Editing Gae Bolg

{{Era|technology|Weapons}}
{{WP-REAL|Gáe Bulg}}
{{Imageneed}}
{{Item Infobox
|image = ACV Gae bolg render.png
|type = 
|powers = *Electricity
|current = Unknown
|period = Prehistory until [[Viking Age]]
|created = 
|made = Unknown
|notable = *[[Cú Chulainn]]
*[[Eivor Varinsdottir]]
}}
The '''Gae Bolg''' was the personal [[spear]] of the [[Ireland|Irish]] [[Irish mythology|mythological]] hero [[Cú Chulainn]] and was purportedly made from the bones of a sea monster.

==Owners==
*[[Cú Chulainn]] (? – ?)<ref name="AmberSun">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Wrath of the Druids]]'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>
*[[Balor]] (? – ?)<ref name="AmberSun"/>
*[[Eivor Varinsdottir]] (882 CE)<ref name="AmberSun"/>

==Description==
The spear had the appearance of a [[bident]], having a tip of two-prongs. The prongs themselves were relatively wide and had an array of rather sharp pointed barbs at the base of the spearhead, as well as a few smaller barbs at the opposing end. It also stood at a height slightly taller than the average person.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

The spear possessed special abilities as well, being able to shock the users' enemies with lightning after every third consecutive hit.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

==History==
Cú Chulainn was gifted Gae Bolg<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Gáe Bulg}}</ref> and wielded it for most of his life until he met the ancient {{Wiki|Fomorians|Fomorian}} being known as [[Balor]]. Cú Chulainn was slain in the resulting battle, but not before lodging his spear deep in Balor's back, though the giant took care to invisibly cloak the spear haft so as to conceal his weak spot from future heroes who sought to kill him.<ref name="AmberSun"/>
[[File:ACV Gae bolg stuck in Ritual stone Screenshot.png|thumb|250px|right|Gae Bolg stuck in the stone]]
By the 9th century, the spear had been freed from Balor's back by unknown means, only to be embedded within a ritualistic monolith just outside the hut belonging to the [[druid]]ic priestess [[Deirdre Na Linni]] in [[Asfinn]], [[Ireland]]. During her visit to the country in 882 CE, the [[Vikings|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] consumed a psychoactive mixture prepared by Deirdre from [[amber]] shards<ref name="AmberSun"/> collected from the [[Children of Danu]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)]]</ref> a pagan cult that was run by fanatical druids.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Potion of Blood]]</ref> The drink sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of Balor for possession of the spear.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

With Balor's defeat, the invisibility cloak he used to conceal Gae Bolg fell away and exposed the spear haft lodged in his back. As Eivor grasped the spear with both hands and pulled, the vision ended and she found that she had miraculously extracted Gae Bolg from the stone in the real world.<ref name="AmberSun"/>

==Weapon statistics==
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width:700px; text-align:center"
!Class
!Quality
!Attack
!Speed
!Stun
!Critical<br>Chance
!Weight
!Perks
!Availability
|-
|Wolf
|Mythical
|152
|54
|169
|115
|10
|Lightning shocks the enemy after 3 consecutive hits<br>
|Complete [[Amber Sun]]
|-
! colspan="9" |Description
|-
| colspan="9" |''Gifted to the demi-god Cú Chulainn, said to be made from the bones of a sea monster.''
|}

==Behind the scenes==
Despite its name and description, the spear has no real connections to the mythical weapon. According to the 11th-century manuscript known as the ''{{Wiki|Book of Leinster}}'', Gáe Bolg was given to a young Cú Chulainn by his combat instructor, the warrior-woman {{Wiki|Scáthach}}, after training in either [[Scotland|Alba]] or the [[Isle of Skye]]. Unlike an ordinary spear, Gáe Bolg could only be used by launching it from the foot, and upon piercing the target, instead of emitting lightning as depicted in-game, it would immediately spread barbs throughout the victim's entire circulatory system so that recovering the weapon required cutting away all the flesh surrounding the thorns.<ref name="Wiki"/>

The spear is possibly being conflated with Gáe Assail, the spear of [[Lug]]h, Cú Chulainn's father and the slayer of Balor, which supposedly had lightning powers.

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Wrath of the Druids]]''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" captionalign="center" position="center">
ACV - WotD Concept 3.jpg|Eivor using Gae Bolg to fight a Púca and the Children of Danu
ACV WotD Gae Bolg Concept.png|Concept art
ACV Gae Bolg head.png|The Gae Bolg in ''Valhalla''{{'}}s inventory menu
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Spears]]
[[Category:Long weapons]]
[[Category:9th century weapons]]
[[Category:Personal weapons]