- Eivor: Thieving cotter. Here's your silver.
Eivor paid the woman.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: Thank you kindly. Your brother and his friend jumped through that window and ran for the river. I'd wager they hid in one of the fish houses there.
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{{Memory Infobox | {{Memory Infobox | ||
| name = Brewing Rebellion | | name = Brewing Rebellion | ||
| image = | | image = ACV Brewing Rebellion 10.png | ||
| description = ''[[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]] and [[Basim | | description = ''[[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]] and [[Basim ibn Ishaq|Basim]] are in [[Buckingham]] hoping to secure an alliance with the rebellious [[Thegn]] [[Geadric]]. But what else are they searching for?'' | ||
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | | appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | ||
| type = Main {{c|The Paladin's Stone}} | | type = Main {{c|The Paladin's Stone}} | ||
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| reward = | | reward = | ||
| heroclass = | | heroclass = | ||
| previous = [[Reporting on | | previous = [[Reporting on Sciropescire]] | ||
| next = [[ | | next = [[Chipping Away]]<br>[[Pilgrimage to St. Albanes]] | ||
| source = [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] | | source = [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] | ||
| location = [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]], [[Mercia|Danish Mercia]] | | location = [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]], [[Mercia|Danish Mercia]] | ||
| date = c. | | date = c. 874 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Brewing Rebellion''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]]. | '''Brewing Rebellion''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]]. | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Eivor travelled to [[Buckingham]] in [[Oxenefordscire]] to meet her brother [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]] and [[Basim | Eivor travelled to [[Buckingham]] in [[Oxenefordscire]] to meet her brother [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]] and [[Basim ibn Ishaq|Basim]]. | ||
==Dialogue== | ==Dialogue== | ||
Eivor went to speak to [[Randvi]] at the alliance map about her next pledge. | Eivor went to speak to [[Randvi]] at the alliance map about her next pledge. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''What of Oxenefordscire? Sigurd told me he had business there.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''What of Oxenefordscire? Sigurd told me he had business there.'' | ||
*'''Randvi:''' ''Ah, yes... Sigurd is there now, in fact. He bids you go meet him as soon as you can. He has partnered with a rebellious'' thegn'' called [[Geadric]], and hopes to install Geadric as [[ealdorman]] in exchange for an oath. There's an alehouse in the center of | *'''Randvi:''' ''Ah, yes... Sigurd is there now, in fact. He bids you go meet him as soon as you can. He has partnered with a rebellious'' thegn'' called [[Geadric]], and hopes to install Geadric as [[ealdorman]] in exchange for an oath. There's an alehouse in the center of Buckingham. Sigurd will meet you there.'' | ||
Eivor pledged to Oxenefordscire with amusement over the meeting place. | Eivor pledged to Oxenefordscire with amusement over the meeting place. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I should join my brother, then. Where is Buckingham?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''I should join my brother, then. Where is Buckingham?'' | ||
Randvi laughed. | Randvi laughed. | ||
*'''Randvi:''' ''Along the | *'''Randvi:''' ''Along the [[Great Ouse River|Great Ouse]] river that divides Oxenefordscire. Sigurd will be pleased to see you.'' | ||
Eivor traveled to Buckingham and found it crawling with [[soldier]]s. | Eivor traveled to Buckingham and found it crawling with [[soldier]]s. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Soldiers on alert. What's happened here?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Soldiers on alert. What's happened here?'' | ||
Doing her best to avoid detection, Eivor made her way through the town. Eventually she found a larger building toward the center of town. A small group of soldiers were drinking at a table outside. | [[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 2.png|thumb|250px|Eivor investigating the tavern]] | ||
Doing her best to avoid detection, Eivor made her way through the town. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''These soldiers are tightly wound.'' | |||
Eventually she found a larger building toward the center of town. A small group of soldiers were drinking at a table outside. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''An alehouse. This must be it.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''An alehouse. This must be it.'' | ||
Avoiding the soldiers, Eivor used a side entrance to enter the alehouse. | Avoiding the soldiers, Eivor used a side entrance to enter the alehouse. | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''I'm looking for my brother, a large outspoken Norseman.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''I'm looking for my brother, a large outspoken Norseman.'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 2:''' ''Norse? Ha! Was he part of the fight here? Prob'ly killed by Eadwyn's soldiers. Get gone while you can!'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Man 2:''' ''Norse? Ha! Was he part of the fight here? Prob'ly killed by Eadwyn's soldiers. Get gone while you can!'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 3.png|thumb|250px|Eivor speaking to the innkeeper]] | |||
Eivor spoke to a woman cleaning one of the tables. | Eivor spoke to a woman cleaning one of the tables. | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''These soldiers, always leave a bleedin' mess.'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''These soldiers, always leave a bleedin' mess.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are you the alewife here?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Are you the alewife here?'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''You are not welcome here. I've had enough trouble with [[ | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''You are not welcome here. I've had enough trouble with [[Vikings|Danes]] today.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm looking for my brother, a large Norseman.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm looking for my brother, a large Norseman.'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''It was him what caused the ruckus! Him and that other one were here, talking to Thegn Geadric. Then Lady Eadwyn's soldiers swept in. A fight broke out. Your brother and the tanned fella got away. The soldiers nabbed Geadric, though. I was sorry to see that. He's well-liked in these parts.'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''It was him what caused the ruckus! Him and that other one were here, talking to Thegn Geadric. Then Lady Eadwyn's soldiers swept in. A fight broke out. Your brother and the tanned fella got away. The soldiers nabbed Geadric, though. I was sorry to see that. He's well-liked in these parts.'' | ||
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*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''I hope I am.'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''I hope I am.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Such a woman would help me find Geadric's friends.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Such a woman would help me find Geadric's friends.'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''You're right, you are. Your brother and his friend jumped through that window there, and scampered off towards the river. It's a good | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''You're right, you are. Your brother and his friend jumped through that window there, and scampered off towards the river. It's a good bet they hid in one of them fish houses.'' | ||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd and Basim headed south. They wouldn't go far. I'll check along the river.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd and Basim headed south. They wouldn't go far. I'll check along the river.'' | ||
Eivor moved southwest along the shore and came across a stone hut. | Eivor moved southwest along the shore and came across a stone hut. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Smells like a fish-house. Good spot to hide.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Smells like a fish-house. Good spot to hide.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 5.png|thumb|250px|Eivor held at knife point by Basim]] | |||
Eivor entered the fish hut, looking around, and gasped as someone grabbed her from behind and held a knife to her throat. Sigurd rushed from where he was crouched beside a table covered with bread and cheese. | Eivor entered the fish hut, looking around, and gasped as someone grabbed her from behind and held a knife to her throat. Sigurd rushed from where he was crouched beside a table covered with bread and cheese. | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Wait! Stop!'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Wait! Stop!'' | ||
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*'''Sigurd:''' ''We could have cut you to bloody giblets, Wolf-Kissed!'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''We could have cut you to bloody giblets, Wolf-Kissed!'' | ||
Eivor rubbed her neck. | Eivor rubbed her neck. | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 6.png|thumb|250px|Eivor speaking to Basim and Sigurd]] | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Why so unnerved, brother? It's not like you.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Why so unnerved, brother? It's not like you.'' | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Half the soldiers in the shire are hunting us. You must have noticed.'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Half the soldiers in the shire are hunting us. You must have noticed.'' | ||
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Unseen to Eivor, Sigurd rolled his eyes. When he turned and approached her again, it was with open arms and no acknowledgement of her comments regarding Basim. | Unseen to Eivor, Sigurd rolled his eyes. When he turned and approached her again, it was with open arms and no acknowledgement of her comments regarding Basim. | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor, [[Norse mythology|gods]] above! I'm grateful you've joined us. We have made strides towards an alliance, in fact. A local'' thegn'' called Geadric has pledged an oath to me.'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor, [[Norse mythology|gods]] above! I'm grateful you've joined us. We have made strides towards an alliance, in fact. A local'' thegn'' called Geadric has pledged an oath to me.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 7.png|thumb|250px|Sigurd informing Eivor of the shire's situation]] | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I've heard of him. The alewife also mentioned a Lady Eadwyn who commands the soldiers. Why not ally with her?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''I've heard of him. The alewife also mentioned a Lady Eadwyn who commands the soldiers. Why not ally with her?'' | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Lady Eadwyn's husband was the shire ealdorman, until [[Guthrum]]'s [[Great Summer Army|army]] ended his life. Now she's taken up her husband's fight, with the promise of aid from King [[Alfred the Great|Aelfred]] of [[Wessex]].'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Lady Eadwyn's husband was the shire ealdorman, until [[Guthrum]]'s [[Great Summer Army|army]] ended his life. Now she's taken up her husband's fight, with the promise of aid from King [[Alfred the Great|Aelfred]] of [[Wessex]].'' | ||
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*'''Sigurd:''' ''Not if we act soon. She dragged her prisoners to the longhouse. With you here, we can mount a surprise attack.'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Not if we act soon. She dragged her prisoners to the longhouse. With you here, we can mount a surprise attack.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''If Geadric is our best chance for an alliance, let's see it done.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''If Geadric is our best chance for an alliance, let's see it done.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 8.png|thumb|250px|Eivor, Basim and Sigurd sneaking towards the longhouse]] | |||
Eivor made for the door. Behind her, Sigurd and Basim shared a look before following. Outside, Eivor led the way toward the longhouse. | Eivor made for the door. Behind her, Sigurd and Basim shared a look before following. Outside, Eivor led the way toward the longhouse. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd. Has Basim talked you into something of little reward?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd. Has Basim talked you into something of little reward?'' | ||
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*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eadwyn. She's in there.'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Eadwyn. She's in there.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Come. We'll batter the door.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Come. We'll batter the door.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 9.png|thumb|250px|Sigurd and Basim interrupting Eadwyn's meeting]] | |||
Together, Eivor and one of her companions forced the door open. Inside, they found Geadric kneeling and bound, surrounded by Eadwyn and her soldiers. | Together, Eivor and one of her companions forced the door open. Inside, they found Geadric kneeling and bound, surrounded by Eadwyn and her soldiers. | ||
*'''Geadric:''' ''Sigurd! Kill this sweaty fishwife!'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''Sigurd! Kill this sweaty fishwife!'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, are you cracked?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, are you cracked?'' | ||
*'''Eadwyn:''' ''And you can kiss my rosy red arse, whey-face!'' | *'''Eadwyn:''' ''And you can kiss my rosy red arse, whey-face!'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 11.png|thumb|250px|Eadwyn ordering her soldiers to eliminate the trio]] | |||
Eadwyn turned and walked through her soldiers toward another exit. | Eadwyn turned and walked through her soldiers toward another exit. | ||
*'''Eadwyn:''' ''I've done with this offal. I leave them to you! Flay them alive and tan their flesh for saddles.'' | *'''Eadwyn:''' ''I've done with this offal. I leave them to you! Flay them alive and tan their flesh for saddles.'' | ||
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*'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy, Eivor. Not hope.'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy, Eivor. Not hope.'' | ||
*'''Geadric:''' ''No time to squabble. Eadwyn's taken most of the shire's'' thegns. ''She has her way, they'll be dead by supper!'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''No time to squabble. Eadwyn's taken most of the shire's'' thegns. ''She has her way, they'll be dead by supper!'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 13.png|thumb|250px|Eivor introduced to Geadric]] | |||
Basim came to join them. | Basim came to join them. | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Tend your wounds, Geadric. We'll free your friends.'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Tend your wounds, Geadric. We'll free your friends.'' | ||
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On a bench, she found another. | On a bench, she found another. | ||
:'''Letter from Aelfred of Wessex'''<br>''Lady Eadwyn,<br><br>You have my blessing in your efforts to secure control of Oxenefordscire.<br><br>Should you need men at arms, do not hesitate to call on Wessex.<br><br>-Aelfred.'' | :'''Letter from Aelfred of Wessex'''<br>''Lady Eadwyn,<br><br>You have my blessing in your efforts to secure control of Oxenefordscire.<br><br>Should you need men at arms, do not hesitate to call on Wessex.<br><br>-Aelfred.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 14.png|thumb|250px|Eivor, Basim and Sigurd riding towards the garrison]] | |||
Outside, Eivor, Sigurd and Basim mounted their horses and rode toward the garrison. | Outside, Eivor, Sigurd and Basim mounted their horses and rode toward the garrison. | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Off again, Eivor. You and I, with blades drawn and hearts ablaze!'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Off again, Eivor. You and I, with blades drawn and hearts ablaze!'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''Fine. Keep your dread secrets, Brother. But if this alliance fails, you may take them to your grave.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Fine. Keep your dread secrets, Brother. But if this alliance fails, you may take them to your grave.'' | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''This fever will break once you know the whole truth. I promise.'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''This fever will break once you know the whole truth. I promise.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 15.png|thumb|250px|The trio arriving at the garrison]] | |||
They reached the garrison, set within roman ruins. At the entrance a crowd of people were gathered around a stone platform. | They reached the garrison, set within roman ruins. At the entrance a crowd of people were gathered around a stone platform. | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''There! We have time yet. They're holding the trials just ahead.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''There! We have time yet. They're holding the trials just ahead.'' | ||
*'''Sigurd:''' ''My blade is thirsty, friends. Shall we roll in like three barrels afire?'' | *'''Sigurd:''' ''My blade is thirsty, friends. Shall we roll in like three barrels afire?'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''No, we must be careful. Do not let the executioner swing his axe.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''No, we must be careful. Do not let the executioner swing his axe.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 16.png|thumb|250px|The thegns held captive]] | |||
On the platform, three men knelt bound while Eadwyn's captain addressed the crowd, a soldier standing guard on either side. | On the platform, three men knelt bound while Eadwyn's captain addressed the crowd, a soldier standing guard on either side. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''They're about to execute the prisoners.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''They're about to execute the prisoners.'' | ||
*'''Judge:''' ''These subjects of the Lady Eadwyn have betrayed their oaths to the shire...'' | *'''Judge:''' ''These subjects of the Lady Eadwyn have betrayed their oaths to the shire...'' | ||
*'''Thegn Sherwin:''' ''Not true!'' | *'''Thegn [[Sherwin]]:''' ''Not true!'' | ||
*'''Judge:''' ''Silence! They stand accused and are guilty of spreading calumny against our sainted Lady Eadwyn and engaging in sedition and general disreputable acts!'' | *'''Judge:''' ''Silence! They stand accused and are guilty of spreading calumny against our sainted Lady Eadwyn and engaging in sedition and general disreputable acts!'' | ||
*'''Thegn Brant:''' ''[[Pig]] shite!'' | *'''Thegn Brant:''' ''[[Pig]] shite!'' | ||
The executioner came from deeper in the garrison to stand beside Brant. | The executioner came from deeper in the garrison to stand beside [[Brant]]. | ||
*'''Judge:''' ''Each shall be called to confess his perfidy. Confession grants atoned death. Failure to confess earns a disgraceful death.'' | *'''Judge:''' ''Each shall be called to confess his perfidy. Confession grants atoned death. Failure to confess earns a disgraceful death.'' | ||
Moving amongst the crowd, Eivor could hear them whispering to each other. | Moving amongst the crowd, Eivor could hear them whispering to each other. | ||
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(If Eivor went to Holt first) | (If Eivor went to Holt first) | ||
:Further into the garrison, someone called out to Eivor quietly. | :Further into the garrison, someone called out to Eivor quietly. | ||
:*'''Thegn Holt:''' ''Get me out of here. Eadwyn will have me flayed alive.'' | :*'''Thegn [[Holt]]:''' ''Get me out of here. Eadwyn will have me flayed alive.'' | ||
:Eivor found Thegn Holt being kept in a wooden cage and freed him. | :Eivor found Thegn Holt being kept in a wooden cage and freed him. | ||
:*'''Eivor:''' ''Stay close. I'll help the others.'' | :*'''Eivor:''' ''Stay close. I'll help the others.'' | ||
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*'''Thegn Octe:''' ''O, dear Lord.'' | *'''Thegn Octe:''' ''O, dear Lord.'' | ||
*'''Judge:''' ''Do you confess to abetting the disgraced Thegn Brant in his betrayal of Lady Eadwyn?'' | *'''Judge:''' ''Do you confess to abetting the disgraced Thegn Brant in his betrayal of Lady Eadwyn?'' | ||
*'''Thegn Octe:''' ''Have mercy! I am but a poor farmer. My crops have seen this shire through bad times. You, yourself, judge, borrowed three | *'''Thegn Octe:''' ''Have mercy! I am but a poor farmer. My crops have seen this shire through bad times. You, yourself, judge, borrowed three bales—'' | ||
*'''Judge:''' ''Enough! A disgraceful death awaits!'' | *'''Judge:''' ''Enough! A disgraceful death awaits!'' | ||
The executioner beheaded Thegn Octe and moved on to Thegn Sherwin. | The executioner beheaded Thegn Octe and moved on to Thegn Sherwin. | ||
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*'''Anglo-Saxon Soldier 3:''' ''A rebel!'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Soldier 3:''' ''A rebel!'' | ||
*'''Judge:''' ''Execute the prisoners at once!'' | *'''Judge:''' ''Execute the prisoners at once!'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 17.png|thumb|250px|Eivor and the thegns resisting against Eadwyn's men]] | |||
Eivor fought the soldiers, freeing the thegns to help the fight. | Eivor fought the soldiers, freeing the thegns to help the fight. | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Soldier 4:''' ''The executioner's been killed! Get the murderer!'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Soldier 4:''' ''The executioner's been killed! Get the murderer!'' | ||
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:*'''Thegn Brant:''' ''We must bring down Eadwyn once and for all.'' | :*'''Thegn Brant:''' ''We must bring down Eadwyn once and for all.'' | ||
:(Thegn Octe freed) | :(Thegn Octe freed) | ||
:*'''Thegn Octe:''' ''I stand with Geadric'' | :*'''Thegn Octe:''' ''I stand with Geadric.'' | ||
:(Thegn Sherwin freed) | :(Thegn Sherwin freed) | ||
:*'''Thegn Sherwin:''' ''I owe you my life, friend.'' | :*'''Thegn Sherwin:''' ''I owe you my life, friend.'' | ||
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<tabber> | <tabber> | ||
|-|One or more thegns rescued.= | |-|One or more thegns rescued.= | ||
Along with Thegn Holt and the rescued thegns, Eivor, Sigurd, and Basim fought their way out of the garrison. | Along with Thegn Holt and the rescued thegns, Eivor, Sigurd, and Basim fought their way out of the garrison. | ||
:(If Brant lives) | :(If Brant lives) | ||
:*'''Thegn Brant:''' ''That's thegn justice for you! You'll regret this!'' | :*'''Thegn Brant:''' ''That's thegn justice for you! You'll regret this!'' | ||
:(If Octe lives) | :(If Octe lives) | ||
:*'''Thegn Octe''' ''Fight for Geadric! For Oxenefordscire! Down with Eadwyn!'' | :*'''Thegn Octe:''' ''Fight for Geadric! For Oxenefordscire! Down with Eadwyn!'' | ||
:(If Sherwin lives) | :(If Sherwin lives) | ||
:*'''Thegn Sherwin:''' ''Is that your best shot? I'm taking you down! Thegns united!'' | :*'''Thegn Sherwin:''' ''Is that your best shot? I'm taking you down! Thegns united!'' | ||
:(Holt freed and fighting) | |||
:*'''Thegn Holt:''' ''For the shire! For God and Mercia! Down with Lady Eadwyn.'' | |||
|-|All three thegns killed.= | |-|All three thegns killed.= | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I'm sorry about the others. | With the other three thegns executed, Eivor was only able to secure the release of Thegn Holt. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I'm sorry about the others.'' | |||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
With the thegns fully accounted for, dead or alive, Eivor released the last thegn. | |||
*''' | <tabber> | ||
|-|Under attack= | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Geadric sent me to find you. Let's go, now!'' | |||
|-|Anonymous= | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Geadric sent me. Let's get away from this place.'' | |||
</tabber> | |||
By force or by stealth, Eivor and her entourage exited the garrison and made for the relative safety of the woods. | |||
*'''Thegn Holt:''' ''We can talk safely over there. We fought with our weaselly ealdorman for years. Now his widow wants to lop off our heads.'' | *'''Thegn Holt:''' ''We can talk safely over there. We fought with our weaselly ealdorman for years. Now his widow wants to lop off our heads.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 18.png|thumb|250px|Thegn Holt thanking the trio for the rescue]] | |||
The group reached an open area near the river, out of view from the garrison. | The group reached an open area near the river, out of view from the garrison. | ||
*'''Thegn Holt:''' ''Bless you all. Thanks to you, I live to pay Lady Eadwyn back in blood. I am Thegn Holt. Does Geadric live?'' | *'''Thegn Holt:''' ''Bless you all. Thanks to you, I live to pay Lady Eadwyn back in blood. I am Thegn Holt. Does Geadric live?'' | ||
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Eivor returned to Buckingham. Within the village, it appeared all of Eadwyn's men were gone. | Eivor returned to Buckingham. Within the village, it appeared all of Eadwyn's men were gone. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ah. No soldiers here now. Geadric's cleared them all out.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Ah. No soldiers here now. Geadric's cleared them all out.'' | ||
Outside the longhouse, | Before finding Geadric, Eivor returned to the alehouse and spoke to the woman there again. | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''Did you find your brother, then?'' | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I'm touched that you would ask.'' | |||
<tabber> | |||
|-|Paid alewife.= | |||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''I shouldn't'a made you pay. But the silver's been well spent. I've used actual barley for the ale, this batch.'' | |||
|-|Threatened alewife.= | |||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''You had no real cause to frighten me. I'd'a told you where they'd gone, if you'd done me some sweet talk.'' | |||
|-|Convinced alewife.= | |||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''I'm well ashamed I almost made you pay. But it all worked out right, didn't it?'' | |||
</tabber> | |||
Eivor left the alehouse and continued her search. Outside the longhouse, she found Geadric standing by a broken cart of supplies, talking to some of his men. | |||
*'''Geadric:''' ''She's well supplied, that's for certain. Well done capturing these, lads.'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''She's well supplied, that's for certain. Well done capturing these, lads.'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Soldier 5:''' ''It was bloody business.'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Soldier 5:''' ''It was bloody business.'' | ||
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*'''Geadric:''' ''Damn good men, all of 'em. I swear, I'll gut Eadwyn to honor those we lost.'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''Damn good men, all of 'em. I swear, I'll gut Eadwyn to honor those we lost.'' | ||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 20.png|thumb|250px|Eivor returning Eivor with news of his thegns]] | |||
*'''Geadric:''' ''And you, and your brother, are you still with me?'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''And you, and your brother, are you still with me?'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I like your bluntness, Geadric. My axe is yours. My brother's too.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''I like your bluntness, Geadric. My axe is yours. My brother's too.'' | ||
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*'''Geadric:''' ''Where is your brother and the odd fellow?'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''Where is your brother and the odd fellow?'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''They continue their search for the woman, Fulke. He seems to think she will help us chase Eadwyn to an early grave. But I do not understand how.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''They continue their search for the woman, Fulke. He seems to think she will help us chase Eadwyn to an early grave. But I do not understand how.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Brewing Rebellion 21.png|thumb|250px|Geadric requesting Eivor's help to weaken Eadwyns forces]] | |||
*'''Geadric:''' ''You do what you must, Eivor. I'll ready what men I've got for the coming fight. I'll move toward [[Cyne Belle Castle]] and bring up the fyrd for an assault. Eadwyn's fortress is strong and sure.'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''You do what you must, Eivor. I'll ready what men I've got for the coming fight. I'll move toward [[Cyne Belle Castle]] and bring up the fyrd for an assault. Eadwyn's fortress is strong and sure.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Is there anything I can do to weaken her grip on the shire? Or make her anxious?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Is there anything I can do to weaken her grip on the shire? Or make her anxious?'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''That I can do.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''That I can do.'' | ||
*'''Geadric:''' ''When you're ready for war, you'll find me at a camp near Cyne Belle Castle.'' | *'''Geadric:''' ''When you're ready for war, you'll find me at a camp near Cyne Belle Castle.'' | ||
==Outcome== | ==Outcome== | ||
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==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
There are several points in this memory where the game's arrangement of actors and other assets does not align with how the cutscenes and narrative play out. At the fish hut, Basim and Sigurd are plainly visible through the doorway, yet the cutscene immediately places Sigurd in hiding and Basim behind the door to ambush Eivor. The cutscene also assumes that the player has spoken to the alewife, even if they skipped the alehouse and went straight to the fish hut. During the confrontation at the longhouse, a soldier pulls Geadric away as Eadwyn walks out, but when the fight begins mere moments later, Geadric is still kneeling with no soldier nearby him. | |||
At Leah Villa Garrison, although Eivor may remark that "they're about to execute the prisoners" as the party draws near, the execution dialogue and its implicit "countdown" does not start until the player gets in close enough proximity to the garrison's western half. This allows them to explore, assassinate soldiers, and loot the Roman bathhouse in the eastern half. If Eivor is discovered, the "countdown" stops as the soldiers becomes hostile, and the judge's call to "execute the prisoners" has no effect. Getting discovered in the bathhouse does not appear to prompt the corresponding dialogue, though the judge may break off from the execution stage and attack Eivor normally. | |||
Additionally, approaching Leah Villa Garrison from the southeast will not prompt the party's dialogues for nearing the location. Reloading any save made there may cause Basim and Sigurd to break off from Eivor and stand in plain view while clapping, as though the game considers them part of the spectating crowd, returning to normal when the fighting starts. Finally, Eivor can find a letter in the garrison explicitly stating Fulke's imprisonment at St. Albanes, but it has no effect on the dialogue or quest progression. | |||
After their rescue, the surviving ''thegns'' aside from Holt will follow the road south to [[Oxford|Oxeneforda]], then split up. They will despawn as soon as they are out of the camera's view and are not seen again. | |||
Aside from Basim briefly holding Eivor at knifepoint, there is no in-game explanation for her general hostility towards him, as this is the first time they have met since "[[Settling Down]]". Interestingly, she is less certain about raising a fyrd against Eadwyn than in "[[Raising Iron]]", where the same kind of army is essential to liberating [[East Anglia]], and though it is possible for players to play this arc before entering East Anglia, it is placed later in the narrative's chronology. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery captionalign="center" position="center" widths="180"> | |||
ACV Brewing Rebellion 1.png|Eivor arriving at Buckingham | |||
ACV Brewing Rebellion 4.png|Eivor entering the house | |||
ACV Brewing Rebellion 12.png|Sigurd, Basim, and Eivor defending themselves | |||
ACV Brewing Rebellion 19.png|Holt thanking Eivor for her aid and assuring his aid to Geadric | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 01:48, 25 May 2026
Brewing Rebellion was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description[edit | edit source]
Eivor travelled to Buckingham in Oxenefordscire to meet her brother Sigurd and Basim.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
Eivor went to speak to Randvi at the alliance map about her next pledge.
- Eivor: What of Oxenefordscire? Sigurd told me he had business there.
- Randvi: Ah, yes... Sigurd is there now, in fact. He bids you go meet him as soon as you can. He has partnered with a rebellious thegn called Geadric, and hopes to install Geadric as ealdorman in exchange for an oath. There's an alehouse in the center of Buckingham. Sigurd will meet you there.
Eivor pledged to Oxenefordscire with amusement over the meeting place.
- Eivor: I should join my brother, then. Where is Buckingham?
Randvi laughed.
- Randvi: Along the Great Ouse river that divides Oxenefordscire. Sigurd will be pleased to see you.
Eivor traveled to Buckingham and found it crawling with soldiers.
- Eivor: Soldiers on alert. What's happened here?
Doing her best to avoid detection, Eivor made her way through the town.
- Eivor: These soldiers are tightly wound.
Eventually she found a larger building toward the center of town. A small group of soldiers were drinking at a table outside.
- Eivor: An alehouse. This must be it.
Avoiding the soldiers, Eivor used a side entrance to enter the alehouse.
- Eivor: Sigurd's not here. I'll ask around.
Eivor spoke to an Anglo-Saxon man sitting at a crowded table.
- Eivor: I'm looking for two men. Not locals, a Norse and an Arab.
- Anglo-Saxon Man 1: The fellas the soldiers came after? If I were you, friend, I'd keep mum about them.
In the middle of the building, pinned to the wall with a knife, she found a notice.
- Banner Announcing Eadwyn's Rule
People of Buckingham
It is so proclaimed that:
Following the death of Ealdorman Theodric, his widow Lady Eadwyn will assume all powers, responsibilities, and prerogatives of his title.
All oaths and obligations made to Oxenefordscire are heretofore to be sworn to her person by all shire members.
On the other side of the building, Eivor spoke to another man.
- Eivor: I'm looking for my brother, a large outspoken Norseman.
- Anglo-Saxon Man 2: Norse? Ha! Was he part of the fight here? Prob'ly killed by Eadwyn's soldiers. Get gone while you can!
Eivor spoke to a woman cleaning one of the tables.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: These soldiers, always leave a bleedin' mess.
- Eivor: Are you the alewife here?
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: You are not welcome here. I've had enough trouble with Danes today.
- Eivor: I'm not here to cause trouble. I'm looking for my brother, a large Norseman.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: It was him what caused the ruckus! Him and that other one were here, talking to Thegn Geadric. Then Lady Eadwyn's soldiers swept in. A fight broke out. Your brother and the tanned fella got away. The soldiers nabbed Geadric, though. I was sorry to see that. He's well-liked in these parts.
- Eivor: Which way did my brother go?
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: Hm. What's it worth to ye to find out?
- Eivor: I'm asking a simple question.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: Look, Dane, you start a scene or a scuffle and I'll scream for soldiers.
- Eivor: You are risking your life, and I'm the one who'll take it.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: O, my. All I know's they jumped through the window!
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: Guards! Help! Help!
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: Help!
- Anglo-Saxon Soldier 1: It's you! You threatened our Mae!
- Anglo-Saxon Soldier 2: Come on lads, it's a fight!
- Eivor: These soldiers are tightly wound.
- Eivor: You seem to respect this man Geadric. If he was talking to my brother, it's because he wants what's best for this shire. Maybe you're a woman who also wants Oxenefordscire to be free and to decide its own fate. A woman who'll stand up for her village, who won't be crushed under the boot of oppression.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: I hope I am.
- Eivor: Such a woman would help me find Geadric's friends.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: You're right, you are. Your brother and his friend jumped through that window there, and scampered off towards the river. It's a good bet they hid in one of them fish houses.
- Eivor: Sigurd and Basim headed south. They wouldn't go far. I'll check along the river.
Eivor moved southwest along the shore and came across a stone hut.
- Eivor: Smells like a fish-house. Good spot to hide.
Eivor entered the fish hut, looking around, and gasped as someone grabbed her from behind and held a knife to her throat. Sigurd rushed from where he was crouched beside a table covered with bread and cheese.
- Sigurd: Wait! Stop!
- Basim: Ahlan wa sahlan, (Hello) Eivor.
Eivor glowered at Basim and he released her.
- Sigurd: We could have cut you to bloody giblets, Wolf-Kissed!
Eivor rubbed her neck.
- Eivor: Why so unnerved, brother? It's not like you.
- Sigurd: Half the soldiers in the shire are hunting us. You must have noticed.
Sigurd turned and went to lean over another table against the far wall, this one covered in papers.
- Eivor: Is that why you haven't come home? You're playing hide-and-fetch with Mercian soldiers?
- Basim: Your brother is a busy man, Eivor. Weighed down by pressing duties.
- Eivor: It's good to see you again, Basim. Even if you haven't kept my brother trained on the task at hand.
- Basim: It's not my place to lead your brother about like a bridled mare.
- Eivor: Now there's an idea...
- Eivor: I wasn't speaking to you, Basim. I'll hear Sigurd's answers from Sigurd.
- Eivor: Haven't you some murderous errands of your own, Basim? Why are you here at all?
- Basim: My path crossed with Sigurd's long ago. We work together now, toward a single purpose.
- Eivor: Brother... we should be forging alliances. Send this man back to his warren before he leads you astray.
Unseen to Eivor, Sigurd rolled his eyes. When he turned and approached her again, it was with open arms and no acknowledgement of her comments regarding Basim.
- Sigurd: Eivor, gods above! I'm grateful you've joined us. We have made strides towards an alliance, in fact. A local thegn called Geadric has pledged an oath to me.
- Eivor: I've heard of him. The alewife also mentioned a Lady Eadwyn who commands the soldiers. Why not ally with her?
- Sigurd: Lady Eadwyn's husband was the shire ealdorman, until Guthrum's army ended his life. Now she's taken up her husband's fight, with the promise of aid from King Aelfred of Wessex.
- Basim: Eadwyn vows revenge on the Danes who stole her husband and her livelihood.
- Sigurd: From what we know, Aelfred is a fearsome king. If Eadwyn can win his full support, this shire is lost to Wessex.
- Eivor: So to fight her, you've pledged your sword to a minor thegn who likely commands a gang of farmers and fisherman.
- Sigurd: Have faith, Eivor. A few hundred Saxons armed with hayforks and billhooks can be terrifying.
Eivor shook her head in disapproval.
- Eivor: Gods.
- Basim: All men and women, noble or peasant, have within them the seeds of something greater.
- Sigurd: This is true. Sometimes greater than the average mind can fathom.
- Eivor: Well, Eadwyn has Geadric in shackles now. All your plotting has turned to ash.
Eivor stepped toward Sigurd challengingly and he met her stare.
- Sigurd: Not if we act soon. She dragged her prisoners to the longhouse. With you here, we can mount a surprise attack.
- Eivor: If Geadric is our best chance for an alliance, let's see it done.
Eivor made for the door. Behind her, Sigurd and Basim shared a look before following. Outside, Eivor led the way toward the longhouse.
- Eivor: Sigurd. Has Basim talked you into something of little reward?
- Sigurd: Eivor, have you lost hope in my warcraft? I heed Basim's wisdom, but he follows my lead. Always.
- Eivor: He has the look of one who trusts none but himself.
- Sigurd: Basim is secretive by nature. But he is wise and forthright. And he has opened my eyes to a magnificent truth. He has promised me a reward so unusual, so incredible, it will shatter your mind to shards.
- Eivor: Brother, our bond has the iron heft of a war axe. Do not let Basim and his prophecies of good fortune sway you from our simple goal.
- Sigurd: Never. Our goal is fixed. We shall soon be the lords of Mercia, then all of England. But Basim has a deep insight. He's read wisdom in the lines of my face and heard the litany of my forefathers, and... Well, there will be time enough for my saga later.
As they neared the longhouse, they heard a man shouting inside.
- Geadric: Untie me, cowards!
They came to the longhouse door.
- Sigurd: Eadwyn. She's in there.
- Eivor: Come. We'll batter the door.
Together, Eivor and one of her companions forced the door open. Inside, they found Geadric kneeling and bound, surrounded by Eadwyn and her soldiers.
- Geadric: Sigurd! Kill this sweaty fishwife!
One of the soldiers drew his sword, and Eadwyn held out a hand to stop him.
- Eadwyn: Stay your blades! This traitor, Geadric, will face trial. As will all the treasonous thegns of this shire.
The soldiers sheathed their blades.
- Geadric: You're the traitor, Eadwyn! Calling on Aelfred of Wessex, begging for his army!
- Eadwyn: Clap your meadhole, Geadric. Lapdog of the Danes.
- Geadric: You'll sell us out to Wessex! And that poxy-assed bastard Aelfred! We won't 'ave it!
- Eivor: Lady, there is no need for slaughter. We all want peace for Oxenefordscire. Can we find some agreement?
- Eivor: You're not the ealdorman here, Lady Eadwyn. Turn around and walk away, and we'll leave you be.
- Eivor: Eadwyn. You're nothing now but a churlish widow. What power you had lies rotting in your husband's grave.
- Eadwyn: You heathenish, fork-tongued Dane. Foul-smelling heap, I shit on you all!
Sigurd stepped forward.
- Sigurd: Lady, choose your next words with care. For you see before you the future master of all England. Sigurd of the hungry Raven Clan. Lay down your arms, free my friend here, and kiss my lordly feet. You will not get a second chance.
- Eivor: Sigurd, are you cracked?
- Eadwyn: And you can kiss my rosy red arse, whey-face!
Eadwyn turned and walked through her soldiers toward another exit.
- Eadwyn: I've done with this offal. I leave them to you! Flay them alive and tan their flesh for saddles.
As she left, her men attacked.
- Sigurd: Geadric, what have they done to you?
- Basim: What kind of mess did you get yourself into?
- Geadric: Untie me! I can still fight these bastards!
Eivor released Geadric and he helped fight the soldiers unarmed.
- Geadric: Damn Eadwyn. Blood for Oxenefordscire!
The last of the soldiers was defeated.
- Geadric: Damn her to Hell, the harpy escaped!
Eivor regrouped with Sigurd and Geadric.
- Geadric: Good Lord, you fight well. Thank you for that.
The last of the soldiers was defeated.
- Geadric: Damn her to Hell, the harpy escaped!
- Geadric: I was desperate to fight. You should have freed me!
- Sigurd: Geadric, this is Eivor. My stone-armed sibling.
- Geadric: Well met.
- Eivor: That was your plan, Sigurd? To charm the lady with your vague hope of kingship?
- Sigurd: Prophecy, Eivor. Not hope.
- Geadric: No time to squabble. Eadwyn's taken most of the shire's thegns. She has her way, they'll be dead by supper!
Basim came to join them.
- Sigurd: Tend your wounds, Geadric. We'll free your friends.
- Basim: And what of the holy woman, Fulke? You promised us a meeting with her.
- Geadric: I did, aye. But it's a fair mystery why you'd want to talk with--
- Basim: Where is she?
- Geadric: Thegn Holt will know. Fulke lives on his lands. But he'll be dead with the rest, if you don't stop the trial.
- Sigurd: Tell us where and we'll go now. Their lives depend on the speed of your tongue.
- Geadric: Southwest of here, halfway to Oxeneforda, at the Leah Villa Garrison.
- Sigurd: Basim, Eivor. To horse!
Before leaving the longhouse, Eivor looked around. On a barrel, she found a note.
- Letter from a Captain
Lady Eadwyn,
We have successfully captured the rebel thegns. We caught them as they were fleeing to Oxeneforda.
We will proceed with their trial and execution as you ordered.
For Oxenefordscire!
On a bench, she found another.
- Letter from Aelfred of Wessex
Lady Eadwyn,
You have my blessing in your efforts to secure control of Oxenefordscire.
Should you need men at arms, do not hesitate to call on Wessex.
-Aelfred.
Outside, Eivor, Sigurd and Basim mounted their horses and rode toward the garrison.
- Sigurd: Off again, Eivor. You and I, with blades drawn and hearts ablaze!
- Eivor: Who is this Fulke that Basim spoke of?
- Sigurd: An ally, Eivor. A most important ally. A holy woman who trades in prophecies and secret knowledge.
- Eivor: That is not the sort of alliance we're looking for, Sigurd.
- Sigurd: No, it's even better! You cannot imagine what discoveries await.
- Eivor: You are speaking strangely, Brother.
- Sigurd: Because I am alive, Eivor. My heart's alight with the fuel of battle-fire. Like old time, hey?
- Eivor: Yes, Sigurd. Like old times.
- Sigurd: Remember our hunts beyond the northern way? Our first big kill was a ten-point deer. We brought it down together. The arrows from our bows, like darts of ice.
- Eivor: With sharpened shin-bones for skinning the beast.
- Sigurd: You on the right, me on the left, we leapt and struck!
- Eivor: We crashed to the ground like a felled tree. Then the bloody struggle.
- Sigurd: Damn animal bit my hand! Never knew a buck could bite so hard!
- Eivor: But I pierced its throat, spilling its life-wine into the drifts. That put an end to him.
- Basim: Such tales you siblings tell.
- Sigurd: Just one of a thousand, Basim. It was the glorious dawn of our lives.
- Eivor: You haven't yet explained who this Fulke woman is.
- Sigurd: When the time is right, I will.
- Basim: She is the fulcrum of a larger plan.
- Eivor: Above conquering England? What larger plan could we need?
- Sigurd: Patience, Eivor. Patience.
- Eivor: Fine. Keep your dread secrets, Brother. But if this alliance fails, you may take them to your grave.
- Sigurd: This fever will break once you know the whole truth. I promise.
They reached the garrison, set within roman ruins. At the entrance a crowd of people were gathered around a stone platform.
- Basim: There! We have time yet. They're holding the trials just ahead.
- Sigurd: My blade is thirsty, friends. Shall we roll in like three barrels afire?
- Eivor: No, we must be careful. Do not let the executioner swing his axe.
On the platform, three men knelt bound while Eadwyn's captain addressed the crowd, a soldier standing guard on either side.
- Eivor: They're about to execute the prisoners.
- Judge: These subjects of the Lady Eadwyn have betrayed their oaths to the shire...
- Thegn Sherwin: Not true!
- Judge: Silence! They stand accused and are guilty of spreading calumny against our sainted Lady Eadwyn and engaging in sedition and general disreputable acts!
- Thegn Brant: Pig shite!
The executioner came from deeper in the garrison to stand beside Brant.
- Judge: Each shall be called to confess his perfidy. Confession grants atoned death. Failure to confess earns a disgraceful death.
Moving amongst the crowd, Eivor could hear them whispering to each other.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 2: These are stalwart thegns. What have they done wrong?
- Anglo-Saxon Man 3: Lady Eadwyn is behind this sham trial.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 3: Who will Eadwyn come after next?
- Anglo-Saxon Man 4: Damned if I believe these men are guilty of anything.
(If Eivor went to Holt first)
- Further into the garrison, someone called out to Eivor quietly.
- Thegn Holt: Get me out of here. Eadwyn will have me flayed alive.
- Eivor found Thegn Holt being kept in a wooden cage and freed him.
- Eivor: Stay close. I'll help the others.
Eivor attacked the soldiers.
- Thegn Brant: Rescue us! We can help!
- Judge: Thegn Brant!
- Thegn Brant: I stand innocent!
- Judge: Do you confess to cravenly plotting to betray Lady Eadwyn?
- Thegn Brant: My father, his father, and his father's father all fought for Mercia! I have fought for Mercia! Now you would shackle us to the whoremonger of Wessex? This trial is a sham, and you are an ass.
- Judge: Disgraceful death!
Eivor attacked the soldiers.
- Judge: Thegn Octe!
- Thegn Octe: O, dear Lord.
- Judge: Do you confess to abetting the disgraced Thegn Brant in his betrayal of Lady Eadwyn?
- Thegn Octe: Have mercy! I am but a poor farmer. My crops have seen this shire through bad times. You, yourself, judge, borrowed three bales—
- Judge: Enough! A disgraceful death awaits!
Eivor attacked the soldiers.
- Judge: Thegn Sherwin!
- Thegn Sherwin: Aye.
- Judge: Confess the many ways in which you betrayed Lady Eadwyn of Oxenefordscire.
- Thegn Sherwin: I confess that you have oat mash for brains and that you couple with sheep!
- Judge: Most disgraceful death!
- Judge: Enough justice for now. We will break for the midday meal!
- Anglo-Saxon Soldier 3: A rebel!
- Judge: Execute the prisoners at once!
Eivor fought the soldiers, freeing the thegns to help the fight.
- Anglo-Saxon Soldier 4: The executioner's been killed! Get the murderer!
- (Thegn Brant freed)
- Thegn Brant: We must bring down Eadwyn once and for all.
- (Thegn Octe freed)
- Thegn Octe: I stand with Geadric.
- (Thegn Sherwin freed)
- Thegn Sherwin: I owe you my life, friend.
(If Eivor went to Holt last)
- Further into the garrison, someone called out to Eivor quietly.
- Thegn Holt: Friend, get me out of here before they have my head. Break this bleedin' cage open, would ya?
- Eivor found Thegn Holt being kept in a wooden cage and freed him.
Along with Thegn Holt and the rescued thegns, Eivor, Sigurd, and Basim fought their way out of the garrison.
- (If Brant lives)
- Thegn Brant: That's thegn justice for you! You'll regret this!
- (If Octe lives)
- Thegn Octe: Fight for Geadric! For Oxenefordscire! Down with Eadwyn!
- (If Sherwin lives)
- Thegn Sherwin: Is that your best shot? I'm taking you down! Thegns united!
- (Holt freed and fighting)
- Thegn Holt: For the shire! For God and Mercia! Down with Lady Eadwyn.
With the other three thegns executed, Eivor was only able to secure the release of Thegn Holt.
- Eivor: I'm sorry about the others.
With the thegns fully accounted for, dead or alive, Eivor released the last thegn.
- Eivor: Geadric sent me to find you. Let's go, now!
- Eivor: Geadric sent me. Let's get away from this place.
By force or by stealth, Eivor and her entourage exited the garrison and made for the relative safety of the woods.
- Thegn Holt: We can talk safely over there. We fought with our weaselly ealdorman for years. Now his widow wants to lop off our heads.
The group reached an open area near the river, out of view from the garrison.
- Thegn Holt: Bless you all. Thanks to you, I live to pay Lady Eadwyn back in blood. I am Thegn Holt. Does Geadric live?
- Eivor: He's safe in Buckingham.
- Sigurd: Good thegn, we are at your side in this fight. To keep this land in the hands of those who love Mercia, be they Saxon or Dane.
- Thegn Holt: God in Heaven knows, I'd sooner see a Dane married to my daughter than sell a man of Wessex one of my pigs.
Eivor and Sigurd smirked at each other.
- Thegn Holt: If Geadric is behind you, then I am too.
- Basim: We're told you know of a holy woman, Fulke. Where is she now?
Eivor grew annoyed.
- Eivor: Can we not fixate on this cipher, Fulke? Eadwyn is our focus.
- Sigurd: Fulke holds a secret that may turn the tide of this fight. Without her, I cannot achieve my full purpose here.
- Thegn Holt: The madwoman, Fulke?
- Eivor: You see, Brother? Your mysterious Fulke has a mind in disarray.
- Sigurd: Mad or no, I want to speak with her.
- Eivor: If you want my backing, Brother, you'll explain yourself. How is a madwoman central to your plans?
- Sigurd: When we find her, I will tell you all you wish to know. Until then, nothing.
- Eivor: However deranged she may be, my brother wishes to meet her. The sooner you make this happen, the swifter this war will end.
- Thegn Holt: Understand this. Fulke is a heretic. A sower of poisoned knowledge and an enemy of the Church. She claims to have seen or spoken with God himself, and for this Lady Eadwyn had her imprisoned, I know not where.
- Basim: At a monastery, I suppose. We should make inquiries.
- Eivor: Sigurd, do we not owe Geadric some word of what has happened here?
- Sigurd: You can speak with him in my stead. But we must hurry. Fulke's life may be in danger.
- Eivor: We risk losing all the gains we've made here for the sake of this woman.
Sigurd put a hand on Eivor's shoulder.
- Sigurd: Trust me, Eivor. Fulke is of great importance. You'll soon understand.
- Eivor: I hope I will.
- Sigurd: We have a camp to the east at Linforda. An old harbor on the Great Ouse. Meet us there.
- Thegn Holt: We thegns will raise a fyrd and join with you to take down Eadwyn. Whatever it takes.
- Thegn Holt: The thegns that died here were honorable and just. By my faith, I'll raise a fyrd of able men and take revenge on Eadwyn.
- Thegn Holt: Bring this news to Geadric. And tell him we'll be ready when he calls.
- Eivor: Every man will be needed.
The others left for their own destinations. Before leaving the area, Eivor returned to the garrison to find what she could. In the main building, she found a letter.
- Letter to the Judge
It has fallen to you to render judgment on those several thegns who have flouted Lady Eadwyn's rule. There is no question of innocence, but should they confess, let them die more easily.
In a locked room to one side of the complex, she found another.
- Letter from Lady Eadwyn
Note well, although I cannot fathom his reasoning, our friend Aelfred of Wessex has requested that the heretic Fulke be kept alive.
Therefore, be it so that this Fulke be taken to Saint Albanes Abbey and there imprisoned for the rest of her days.
By commandment, your Lady of the Shire, Eadwyn
Eivor returned to Buckingham. Within the village, it appeared all of Eadwyn's men were gone.
- Eivor: Ah. No soldiers here now. Geadric's cleared them all out.
Before finding Geadric, Eivor returned to the alehouse and spoke to the woman there again.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: Did you find your brother, then?
- Eivor: I'm touched that you would ask.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: I shouldn't'a made you pay. But the silver's been well spent. I've used actual barley for the ale, this batch.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: You had no real cause to frighten me. I'd'a told you where they'd gone, if you'd done me some sweet talk.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: I'm well ashamed I almost made you pay. But it all worked out right, didn't it?
Eivor left the alehouse and continued her search. Outside the longhouse, she found Geadric standing by a broken cart of supplies, talking to some of his men.
- Geadric: She's well supplied, that's for certain. Well done capturing these, lads.
- Anglo-Saxon Soldier 5: It was bloody business.
- Geadric: Oil jars, springald arrows, fodder and the like. Take what's useful and burn the rest.
Geadric's men left and Eivor approached him.
- Eivor: Geadric.
- Geadric: Eivor! Do the thegns live?
- Eivor: Every single one. They've set out to raise a fyrd of fighting men. They all stand with you, Geadric.
- Geadric: We'll need every pike and poker we have to take down Eadwyn.
- Eivor: In spite of our efforts, some were killed.
- Geadric: Damn good men, all of 'em. I swear, I'll gut Eadwyn to honor those we lost.
- Geadric: And you, and your brother, are you still with me?
- Eivor: I like your bluntness, Geadric. My axe is yours. My brother's too.
- Geadric: Eadwyn's plopped her haunches down in her castle now. She has men and supplies comin', curse her eyes.
Geadric spat on the ground.
- Geadric: Where is your brother and the odd fellow?
- Eivor: They continue their search for the woman, Fulke. He seems to think she will help us chase Eadwyn to an early grave. But I do not understand how.
- Geadric: You do what you must, Eivor. I'll ready what men I've got for the coming fight. I'll move toward Cyne Belle Castle and bring up the fyrd for an assault. Eadwyn's fortress is strong and sure.
- Eivor: Is there anything I can do to weaken her grip on the shire? Or make her anxious?
Geadric thought about this for a moment.
- Geadric: Ah, there's a notion. You could chip away at her flag-bearers if you see them, and defend my fyrd if any are in strife.
He looked back at the broken cart.
- Geadric: We stole some of her supplies here. If you see any other stores like this, destroy them.
- Eivor: That I can do.
- Geadric: When you're ready for war, you'll find me at a camp near Cyne Belle Castle.
Outcome[edit | edit source]
Eivor rescued Geadric and the thanes.
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
There are several points in this memory where the game's arrangement of actors and other assets does not align with how the cutscenes and narrative play out. At the fish hut, Basim and Sigurd are plainly visible through the doorway, yet the cutscene immediately places Sigurd in hiding and Basim behind the door to ambush Eivor. The cutscene also assumes that the player has spoken to the alewife, even if they skipped the alehouse and went straight to the fish hut. During the confrontation at the longhouse, a soldier pulls Geadric away as Eadwyn walks out, but when the fight begins mere moments later, Geadric is still kneeling with no soldier nearby him.
At Leah Villa Garrison, although Eivor may remark that "they're about to execute the prisoners" as the party draws near, the execution dialogue and its implicit "countdown" does not start until the player gets in close enough proximity to the garrison's western half. This allows them to explore, assassinate soldiers, and loot the Roman bathhouse in the eastern half. If Eivor is discovered, the "countdown" stops as the soldiers becomes hostile, and the judge's call to "execute the prisoners" has no effect. Getting discovered in the bathhouse does not appear to prompt the corresponding dialogue, though the judge may break off from the execution stage and attack Eivor normally.
Additionally, approaching Leah Villa Garrison from the southeast will not prompt the party's dialogues for nearing the location. Reloading any save made there may cause Basim and Sigurd to break off from Eivor and stand in plain view while clapping, as though the game considers them part of the spectating crowd, returning to normal when the fighting starts. Finally, Eivor can find a letter in the garrison explicitly stating Fulke's imprisonment at St. Albanes, but it has no effect on the dialogue or quest progression.
After their rescue, the surviving thegns aside from Holt will follow the road south to Oxeneforda, then split up. They will despawn as soon as they are out of the camera's view and are not seen again.
Aside from Basim briefly holding Eivor at knifepoint, there is no in-game explanation for her general hostility towards him, as this is the first time they have met since "Settling Down". Interestingly, she is less certain about raising a fyrd against Eadwyn than in "Raising Iron", where the same kind of army is essential to liberating East Anglia, and though it is possible for players to play this arc before entering East Anglia, it is placed later in the narrative's chronology.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Eivor arriving at Buckingham -
Eivor entering the house -
Sigurd, Basim, and Eivor defending themselves -
Holt thanking Eivor for her aid and assuring his aid to Geadric
