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	==Personality and traits==		==Personality and traits==
	Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts. So thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as the [[Reborn Isu\|reborn form]] of the [[Norse mythology\|Norse god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts. So thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as the [[Reborn Isu\|reborn form]] of the [[Norse mythology\|Norse god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>

	~~==Behind the scenes==~~
	Deirdre Na Linni is a fictional character from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''{{'}}s 2021 [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[Wrath of the Druids]]''. She shares her first name with the legendary figure {{Wiki\|Deirdre}}, whose tragic story of her beauty causing untold bloodshed is recorded in the {{Wiki\|Ulster Cycle}}.<ref>{{WP\|Deirdre}}</ref>

	~~Deirdre is a female given name taken from the {{Wiki\|Old Irish}} ''"[[wikt:Derdiu\|Derdriu]]"'', which derives from the word ''"[[wikt:dord\|dord]]"'', meaning "buzzing, humming, droning, intoning".~~

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	ACV - WotD Concept 1.jpg\|Promotional art of Deirdre and Ciara meeting Eivor		ACV - WotD Concept 1.jpg\|Promotional art of Deirdre and Ciara meeting Eivor
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			==Behind the scenes==
			Deirdre Na Linni is a fictional character from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''{{'}}s 2021 [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[Wrath of the Druids]]''. She shares her first name with the legendary figure {{Wiki\|Deirdre}}, whose tragic story of her beauty causing untold bloodshed is recorded in the {{Wiki\|Ulster Cycle}}.<ref>{{WP\|Deirdre}}</ref>

			Deirdre is a female given name taken from the {{Wiki\|Old Irish}} ''"[[wikt:Derdiu\|Derdriu]]"'', which derives from the word ''"[[wikt:dord\|dord]]"'', meaning "buzzing, humming, droning, intoning".

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

	==References==		==References==

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	{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}		{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}
	[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]		[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]
	In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the [[Celtic mythology\|mythical]] tree Eó Mugna. With this information and working off a lead that had gone cold from ~~a late friend~~ of the druids, Eivor ~~sought out~~ and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>		In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the [[Celtic mythology\|mythical]] tree Eó Mugna. With this information, and working off a lead that had gone cold from oen of the druids' late friends, Eivor found and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>

	As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>		As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would "give [her] the force of the blazing [[sun]]".<ref name="PotionOfBlood" /> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>

	==Personality and traits==		==Personality and traits==
	Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts~~; so~~ thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as a [[Reborn Isu\|~~reincarnaiton~~]] of the ~~[[Norse]]~~ [[Norse mythology\|god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts. So thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as the [[Reborn Isu\|reborn form]] of the [[Norse mythology\|Norse god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	Deirdre Na Linni, a character ~~in the~~ ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' ~~DLC~~ expansion ''[[Wrath of the Druids]]'', shares her first name with the legendary figure {{Wiki\|Deirdre}}, whose tragic story of her beauty causing untold bloodshed is recorded in the {{Wiki\|Ulster Cycle}}.<ref>{{WP\|Deirdre}}</ref>		Deirdre Na Linni is a fictional character from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''{{'}}s 2021 [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[Wrath of the Druids]]''. She shares her first name with the legendary figure {{Wiki\|Deirdre}}, whose tragic story of her beauty causing untold bloodshed is recorded in the {{Wiki\|Ulster Cycle}}.<ref>{{WP\|Deirdre}}</ref>

	Deirdre is a female given name taken from the {{Wiki\|Old Irish}} ''"[[wikt:Derdiu\|Derdriu]]"'', which derives from the word ''"[[wikt:dord\|dord]]"'', meaning "buzzing, humming, droning, intoning".		Deirdre is a female given name taken from the {{Wiki\|Old Irish}} ''"[[wikt:Derdiu\|Derdriu]]"'', which derives from the word ''"[[wikt:dord\|dord]]"'', meaning "buzzing, humming, droning, intoning".
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	ACV WotD Deirdre Portrait closeup.png\|3D model closeup of Deirdre		ACV WotD Deirdre Portrait closeup.png\|3D model closeup of Deirdre
	ACV WotD Deirdre Portrait.png\|3D model Portrait of Deirdre		ACV WotD Deirdre Portrait.png\|3D model Portrait of Deirdre
	ACV - WotD Concept 1.jpg\|~~Concept~~ art of Deirdre and Ciara meeting Eivor		ACV - WotD Concept 1.jpg\|Promotional art of Deirdre and Ciara meeting Eivor
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	==Personality and traits==		==Personality and traits==
	Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts; so thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as a [[~~Sage~~\|reincarnaiton]] of the [[Norse]] [[Norse mythology\|god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts; so thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as a [[Reborn Isu\|reincarnaiton]] of the [[Norse]] [[Norse mythology\|god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==

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	{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}		{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}
	[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]		[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]
	In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the ~~{{Wiki\|~~Celtic mythology\|mythical}} tree Eó Mugna. With this information and working off a lead that had gone cold from a late friend of the druids, Eivor sought out and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>		In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the [[Celtic mythology\|mythical]] tree Eó Mugna. With this information and working off a lead that had gone cold from a late friend of the druids, Eivor sought out and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>

	As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>		As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>

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	As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>		As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>

	==Personality and ~~characteristics~~==		==Personality and traits==
	Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts; so thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as a [[Sage\|reincarnaiton]] of the [[Norse]] [[Norse mythology\|god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts; so thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as a [[Sage\|reincarnaiton]] of the [[Norse]] [[Norse mythology\|god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>

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	{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}		{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}
	[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]		[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]
	In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the [[Celtic mythology\|mythical]] tree Eó Mugna. With this information and working off a lead that had gone cold from ~~a late friend~~ of the druids, Eivor ~~sought out~~ and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>		In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the [[Celtic mythology\|mythical]] tree Eó Mugna. With this information, and working off a lead that had gone cold from oen of the druids' late friends, Eivor found and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>

	As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>		As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would "give [her] the force of the blazing [[sun]]".<ref name="PotionOfBlood" /> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>

	==Personality and traits==		==Personality and traits==
	Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts~~; so~~ thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as a [[Reborn Isu\|~~reincarnaiton~~]] of the ~~[[Norse]]~~ [[Norse mythology\|god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>		Deirdre was an incredibly learned individual in the pagan arts. So thorough was her knowledge in healing that she was able to immediately identify the culprit behind the affliction plaguing Flann's army, and the elements necessary for the cure, all within moments of being told the symptoms. A powerful seer as well, she had a strong connection to the {{Wiki\|Celtic Otherworld}}, commenting to Ciara and Eivor upon their visit that she had hoped the omens she had read were mistaken as to the pair's purpose in Asfinn.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> In her strongest display of her second sight, Deirdre proved astute enough to correctly determine Eivor's identity as the [[Reborn Isu\|reborn form]] of the [[Norse mythology\|Norse god]] [[Odin]], twice stating that Eivor should remember having fought Balor, despite having neither met the woman before nor shown any prior knowledge of the [[Isu]].<ref name="AmberSun"/>

	==Behind the scenes==		==Behind the scenes==
	Deirdre Na Linni, a character ~~in the~~ ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' ~~DLC~~ expansion ''[[Wrath of the Druids]]'', shares her first name with the legendary figure {{Wiki\|Deirdre}}, whose tragic story of her beauty causing untold bloodshed is recorded in the {{Wiki\|Ulster Cycle}}.<ref>{{WP\|Deirdre}}</ref>		Deirdre Na Linni is a fictional character from ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''{{'}}s 2021 [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla downloadable content\|downloadable]] expansion ''[[Wrath of the Druids]]''. She shares her first name with the legendary figure {{Wiki\|Deirdre}}, whose tragic story of her beauty causing untold bloodshed is recorded in the {{Wiki\|Ulster Cycle}}.<ref>{{WP\|Deirdre}}</ref>

	Deirdre is a female given name taken from the {{Wiki\|Old Irish}} ''"[[wikt:Derdiu\|Derdriu]]"'', which derives from the word ''"[[wikt:dord\|dord]]"'', meaning "buzzing, humming, droning, intoning".		Deirdre is a female given name taken from the {{Wiki\|Old Irish}} ''"[[wikt:Derdiu\|Derdriu]]"'', which derives from the word ''"[[wikt:dord\|dord]]"'', meaning "buzzing, humming, droning, intoning".
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	{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}		{{Dialogue\|Ciara\|Deirdre, this is my friend, Eivor. I'm sorry to say we've come for help.\|Deirdre\|Fé amae (Alas), I'd hoped the auguries were mistaken. Children of Danu?\|Deirdre visited by Ciara and Eivor, c. 880\|Wrath of the Druids\|Potion of Blood}}
	[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]		[[File:ACV Potion of Blood 9.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Deirdre sought out by Ciara and Eivor]]
	In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the ~~{{Wiki\|~~Celtic mythology\|mythical}} tree Eó Mugna. With this information and working off a lead that had gone cold from a late friend of the druids, Eivor sought out and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>		In early 880, Deirdre met the [[Vikings\|Viking]] ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]], who was visiting Ireland to see her cousin [[Bárid mac Ímair]] but had been unknowingly embroiled in a greater plot in the country when Bárid was framed for [[poison]]ing Flann's [[Southern Army\|army]]. Knowing Deirdre would be able to make a cure, Ciara took Eivor to the priestess and explained the matter. Quickly assessing the situation, she said that the cure required the mystical powers locked away in bloody [[amber]] which could be collected from any member of the Children of Danu and was rumored to come from the [[Celtic mythology\|mythical]] tree Eó Mugna. With this information and working off a lead that had gone cold from a late friend of the druids, Eivor sought out and killed the cult member known as "[[Niamh\|The Wren]]" and retrieved their amber shard.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/>

	As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>		As she made the potion, Deirdre informed Eivor that collecting all the amber from the Children of Danu would ''"give ''[''her'']'' the force of the blazing [[sun]]"''.<ref name="PotionOfBlood"/> Intrigued, Eivor hunted down and systematically eliminated the rest of the cult and gathered their amber shards.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Children of Danu (memory)\|Children of Danu]]</ref> By 882, Eivor returned again to Deidre's hut, delivering the minerals and the druid used them to make a psychoactive mixture which sent Eivor on a hallucinogenic vision where she fought and defeated a manifestation of the {{Wiki\|Fomorians\|Fomorian}} [[giant]] named [[Balor]] for possession of the [[Irish mythology\|legendary]] [[spear]] [[Gae Bolg]], which had been wielded by the hero [[Cú Chulainn]].<ref name="AmberSun">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids'' – [[Amber Sun]]</ref>