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{{Character Infobox
{{Character Infobox
|name = Hildr
|name = Hildr
|native =
|image = ACV MC Hildr Database Render.png
|image =  
|death = After 75,000 BCE<ref name="Initiates">''[[Assassin's Creed: Initiates]]'' – Timeline</ref> (2306 [[Isu Era|IE]])<ref name="ACSModern">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]: "World War I simulation"</ref><br>[[Venutius Tomb]], [[Nottinghamshire|Snotinghamscire]], [[England]]
|birth =
|death = Sometime after 75,000 BCE<ref name="TheAll-SeeingEye">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – Timeline</ref> (2306 [[Isu Era|IE]])<ref name="TheAll-SeeingEye">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The All-Seeing Eye]]</ref><br>[[Venutius Tomb]], [[Nottinghamshire|Snotinghamscire]], [[England]]<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]: Tombs of the Fallen</ref>
|active =
|species = [[Isu]]
|species = [[Isu]]
|database = [[Database: Hildr]]
|database = [[Database: Hildr|Hildr]]
|affiliates = [[Asgard]]<br>[[Vanir]]<br>[[Æsir]]
|affiliates = [[Æsir]]
*[[Valkyrie]]s
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'''Hildr''' was a member of the [[Valkyrie]]s, {{Wiki|psychopomp}}s in [[Norse mythology]] who brought the worthy dead called the ''[[einherjar]]'' to their rewarded afterlife of [[Valhalla (afterlife)|Valhalla]].<ref>{{WP|Hildr}}</ref> Following a failed revolution against [[Odin]], she was imprisoned underground and died<ref name="All-Seeing Eye">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Mastery Challenge]]'' – [[The All-Seeing Eye]]</ref> in what later became the [[Venutius Tomb|tomb]] for the [[Britons|Brittonic]] chief [[Venutius]].<ref name="Tomb">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Floating conversations]]: Tombs of the Fallen</ref>
'''Hildr''', was an [[Isu]] who became known as a [[Valkyrie]] within [[Norse people|Norse]] [[Norse mythology|Mythology]]. A part of [[Freyja]]'s personal guard she led a failed revelution against the leader of [[Asgard]] [[Odin]] which led to her imprisoning.<ref name="TheAll-SeeingEye">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The All-Seeing Eye]]</ref>
 
Within Norse mythology she had the ability to ressurect [[draugr|fallen]] [[warrior]]s and as a psychopomp brought the dead to [[Valhalla]], she also accompanied Odin in his [[Wild hunt]].<ref>{{Wiki|Hildr}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Hildr served as a Valkyrie to [[Freyja]], a member of the [[Vanir]]. Over time, the two became lovers,<ref name="All-Seeing Eye"/> but their relationship was cut short when Freyja entered a political marriage with the [[Ásgarðr|Asgardian]] ruler Odin in an attempt to stop the {{Wiki|Æsir–Vanir War|ongoing war}} between the two groups.<ref name="Frigg DB">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: Freyja]]</ref> Despite this, Hildr remained loyal to Freyja and continued to faithfully serve her,<ref name="All-Seeing Eye"/> as well as Odin.<ref name="Cryptic Tutelage">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mastery Challenge'' – [[The Cryptic Tutelage of Hildiran]]</ref>


Hildr was a Valkryie to the Isu Freyja, at one point the two became lovers but their love was cut short as the much older [[Aesir]] King Odin in a political move married freyja in an attempt to stop the war between the two groups from continuing further. The plan succeded and the war ended between the groups.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]: mastery Challenge: The Reckoning</ref>
At some point, Hildr was appointed the Chief Guardian of the [[Eden Ring Station]], working alongside an [[Rah Cel'eze (artificial intelligence)|artificial intelligence]] modeled after [[Rah Cel'eze]], the author of the [[Rings of Eden]] initiative. After learning that the Station would be shut down due to the project being unable to reach completion before the [[Great Catastrophe]], a furious Hildr went to appeal to the [[High Council|Isu High Council]] but never returned to her post, and so the project was shut down as planned.<ref name="Tomb"/>


===Uppcoming catastrophe===
===Imprisonment and death===
Hildr had still stayed close to Freyja as her Valkyrie as such she learned of Odin's plan to save himself and the other Aeisr Isu from the devistation of the [[Great Catastrophe]].
Hildr eventually learned of Odin's intention to save himself and eight others he trusted from the catastrophe, a goal he had hoped to keep secret. Enraged at Odin's selfishness in letting the rest of Asgard and the [[Nine Realms]] perish, Hildr organized the Valkyries into a revolt. However, Freyja leaked word of her former lover's plan to Odin, and after he quashed the burgeoning resistance, he focused his wrath upon her.<ref name="All-Seeing Eye"/> Incensed that one of his most loyal servants had betrayed him, he locked Hildr's armor in [[Odin's Vault|his vault]], stripped away her immortality,<ref name="Cryptic Tutelage"/> and chained her in an underground cell.<ref name="All-Seeing Eye"/>


Furious that Odin thought only of himself and his friends, leaving all other beings in Asgard to perish, Hildr rallied the Valkyries to attack. But, betrayed by Freyja, her rebellion suffered defeat and Odin let fall his merciless justice. Odin furious and jealous he sentenced Hildr to a deep, while sealing her sacred armor within his own [[Odin's Vault|vault]] and sealing the key to find it within [[Freyja's Cave]].
Freyja, devastated at her role in Hildr's life sentence but unable to defy her husband, had her [[Freya's medallion|medallion]] delivered to the prison as a token of their love, but Hildr resented the gift and had it sent away to her daughters, whom she made swear would take vengeance on [[Reborn Isu|whatever form]] Odin took in the future. Hildr's subterranean jail allowed her to survive the [[Sun]]'s devastation on Earth's surface above, but her new mortality resulted in her slowly wasting away until she had starved to death.<ref name="All-Seeing Eye"/>
 
Distraught by her part in Hildr's fate, yet unable to defy Odin, Freyja arranged to deliver her own [[Freya's medallion|amulet]] as a token of a past love. Hildr wept bitter tears and sent the amulet off to her daughters in hopes it would one day be of use, swearing vengance on Odin for his selfishness and for him taking her love away. Hildr then languished for years within the cell, slowly starving to death.


===Legacy===
===Legacy===
Hildr's vengance was carried on, passing the Amulet of freyja by her daughters to their daughters and so on for generations, in the 870s the amulet had been passed down to [[Hildiran]]. Having found Odin's reincarnation in the [[Jarl|Jarlskrona]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] she tricked the viking into opening freyja's cave for her. And in later years tricked her into finding Hildr's lost armor for her.
Hildr's daughters continued her quest for revenge over the next 75 millennia, always passing Freyja's medallion to each successive generation with the oath that they would do everything in their power to find and kill Odin's reborn self.<ref name="All-Seeing Eye"/>


==Personality and traits==
By the late 9th century, the elderly woman [[Hildiran]] owned the medallion. Upon correctly identifying Odin's psyche within the [[Raven Clan]]'s ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], she tricked the [[Vikings|Viking]] into opening [[Freyja's Cave]], which housed [[Odin's Eye]],<ref name="Cryptic Tutelage"/> a compass that in turn led to Odin's Vault. There, Hildiran recovered Hildr's lost armor and tried to use it to enact her ancestor's retribution. However, Eivor bested Hildiran, who then recounted Hildir's story and pledged her loyalty to the Viking after acknowledging that Eivor was wiser than Odin, thus putting an end to her bloodline's quest for vengeance.<ref name="All-Seeing Eye"/>
===Equipment and skills===
Hildr as a Valkyrie was a skilled fighter and with the Amulet of Freyja she could train within a mind realm as much as she wished.


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*Hildr's hidden armor is a slightly modified version of the [[Helix]] pack [[Valkyrie set]], apparently having no visual connotaitons to Isu culture unlike other Isu armors within the game. If this is due to a sort of Fashion style within Isu culture or reuse of assets is unknown.
Hildr is a mythological figure and character mentioned in ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' through database entries and story elements added in the ''[[Mastery Challenge]]'' update. Her armor appears as a slightly modified version of the [[Valkyrie Set]] from the ''[[Valkyrie Pack]]''. There currently is no explanation for why the outfit has a [[Norse people|Norse]] aesthetic instead of an Isu one.
 
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] [[Mastery Challenge]]'' {{Corpse}}
**''[[Mastery Challenge]]'' {{1st}}
 


==References==
==References==
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"The blood of Valkyries flows in my veins. Blood once spilled by the One-Eyed!"
―Hildiran speaking of her ancestry, 880s CE.[src]-[m]

Hildr was a member of the Valkyries, psychopomps in Norse mythology who brought the worthy dead called the einherjar to their rewarded afterlife of Valhalla.[3] Following a failed revolution against Odin, she was imprisoned underground and died[4] in what later became the tomb for the Brittonic chief Venutius.[5]

Biography[edit | edit source]

Early life[edit | edit source]

Hildr served as a Valkyrie to Freyja, a member of the Vanir. Over time, the two became lovers,[4] but their relationship was cut short when Freyja entered a political marriage with the Asgardian ruler Odin in an attempt to stop the ongoing war between the two groups.[6] Despite this, Hildr remained loyal to Freyja and continued to faithfully serve her,[4] as well as Odin.[7]

At some point, Hildr was appointed the Chief Guardian of the Eden Ring Station, working alongside an artificial intelligence modeled after Rah Cel'eze, the author of the Rings of Eden initiative. After learning that the Station would be shut down due to the project being unable to reach completion before the Great Catastrophe, a furious Hildr went to appeal to the Isu High Council but never returned to her post, and so the project was shut down as planned.[5]

Imprisonment and death[edit | edit source]

Hildr eventually learned of Odin's intention to save himself and eight others he trusted from the catastrophe, a goal he had hoped to keep secret. Enraged at Odin's selfishness in letting the rest of Asgard and the Nine Realms perish, Hildr organized the Valkyries into a revolt. However, Freyja leaked word of her former lover's plan to Odin, and after he quashed the burgeoning resistance, he focused his wrath upon her.[4] Incensed that one of his most loyal servants had betrayed him, he locked Hildr's armor in his vault, stripped away her immortality,[7] and chained her in an underground cell.[4]

Freyja, devastated at her role in Hildr's life sentence but unable to defy her husband, had her medallion delivered to the prison as a token of their love, but Hildr resented the gift and had it sent away to her daughters, whom she made swear would take vengeance on whatever form Odin took in the future. Hildr's subterranean jail allowed her to survive the Sun's devastation on Earth's surface above, but her new mortality resulted in her slowly wasting away until she had starved to death.[4]

Legacy[edit | edit source]

Hildr's daughters continued her quest for revenge over the next 75 millennia, always passing Freyja's medallion to each successive generation with the oath that they would do everything in their power to find and kill Odin's reborn self.[4]

By the late 9th century, the elderly woman Hildiran owned the medallion. Upon correctly identifying Odin's psyche within the Raven Clan's jarlskona Eivor Varinsdottir, she tricked the Viking into opening Freyja's Cave, which housed Odin's Eye,[7] a compass that in turn led to Odin's Vault. There, Hildiran recovered Hildr's lost armor and tried to use it to enact her ancestor's retribution. However, Eivor bested Hildiran, who then recounted Hildir's story and pledged her loyalty to the Viking after acknowledging that Eivor was wiser than Odin, thus putting an end to her bloodline's quest for vengeance.[4]

Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]

Hildr is a mythological figure and character mentioned in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla through database entries and story elements added in the Mastery Challenge update. Her armor appears as a slightly modified version of the Valkyrie Set from the Valkyrie Pack. There currently is no explanation for why the outfit has a Norse aesthetic instead of an Isu one.

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Timeline
  2. Assassin's Creed: SyndicateModern day: "World War I simulation"
  3. Hildr on Wikipedia
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Assassin's Creed: ValhallaMastery ChallengeThe All-Seeing Eye
  5. 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed: ValhallaFloating conversations: Tombs of the Fallen
  6. Assassin's Creed: ValhallaDatabase: Freyja
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mastery ChallengeThe Cryptic Tutelage of Hildiran