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| {{Spoilerhd|10 February 2021}} | | {{Update|''[[The Last Chapter]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]''}} |
| [[File:ACV_-_Animus_Anomaly.jpg|thumb|250px|Layla completing the Kildesbig Anomaly]] | | {{Imageneed|''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' and/or ''[[The Last Chapter]]''}} |
| '''Animus Anomalies''' were genetic mnemonic data fragments scattered around the virtual representations of both [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] [[England]] and [[Hordaland|Hordafylke]], [[Norway]] rendered by the [[Animus#Animus HR-8.5|Animus HR-8.5]]. | | [[File:ACV The Last Chapter Promo 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Eivor Varinsdottir interacting with an Animus Anomaly]] |
| | | '''Animus Anomalies''' were [[genetic memory]] data fragments scattered around the virtual representations of both [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] [[England]] and [[Hordaland|Hordafylke]], [[Norway]] rendered by the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]]. [[Layla Hassan]] and [[Basim ibn Ishaq]] were both able to locate several of them while reliving the life of the [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]. Each Anomaly involved a digital platforming-puzzle inside the simulation that Layla had to complete. Nearing the completion of each Anomaly, recordings of distorted voices could be heard.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> |
| [[Layla Hassan]] was able to locate several of them while reliving the memories of the [[Vikings|Viking]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]. Each Anomaly involved a digital platforming-puzzle inside the simulation that Layla had to complete. Nearing the completion of each Anomaly, the echoes of [[Isu|ancient]] voices could be heard. | |
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| ==Origins== | | ==Origins== |
| The Animus Anomalies were created by the [[Isu]] [[Loki]] through his reincarnation, [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], during his time trapped within the [[Yggdrasil]] supercomputer which he then sent to the [[Assassins]] via his mysterious audio file. They contained encrypted fragments of Loki's own memory during the [[Great Catastrophe]] and during the solving of the puzzles the voices of Loki and his lover [[Aletheia|Angrboda]] could be heard.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> Collecting all ten of the fragments pieced together the complete memory which amazed Layla and her allies [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]] who helped her decode it.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – AA_Complete</ref> Complete and unfettered Isu memories straight from the source were a rarity, with only one [[The Truth|other]] being known to the Assassins at that time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]''</ref> | | The Animus Anomalies were created by the [[Isu]] [[Loki]] through his [[Isu incarnation|incarnation]] Basim during his time trapped within the supercomputer [[Yggdrasil]]. He then sent notice of these to the [[Assassins]] via an audio file. The anomalies contained encrypted fragments of Loki's own memory during the [[Great Catastrophe]], and during the solving of the puzzles, the voices of Loki and his lover [[Aletheia]] could be heard.<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern day]]</ref> Collecting all ten of the fragments pieced together the complete memory which amazed Layla and her allies [[Shaun Hastings]] and [[Rebecca Crane]], who helped her decode it. Complete and unfettered Isu memories straight from the source were a rarity, with only [[The Truth|one other]] example being known to the Assassins at that time.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – Modern day</ref> |
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| ==Anomaly locations== | | ==Anomaly locations== |
| Each Animus Anomaly was located sporadically with no significance to any particular location. Approaching within close proximity to the Anomaly caused the simulation session to become unstable and glitch. Upon interacting with said Anomalies, the simulation would pause itself and Layla was free to complete the puzzle. The Anomalies were represented on the Animus map function by a icon resembling the {{Wiki|Nabla symbol}} with the letter "{{Wiki|Lambda|Λ}}" inside.<ref name="ACV" /> | | [[File:ACV - Animus Anomaly.jpg|thumb|250px|Layla completing the Kildesbig Anomaly]] |
| | | Each Animus Anomaly was located sporadically with no significance to any particular location. Approaching within close proximity to the Anomaly caused the simulation session to become unstable and glitch. Upon interacting with said Anomalies, the simulation would pause itself and Layla was free to complete the puzzle. The Anomalies were represented on the Animus map function with the [[File:ACV Icon Animus Anomalies.png|30px]] icon.<ref name="ACV" /> |
| *[[Hlurrholt]], [[Torghatten Rock]], Hordafylke | | *Near an aqueduct southeast of the [[Evinghou Tower]], [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]] |
| | *[[Basilica Ruins]], [[Lincolnshire|Lincolnscire]] |
| | *[[Briudun Hill]], [[Nottinghamshire|Snotinghamscire]] |
| | *[[Hlutrholt]], [[Torghatten Rock]], Hordafylke |
| *[[Kildesbig]], [[Leicestershire|Ledecestrescire]] | | *[[Kildesbig]], [[Leicestershire|Ledecestrescire]] |
| *[[Needham Lake]], [[East Anglia]] | | *[[Needham Lake]], [[East Anglia]] |
| *Near an aqueduct southeast of the [[Evinghou Tower]], [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]]
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| *[[Quartzite Ridge]], [[Shropshire|Sciropescire]] | | *[[Quartzite Ridge]], [[Shropshire|Sciropescire]] |
| *[[Basicila Ruins]], [[Lincolnshire|Lincolnscire]]
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| *[[Seven Sisters]], [[Sussex|Suthsexe]] | | *[[Seven Sisters]], [[Sussex|Suthsexe]] |
| | *[[The Needles]], [[Hampshire|Hamtunscire]] |
| *[[Thornburg Henges]], [[Yorkshire|Eurviscire]] | | *[[Thornburg Henges]], [[Yorkshire|Eurviscire]] |
| *[[Briudun Hill]], [[Nottinghamshire|Snotinghamscire]]
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| *[[The Needles]], [[Hampshire|Hamtunscire]]
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| ==Behind the scenes== | | ==Memory fragments== |
| In ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla achievements|achievement]] '''"The Hidden Truth"''' could be earned by completing all the anomalies and unlocking the secret memory.
| | <!-- So this is ordered chronologically, based on these few facts: |
| | * Hlutrholt must come before Briudun Hill, which must come before Aqueduct; for the first establishes that a seventh solution is being worked on, second says Juno gifted it to Odin, and third speaks about stealing it. |
| | * Thornbug -> Quartzite -> Kildesbig; for Loki's son gets arrested in the first, Loki kills Odin's son in the second and the third one has an attempted arrest of Loki. |
| | * Basilica Ruins -> Needham Lake -> Seven Sisters; Aletheia gets injured in the first, second one is the transfer to the staff, and third is her "waking up" after the transfer. |
| | * The Needles is just before the cataclysm and must be the last. |
| | * Basilica Ruins must come after Briudun Hill, because they refer to Juno as "the outcast" and in Briudun Hill we are told of her being stripped of her title. |
| | * The Aqueduct must be before Basilica Ruins, because the plan outlined in the Aqueduct speaks of both Loki and Aletheia stealing the seventh solution, which implies Aletheia was not in the Staff at the time. |
| | *Loki's trust on the High Council (Kildesbig) is implied to be gone by Briudun Hill, placing them in that order. |
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| | |-|Hlutrholt= |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''I've spoken with the [[Juno|Mother]], the [[Jupiter|Father]], the [[Minerva|Sacred Voice]]. They have assured me their success is imminent. Our people will survive the cataclysm.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''Six times they have tried to save us. Six times they have failed. Forgive me if I have my doubts.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''The [[Mother of Wisdom|mother]] is working on a [[Mead|seventh]]. A bold solution... risky. But she is confident it can work. |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''And what does the Father say? Or the Voice? They are strangely silent these days...'' |
| | |-|Thornburg Henges= |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''Curse that [[Odin|Mad One]], that one-eyed wretch! He has taken [[Fenrir|our son]]! [[Binding Fate|Imprisoned]] him for {{Wiki|Pre-crime|invented crimes}} and [[Gleipnir|locked]] him [[Lyngvi|away]]!'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''As he said he would, love. Do you not remember his threats? You should have been more careful.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''Have we no power to stop him? To save our son? No recourse?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''What can we say? And to whom? Must the world know about [[Jörmungandr|our]] [[Hel|children]]? Must [[Sigyn|your wife]] learn of us? Is that a risk you want to take?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''I must do something! Anything!'' |
| | |-|Quartzite Ridge= |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''My love, what happened? You are flushed, trembling.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''An eye for an eye. A son for a son. For if ours must suffer needlessly to the end of his life, so too will his tormentor. |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''What... what have you done?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''The [[Baldr|poor boy]] collapsed so suddenly. Felled by the faintest taste of [[Mistletoe|mistel-berry]]. With his father standing over him, weeping!'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Reckless, foolish! Were you seen? Do they know it was you?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' (laugh) |
| | |-|Kildesbig= |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Wake, my love, wake! [[Soldier]]s at our door. They've come for you! For us.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''Let them take me. I have no more fear. Let me air my wrath in the courts.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''They'll kill you before they let you speak!'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''I'll appeal to the [[High Council|Council]]. They must know what the Mad One has done.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''They're upon us! Now is not the time!'' |
| | |-|Briudun Hill= |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Have you heard? The High Council has stripped the Mother of her title. For [[The Price of Wisdom|gifting]] our tormentor her seventh method of salvation.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''The seventh method? Is it viable? Why were we not told?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''I've heard whispers and rumors. It seems the seventh requires a [[human]] host.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''A human host? Do you mean... rebirth? As one of them?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Yes. But it's a small loss for a greater gain. A risk we must be willing to take.'' |
| | |-|Aqueduct= |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''The Mad One is away, wandering in [[Niflheimr|lands afar]]. He searches for a way to resurrect his son. Asking every leaf and stone for answers.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''We can use this to our advantage. To steal the seventh, the seal and its catalyst.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''It should be ours. For all the suffering he has wrought.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Our minds are attuned, love. As sympathetic strings.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''When the time is right, just right, we'll go.'' |
| | |-|Basilica Ruins= |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Ah! Stop... stop!'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''Keep still, love. You're injured. Now let me see...'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Ah! No... no more, please. Let me... let me die. Here. Where all is quiet.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''No! This is... this is NOT your end. There is a way. A [[Piece of Eden]], a [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus|staff]] attuned to this method of transfer. It may work!'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Or I may end up like the outcast's [[Aita|husband]]. A beating heart without a mind. But do what you must... I see no other way.'' |
| | </tabber> |
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| | |-|Needham Lake= |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''Be still, love. And let the current flow. Let it take you.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Is this...? This is dangerous. It may not work.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''Until we have the serum, this is all we can manage.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Will you not ask the Mad One for me? Ask him for the serum. Beg him for it.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''He would not listen. And I would sooner see our world obliterated before I gave that man a view of me on my knees.'' |
| | |-|Seven Sisters= |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''My love, are you there? Speak and tell me you live.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''I... I live. If this is living. A mind without a body.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''And do you feel?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''I feel myself. My sense of being. Nothing more. Nothing less. No pain or... or joy... or passage of time.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''And yet, you are with me. And I with you. And together we will endure.'' |
| | |-|The Needles= |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''My love, the time is now. The cataclysm is upon us. The Mad One has gathered his trusted eight to his secret hall.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''Remember the [[calculations]]. You must act with precision. Every small step must be accounted for.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''I'll remember. They are burned into my brain.'' |
| | *'''Unknown Female Voice:''' ''How long till your rebirth?'' |
| | *'''Unknown Male Voice:''' ''A [[Viking Age|long time]], love. You must wait in your endless present, and I will sail the black sea of nonbeing. But if all goes well, I'll find you [[Modern times|again]]. On the far side of our doom. We'll be together. Again.'' |
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| ==Gallery== | | ==Gallery== |
| <gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center"> | | <tabber> |
| | | |-|Videos= |
| | <gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> |
| AA Frag01 | | AA Frag01 |
| AA Frag02 | | AA Frag02 |
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| AA Frag09 | | AA Frag09 |
| AA Complete | | AA Complete |
| | </gallery> |
| | |-|Screenshots= |
| | <gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 1.png|The Æsir gathered in Yggdrasil's chamber |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 2.png|The Æsir observing the Great Catastrophe |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 3.png|Odin and Týr |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 4.png|The Yggdrasil device |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 5.png|Isu scientists grabbing power cells for the machine |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 6.png|The Æsir gathered and prepared |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 7.png|Pods of fetuses |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 8.png|The Æsir wearing the masks |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 9.png|The Isu using device |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 10.png|Isu DNA being injected |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 11.png|Odin and the Æsir leaving to face their end |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 12.png|Heimdall stabbed by Loki |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 13.png|Loki fending off the guards |
| | ACV The Hidden Truth 14.png|Loki uploading his DNA |
| | </gallery> |
| | |-|Concept art= |
| | <gallery widths="180" position="center" spacing="small" captionalign="center"> |
| | ACV Animus Anomaly concept - GDM.jpg|thumb|An Animus Anomaly in England |
| | </gallery> |
| | </tabber> |
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| | ==Behind the scenes== |
| | In ''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'', the [[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla achievements|achievement]] '''"The Hidden Truth"''' could be earned by completing all the anomalies and unlocking the secret memory. |
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| | The dialogues between Loki and Aletheia that play roughly halfway through each anomaly are location-specific. They are listed here in the order they transpired, but not necessarily the order in which the player may encounter them out in the world. Dialogues between Layla, Rebecca, and Shaun are specific to how many have been completed up to a given point and are listed among the [[21st century conversations]]. |
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| | ==Appearances== |
| | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' {{1st}} |
| | **''[[The Last Chapter]]'' |
| | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Shadows]]'' |
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
| {{Reflist}}{{ACV}} | | {{Reflist}} |
| | {{ACV}} |
| [[Category:Animus]] | | [[Category:Animus]] |
