Editing Muspels

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[[File:ACV Muspels.png|thumb|250px|Muspels]]
The '''Muspels''' were a faction of [[Isu]] who primarily operated in the [[Nine Realms|realm]] of [[Múspellsheimr]]. Millenia after the Great Catastrophe, they would be remembered by [[human]]s as "fire ''jötnar''" who were led by Surtr during [[Ragnarök]].<ref name="ForgottenMyths2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths 2|Issue #2]]</ref>

==History==
The Muspels were a splinter group from the main ''[[jötnar]]'' faction who were ruled by the Isu tyrant and genocidal warlord, [[Surtr]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]''</ref> It has been told by Surtr's estranged daughter [[Eysa]] that Surtr regularly makes the Muspels commit atrocities amongst themselves in order to keep himself amused while in Múspellsheimr.   

Unlike their frigid counterparts, the ''[[jötnar]]'', most of the Muspels were genocidal extremists{{Cite|10 Apr 2022}} who blindly obeyed their tyrant's every command and would decimate any civilization they were commanded to, without mercy or conscience. They would also take pleasure in exercising their enormous sadistic appetites on any prisoners they take, and would prolong their captive's suffering. Even [[Odin]] admitted that the atrocities they committed and aberrations of nature they made were unnatural and something he would never wish on anyone.{{Cite|10 Aor 2022. Memory needed}}

Shortly after the {{Wiki|Æsir–Vanir War}}, the Muspels invaded [[Álfheimr]] and massacred all of the [[Dökkálfar and Ljósálfar|elves]], before Surtr stole all of their sacred knowledge on souls and used their "light" to render himself near-immortal. Just prior to the [[Great Catastrophe]], the Muspels once again assisted Surtr's invasion of the [[Dwarf|dwarven]] kingdom [[Svartálfaheimr]],<ref name="ForgottenMyths1">''Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths'' – [[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Forgotten Myths 1|Issue #1]]</ref> with the intention of kidnapping [[Baldr]] and acquiring the [[Salakar]] left by the elves ages ago.

==Behind the scenes==
Unlike the ''jötnar'', the Muspels do not have a named equivalent in Norse mythology. Instead, they are only indirectly referred to in the ''{{Wiki|Prose Edda}}'' as "Múspell's sons",<ref name="Wiki">{{WP|Surtr}}</ref> based on another name for Muspelheim from which the ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' expansion ''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' takes their name.

Given the fact that [[Sinmara]] was mass producing ''"hugrless"'' Muspel soldiers in [[Afalvat Mylna]],<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[Warpath]]</ref> it is never clarified whether Muspel soldiers were comprised of actual Isu, altered human soldiers, other hominids like Neanderthals, or if they were artificial sentries like the [[Kolossus|Kolossi]].

==Gallery==
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
ACV Dawn of Ragnarok Promo 5.jpg|Odin assassinating a Muspel
ACV Dawn of Ragnarok Promo 12.jpg|A Muspel and ''jötnar'' work camp
ACV Dawn of Ragnarok Promo 14.jpg|Two Muspels holding Baldr captive
</gallery>

==Appearances==
*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Forgotten Myths]]''

==References==
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