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|title1 = Norway
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|caption1= The flag of Norway.
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|religion= {{wiki|Norse paganism}}<br>[[Christianity]]
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|current_state = {{wiki|Kingdom of Norway}}
|current_state= {{wiki|Kingdom of Norway}}
|capital = {{wiki|Oslo}}
|capital= {{wiki|Oslo}}
|past_states = {{wiki|Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)|Kingdom of Norway}} {{c|872–1397}}<br>{{wiki|Kalmar Union}} {{c|1397–1523}}<br>{{wiki|Denmark–Norway}} {{c|1523–1814}}<br>
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{{wiki|Kingdom of Norway (1814)|Kingdom of Norway}} {{c|1814}}<br>
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{{wiki|Union between Sweden and Norway|United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway}} {{c|1814–1905}}
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|major_conflicts = [[Viking expansion]]<br>[[World War II]]
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|major_conflicts=
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*[[Scandinavia]]
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'''Norway''' is a [[Scandinavia]]n unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the {{Wiki|Scandinavian Peninsula}}.
'''Norway''' is a [[Scandinavia]]n unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the {{Wiki|Scandinavian Peninsula}}.


==Etymology==
==History ==
The name ''"Norway"'' comes from the {{Wiki|Old English}} word ''[[wikt:Norþweg|Norþweg]]'' meaning ''"the way to the north"''.<ref>''[[Echoes of Valhalla]]'' – [[Echoes of Valhalla#Episode 2: Dragon of the Seas|Episode 2: Dragon of the Seas]]</ref>
===Prehistory===
During the [[Isu Era]], the territory of modern-day Norway was inhabited by the [[Æsir]], who primarily resided in the realm of [[Ásgarðr|Asgard]] and were led by [[Odin]]. At some point, the Æsir became engaged in a war with a rival group of [[Isu]], the [[Vanir]], which came to an end after Odin's political marriage to [[Freyja]], securing peace between the two groups.<ref name="Freyja DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Freyja]]</ref> The Æsir also regularly came into conflict with the [[Jötnar]] from [[Jötunheimr|Jotunheim]], led by their king [[Jupiter|Suttungr]],<ref name="A Feast to Remember">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref> and were sometimes the victims of schemes orchestrated by one of their own members, [[Loki]], who over time developed an antagonistic relationship with Odin.<ref name="The Price of Wisdom">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Price of Wisdom]]</ref>
 
After their demise during the [[Great Catastrophe]], which wiped out the entire Isu civilization,<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref> the Æsir would come to be revered as gods by [[human]]ity. Odin and his closest companions made up the main pantheon of gods in Norse and Germanic mythology and religion.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> Secretly however, Odin and his brethren sought to ensure their survival by seeding their genetic code into humanity's gene pool, ensuring they would be [[Isu incarnation|reborn]] as humans millennia later.<ref name="Animus Anomalies">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]</ref>
 
===Middle Ages===
During the [[Viking expansion|Viking Age]], Norway consisted of multiple petty kingdoms and clans, each led by a ''[[jarl]]''. Due to the conflicts between the various clans, as well as Scandinavia's unfavorable conditions, this period saw a major increase in maritime exploration by the [[Norse people|Norse]], who pillaged, [[Raid|looted]], traded and settled as they went.<ref name="Vikings DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Vikings]]</ref> The beginning of the Viking Age is traditionally dated as 793, when the first known [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Lindisfarne raid|raid]] occurred in [[Lindisfarne]], an island off the northeastern coast of [[England]]. One of [[Juhani Otso Berg]]'s [[Viking raider|ancestors]] participated in the expedition.<ref name="ACRG">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rogue]]'' – [[Numbskull's personal files]]: "Otso Berg's Profile: Lindsifarne"</ref>
 
[[File:ACV Prologue 26.png|thumb|250px|left|Heillboer burning, 855]]
In the 9th century, the region of [[Rogaland|Rygjafylke]] was plagued by the conflict between two clans in particular: the [[Raven Clan]] led by King [[Styrbjorn Sigvaldisson]], and the [[Wolf Clan]] led by [[Kjotve the Cruel]]. In 855, Kjotve led his warriors on a raid on the village of [[Heillboer]], massacring the population, including [[Varin]] and [[Rosta]], the parents of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], who were allies of the Raven Clan.<ref name="Prologue">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Prologue (Valhalla)|Prologue]]</ref> Eivor was subsequently adopted by Styrbjorn and raised alongside his son, [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]], who in 870 embarked on a two-year voyage away from Norway.<ref name="Prodigal Prince">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Prodigal Prince]]</ref>
 
That same year, Eivor thwarted a Wolf Clan attack on a village, hoping to secure an alliance between the settlement and the Raven Clan, and in the process captured [[Gull]], a [[Slavery|slave]] of Kjotve, who was the reincarnation of the Isu [[Idun|Iðunn]].<ref name="SoG 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory 1|Issue #1]]</ref> Gull led Eivor to the [[Temple of Heimdall]] in the [[Feiknstafir mountains]], which contained an [[Gull's Apple of Eden|Apple of Eden]].<ref name="SoG 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory 2|Issue #2]]</ref> However, the temple collapsed during Eivor's battle against Wolf Clan members also coveting the Apple, forcing Eivor to abandon it while Gull was left to her fate.<ref name="SoG 3">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory]]'' – [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory 3|Issue #3]]</ref>
 
In 872, Eivor led a party of Vikings to Rygjafylke's southern mountains in pursuit of Kjotve, but despite managing to kill his youngest son [[Hrolfr Kjotvesson|Hrolfr]],<ref name="Horn of the Valkyrie">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' – ''[[The Ravens' Wound]]'' – [[The Horn of the Valkyrie]]</ref> the ''jarl'' escaped with a set of scrolls.<ref name="Hidden Annals">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]]'' – ''[[The Ravens' Wound]]'' – [[The Hidden Annals]]</ref> Eivor continued to pursue Kjotve for the rest of the year, getting herself captured at one point before escaping and rescuing [[Sea-Chariot|her ship]]'s crew.<ref name="Honor Bound">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Honor Bound]]</ref>
 
It was during this time that Sigurd returned home to [[Fornburg]] from his expedition, accompanied by the [[Assassins|Hidden Ones]] [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]] and [[Hytham]], whom he befriended during his journey.<ref name="Prodigal Prince" /> As the Hidden Ones sought to kill Kjotve, who was secretly a member of the [[Order of the Ancients]], they helped the Raven Clan [[Assault on Kjotve's Fortress|assault]] Kjotve's [[Kjotve's Fortress|fortress]], during which Eivor slew the ''jarl'' in a ''holmgang''.<ref name="A Cruel Destiny">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Cruel Destiny]]</ref>
 
[[File:ACV Birthrights 9.png|thumb|250px|The Unification of Norway]]
Kjotve's death allowed King [[Harald Fairhair|Harald]] of [[Alrekstad]] to [[Unification of Norway|unite]] Norway's petty kingdoms under his rule, ending the constant wars between clans and becoming the first King of Norway. As Styrbjorn was among the ''jarls'' that swore fealty to the new king, Eivor, Sigurd and other members of their clan elected to leave the country to escape Harald's rule, [[Ravensthorpe|settling]] in England.<ref name="Birthrights">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Birthrights]]</ref> Other Norsemen that left their homeland during this time included the [[Sons of Ragnar]], led by [[Halfdan Ragnarsson|Halfdan]], [[Ubba Ragnarsson|Ubba]] and [[Ivarr the Boneless|Ivarr]], all three of whom were children of the legendary Viking raider [[Ragnar Lothbrok]];<ref name="Ragnarssons DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Ivarr and Ubba]]</ref><ref name="Halfdan DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Halfdan]]</ref> and [[Geirmund Hel-hide]].<ref name="Gerimund's Saga">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga]]''</ref> All of them went on to join the [[Great Heathen Army]], a coallition of Vikings led by [[Guthrum]] that aimed to invade England.<ref name="Guthrum DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Guthrum]]</ref>
 
In 877, Eivor and Sigurd briefly returned to Norway to access the [[Yggdrasil|Yggdrasil Chamber]], an Isu [[Temple (Isu)|vault]] which Sigurd's visions were guiding him to.<ref name="Where Legends Are Born">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Where Legends Are Born]]</ref> The siblings found the vault in the mountains of [[Hordaland|Hordafylke]] and connected themselves to Yggdrasil, experiencing a simulation of [[Valhalla (afterlife)|Valhalla]], until they both decided to return to the real world. Upon doing so, they were attacked by Basim, who had followed the pair. As the reborn form of Loki, Basim sought revenge on Eivor and Sigurd, who were the reincarnations of Odin and [[Týr]], respectively, but was ultimately defeated and trapped in [[the Grey]].<ref name="A Brother's Keeper">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]</ref>
 
Around 889, Eivor visited King Harald and Sigurd, who had since settled in Norway, at the [[longhouse]] in Alrekstad to say her goodbyes before she sailed to [[Vinland]]. Harald invited Eivor to lead an expedition to [[Iceland]] to send supplies to his friend [[Ingólfr Arnarson]], but the [[shieldmaiden]] politely declined the offer.<ref name="King Fairhair">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – ''[[The Last Chapter]]'' – [[Fare Thee Well, King Fair-Hair]]</ref>
 
===World War II===
[[File:AC Conspiracies - Eddie Gorm Vemork.png|thumb|250px|left|Eddie Gorm infiltrating Vemork]]
On 27 February 1943, during [[World War II]], the Assassin [[Eddie Gorm]] infiltrated [[Vemork]], a hydroelectric power plant that housed ''[[Die Glocke]]'', an alleged time-traveling device developed by the {{Wiki|Schutzstaffel|SS}} ''{{Wiki|Obergruppenführer}}'' and [[German Rite of the Templar Order|German Templar]] [[Gero Kramer]]. Kramer, having been subjected to the Nazis' ''übermensch'' project, was able to easily overpower Gorm and placed him within ''Die Glocke'' as a test subject.<ref name="ACCo 1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies Volume 1: Die Glocke|Volume 1: Die Glocke]]''</ref>
 
Kramer ordered [[Nikola Tesla]] to activate the machine, though the scientist had secretly sabotaged it. When the Allies simultaneously infiltrated the facility and destroyed the heavy water storages, ''Die Glocke'' was rendered inert and the Nazis were forced to abandon their plans.<ref name="ACCo 2">''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]]'' – ''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow|Volume 2: Project Rainbow]]''</ref> In April 1944, after occupying [[Denmark]], [[Germany]] invaded Norway and set fire to a village.<ref name="Glyph">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph #17: "The Bunker"]]</ref>


==History ==
===Modern times===
In 855, [[Kjotve the Cruel]] and the [[Wolf Clan]] led a raid in the village of [[Heillboer]] because of [[Varin]]'s allegiance to King [[Styrbjorn Sigvaldisson]] of Fjornburg. Varin gave his life willingly to the Wolf Clan under the false pretense that they would refrain from destroying the village. The village was razed to the ground and many of its inhabitants were killed by Kjotve's men, including Varin's wife [[Rosta]]. Their daughter, [[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] was able to escape death when she was rescued by her friend [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]].<ref name="Prologue">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Prologue (Valhalla)|Prologue]]</ref>
By May 2014, the Assassin [[Mentor]] [[William Miles]] had set up his [[William Miles' bunker|personal bunker]] in a hidden cove near the city of {{Wiki|Tromsø}}.<ref name="Here We Are">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "Here We Are"</ref> After he cut contact with the Brotherhood due to mourning the death of his son [[Desmond Miles|Desmond]], the crew of the ''[[Altaïr II]]'' tracked William down in an attempt to convince him to return to the Assassins.<ref name="Venting Anger">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance]]: "Venting Anger"</ref>


On 27 February 1943, the [[Assassins|Assassin]] [[Eddie Gorm]] infiltrated [[Vemork]], the hydroelectric power plant that housed the [[Die Glocke]], a time-travelling device, spearheaded by ''{{Wiki|Obbergruppenführer}}'' [[Gero Kramer]], a [[German Rite of the Templar Order|German Templar]]. Kramer, having been subjected to the Nazis' ''übermensch'' project, was able to easily overpower Gorm and placed him within Die Glocke as a test subject. Kramer ordered [[Nikola Tesla]] to activate the device, though the scientist had secretly sabotaged it. When the Allies simultaneously infiltrated the facility and destroyed the heavy water storages, Die Glocke was rendered inert and the Nazis were forced to abandon their plans.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies]] – [[Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies Volume 1: Die Glocke|Vol. 1: Die Glocke]]''</ref> In April 1944, after occupying [[Denmark]], [[Germany]] invaded Norway and set fire to a Norwegian village.<ref name="glyph">''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph #17: "The Bunker"]]</ref>
In August 2020, the Assassin [[Layla Hassan]] traveled to the Yggdrasil Chamber, hoping to use the Isu device to reverse the strengthening of the [[Earth]]'s magnetic field, caused by Desmond's activation of the [[global aurora borealis device]] in 2012. After entering the Grey, she met the trapped consciousness of Basim Ibn Ishaq, who helped her achieve her goal but tricked her into releasing him. Layla then elected to remain inside the Grey with "[[Desmond Miles|the Reader]]" and help him study countless [[calculations]], while Basim used the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]] dropped by Layla to rejuvenate his physical body and be reborn in the modern world.<ref name="ACV MD">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[21st century conversations#Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Modern day]]</ref>


In modern times, the Assassin [[Mentor]] [[William Miles]] set up his [[William Miles' bunker|personal bunker]] in a hidden cove near the city of {{Wiki|Tromsø}}.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – [[Surveillance#Here We Are|Surveillance: "Here We Are"]]</ref>
==Etymology==
The name ''"Norway"'' comes from the {{Wiki|Old English}} word ''[[wikt:Norþweg|Norþweg]]'' meaning ''"the way to the north"''.<ref>''[[Echoes of History]]: Vikings'' – Episode 2: Dragon of the Seas</ref>


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
ACV Prologue 26.png|Heillbor burning, 855
AC2 - Operation Weserubung.jpg|Germans burning a Norwegian village, 1944
AC2 - Operation Weserubung.jpg|Germans burn a Norwegian village, 1944
ACi-HereWeAre.jpg|The ''Altaïr II'' docked at William's secret bunker
ACi-HereWeAre.jpg|The ''Altaïr II'' docked at William's secret bunker
ACV Map Old Norway.png|Map of Norway in the 9th century
</gallery>
</gallery>


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*''[[Discovery Tour: Viking Age]]''
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Norway is a Scandinavian unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.

History[edit | edit source]

Prehistory[edit | edit source]

During the Isu Era, the territory of modern-day Norway was inhabited by the Æsir, who primarily resided in the realm of Asgard and were led by Odin. At some point, the Æsir became engaged in a war with a rival group of Isu, the Vanir, which came to an end after Odin's political marriage to Freyja, securing peace between the two groups.[1] The Æsir also regularly came into conflict with the Jötnar from Jotunheim, led by their king Suttungr,[2] and were sometimes the victims of schemes orchestrated by one of their own members, Loki, who over time developed an antagonistic relationship with Odin.[3]

After their demise during the Great Catastrophe, which wiped out the entire Isu civilization,[4] the Æsir would come to be revered as gods by humanity. Odin and his closest companions made up the main pantheon of gods in Norse and Germanic mythology and religion.[5] Secretly however, Odin and his brethren sought to ensure their survival by seeding their genetic code into humanity's gene pool, ensuring they would be reborn as humans millennia later.[6]

Middle Ages[edit | edit source]

During the Viking Age, Norway consisted of multiple petty kingdoms and clans, each led by a jarl. Due to the conflicts between the various clans, as well as Scandinavia's unfavorable conditions, this period saw a major increase in maritime exploration by the Norse, who pillaged, looted, traded and settled as they went.[7] The beginning of the Viking Age is traditionally dated as 793, when the first known Viking raid occurred in Lindisfarne, an island off the northeastern coast of England. One of Juhani Otso Berg's ancestors participated in the expedition.[8]

Heillboer burning, 855

In the 9th century, the region of Rygjafylke was plagued by the conflict between two clans in particular: the Raven Clan led by King Styrbjorn Sigvaldisson, and the Wolf Clan led by Kjotve the Cruel. In 855, Kjotve led his warriors on a raid on the village of Heillboer, massacring the population, including Varin and Rosta, the parents of Eivor Varinsdottir, who were allies of the Raven Clan.[9] Eivor was subsequently adopted by Styrbjorn and raised alongside his son, Sigurd, who in 870 embarked on a two-year voyage away from Norway.[10]

That same year, Eivor thwarted a Wolf Clan attack on a village, hoping to secure an alliance between the settlement and the Raven Clan, and in the process captured Gull, a slave of Kjotve, who was the reincarnation of the Isu Iðunn.[11] Gull led Eivor to the Temple of Heimdall in the Feiknstafir mountains, which contained an Apple of Eden.[12] However, the temple collapsed during Eivor's battle against Wolf Clan members also coveting the Apple, forcing Eivor to abandon it while Gull was left to her fate.[13]

In 872, Eivor led a party of Vikings to Rygjafylke's southern mountains in pursuit of Kjotve, but despite managing to kill his youngest son Hrolfr,[14] the jarl escaped with a set of scrolls.[15] Eivor continued to pursue Kjotve for the rest of the year, getting herself captured at one point before escaping and rescuing her ship's crew.[16]

It was during this time that Sigurd returned home to Fornburg from his expedition, accompanied by the Hidden Ones Basim Ibn Ishaq and Hytham, whom he befriended during his journey.[10] As the Hidden Ones sought to kill Kjotve, who was secretly a member of the Order of the Ancients, they helped the Raven Clan assault Kjotve's fortress, during which Eivor slew the jarl in a holmgang.[17]

The Unification of Norway

Kjotve's death allowed King Harald of Alrekstad to unite Norway's petty kingdoms under his rule, ending the constant wars between clans and becoming the first King of Norway. As Styrbjorn was among the jarls that swore fealty to the new king, Eivor, Sigurd and other members of their clan elected to leave the country to escape Harald's rule, settling in England.[18] Other Norsemen that left their homeland during this time included the Sons of Ragnar, led by Halfdan, Ubba and Ivarr, all three of whom were children of the legendary Viking raider Ragnar Lothbrok;[19][20] and Geirmund Hel-hide.[21] All of them went on to join the Great Heathen Army, a coallition of Vikings led by Guthrum that aimed to invade England.[22]

In 877, Eivor and Sigurd briefly returned to Norway to access the Yggdrasil Chamber, an Isu vault which Sigurd's visions were guiding him to.[23] The siblings found the vault in the mountains of Hordafylke and connected themselves to Yggdrasil, experiencing a simulation of Valhalla, until they both decided to return to the real world. Upon doing so, they were attacked by Basim, who had followed the pair. As the reborn form of Loki, Basim sought revenge on Eivor and Sigurd, who were the reincarnations of Odin and Týr, respectively, but was ultimately defeated and trapped in the Grey.[24]

Around 889, Eivor visited King Harald and Sigurd, who had since settled in Norway, at the longhouse in Alrekstad to say her goodbyes before she sailed to Vinland. Harald invited Eivor to lead an expedition to Iceland to send supplies to his friend Ingólfr Arnarson, but the shieldmaiden politely declined the offer.[25]

World War II[edit | edit source]

Eddie Gorm infiltrating Vemork

On 27 February 1943, during World War II, the Assassin Eddie Gorm infiltrated Vemork, a hydroelectric power plant that housed Die Glocke, an alleged time-traveling device developed by the SS Obergruppenführer and German Templar Gero Kramer. Kramer, having been subjected to the Nazis' übermensch project, was able to easily overpower Gorm and placed him within Die Glocke as a test subject.[26]

Kramer ordered Nikola Tesla to activate the machine, though the scientist had secretly sabotaged it. When the Allies simultaneously infiltrated the facility and destroyed the heavy water storages, Die Glocke was rendered inert and the Nazis were forced to abandon their plans.[27] In April 1944, after occupying Denmark, Germany invaded Norway and set fire to a village.[28]

Modern times[edit | edit source]

By May 2014, the Assassin Mentor William Miles had set up his personal bunker in a hidden cove near the city of Tromsø.[29] After he cut contact with the Brotherhood due to mourning the death of his son Desmond, the crew of the Altaïr II tracked William down in an attempt to convince him to return to the Assassins.[30]

In August 2020, the Assassin Layla Hassan traveled to the Yggdrasil Chamber, hoping to use the Isu device to reverse the strengthening of the Earth's magnetic field, caused by Desmond's activation of the global aurora borealis device in 2012. After entering the Grey, she met the trapped consciousness of Basim Ibn Ishaq, who helped her achieve her goal but tricked her into releasing him. Layla then elected to remain inside the Grey with "the Reader" and help him study countless calculations, while Basim used the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus dropped by Layla to rejuvenate his physical body and be reborn in the modern world.[31]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The name "Norway" comes from the Old English word Norþweg meaning "the way to the north".[32]

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Germans burning a Norwegian village, 1944
    Germans burning a Norwegian village, 1944
  • The Altaïr II docked at William's secret bunker
    The Altaïr II docked at William's secret bunker
  • Map of Norway in the 9th century
    Map of Norway in the 9th century

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Freyja
  2. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Feast to Remember
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Price of Wisdom
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Timeline
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Animus Anomalies
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Vikings
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rogue – Numbskull's personal files: "Otso Berg's Profile: Lindsifarne"
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Prologue
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Prodigal Prince
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory – Issue #1
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory – Issue #2
  13. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory – Issue #3
  14. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – The Ravens' Wound – The Horn of the Valkyrie
  15. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – The Ravens' Wound – The Hidden Annals
  16. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Honor Bound
  17. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Cruel Destiny
  18. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Birthrights
  19. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Ivarr and Ubba
  20. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Halfdan
  21. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Geirmund's Saga
  22. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Guthrum
  23. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Where Legends Are Born
  24. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Brother's Keeper
  25. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Last Chapter – Fare Thee Well, King Fair-Hair
  26. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 1: Die Glocke
  27. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Conspiracies – Volume 2: Project Rainbow
  28. ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #17: "The Bunker"
  29. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "Here We Are"
  30. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Surveillance: "Venting Anger"
  31. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Modern day
  32. ↑ Echoes of History: Vikings – Episode 2: Dragon of the Seas

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