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	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	Within days after Ubba's demise, a treaty was made between the [[Great Heathen Army]]'s leader [[Guthrum]] and King [[Alfred the Great]] at [[Wareham\|Werham]]. When the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] arrived, negotiations soured as Alfred detailed that Ubba had been killed earlier along the [[River Avon\|Afon River]]. As a result, Guthrum and his allies reneged on the truce, burned down Werham, and fled Alfred's reinforcements to evade capture. To verify, Eivor traveled to the location and found Ubba and his men dead.<ref name="KE"/> The downfall of Ubba echoed across the shire as [[Geirmund Hel-hide]] and his [[Hel-hides]] found a trail of dead Vikings coinciding with the confirmation of Ubba's death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' — Chapter 28</ref>		Within days after Ubba's demise, a treaty was made between the [[Great Heathen Army]]'s leader [[Guthrum]] and King [[Alfred the Great]] at [[Wareham\|Werham]]. When the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] arrived, negotiations soured as Alfred detailed that Ubba had been killed earlier along the [[River Avon\|Afon River]]. As a result, Guthrum and his allies reneged on the truce, burned down Werham, and fled Alfred's reinforcements to evade capture. To verify, Eivor traveled to the location and found Ubba and his men dead.<ref name="KE"/> The downfall of Ubba echoed across the shire as [[Geirmund Hel-hide]] and his [[Hel-hides]] found a trail of dead Vikings coinciding with the confirmation of Ubba's death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' – Chapter 28</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	==The Battle of Cynwit==		==The Battle of Cynwit==
	Under King [[Alfred the Great\|Alfred]]'s orders,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' — [[Holy Day]]</ref> Ealdorman Odda led his troops to attack an encampment near [[Uffentune]]. The encampment composed of the last [[Sons of Ragnar\|Son of Ragnar]] Ubba Ragnarsson and his company. Ambushed, Ubba and his men began to fight off Odda's forces but became overwhelmed. Ubba was finally killed after [[Anglo-Saxons\|Anglo-Saxon]] soldiers impaled him with multiple [[spear]]s.<ref name="KE">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' — [[Kingdom's End]]</ref>		Under King [[Alfred the Great\|Alfred]]'s orders,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Holy Day]]</ref> Ealdorman Odda led his troops to attack an encampment near [[Uffentune]]. The encampment composed of the last [[Sons of Ragnar\|Son of Ragnar]] Ubba Ragnarsson and his company. Ambushed, Ubba and his men began to fight off Odda's forces but became overwhelmed. Ubba was finally killed after [[Anglo-Saxons\|Anglo-Saxon]] soldiers impaled him with multiple [[spear]]s.<ref name="KE">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Kingdom's End]]</ref>

	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==

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			*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Imo}}

	==References==		==References==

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	The '''Battle of Cynwit''' ~~was an event that~~ took place on January 878, in the ~~end~~ stages of the 9th century [[Viking expansion]] in [[England]] between [[Ubba Ragnarsson]] ~~and his men~~ and the Wessex forces under [[Ealdorman]] [[Odda, Ealdorman of Devon\|Odda of Devon]].		The '''Battle of Cynwit''' took place on January 878 in the final stages of the 9th century [[Viking expansion]] into [[England]]. It was fought between the forces of [[Ubba Ragnarsson]] and the Wessex forces under [[Ealdorman]] [[Odda, Ealdorman of Devon\|Odda of Devon]].

	==The Battle of Cynwit==		==The Battle of Cynwit==
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	==Aftermath==		==Aftermath==
	Within days after Ubba's demise, a treaty was made between the [[Great Heathen Army]]'s leader [[Guthrum]] and King [[Alfred the Great]] at [[Wareham\|Werham]]. When the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] arrived, negotiations soured as Alfred detailed that Ubba had been killed earlier along the [[River Avon\|Afon River]]. As a result, Guthrum and his allies reneged on the truce, burned down Werham, and fled Alfred's reinforcements to evade capture. To verify, Eivor traveled to the location and found Ubba and his men dead.<ref name="KE"/> The downfall of Ubba echoed across the shire as [[Geirmund Hel-hide]] and his [[Hel-hides]] found a trail of dead Vikings ~~conciding~~ with the confirmation of Ubba's death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' — Chapter 28</ref>		Within days after Ubba's demise, a treaty was made between the [[Great Heathen Army]]'s leader [[Guthrum]] and King [[Alfred the Great]] at [[Wareham\|Werham]]. When the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] arrived, negotiations soured as Alfred detailed that Ubba had been killed earlier along the [[River Avon\|Afon River]]. As a result, Guthrum and his allies reneged on the truce, burned down Werham, and fled Alfred's reinforcements to evade capture. To verify, Eivor traveled to the location and found Ubba and his men dead.<ref name="KE"/> The downfall of Ubba echoed across the shire as [[Geirmund Hel-hide]] and his [[Hel-hides]] found a trail of dead Vikings coinciding with the confirmation of Ubba's death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' — Chapter 28</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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The '''Battle of Cynwit''' was an event that took place on January 878, in the end stages of the 9th century [[Viking expansion]] in [[England]] between [[Ubba Ragnarsson]] and his men and the Wessex forces under [[Ealdorman]] [[Odda, Ealdorman of Devon|Odda of Devon]].

==The Battle of Cynwit==
Under King [[Alfred the Great|Alfred]]'s orders,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' — [[Holy Day]]</ref> Ealdorman Odda led his troops to attack an encampment near [[Uffentune]]. The encampment composed of the last [[Sons of Ragnar|Son of Ragnar]] Ubba Ragnarsson and his company. Ambushed, Ubba and his men began to fight off Odda's forces but became overwhelmed. Ubba was finally killed after [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] soldiers impaled him with multiple [[spear]]s.<ref name="KE">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' — [[Kingdom's End]]</ref>

==Aftermath==
Within days after Ubba's demise, a treaty was made between the [[Great Heathen Army]]'s leader [[Guthrum]] and King [[Alfred the Great]] at [[Wareham|Werham]]. When the [[Vikings|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] arrived, negotiations soured as Alfred detailed that Ubba had been killed earlier along the [[River Avon|Afon River]]. As a result, Guthrum and his allies reneged on the truce, burned down Werham, and fled Alfred's reinforcements to evade capture. To verify, Eivor traveled to the location and found Ubba and his men dead.<ref name="KE"/> The downfall of Ubba echoed across the shire as [[Geirmund Hel-hide]] and his [[Hel-hides]] found a trail of dead Vikings conciding with the confirmation of Ubba's death.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' — Chapter 28</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1stm}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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