Editing Isu incarnation

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{{Quote|A human host? Do you mean... rebirth? As one of them?|Loki to Aletheia.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Animus Anomalies}}
An [[Isu]] can be '''incarnated''' in a [[human]] individual. While initially believed that this process only happened<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]''</ref> with [[Juno]]'s late husband [[Aita]],<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref> incarnations of whom are referred to as [[Sage]]s,<ref name="AC4"/> it has since been discovered that incarnations of nine [[Ásgarðr|Asgardian]] Isu surfaced around the 9th century, predominantly within [[Scandinavia]].<ref name="A Brother's Keeper">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]</ref>

Where the Sages of Aita and [[Vejovis]], another Isu, manifest in different individuals throughout human history, instances of the Asgardians' rebirth are only known to have occurred in one person each. Among that group were [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], the incarnation of [[Odin]]; her adoptive brother [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]], [[Týr]]'s incarnation; and [[Svala]], the rebirth of [[Freyja]].

==Sages==
{{Main|Sage}}
[[File:The Sage's Buried Secret 5.png|thumb|250px|A Maya statue of a Sage's head]]
The most prevalent Isu incarnations are those of the Isu [[Aita]], known as Sages. These Sages reappeared many times throughout history, bore a physical resemblance to Aita, and were recognizable by their {{wiki|anisocoria}} and {{wiki|heterochromia iridum|heterochromia}}.<ref name="AC4"/>

==Incarnated Asgardian Isu==
===Phenomenon===
{{Quote|All that power! All that potential, locked away. A god trapped in a prison of bones! The pain was necessary to free him!|The Maegester Fulke on Sigurd's nature as a reborn Isu, 875 CE.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Storming the Walls}}
Shortly before the [[Great Catastrophe]] that wiped out the Isu, [[Odin]], seven of his most trusted Isu followers, and [[Loki]], had their DNA, memories, and consciousnesses integrated into the human gene pool by using the [[Yggdrasil]] supercomputer,<ref name="Animus Anomalies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]</ref> paired with a [[Mead of poetry|catalyst]] stolen from the [[Capitoline Triad]],<ref name="A Feast to Remember"/> in hope of escaping the doom of their civilization and be reborn in human bodies millennia later. More specially, they injected their blood into human fetuses,<ref name="Animus Anomalies"/> prompting their DNA to remain dormant in future human bloodlines as a recessive trait. Eventually, a trigger would take place under specific circumstances that would give the Isu's DNA a dominant trait, manipulating their physical characteristics to match the ones from the respective Isu and slowly forcing the resurgence of their past memories and consciousnesses.<ref name="AC4"/> Most notably, unlike Aita's many forms, the reborn Isu were planned to only happen once.<ref name="Poor Fellow-Soldier">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Poor Fellow-Soldier]]</ref><ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/1337737125677109248|Darby McDevitt|quote=@KasaiKnight Just once. Juno tweaked the technology further for her own use, as she hints in Jotunheim.|image=File:ACV Darby McDevitt Sage and Reborn Isu difference.png}}</ref> Another factor which complicated this plan was that, as with Sages, there was a risk the human could choose to not act on their Isu memories.<ref>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/1573407072850518016|Darby McDevitt|quote=I have always written Sages as if they were people with a severe amnesia that is slowly starting to lift. Someone who, one day, begins to remember that they were someone else for many years. And that someone else might be an entirely different person than they are today. (2/?)|image=File:ACV Darby McDevitt thread on Reborn Isu and Sages.png}}<br>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/1573407510132068353|Darby McDevitt|quote=This, to me, makes it a more human story than a simple battle between a good and evil soul. It's more about someone being presented with a different way of being, and choosing to embrace or reject it.|image=File:ACV Darby McDevitt thread on Reborn Isu and Sages.png}}</ref>

===Characteristics===
====Predecessor's impulses====
In stark contrast to Sages who were only plagued by memories of their previous incarnation Aita, the reborn Asgardians had aspects of their lives often partially or fully repeat themselves in the lives of their human incarnations. Like Odin, [[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] had a strong aversion to [[Wolf|wolves]],{{Cite|30 Apr 2021. Might be misremembering?}} had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] as her {{Wiki|familiar}} echoing [[Huginn and Muninn]],<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> and when connected to Yggdrasil, regularly lost an eye fighting alongside the ''[[einherjar]]'' in a simulation of [[Valhalla (afterlife)|Valhalla]].<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> In similar fashion, [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]] mediated disputes and delivered judgements as ''[[jarl]]''<ref name="Settling Down">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Settling Down]]</ref> and had his right arm severed at the elbow,<ref name="A Bloody Welcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Bloody Welcome]]</ref> echoing the tales in [[Norse mythology]] about how the god of justice Týr lost his right arm to the wolf [[Fenrir]].<ref name="Binding Fate">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Binding Fate]]</ref>

[[Halfdan Ragnarsson]], the incarnation of [[Thor]], had a strong affinity for using his [[War hammer|hammer]] [[Orthstirr]] in battle,<ref name="War in the North">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[War in the North]]</ref> regularly threw it,<ref name="Lost Glory">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Lost Glory]]</ref> and was extremely paranoid about being [[poison|poisoned]],<ref name="War in the North"/> unknowingly copying Thor's use of [[Mjölnir]]<ref name="View Above All">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[View Above All]]</ref> and foreshadowing the thunder god's demise in [[Ragnarök]] from [[Jörmungandr]]'s venom.<ref>{{WP|Jörmungandr}}</ref> Even [[Rig Reidarasson]] was haunted with strong impulses to kill the [[Assassins|Hidden One]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], though he did not know his target's name and described him as a "man with the mark in the House of Shadows",<ref name="Rigsogur Page 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[Rigsogur]]'': IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices</ref> unknowingly following [[Heimdall]]'s initially fated role to kill [[Loki]] even as he was slain in turn.<ref>{{WP|Ragnarök}}</ref>

====Convenience of the incarnations====
In the particular case of the reborn Asgardians, the specific time period and the bloodline where they would be born were specially planned to happen at the same year span and region of the globe. As such, with the exception of Loki, all the reborn Isu grew up between the end of the 8th century and beginning of the 9th century in bloodlines native to Northern [[Europe]].<ref name="ACV"/> 

For unclear reasons, however, Heimdall's incarnation Rig was born near Scandinavia but approximately twenty years before the other reborn Isu,<ref name="Rigsogur Page 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Rigsogur]]'': I. The King of Soft Reeds</ref> even though Heimdall had done his blood transfusion at the same time as his counterparts.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Layla Hassan's personal files]]: "AA_Complete"</ref> When Rig tried to kill Loki's incarnation Basim Ibn Ishaq in [[Constantinople]], he returned to his crew stating that "[He] had become before [his] time", adding that he "was born too early and [was] alone, without [his] father [or] friends" after concluding that Basim had not been born yet.<ref name="Rigsogur Page 9"/>

In addition to this, the fact that Loki injected himself with the serum after the other Æsir had left the chamber made his incarnation be born in the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]'s capital city of [[Samarra]], far away from the birth places of the other reborn Isu.<ref name="Ubisoft">{{Ubisoft|url=/en-us/game/assassins-creed/mirage|text=Assassin's Creed Mirage|archivedate=20220912044806}}</ref>

====Physical features and similarities====
{{Quote|Show me your neck!|Basim Ibn Ishaq to Eivor Varinsdottir, 877 CE.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|A Brother's Keeper}}
These incarnations could be identified by a mass of dark veins on their necks.<ref name="DarbySages">{{Twitter|AC_ISDA|status/1354767258015428611|Il Salotto degli Assassini|quote=@DarbyMcDevitt this is our bet! [https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Es0Zo-qW4AYgvsE.jpg pic.twitter.com/qZ8tRqQZMj]|image=File:ACV - Darby McDevitt on the Isu Reincarnations.png}}<br>{{Twitter|DarbyMcDevitt|status/1354773470756954116|Darby McDevitt|quote=@AC_ISDA @69guacamole69 @KurdishOnes I think you got it!|image=File:ACV - Darby McDevitt on the Isu Reincarnations.png}}</ref> Additionally, at least two Isu incarnations, Eivor Varinsdottir and Basim Ibn Ishaq, possessed the rare ability of [[Eagle Vision]], indicating a high concentration of Isu DNA.<ref name="ACV"/><ref name="ACMir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref>

<!--===Characteristics===
====Isu memories====
Sages are typically born with personalities and memories of their own, but they also possess the memories of the Isu they are the incarnations of. These memories which usually manifest themselves as visions at some point during adulthood and later throughout a Sage's life, although it is not uncommon for these visions to manifest during childhood. The process is described as a very traumatic experience, with the individual believing they are going mad as their own memories and personality are gradually merged with the Isu's own. Some Sages like Jacques de Molay eventually found some mental stability, but the majority of them became erratic and somewhat mad.<ref name="ACU"> Others, such as Kavanagh, tried to resist the change, albeit with limited success, holding on to their former selves by constantly keeping the new memories at bay.<ref name="AC4">

In some cases, such as Bartholomew Roberts or John Standish, the personality of these Sages took a much darker turn, making them highly cynical, misanthropic and even nihilistic. Bartholomew Roberts' views on his own life as well as his complete disregard for human life made even someone as stoic as [[Edward Kenway]] uncomfortable around him.<ref name="AC4"> These Sages also had a very strong obsession with reviving Juno from [[the Grey]].<ref name="AC4Modern"> Another prominent example is [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], the Sage of the Isu [[Loki]], who went mad upon reliving the Isu's memories and assimilated Loki's personality into himself, becoming a proper incarnation of Loki.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"> 

However, though rare, it is possible for a Sage to maintain control over themselves and remain mentally stable, like Elijah.<ref name="Uprising"> This is most likely due to his preexisting-unique ancestry as well as him being a Sage,<ref name="ACS Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 010]]</ref> making him able to have complete control over his Isu abilities and not succumb into any form of delusions or insanity. Sigurd appeared to have more of a symbiotic relationship with the Isu Tyr and held his own personality without succumbing to any ill side effects from recovering Týr's memories. For her part, Eivor had to fight to suppress the will of Odin, who had been communicating with her since childhood, when the pair were often at odds with each other.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper">

===Intellectual development===
Sages are also noted for possessing exceptionally high levels of intelligence and understanding, making them capable of picking up and mastering concepts alien to their upbringing and cultural background very easily. Sages also display exceeding talent in one way or another and have been known to excel it any area of expertise. Given the fact that most reincarnated Isu were either prominent Isu scientist or polymaths, it has not been yet revealed if Sages actually possess memories of the Isu's advanced scientific knowledge. 

In other examples, Sages like Sigurd and Svala had recovered all of their Isu memories and therefore had a proper understanding of Isu culture and science. For example, Sigurd knew some, if not all, of the [[Isu script|Isu language]] and was able to issue the right vocal commands to the Temple that led to the [[Yggdrasil]] chamber.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper">

===Genetics and appearances===
According to Abstergo, while the genome of an average human contains 0.0002% to 0.0005% of First Civilization DNA, the concentration reaches from 5% to 6% in the genome of Sages. In comparison, the most gifted human recorded, Desmond Miles, had a count five times lower, potentially giving the Sages an unmatched access to [[Eagle Vision]] and an exceptional affinity with [[Piece of Eden|Pieces]] of [[Eden]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: 05. Phoenix Project Report]]</ref> In the case of Sigurd, he was able to use the Yggdrasil chamber's functions, indicating that just like Aita's Sages, he too had a certain amount of Tyr's DNA in him.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper">

[[File:ACS DB Sages.jpg|thumb|180px|Different incarnation of Sages]]
The Sages bear a strong physical resemblance to the Isu they are a incarnation of. For example, Aita's Sages usually possess a distinctive combination of {{Wiki|anisocoria}} and {{Wiki|heterochromia iridum|heterochromia}}, biological traits which Aita naturally possessed. Despite being very close in appearance, the Sages came from diverse genetic and ethnic backgrounds and do not always express the same parts of the Sage's DNA and as a result are not actual clones. Jacques de Molay notably did not display heterochromia, unlike other known Sages.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> 

Although only male Sages had been identified by 2015, the Assassins believed that there was a small chance that the recessive gene creating a Sage could also manifest itself in a female individual,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Sages]]</ref> -->

===History===
====Isu Era====
{{Dialogue2|Aletheia|Have you heard? The High Council has stripped the Mother of her title. For gifting our tormentor her seventh method of salvation.|Loki|The seventh method? Is it viable? Why were we not told?|I've heard whispers and rumors. It seems the seventh requires a human host.|Aletheia and Loki.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Animus Anomalies}}
Desperate to save the life of her husband Aita, who had been left in a catatonic state after being used as subject test to the fifth method of salvation,<ref name="AC3"/> [[Juno]] embarked on a quest to acquire the "Mead", a serum designed by the [[Capitoline Triad]] and kept under the guard of [[Jupiter]] and [[Minerva]] that would activate the latest solution to limit the Great Catastrophe's effects on the Isu.<ref name="Price of Wisdom"/> This particular innovation, if used correctly, could reincarnate some members of the Isu as humans in the distant future, but Jupiter and Minerva deemed it dangerous to use, believing it would damage the human genome in the process and eventually influence human history in an uncontrollable way.<ref name="A Feast to Remember">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref>

Desperate for the Mead, Juno investigated their research sites and found the [[Mímisbrunnr]], which was meant to receive the Mead when ready.{{Cite}} Soon after, she began to inquire and plot out multiple ways to take it in order to save her beloved, actions that eventually exiled her from the city guarding the Temple.<ref name="Price of Wisdom"/> When Odin visited [[Jötunheimr]] to meet [[Aletheia]], she discovered that he also sought the seventh method and so decided to wait until she and her lover Loki dealt with him before deciding to collaborate with Odin to steal the serum.<ref name="Mistress of the Iron Wood">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Mistress of the Iron Wood]]</ref>

Odin managed to successfully steal the Mead from the city of [[Útgarðar]], but not without deceiving Minerva and battling with Jupiter himself.<ref name="A Feast to Remember"/> Juno told him to come to the experimental well in order to make the serum work. After Odin sacrificed his left eye in payment in order to use it as catalyst, the machine{{Cite}} [[Mímir]] accepted this sacrifice and the serum was finally synthesized, much to Juno's delight. With both the Isu taking samples of the fluid, she cautioned him to use the serum moments before his death in order for it to work, as only the memories happening prior to the consumption of the concussion would be preserved within the new body. With the Mead now in hand,<ref name="Price of Wisdom">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Price of Wisdom]]</ref> she was able to successfully insert her late husband's essence into a human bloodline, tweaking the functions of the solution to reincarnate his beloved indefinitely for the following millennia.<ref name="AC4"/>

[[File:ACV The Hidden Truth 9.png|thumb|250px|left|The Æsir using the "Mead" through the Yggdrasil device]]
Odin eventually finished the construction of the abandoned{{Cite}} project in Scandinavia, near their territory, naming it Yggdrasil.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> During the midst of the Great Catastrophe, a group of Asgardian Isu comprising of Odin, Freyja, Týr, Thor, [[Sif]], Heimdall, [[Idun|Iðunn]], and [[Freyr]] managed to successfully upload their essences into the supercomputer before heading off to face their end in battle, gambling that Yggdrasil would successfully save them through a incarnation in human bodies in the upcoming ages.<ref name="Animus Anomalies"/>

Unbeknownst to them, Loki also snuck into the room and uploaded his essence as part of his two-step plan to first take revenge on Odin in the future for imprisoning his son [[Fenrir]], and also to reunite with his lover [[Aletheia]], who had her consciousness preserved in the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]].<ref name="Animus Anomalies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]</ref>

====Viking Age====
{{Quote|I have come before my time. I was born too early and I am alone, without my father, without my friends.|Rig Reidarasson, c. 850s CE.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Rigsogur}}
During the [[Viking expansion|Viking Age]], the incarnations of the Æsir finally appeared. The first was Rig Reidarasson, a Viking born in the late 8th century who was the incarnation of Heimdall. During his life, Rig was plagued by the memories of Heimdall, believing them to be visions of the gods. His life, adventures and struggles to seize the hallucinations were immortalized in the ''[[Rigsogur]]'', a {{Wiki|saga}} written by the monk [[Brissy the Elder]].<ref name="Rigsogur">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[Rigsogur]]''</ref>

In the 9th century, Thor and Sif were reincarnated respectively in the Vikings Halfdan Ragnarsson and his friend Faravid, though they were unaware of this link. In 865 CE, when King [[Ælla of Northumbria]] executed Halfdan's father [[Ragnar Lothbrok]] by throwing him into a [[Ælla's snake pit|pit]] of [[snake]]s,<ref name="The Lost Drengir">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Lost Drengir of Ragnar Lothbrok]]</ref> Halfdan and Faravid conquered his kingdom and executed Ælla in return in 867 CE.<ref name="Faravid DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Faravid]]</ref>

====Abbasid Caliphate====
{{Quote|I have faced my past. My pain. Embraced it. I shed my skin once, in another time, another place. But I am whole again. I remember.|Basim Ibn Ishaq, upon regaining his memories as Loki, 860s CE.|Assassin's Creed: Mirage|In Pursuit of Truth}}
[[File:ACMirage The Master Thief of Anbar 1.png|thumb|250px|Basim experiencing one of his recurring visions of the djinn]]
Around 844 CE, Basim Ibn Ishaq, the incarnation of Loki, was born in the [[Middle East]], specifically in the Abbasid Caliphate's capital city of Samarra.<ref name="Ubisoft"/> For most of his early life, Basim was unaware of his true nature, though he still experienced Loki's memories in the form of haunting visions of a [[djinn]], which represented the torture Loki had been made to endure during his imprisonment in the [[Alamut Temple]].<ref name="In Pursuit of Truth">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[In Pursuit of Truth]]</ref> Meanwhile, Loki's consciousness took the form of [[Nehal]], Basim's alleged childhood best friend, who accompanied him at every step and encouraged him to pursue his own self-interests while trying to remind Basim of "who he truly was."<ref name="Master Thief">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Master Thief of Anbar]]</ref>

Originally a simple street [[thief]], Basim eventually joined the [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] in 861, after being rescued by the [[Master Assassin]] [[Roshan]] following his accidental murder of the [[caliph]] [[Al-Mutawakkil]].<ref name="Master Thief"/> While helping the Hidden Ones hunt down their enemies, the [[Order of the Ancients]], in [[Baghdad]], Basim learned about the latter's research of Isu [[Piece of Eden|artifacts]] and was encouraged by Nehal to seek the Order's knowledge to better understand his own nature.<ref name="Head of the Snake">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Head of the Snake]]</ref>

After the Order's [[Ra's Al-Af'a|leader]] [[Qabiha]] informed him of the Alamut Temple prior to being slain by Roshan, Basim decided to investigate the site.<ref name="The Serpent's Nest">''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' – [[The Serpent's Nest]]</ref> Although Roshan, who had deduced her apprentice's true nature by herself, tried to stop him, fearing what the temple might awaken inside Basim, she was ultimately defeated by him. Inside the temple, Basim discovered several [[Memory Seals]], one of which contained the recorded memories of Loki from the time he had been imprisoned there millennia prior.<ref name="In Pursuit of Truth"/>

[[File:ACMir In Pursuit of Truth 67.png|thumb|250px|left|Basim understanding his and Nehal's true nature]]
Upon realizing what both Nehal and the djinn that had been tormenting him represented, Basim decided to embrace his nature as Loki's incarnation and regained all the memories of his past life. He then began seeking out the other reborn Isu, to exact retribution for the suffering inflicted upon his past self, all the while continuing to further the Hidden Ones' [[Assassin-Templar War|cause]].<ref name="In Pursuit of Truth"/>
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====Viking expansion====
{{Dialogue|Odin|Leave me now and you are nothing! With me you have wisdom! Glory! Power! What more do you need!|Eivor|Everything else.|Eivor Varinsdottir rejecting her Isu self, Odin, 877 CE.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|A Brother's Keeper}}
In the mid-9th century in [[Rogaland|Rygjafylke]], [[Norway]], the [[Raven Clan]] who resided in the small settlement of [[Fornburg]] counted three Æsir incarnations among their members: the ''volva'' [[Svala]] for Freyja,<ref name="A Seer's Solace">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Seer's Solace]]</ref> the prince Sigurd Styrbojnsson for Týr,<ref name="The Prodigal Prince">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Prodigal Prince]]</ref> and his foster sister Eivor Varinsdottir for Odin.<ref name="Honor Bound">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Honor Bound]]</ref>

In 870 CE, during a [[raid]] on one of [[Kjotve the Cruel]]'s territories, Eivor captured his slave [[Gull]], the incarnation of Iðunn.<ref name="Song of Glory 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory 1|Issue #1]]</ref> Together, they eventually went up the [[Feiknstafir mountains]] to the [[Temple of Heimdall]],<ref name="Song of Glory 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory 2|Issue #2]]</ref> where they found an [[Apples of Eden|Apple of Eden]] that had been [[Gull's Apple of Eden|locked away]]. When Gull touched the artifact, she recovered Iðunn's memories, and armed with the knowledge necessary to control it, used the artifact to restrain Eivor. As the Temple began to collapse from the damage sustained in Eivor's fight with Kjotve's men who also sought the treasure, Gull was left to her destiny on a precarious ledge with the Apple while Eivor decided to help her clan who was being attacked by Kjotve's [[Wolf Clan]].<ref name="Song of Glory 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory 3|Issue #3]]</ref>

That same year in [[Constantinople]], Sigurd met Basim, who served as [[Assassin leader|leader]] of the local Hidden Ones [[Assassin bureau|bureau]], and his [[acolyte]] [[Hytham]].<ref name="Basim DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Basim Ibn Ishaq]]</ref> Recognizing the mark on Sigurd's neck,<ref name="Song of Glory 3"/> Basim pondered the possibility of him being Odin reborn<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> and, as such, followed the [[Vikings|Viking]] on a trip to his hometown to investigate further.<ref name="The Prodigal Prince"/>

[[File:ACV The Prodigal Prince 3.png|thumb|250px|Sigurd introducing Eivor to Basim]]
In 872, Basim became acquainted with Eivor on his arrival, granting her a [[Hidden Blade]]<ref name="The Prodigal Prince"/> that had belonged to the late Hidden One [[Ammon]].<ref name="Song of Glory 3"/> Together, the three Æsir incarnations fought Kjotve the Cruel, [[Assault on Kjotve's Fortress|assaulting]] his [[Kjotve's Fortress|fortress]] and killing him.<ref name="A Cruel Destiny">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Cruel Destiny]]</ref> This act permitted [[Harald Fairhair]], Freyr's reborn self, to [[Unification of Norway|unite]] Norway under his crown.<ref name="Birthrights">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Birthrights]]</ref> As Harald became the lord of Fornburg, Sigurd, Eivor, and Basim went to England in order to establish a new colony,<ref name="The Seas of Fate">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Seas of Fate]]</ref> while Svala returned to the Yggdrasil Chamber, guided by Freyja's memories,<ref name="A Wise Friend">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Wise Friend]]</ref> to enter a simulation of [[Valhalla (afterlife)|Valhalla]].<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/>

Establishing the colony of [[Ravensthorpe]] in [[Mercia]] in 873,<ref name="Unwelcome">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Unwelcome]]</ref><ref name="Settling Down"/> Sigurd became the ''jarl'' of the village, working with Eivor to form an alliance with the [[Sons of Ragnar]].<ref name="Heavy is the Head">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Heavy is the Head]]</ref> After that, Sigurd attributed to his sister the task of continuing to gain friends throughout England in order to expand the settlement while he and Basim adventured through the new lands.<ref name="Reporting on Ledecestrescire">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Reporting on Ledecestrescire]]</ref>

During this time, Basim tried to reveal to Sigurd his true nature, but when this failed, he decided to prompt the man to search for the [[Saga Stone]], a door fragment from Yggdrasil's chamber with engraved [[Isu script]] that he hoped would spark Sigurd's memory.<ref name="Brewing Rebellion">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Brewing Rebellion]]</ref><ref name="The Saga Stone">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Saga Stone]]</ref> Some time after, Eivor assisted her brother with his search in [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]], with the three Æsir incarnations allying themselves with [[Fulke]],<ref name="Pilgrimage to St. Albanes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Pilgrimage to St. Albanes]]</ref> an Order of the Ancients member who possessed the artifact and studied both it and the reborn Isu.<ref name="Blood from a Stone">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Blood from a Stone]]</ref> Together, they fought Lady [[Eadwyn]],<ref name="The Saga Stone"/> who had previously imprisoned the scholar, reclaiming the Stone from her.<ref name="Pilgrimage to St. Albanes"/> After they recovered the relic, Basim let Fulke betray the group and take Sigurd as a hostage,<ref name="Blood from a Stone"/> suspecting that her research with a live subject would awaken his true nature.<ref name="A Bloody Welcome"/>

[[File:ACV Storming the Walls 18.png|thumb|250px|left|Eivor and Basim rescuing Sigurd]]
In 874, Eivor and Basim traveled to [[Kent|Cent]], the place where Fulke had been reportedly seen last.<ref name="The Abbot's Gambit">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Abbot's Gambit]]</ref> They ended up being tricked by the Ancient, who fled with Sigurd. The Hidden One and the Viking then found her sanctuary in [[Canterbury]], discovering that Fulke had cut off Sigurd's arm and that she had taken him to the fortress of [[Portcestre]], in [[Sussex|Suthsexe]].<ref name="A Bloody Welcome"/> The next year, the two incarnations and their allies [[Siege of Portcestre|besieged]] the castle, with Eivor saving her brother and finally killing Fulke.<ref name="Storming the Walls">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Storming the Walls]]</ref> Nevertheless, the torture that Sigurd had endured greatly altered his personality after being exposed to Týr's memories, and he now saw himself as a god.<ref name="Of All That Has Passed">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Of All That Has Passed...]] </ref><ref name="Blame and Sail">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Blame and Sail]]</ref>

During one of her adventures in early 876, Eivor allied with Halfdan and Faravid to fight the rebelling King [[Ricsige of Northumbria|Ricsige]] and his [[Picts|Pict]] allies.<ref name="Honor's Hubris">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Honor's Hubris]]</ref> After Halfdan became the new king of [[Northumbria]], an argument arose between Faravid and the new king, the latter accusing his friend of poisoning him. This greatly affected Halfdan, who rapidly became depressed, though Eivor helped him to recover his morals.<ref name="Lost Glory"/>

During her journey in England, Eivor experienced several hallucinations of Odin, manifestations of his memories trying to emerge in her mind that sometimes spoke directly to her,<ref name="Honor Bound"/><ref name="A Cruel Destiny"/> constantly trying to direct her to the location of Yggdrasil's chamber.<ref name="The Saga Stone"/> After Svala accepted Freyja's past as her own, her daughter, the seer [[Valka]], moved to Ravensthorpe.<ref name="A Wise Friend"/> There, she helped Eivor understand the meaning of the visions by creating potions that permitted her to witness altered memories of Odin's time in Asgard,<ref name="In Dreams">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[In Dreams...]]</ref><ref name="Bound to Fate">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Bound to Fate]]</ref> [[Jötunheimr]],<ref name="Going Deeper">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Going Deeper...]]</ref> [[Svartálfaheimr]],<ref name="Restless Dreams">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[Restless Dreams]]</ref> and [[Niflheimr]].<ref name="A Gift from the Otherworld">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Forgotten Saga]]'' – [[A Gift from the Otherworld]]</ref>

[[File:ACV A Brother's Keeper 49.png|thumb|250px|Eivor renouncing Odin]]
In 877, Sigurd and Eivor returned to Norway,<ref name="The Road to Valhalla">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Road to Valhalla]]</ref><ref name="Where Legends are Born">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Where Legends Are Born]]</ref> entering the Yggdrasil vault by pronouncing the words carved on the Saga Stone. Inside, they encountered the supercomputer and used it to enter the simulation of Valhalla, encountering Svala as Freyja, who had been there for the past four years. Despite initially enjoying the simulation, Eivor realized that everything was fake and managed to convince her brother to leave, while Svala stayed. However, Odin's consciousness tried to force Eivor to stay in the simulation, with her fighting it in her mind and ejecting herself from the machine, repressing her Isu side.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/>

Basim, who had tailed them to the site, understood that Eivor was indeed the host of Odin's mind instead of Sigurd. He then took Sigurd hostage but quickly released him as Eivor went to attack him. During the fight, Basim blamed the imprisonment of his son Fenrir on a clueless Eivor, who in turn believed he had lost his mind.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/>

[[File:ACV A Brother's Keeper 64.png|thumb|250px|left|Basim pinning Eivor down during their fight]]
As the Hidden One was overpowered by Eivor, he decided to kill Sigurd instead, but Eivor arrived in time to save her brother. The Viking then proceeded to distract him in a last confrontation while Sigurd powered up Yggdrasil to trap Basim's consciousness inside [[the Grey]]. After this, Sigurd conceded his role of Ravensthorpe's ''jarl'' to his sister.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/>

The following year, Eivor led the assault that resulted in the [[Battle of Chippenham|Battle of Cippenham]].<ref name="Kingdom's End">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Kingdom's End]]</ref> Although the Vikings won the fight, conquering England in its totality, the confrontation resulted on several casualties on their side, including [[Soma]], [[Hjorr Halfsson]], and [[Hunwald]]. After giving the warriors their last rites, Eivor had a discussion about possible afterlives with [[Guthrum]], venting to him that she would now seize her time among her friends and family rather than wish and strive for Valhalla after having witnessed its emptiness while in Yggdrasil's chamber.<ref name="Holy Day">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Holy Day]]</ref>

True to her word, Eivor spent the following decade trying to help the Raven Clan as its ''jarlskona'' to the best of her abilities, even traveling to [[Ireland]] and [[Francia]] to establish new alliances and stop possible threats.<ref name="Irish Adventure">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[Wrath of the Druids]]'' – [[Irish Adventure]]</ref><ref name="To Francia">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Siege of Paris]]'' – [[To Francia]]</ref> Eventually, around 889, an older and more mature Eivor realized that she could not suppress her Isu self, Odin, forever and rather than reject his influence entirely, she decided to learn from his memories. However, believing her clan would not be able to understand, she chose to do so away from them.<ref name="Last Goodbyes">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Last Chapter]]'' – [[Last Goodbyes]]</ref>

Prior to her departure, Eivor went to bid farewell to all of her friends and allies in England and Norway, including Sigurd, who had since settled in [[Alrekstad]], and Harald Fairhair, who by this point had become aware of his own nature as Freyr's incarnation. Staying in Alrekstad for three weeks, Eivor, Sigurd and Harald reminisced about their past lives together<ref name="Fare Thee Well King Fairhair">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Last Chapter]]'' – [[Fare Thee Well, King Fair-Hair]]</ref> before Eivor eventually left for [[Vinland]] in [[North America]].<ref name="Fare Thee Well My Ravens>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Last Chapter]]'' – [[Fare Thee Well, My Ravens]]</ref> There, she would spend her final years conversing with Odin, who helped her understand the Isu's history.<ref name="TLC MD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Last Chapter]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref> After her death, Eivor was buried near modern-day [[Concord]].<ref name="ACV MD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref>

====Modern times====
{{Quote|You bested me. I don't know how, but you did. Yet I'm the one left standing. And now I can take from you anything I want... your memories, your skills, your secrets. They're all mine. And when I have them, I will put them to good use. To find my children. And bring my family back together.|Basim addressing Eivor's remains, 2020.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|21st century conversations}}
[[File:ACV Basim meeting Layla in the Grey.png|thumb|250px|Basim meeting Layla inside the Grey]]
In 2020, the Assassin [[Layla Hassan]], who had discovered Eivor's grave and relived the Viking's memories in the [[Animus]], found and accessed the Yggdrasil chamber and connected herself to the supercomputer, hoping to find a solution to a series of anomalies affecting the Earth,<ref name="ACV MD"/> caused by the activation of the [[global aurora borealis device]] in 2012.<ref name="AC3"/> Inside the Grey, she met the consciousness of Basim, who revealed that he had sent Layla the message leading her to Eivor's remains and told her how to save the planet.<ref name="ACV MD"/>

However, after Layla followed Basim's instructions, she inadvertently freed the Hidden One from his imprisonment inside the Grey. Thanks to the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus, which Layla had dropped, Basim rejuvenated his physical body and was reunited with the consciousness of Loki's lover Aletheia. He then met with Layla's fellow Assassins [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]], who were angry to learn that Basim had abandoned Layla inside the Grey, but nonetheless agreed to grant him an audience with their [[Mentor]], [[William Miles]].<ref name="ACV MD"/>
[[File:ACV Basim Visits Eivor's Grave.png|thumb|250px|left|Basim visiting Eivor's grave]]
While Shaun and Rebecca were away, Basim used the Animus to relive Eivor's memories in the hopes of finding any clues to lead him to his children: Fenrir, [[Hel]] and [[Jörmungandr]].<ref name="ACV MD"/> While he did not find any, witnessing Eivor reject Odin's influence made him realize that the Viking's relationship with her Isu self was different from his own relationship with Loki, and that he had been wrong to try and exact revenge on Eivor for Odin's actions.<ref name="TLC MD"/> When he later began to experience the [[Bleeding Effect]], Basim saw a vision of Eivor smiling and nodding at him; a gesture he returned, symbolizing their friendship and mutual respect.<ref name="ACV MD"/>

Eventually, Basim was met in the Animus by a hologram of William, who questioned his motives. After the former Hidden One claimed that he still cherished [[the Creed]] and wished to help the Assassins in their fight against the [[Templars]], William agreed to work with him, but first requested a sample of his blood, to allow the Assassins to relive his genetic memories.<ref name="TLC MD"/>

==Known reborn Isu==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
Wiki noimage.jpg|[[Rig Reidarasson]]<br>incarnation of [[Heimdall]]<ref name="Rigsogur Page 1"/><br>(c. 770s – c. 860s CE)
ACV Svala.png|[[Svala]]<br>incarnation of Freyja<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/><br>(died 873 CE) 
ACV DB Halfdan.png|[[Halfdan Ragnarsson]]<br>incarnation of [[Thor]]<ref name="DarbySages"/><br>(c. 790 – 877 CE)
ACV DB Faravid.png|[[Faravid]]<br>incarnation of [[Sif]]<ref name="DarbySages"/>
ACV Basim render.png|[[Basim Ibn Ishaq]]<br>incarnation of [[Loki]]<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/><br>(born c. 844 CE)
ACV Sigurd Styrbjornson.png|[[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]]<br>incarnation of [[Týr]]<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/><br>(born 842 CE)
ACV Female Eivor render.png|[[Eivor Varinsdottir]]<br>incarnation of [[Odin]]<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/><br>(born 847 CE)
ACVSoG - Gull 2.png|[[Gull]]<ref name="Song of Glory 3"/><br>incarnation of [[Idun]]<ref name="DarbySages"/>
ACV Harald.png|[[Harald Fairhair]]<br>incarnation of [[Freyr]]<ref name="DarbySages"/><br>(c. 850 – c. 930 CE)
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
**''[[The Legend of Beowulf]]''
**''[[The Way of the Berserker]]''
**''[[River Raids]]''
**''[[Mastery Challenge]]''
**''[[Wrath of the Druids]]''
**''[[The Siege of Paris]]''
**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]''
**''[[The Forgotten Saga]]''
**''[[Shared History]]''
**''[[The Last Chapter]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Ravens' Wound]]''
*[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (webcomic)|''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' webcomic]]
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Where's the Assassin?]]'' {{C|non-canon}}
*''[[Little Miss Eivor]]'' {{C|non-canon}}
*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Silk Road]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Sword of the White Horse]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Escape Room Puzzle Book]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: The Golden City]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''
**''[[The Forty Thieves]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed Roleplaying Game]]''

==References==
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