fantasy: Besides the obvious connections to Norse Mythology, Valhalla also has a few trappings of Arthurian Legend in the form of Excalibur which is located within Stonehenge and can be used by Eivor as a weapon.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f8173bd9
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f8173bd9
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f8173bd9
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9669a32
type
Useless Useful Stealth
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9669a32
comment
Useless Useful Stealth: If you thought Vikings were a weird fit for a series about cloak-and-dagger plots, you might be right! Compared to previous entries, stealth is more of a gimmick than a central gameplay element. Due to the below factors, the No-Gear Level Vinland arc is actually conspicuous for approaching a true stealth level. No mission ever requires you to stay undetected. Eivor also eventually becomes so overpowered that fighting every enemy in sight is almost always the simplest, quickest and most entertaining solution to any problem. Raids in particular tend to involve a huge number of enemies—it takes ages to slowly creep around assassinating guards when you could blow a horn and include your whole crew in the fun. Distrust areas bring back "social stealth" from earlier games, but why bother walking slowly and avoiding patrols? The only penalty for being detected is a battle, after which the guards are too dead to stop you from exploring.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9669a32
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9669a32
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9669a32
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33
type
Running Gag
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33
comment
Running Gag: In the crossover event with Odyssey, Kassandra often jabs at Eivor for believing their seer for mistaking her with Randvi (due to their similar hairstyle). After returning from the Isle of Skye, Eivor confronts Valka and brings up Kassandra's complaints to her.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_f9f2c33
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fa75f33e
type
Road Apples
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fa75f33e
comment
Road Apples: The world event, "Lamb Chops" in Sciopescire, has a man named Merec who lost his niece's brooch after one of the sheep ate it. Rather than killing the sheep, Eivor can throw a hay bale and dig through the...leavings to find the brooch, leaving them to wonder why this keeps happening to them. It takes some digging, but they do find the brooch, but they suggest giving it a thorough washing.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fa75f33e
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fa75f33e
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fa75f33e
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fb111d49
type
Sequence Breaking
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fb111d49
comment
Sequence Breaking: While the various alliance quests have a set level that suggests the intended order, a well-equipped player can take on things earlier than intended. For example, Eivor can start the Winchester arc before dealing with Fulke, yet her death is discussed in the intro to the story arc. Jötenheim is clearly meant to be tackled after the game's main quest ending in Hordalfyke due to the region in question spoiling several major plot points regarding Odin and Basim, but since the region's level is a mere 120, its entirely possible to do it well before Hordalfyke. Once you return the final batch of Order medallions to Hytham, Eivor mentions the one belonging to "The Father" is among them, after which the two openly discuss his identity and motivations. The problem comes due to a bug which replicates medallions, making it possible to collect and hand over the final batch before Eivor or the player learns who "The Father" even is. It is possible to complete all 10 anomalies and view the video of the true final moments of the Norse Isu even before Gunnar's forge in England gets set up.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fb111d49
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fb111d49
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fb111d49
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fca0525f
type
They Have the Scent!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fca0525f
comment
They Have the Scent!: A world event in Essexe has a boar named Lady Trotters do this for treasure in Epinga Forest. The first time it's just stinky socks that some bandits left lying around. The rest is all Shop Fodder, though Eivor treats her like she's digging up priceless treasure, and defends her from bandits.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fca0525f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fca0525f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fca0525f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
type
Brick Joke
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
comment
A less serious example that borders on Brick Joke happens with Gunnar. In the first conversation with Eivor, he complains about recently splitting from a lover named Brunhilde, and Eivor jokes about the name, suggesting he try someone a little lower than a valkyrie. Gunnar replies that he never settles for anything less than the best. Eventually he ends up with a woman whose name is Brigid, a Celtic goddess's name instead.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe5e40e2
type
Gondor Calls for Aid
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe5e40e2
comment
Gondor Calls for Aid: There are two main occasions when this happens: In the first case, Eivor calls upon whatever alliances they've made up to that point to assault Porcestre Castle in order to rescue Sigurd from Fulke. The second is Eivor calling upon all the alliances they've made during the game in order to defeat Wessex and depose Aelfred.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe5e40e2
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe5e40e2
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fe5e40e2
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff070bbd
type
Attack! Attack! Attack!
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff070bbd
comment
Attack! Attack! Attack!: When Eivor takes the second potion from Valka, they relive the travels of Odin in Jotunheim as he attempts to learn the Jotnar's hugr magic. During a deal with the witch Angrboda, he takes a potion revealed to be a sort of truth serum and is held hostage by the witch and a resurgent Loki. Both try to force the information of his plans for the son they sired together, the wolf Fenrir who is destined to devour Odin at Ragnarok and who he had Tyr imprison in a bid to avoid this fate. The dialogue options provided in response to this? "I will kill him." As in, you're presented with three options that all say the same line.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff070bbd
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff070bbd
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff070bbd
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff41780
type
Young Future Famous People
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff41780
comment
Young Future Famous People: Aelfred's daughter Aethelflaed shows up as a child in a World Event where Eivor gets a flower for a boy trying to woo her. Years later, she will be responsible for kicking the Danes out of England. Rollo also shows up in the Essex arc. He won’t become famous for a long while yet, being only 17 in the game, but as an adult he will marry a Frankish princess and settle in the north of what would be France forming the Duchy of Normandy.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff41780
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff41780
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ff41780
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ffad4e9f
type
Shown Their Work
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ffad4e9f
comment
Shown Their Work: In spite of some historical inaccuracies, the developers did stick closely to some details of various cultures in early medieval Europe. The runic inscriptions seen in the game were done with input from Old Norse specialist Dr Jackson Crawford, who also worked on Frozen. Here's his video on the subject. Ljufvina Bjarmarsdotter, the wife of Hjorr Halfsson, is depicted as more Asian-looking in comparison to the white Norse, which is because she's believed to be a Mongolian princess hailing from what is now Siberia, though Bjarmaland itself is believed to primarily describe the area of around what is now the southern shore of the White Sea, home to a people believed to be related to the Saami, and only sometimes the shore of the Barents Sea where the westernmost group of the Samoyedic peoples, the Nenets, have as their traditional home. The Norse had some of the most extensive trade routes of the Middle Ages, stretching from Scandanavia itself to the Caspian Sea, and having connections to the Silk Road, hence the presence of Basim and Hytham from the Abbasid Caliphate through the Hidden One Bureau in Constantinople, and Reda from Egypt. Lynxes could be found in Britain prior to being extirpated, though by Valhalla's time they would've been critically endangered if not outright extinct. The main reason the Norse targeted monasteries is because compared to other areas they made relatively easier targets. It was indeed believed by European royals that narwhal horns could protect against poisoning, as Halfdan tells Eivor when giving them a drinking horn made from a "sea unicorn" when trying to see if Faravid is disloyal. Old Norse and Old English, while distinct languages, are believed to have been mostly mutually intelligible, hence why the Norse and Saxons can speak with each other without use of a translator. It's a blink and you'll miss it moment, but despite the choices made with the Picts' clothing, religiously they are Christian. Some modern studies of Norse mythology suggest that Tyr, not Odin, was the Top God before Odin simply became more popular. Throughout the Asgard arc Tyr often acts as the compassionate voice of reason while Odin just kind of improvises everything without regard towards bloodshed, and Tyr's reincarnation Sigurd ends up being The Chosen One with more character development, while Eivor/Odin just watches from the sidelines.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ffad4e9f
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ffad4e9f
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_ffad4e9f
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fff371b4
type
Death Seeker
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fff371b4
comment
Death Seeker: Eivor can come across a number of remnants of Ragnar Lothbrok's personal bodyguards, the so-called Lost Drengr. Each of them wishes to die in a glorious duel against a worthy opponent so they can reunite with Ragnar in Odin's hall in Valhalla. You can indulge them, but be warned, they're very powerful warriors that can flatten Eivor in no time flat if you're ill-prepared.
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fff371b4
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fff371b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_fff371b4
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_name
type
ItemName
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_name
comment
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_name
featureApplicability
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_name
featureConfidence
1.0
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_name
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game) / int_name
itemName
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)

The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Alternate Reality Game / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Arab-Americans in Media / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Automaton Horses / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Background Music Override / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Battle Rapping / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Beethoven Was an Alien Spy / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Best Served Cold / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Bragging Rights Reward / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Braving the Blizzard / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Britain Is Only London / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
British Stuffiness / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Call-Forward / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Canon Name / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Catch and Return / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cessation of Existence / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Circle of Standing Stones / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Climax Boss / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Congruent Memory / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Cruelty by Feet / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Death by Origin Story / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Deity Fiction / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Dented Iron / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Does Not Speak Common / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Dragged Off to Hell / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Dramatic Thunder / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Druidic Sickle / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Dueling Player Characters / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Equipment-Hiding Fashion / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Even the Subtitler Is Stumped / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Everyone Hates Mimes / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Everyone Is Bi / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Evil Brit / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Excalibur / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Fast-Killing Radiation / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Fight Clubbing / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Finishing Stomp / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Fisticuff-Provoking Comment / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Flawed Prototype / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Gay Option / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Glorious Death / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
God Was My Co-Pilot / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Good All Along / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Group-Identifying Feature / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Hellhound / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Historical Fantasy / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Historical Fiction / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Historical Hero Upgrade / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Honorable Warrior's Death / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Horny Vikings / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
I Take Offense to That Last One / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
I Will Show You X! / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Interface with a Familiar Face / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Interquel / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
It's Quiet… Too Quiet / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Just Before the End / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Kingmaker Scenario / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Lotus-Eater Machine / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Map Stabbing / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Medieval European Fantasy / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Mercy Rewarded / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
No-Gear Level / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Ominous Visual Glitch / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Origins Episode / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Outdated Outfit / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Pet Baby Wild Animal / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Playing Both Sides / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Pre-Rendered Graphics / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Previous Player-Character Cameo / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Reality Has No Subtitles / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Recursive Precursors / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Reincarnation / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Renovating the Player Headquarters / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Roofhopping / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Savage Wolves / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Sleepwalking / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Stealth-Based Game / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Subsystem Damage / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Superboss / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Symbolic Weapon Discarding / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Temple of Doom / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
The Fagin / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
The Farmer and the Viper / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
The Lava Caves of New York / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
The Low Middle Ages / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
The Nose Knows / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
The Pig-Pen / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
The Place / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Through the Eyes of Madness / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Thunder Hammer / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Tourist Bump / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Travel to Projectile / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Trophy Room / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Vikings In America / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Visions of Another Self / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Voice-Only Cameo / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Voices Are Mental / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Walking Armory / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Warrior Heaven / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Water Wake-up / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
What Did I Do Last Night? / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
White Male Lead / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Wide-Open Sandbox / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Would Rather Suffer / int_40103bc1
 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)
hasFeature
Young Future Famous People / int_6a3253e1
 AssassinsCreedValhalla
sameAs
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (Video Game)