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	{{Quote\|The Order condemns all men to pain, for all men are but a shadow of the perfection we should know.\|Selwyn to Eivor, 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}		{{Quote\|The Order condemns all men to pain, for all men are but a shadow of the perfection we should know.\|Selwyn to Eivor Varinsdottir, 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}
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	While the others went about their own operations, Selwyn’s first priority was to take down his fellow reeve Goodwin, a close confidant of King Aelfred who had come close to learning about Selwyn's double life. He sent his men to Goodwin's home, where they arrested the reeve before bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]]. He also ordered them to ransack the residence and destroy any evidence of Goodwin's investigations.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />		While the others went about their own operations, Selwyn’s first priority was to take down his fellow reeve Goodwin, a close confidant of King Aelfred who had come close to learning about Selwyn's double life. He sent his men to Goodwin's home, where they arrested the reeve before bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]]. He also ordered them to ransack the residence and destroy any evidence of Goodwin's investigations.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />

	Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to his second priority, undermining the king's recent law reforms, which involved unjustly executing numerous citizens of Wincestre, often peasants, over petty, questionable or otherwise spurious charges in the city square. During one such trial, he was due to execute the commoner [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the “dead” Bishop Ealhferth.<ref name="Choking the Gallows">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Choking the Gallows]]</ref>		Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to his second priority, undermining the king's recent law reforms, which involved unjustly executing numerous citizens of Wincestre, often peasants, over petty, questionable or otherwise spurious charges in the city square. During one such trial, he was due to execute the commoner [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the “dead” Bishop Ealhferth.<ref name="Choking the Gallows">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Choking the Gallows]]</ref>

	[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor after being assassinated by Eivor]]		[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor after being assassinated by Eivor]]

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	After the husband’s execution and the audience’s taunting, Selwyn began to deliver a speech on the stage in the square, denouncing those he considered "criminals". While he was distracted, the [[Vikings\|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], who had been enlisted by King Aelfred to save Goodwin and aid in his investigation of the Order, assassinated Selwyn, in full view of the public. She then fought his guards and made her escape.<ref name="Choking the Gallows" />		After the husband’s execution and the audience’s taunting, Selwyn began to deliver a speech on the stage in the square, denouncing those he considered "criminals". While he was distracted, the [[Vikings\|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], who had been enlisted by King Aelfred to save Goodwin and aid in his investigation of the Order, assassinated Selwyn, in full view of the public. She then fought his guards and made her escape.<ref name="Choking the Gallows" />
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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

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	\|death = c. 877<br>[[Wincestre]], [[Wessex\|Kingdom of Wessex]]		\|death = 877<br>[[Wincestre]], [[Wessex\|Kingdom of Wessex]]
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	'''Selwyn''' (died 877), also known as '''The Gallows''', was a [[Anglo-Saxons\|Anglo-Saxon]] member of the [[Wardens of Faith]] sect of the [[Order of the Ancients]]. Holding the ~~title~~ of [[Palatinus]], ~~Selwyn~~ worked as a reeve in the city of [[Winchester\|Wincestre]].		'''Selwyn''' (died 877), also known as '''The Gallows''', was an [[Anglo-Saxons\|Anglo-Saxon]] member of the [[Wardens of Faith]] sect of the [[Order of the Ancients]]. Holding the rank of [[Palatinus]], he worked as a [[reeve]] in the city of [[Winchester\|Wincestre]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early ~~years~~===		===Early life===
	{{Quote\|That hedge-pig has brought down laws like a hammer on Wincestre. Executing sinners on spurious charges in the square.\|Goodwin describing Selwyn to Eivor, c. 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|The Reeve of Wincestre}}		{{Quote\|That hedge-pig has brought down laws like a hammer on Wincestre. Executing sinners on spurious charges in the square.\|Goodwin describing Selwyn to Eivor, 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|The Reeve of Wincestre}}
	Selwyn came from fortunate beginnings, something that made him accustomed to being superior over the various servants, serfs and ceorls around him. However, his father's habits of cheating, drinking and wasting money on such vices not only brought his family into disrepute, but also made a young Selwyn disgusted with them. He rose above his family’s shameful reputation and his father’s demons, which he believed stemmed from giving the weak too much leeway. Thus, with the Order's backing, ~~Selwyn~~ abused his power, enforcing barbaric punishments for petty crimes in a misguided attempt to destroy human effluence.<ref name="ACV"~~>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]<~~/~~ref~~>		Selwyn came from fortunate beginnings, something that made him accustomed to being superior over the various servants, serfs and ceorls around him. However, his father's habits of cheating, drinking and wasting money on such vices not only brought his family into disrepute, but also made a young Selwyn disgusted with them.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref>

			Selwyn rose above his family’s shameful reputation and his father’s demons, which he believed stemmed from giving the weak too much leeway. Thus, with the Order's backing, he abused his power, enforcing barbaric punishments for petty crimes in a misguided attempt to destroy human effluence.<ref name="ACV" />

	===Reeve of Wincestre and death===		===Reeve of Wincestre and death===
	{{Dialogue2\|Selwyn\|Perverter of justice! Who dares execute the King's noose?\|Eivor\|It is not in Aelfred's name that you carry out your work. You are The Order's executioner.\|Ah. You peer through the veil, but you do not see clearly. Aelfred's laws are a slave's fever-dream. He offers shit-soaked beggars a seat at his table. Where the meek devour the strong. Who best to judge the fate of the wretched many, if not the strong and worthy few?\|Selwyn to Eivor in the Memory Corridor, c. 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}		{{Dialogue2\|Selwyn\|Perverter of justice! Who dares execute the King's noose?\|Eivor\|It is not in Aelfred's name that you carry out your work. You are The Order's executioner.\|Ah. You peer through the veil, but you do not see clearly. Aelfred's laws are a slave's fever-dream. He offers shit-soaked beggars a seat at his table. Where the meek devour the strong. Who best to judge the fate of the wretched many, if not the strong and worthy few?\|Selwyn to Eivor in the Memory Corridor, 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}
	By the 870s, Selwyn came to serve as one of ~~Wincestre’s~~ reeves alongside ~~one of his counterparts,~~ [[Goodwin]], upholding the city's law and order ~~under direct order of the~~ King [[Alfred the Great\|Aelfred]].<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Reeve of Wincestre]]</ref> Circa 877, Selwyn and fellow members ~~of the Order~~ in Wincestre [[Hilda]] and [[Ealhferth]], known in Order communications as the Quill and the Seax respectively, were assigned by the [[Maegester]] [[Fulke]] to kill Aelfred due to his collaboration with the “Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ", an informant who sought to undermine and eradicate the Order in England.<ref name="Impaling the Seax">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Impaling the Seax]]</ref> While the others went about their own operations, Selwyn’s first priority was to take down his fellow reeve Goodwin, a close confidant of King Aelfred who had come close to ~~revealing~~ Selwyn's double life.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />		[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 3.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Selwyn presiding over the trial of a couple]]
			By the 870s, Selwyn came to serve as one of Wincestre's reeves alongside [[Goodwin]], upholding the city's law and order and answering directly to King [[Alfred the Great\|Aelfred]].<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Reeve of Wincestre]]</ref> Circa 877, Selwyn and two fellow Order members in Wincestre, [[Hilda]] and [[Ealhferth]], known in Order communications as the Quill and the Seax respectively, were assigned by the [[Maegester]] [[Fulke]] to kill Aelfred due to his collaboration with the “Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ", an informant who sought to undermine and eradicate the Order in England.<ref name="Impaling the Seax">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Impaling the Seax]]</ref>

			While the others went about their own operations, Selwyn’s first priority was to take down his fellow reeve Goodwin, a close confidant of King Aelfred who had come close to learning about Selwyn's double life. He sent his men to Goodwin's home, where they arrested the reeve before bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]]. He also ordered them to ransack the residence and destroy any evidence of Goodwin's investigations.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />

			Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to his second priority, undermining the king's recent law reforms, which involved unjustly executing numerous citizens of Wincestre, often peasants, over petty, questionable or otherwise spurious charges in the city square. During one such trial, he was due to execute the commoner [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the “dead” Bishop Ealhferth.<ref name="Choking the Gallows">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Choking the Gallows]]</ref>

	[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px~~\|left~~\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor after being assassinated by Eivor]]		[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor after being assassinated by Eivor]]
	Soon, Selwyn sent his men to Goodwin's residence, arresting, capturing and bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]], afterwards having his men ransack his home and destroy any evidence of his investigations.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" /> Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to his second priority, undermining the king's recent law reforms, which involved unjustly executing numerous citizens of Wincestre, often peasants, over petty, questionable or otherwise spurious charges in the city square. At one trial, he was due to execute the commoner [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the “dead” Bishop Ealhferth. After the husband’s execution and the audience’s taunting, Selwyn began to ~~make~~ a speech on the stage in the square, denouncing those he considered ~~“criminals”~~, ~~before~~ [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the ~~[[Raven Clan]]~~ assassinated ~~him~~, in full view of the public~~, ending~~ his ~~life~~.<ref~~>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[~~Choking the Gallows~~]]<~~/~~ref~~>		After the husband’s execution and the audience’s taunting, Selwyn began to deliver a speech on the stage in the square, denouncing those he considered "criminals". While he was distracted, the [[Vikings\|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], who had been enlisted by King Aelfred to save Goodwin and aid in his investigation of the Order, assassinated Selwyn, in full view of the public. She then fought his guards and made her escape.<ref name="Choking the Gallows" />

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*Like other Order members, Selwyn's cutscene in the [[Memory Corridor]] differs. At the end of his confession, the darkened tree with hanged people ~~started~~ to lower its rope and then it ~~hanged~~ Selwyn, whose spirit immediately ~~vanished~~ after succumbing to its pull. Selwyn's [[Order of the Ancients medallion\|medallion]] ~~was~~ dropped from his hands as he ~~was~~ hanged.		*Like other Order members, Selwyn's cutscene in the [[Memory Corridor]] differs. At the end of his confession, the darkened tree with hanged people starts to lower its rope and then it hangs Selwyn, whose spirit immediately vanishes after succumbing to its pull. Selwyn's [[Order of the Ancients medallion\|medallion]] is dropped from his hands as he is being hanged, allowing Eivor to claim it.
	*Selwyn is one of the four Order members that wanted and planned to ~~kill Aelfred, along with [[Hilda\|The Quill]], [[Ealhferth\|The Seax]], and [[Fulke\|The Instrument]]~~.		*Selwyn shares several similarities with the character [[Majd Addin]] from the 2007 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. Both serve as a representative of the king—Aelfred and [[Saladin]], respectively—in their cities and are overzealous executioners, though unlike Addin, Selwyn did not seem to sadistically enjoy the executions, nor did he have the crowd's wild support.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Majd Addin)]]</ref>
	*Selwyn shares similarities with the character [[Majd Addin~~]] in [[Jerusalem~~]] from the 2007 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. Both ~~served~~ as ~~the city's~~ representative of the ~~king—Alfred~~ and [[Saladin]], ~~respectively—and was an~~ overzealous ~~executioner~~, though he did not sadistically enjoy ~~it as Addin did~~, nor did he have the crowd's wild support ~~during the executions~~.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Majd Addin)]]</ref>		*Selwyn’s death also shares similarities with the assassination of fellow Order member [[Avgos Spearhand]], as both are killed during a speech, in full view of the public, while on-stage and surrounded by guards.
	*Selwyn’s death ~~has profound~~ similarities with the assassination of fellow ~~order~~ member [[Avgos Spearhand~~\|The Arrow~~]], as both are ~~assassinated~~ during a speech, in full view of the public, while on-stage and surrounded by guards~~. Both were also the subject of city arcs in-game~~.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" spacing="small" widths="180">
	~~ACV Choking the Gallows 3.png\|Selwyn presiding over the trial of a couple~~
	ACV Choking the Gallows 7.png\|Selwyn assassinated by Eivor		ACV Choking the Gallows 7.png\|Selwyn assassinated by Eivor
	ACV Choking the Gallows 9.png\|Selwyn about to be hanged in the Memory Corridor		ACV Choking the Gallows 9.png\|Selwyn about to be hanged in the Memory Corridor

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	'''Selwyn''' (died 877), also known as '''The Gallows''', was a [[Anglo-Saxons\|Anglo-Saxon]] member of the [[Wardens of Faith]] sect of the [[Order of the Ancients]]. Holding the title of [[Palatinus]], Selwyn worked as a reeve ~~in the town square,~~ in the city of [[Winchester\|Wincestre]].		'''Selwyn''' (died 877), also known as '''The Gallows''', was a [[Anglo-Saxons\|Anglo-Saxon]] member of the [[Wardens of Faith]] sect of the [[Order of the Ancients]]. Holding the title of [[Palatinus]], Selwyn worked as a reeve in the city of [[Winchester\|Wincestre]].

	==Biography==		==Biography==
	===Early years===		===Early years===
	{{Quote\|That hedge-pig has brought down laws like a hammer on Wincestre. Executing sinners on spurious charges in the square.\|Goodwin describing Selwyn to Eivor, c. 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|The Reeve of Wincestre}}		{{Quote\|That hedge-pig has brought down laws like a hammer on Wincestre. Executing sinners on spurious charges in the square.\|Goodwin describing Selwyn to Eivor, c. 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|The Reeve of Wincestre}}
	Selwyn came from fortunate beginnings, ~~which showed~~ him ~~being~~ accustomed to being superior over servants and ~~serfs surrounding~~ him. However, ~~his disdain for~~ his father's habits~~, such as~~ cheating, drinking, and ~~dwindling their monetary resources~~, made Selwyn disgusted with ~~his own family line~~. He rose above ~~such manners~~ and ~~unbecoming ways~~, which he believed ~~was~~ from giving the weak too much leeway. Thus, ~~given~~ the Order's backing, Selwyn abused his power ~~to enforce laws and to enact rulings~~, ~~as he was trying~~ to destroy human effluence.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref>		Selwyn came from fortunate beginnings, something that made him accustomed to being superior over the various servants, serfs and ceorls around him. However, his father's habits of cheating, drinking and wasting money on such vices not only brought his family into disrepute, but also made a young Selwyn disgusted with them. He rose above his family’s shameful reputation and his father’s demons, which he believed stemmed from giving the weak too much leeway. Thus, with the Order's backing, Selwyn abused his power, enforcing barbaric punishments for petty crimes in a misguided attempt to destroy human effluence.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref>

	===Reeve of Wincestre and death===		===Reeve of Wincestre and death===
	{{Dialogue2\|Selwyn\|Perverter of justice! Who dares execute the King's noose?\|Eivor\|It is not in Aelfred's name that you carry out your work. You are The Order's executioner.\|Ah. You peer through the veil, but you do not see clearly. Aelfred's laws are a slave's fever-dream. He offers shit-soaked beggars a seat at his table. Where the meek devour the strong. Who best to judge the fate of the wretched many, if not the strong and worthy few?\|Selwyn to Eivor in the Memory Corridor, c. 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}		{{Dialogue2\|Selwyn\|Perverter of justice! Who dares execute the King's noose?\|Eivor\|It is not in Aelfred's name that you carry out your work. You are The Order's executioner.\|Ah. You peer through the veil, but you do not see clearly. Aelfred's laws are a slave's fever-dream. He offers shit-soaked beggars a seat at his table. Where the meek devour the strong. Who best to judge the fate of the wretched many, if not the strong and worthy few?\|Selwyn to Eivor in the Memory Corridor, c. 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}
	By the 870s, Selwyn came to serve as one reeves of ~~Wincestre alongside~~ [[Goodwin]], upholding the city's law and order under King [[Alfred the Great\|Aelfred]].<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Reeve of Wincestre]]</ref> Circa 877, Selwyn and fellow members [[Hilda]] and [[Ealhferth]] were assigned by [[Maegester]] [[Fulke]] to ~~eliminate~~ Aelfred ~~for~~ his collaboration with ~~an informant named~~ the ~~"Poor~~ Fellow-Soldier of Christ" to undermine the Order in England.<ref name="Impaling the Seax">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Impaling the Seax]]</ref> While the others went about their own operations, ~~Selwyn turned~~ to take down Goodwin, ~~who was~~ a close confidant of King Aelfred ~~and~~ had come close to ~~uncovering~~ Selwyn's ~~identity and activities~~.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />		By the 870s, Selwyn came to serve as one of Wincestre’s reeves alongside one of his counterparts, [[Goodwin]], upholding the city's law and order under direct order of the King [[Alfred the Great\|Aelfred]].<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Reeve of Wincestre]]</ref> Circa 877, Selwyn and fellow members of the Order in Wincestre [[Hilda]] and [[Ealhferth]], known in Order communications as the Quill and the Seax respectively, were assigned by the [[Maegester]] [[Fulke]] to kill Aelfred due to his collaboration with the “Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ", an informant who sought to undermine and eradicate the Order in England.<ref name="Impaling the Seax">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Impaling the Seax]]</ref> While the others went about their own operations, Selwyn’s first priority was to take down his fellow reeve Goodwin, a close confidant of King Aelfred who had come close to revealing Selwyn's double life.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />

	[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor after being assassinated by Eivor]]		[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor after being assassinated by Eivor]]
	Soon ~~enough~~, Selwyn ~~secretly~~ sent his men to Goodwin's ~~house~~, capturing and bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]] ~~while~~ having his men ransack and ~~attempt to~~ destroy any evidence of his ~~doing~~.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" /> Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to ~~undermine~~ the king's law reforms, executing numerous citizens over ~~small~~ charges in the city square. At ~~the~~ trial ~~where~~ he ~~sought~~ to execute ~~a couple,~~ [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the Bishop Ealhferth. ~~Upon~~ the ~~husband's~~ execution and the ~~audience's verbal disrespect~~, Selwyn ~~continued~~ to ~~enforce his will~~, ~~until~~ [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] ~~stealthily~~ assassinated him~~. Thus~~, ~~Selwyn's abuse~~ of ~~power over Wincestre ended~~.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Choking the Gallows]]</ref>		Soon, Selwyn sent his men to Goodwin's residence, arresting, capturing and bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]], afterwards having his men ransack his home and destroy any evidence of his investigations.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" /> Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to his second priority, undermining the king's recent law reforms, which involved unjustly executing numerous citizens of Wincestre, often peasants, over petty, questionable or otherwise spurious charges in the city square. At one trial, he was due to execute the commoner [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the “dead” Bishop Ealhferth. After the husband’s execution and the audience’s taunting, Selwyn began to make a speech on the stage in the square, denouncing those he considered “criminals”, before [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] of the [[Raven Clan]] assassinated him, in full view of the public, ending his life.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Choking the Gallows]]</ref>

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
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	*Selwyn is one of the four Order members that wanted and planned to kill Aelfred, along with [[Hilda\|The Quill]], [[Ealhferth\|The Seax]], and [[Fulke\|The Instrument]].		*Selwyn is one of the four Order members that wanted and planned to kill Aelfred, along with [[Hilda\|The Quill]], [[Ealhferth\|The Seax]], and [[Fulke\|The Instrument]].
	*Selwyn shares similarities with the character [[Majd Addin]] in [[Jerusalem]] from the 2007 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. Both served as the city's representative of the king—Alfred and [[Saladin]], respectively—and was an overzealous executioner, though he did not sadistically enjoy it as Addin did, nor did he have the crowd's wild support during the executions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Majd Addin)]]</ref>		*Selwyn shares similarities with the character [[Majd Addin]] in [[Jerusalem]] from the 2007 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. Both served as the city's representative of the king—Alfred and [[Saladin]], respectively—and was an overzealous executioner, though he did not sadistically enjoy it as Addin did, nor did he have the crowd's wild support during the executions.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Majd Addin)]]</ref>
			*Selwyn’s death has profound similarities with the assassination of fellow order member [[Avgos Spearhand\|The Arrow]], as both are assassinated during a speech, in full view of the public, while on-stage and surrounded by guards. Both were also the subject of city arcs in-game.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==

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	==Appearances==		==Appearances==
	*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''		*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}}
			*''[[The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One]]'' {{Mo}}

	==References==		==References==

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	Selwyn came from fortunate beginnings, something that made him accustomed to being superior over the various servants, serfs and ceorls around him. However, his father's habits of cheating, drinking and wasting money on such vices not only brought his family into disrepute, but also made a young Selwyn disgusted with them.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref>		Selwyn came from fortunate beginnings, something that made him accustomed to being superior over the various servants, serfs and ceorls around him. However, his father's habits of cheating, drinking and wasting money on such vices not only brought his family into disrepute, but also made a young Selwyn disgusted with them.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Breaking the Order]]</ref>

	Selwyn rose above his ~~family’s~~ shameful reputation and his ~~father’s~~ demons, which he believed stemmed from giving the weak too much leeway. Thus, with the Order's backing, he abused his power, enforcing barbaric punishments for petty crimes in a misguided attempt to destroy human effluence.<ref name="ACV" />		Selwyn rose above his family's shameful reputation and his father's demons, which he believed stemmed from giving the weak too much leeway. Thus, with the Order's backing, he abused his power, enforcing barbaric punishments for petty crimes in a misguided attempt to destroy human effluence.<ref name="ACV" />

	===Reeve of Wincestre and death===		===Reeve of Wincestre and death===
	{{Dialogue2\|Selwyn\|Perverter of justice! Who dares execute the King's noose?\|Eivor\|It is not in Aelfred's name that you carry out your work. You are The Order's executioner.\|Ah. You peer through the veil, but you do not see clearly. Aelfred's laws are a slave's fever-dream. He offers shit-soaked beggars a seat at his table. Where the meek devour the strong. Who best to judge the fate of the wretched many, if not the strong and worthy few?\|Selwyn to Eivor in the Memory Corridor, 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}		{{Dialogue2\|Selwyn\|Perverter of justice! Who dares execute the King's noose?\|Eivor\|It is not in Aelfred's name that you carry out your work. You are The Order's executioner.\|Ah. You peer through the veil, but you do not see clearly. Aelfred's laws are a slave's fever-dream. He offers shit-soaked beggars a seat at his table. Where the meek devour the strong. Who best to judge the fate of the wretched many, if not the strong and worthy few?\|Selwyn to Eivor in the Memory Corridor, 877.\|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla\|Choking the Gallows}}
	[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 3.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Selwyn presiding over the trial of a couple]]		[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 3.png\|thumb\|250px\|left\|Selwyn presiding over the trial of a couple]]
	By the 870s, Selwyn came to serve as one of Wincestre's reeves alongside [[Goodwin]], upholding the city's law and order and answering directly to King [[Alfred the Great\|~~Aelfred~~]].<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Reeve of Wincestre]]</ref> Circa 877, Selwyn and two fellow Order members in Wincestre, [[Hilda]] and [[Ealhferth]], known in Order communications as ~~the~~ Quill and ~~the~~ Seax respectively, were assigned by the [[Maegester]] [[Fulke]] to kill ~~Aelfred~~ due to his collaboration with the ~~“Poor~~ Fellow-Soldier of Christ", an informant who sought to undermine ~~and eradicate~~ the Order in England.<ref name="Impaling the Seax">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Impaling the Seax]]</ref>		By the 870s, Selwyn came to serve as one of Wincestre's reeves alongside [[Goodwin]], upholding the city's law and order and answering directly to King [[Alfred the Great\|Alfred]].<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Reeve of Wincestre]]</ref> Circa 877, Selwyn and two fellow Order members in Wincestre, [[Hilda]] and [[Ealhferth]], known in Order communications as The Quill and The Seax respectively, were assigned by the [[Maegester]] [[Fulke]] to kill Alfred due to his collaboration with the "Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ", an informant who sought to undermine the Order in England.<ref name="Impaling the Seax">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Impaling the Seax]]</ref>

	While the others went about their own operations, ~~Selwyn’s~~ first priority was to take down his fellow reeve Goodwin, a close confidant of King ~~Aelfred~~ who had come close to learning about Selwyn's double life. He sent his men to Goodwin's home, where they arrested the reeve before bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]]. He also ordered them to ransack the residence and destroy any evidence of Goodwin's investigations.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />		While the others went about their own operations, Selwyn's first priority was to take down his fellow reeve Goodwin, a close confidant of King Alfred who had come close to learning about Selwyn's double life. He sent his men to Goodwin's home, where they arrested the reeve before bringing him to the [[Wincestre Garrison]]. He also ordered them to ransack the residence and destroy any evidence of Goodwin's investigations.<ref name="The Reeve of Wincestre" />

	Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to his second priority, undermining the king's recent law reforms, which involved unjustly executing numerous citizens of Wincestre, often peasants, over petty, questionable or otherwise spurious charges in the city square. During one such trial, he was due to execute the commoner [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the ~~“dead” Bishop~~ Ealhferth.<ref name="Choking the Gallows">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Choking the Gallows]]</ref>		Certain that he had gotten rid of Goodwin's meddlings, Selwyn turned to his second priority, undermining the king's recent law reforms, which involved unjustly executing numerous citizens of Wincestre, often peasants, over petty, questionable or otherwise spurious charges in the city square. During one such trial, he was due to execute the commoner [[Leona]] and her husband [[Hubert]], for their comments towards a fellow Order member, the "dead" bishop Ealhferth.<ref name="Choking the Gallows">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Choking the Gallows]]</ref>

	[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor ~~after being assassinated by Eivor~~]]		[[File:ACV Choking the Gallows 8.png\|thumb\|250px\|Selwyn in the Memory Corridor]]
	After the ~~husband’s~~ execution and the ~~audience’s~~ taunting, Selwyn began to deliver a speech on the stage in the square, denouncing those he considered "criminals". While he was distracted, the [[Vikings\|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], who had been enlisted by King ~~Aelfred~~ to save Goodwin and aid in his investigation of the Order, assassinated Selwyn, in full view of the public. She then fought his guards and made her escape.<ref name="Choking the Gallows" />		After the husband's execution and the audience's taunting, Selwyn began to deliver a speech on the stage in the square, denouncing those he considered "criminals". While he was distracted, the [[Vikings\|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], who had been enlisted by King Alfred to save Goodwin and aid his investigation of the Order, assassinated Selwyn, in full view of the public. She then fought his guards and made her escape.<ref name="Choking the Gallows" />
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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	*Like other Order members, Selwyn's cutscene in the [[Memory Corridor]] differs. At the end of his confession, the darkened tree with hanged people starts to lower its rope ~~and then~~ it hangs Selwyn, whose spirit immediately vanishes after succumbing to its pull. Selwyn's [[Order of the Ancients medallion\|medallion]] is dropped from his hands as he is being hanged, allowing Eivor to claim it.		*Like other Order members, Selwyn's cutscene in the [[Memory Corridor]] differs. At the end of his confession, the darkened tree with hanged people starts to lower its rope until it hangs Selwyn, whose spirit immediately vanishes after succumbing to its pull. Selwyn's [[Order of the Ancients medallion\|medallion]] is dropped from his hands as he is being hanged, allowing Eivor to claim it.
	*Selwyn shares several similarities with the character [[Majd Addin]] from the 2007 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. Both serve as a representative of the ~~king—Aelfred~~ and [[Saladin]], respectively—in their cities and are overzealous executioners, though unlike Addin, Selwyn did not seem to sadistically enjoy the executions, nor did he have the crowd's wild support.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Majd Addin)]]</ref>		*Selwyn shares several similarities with the character [[Majd Addin]] from the 2007 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed]]''. Both serve as a representative of the king—Alfred and [[Saladin]], respectively—in their cities and are overzealous executioners, though unlike Addin, Selwyn did not seem to sadistically enjoy the executions, nor did he have the crowd's wild support.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' – [[Assassination (Majd Addin)]]</ref>
	*~~Selwyn’s~~ death also shares similarities with the assassination of fellow Order member [[Avgos Spearhand]], as both are killed during a speech, in full view of the public, while on-stage and surrounded by guards.		*Selwyn's death also shares similarities with the assassination of fellow Order member [[Avgos Spearhand]], as both are killed during a speech, in full view of the public, while on-stage and surrounded by guards.

	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery captionalign="center" position="center~~" spacing="small~~" widths="180">		<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180">
	ACV Choking the Gallows 7.png\|Selwyn assassinated by Eivor		ACV Choking the Gallows 7.png\|Selwyn assassinated by Eivor
	ACV Choking the Gallows 9.png\|Selwyn about to be hanged in the Memory Corridor		ACV Choking the Gallows 9.png\|Selwyn about to be hanged in the Memory Corridor