Family Matters

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Family Matters was a virtual representation of one of Eivor's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.

Description

Eivor met with her foster-father, King Styrbjorn, who was not pleased with her actions.

Dialogue

Eivor approached the settlement's blacksmith, Gunnar.

• Gunnar: Eivor, come to keep your blades sharp?
  Wolf-Kissed! Welcome back!
• Eivor: Gunnar. I have something here you might like to see.

Eivor showed her father's axe to Gunnar.

• Gunnar: Thunderclap of Thor! Is that your father's axe? I have not seen this beauty since... Well, for some time.

Eivor handed over the axe to Gunnar.

• Gunnar: I forged this weapon long ago. Still looks good. One of the finest, I think.
• Eivor: It has a blunted blade, but it swings well. Can you sharpen it?
• Gunnar: I can give it a better edge and reinforce the handle. And as luck would have it, I have one ingot left for the job.
• Eivor: Are you sure?
• Gunnar: The Fates have willed it so! But in future, bring your own metal ingots. I cannot forge them from empty air.

Gunnar helped Eivor to refine her father's axe.

• Gunnar: That should do it. Anything else?
• Eivor: That is all for now.
• Gunnar: Return anytime!

Eivor returned to Randvi at the entrance to the longhouse.

• Eivor: They must be finished now.
• Randvi: The king has called for his best mead, so the talks are concluded. It should be safe to enter.
• Eivor: I'm ready to face the thunder. I will speak with the king now.

Eivor entered the longhouse, finding the king speaking to a guest.

• Guthorm the Wise: Excellent, King Styrbjorn. I will take this proposal to my nephew. I believe he will see the wisdom in it.
• Styrbjorn: Good. It is all I can hope for. May the--

The two spotted Eivor by the door.

• Styrbjorn: May the winds favor your voyage, Guthorm.

After Guthorm took his leave, Eivor approached her father.

• Styrbjorn: Eivor, come forward. And explain in plain words why you willfully disobeyed my commands. Do you mock me?
• Eivor: I do not mock you, king. I mean to embolden you... against your enemies. And your own poor judgment.
• Styrbjorn: You know nothing of my judgement. You know nothing of my plans and strategies.
• Eivor: Sigurd would agree with me.
• Styrbjorn: My son might agree with you, but he would obey me. He knows his place.
• Eivor: Not as well as he knows his father.
• Styrbjorn: Imagine you are harassed by an enemy with warriors that vastly outnumber your own. What profit does open war bring? Would it not be better to work quietly, through diplomacy, gaining alliances? Waiting until the day our numbers outweigh our enemies' and our victory is guaranteed?

Do we have no allies?We can't negotiate with brutes.Your diplomacy is cowardice.

• Eivor: Do we have any allies to speak of? Or is is that your excuse to do nothing?

Apalled by her comment, Styrbjorn stood up from his throne.

• Styrbjorn: Your confidence blinds you to so much in plain sight, Eivor. Day and night I toil to forge ties with clans to the north. Very soon you will see the fruits of my efforts. Only then you wlill understand.

• Eivor: Kjotve and his clan will never negotiate with us. They speak the language of war, so we must answer back.
  I have waited a lifetime to take back the honor that Kjotve took from my family. Now is the time to act. My time to act.
• Styrbjorn: Are you so blinded by vengeance that you cannot see beyond your nose?

• Eivor: Is that all?
• Styrbjorn: I'm at a loss with you Eivor. When I took you in as my own, never did I imagine such disrespect from the child of Varin. Your father was a fine man. Just and loyal to me. He died bravely so that we might live.
• Eivor: He died a coward, lord. A fate I will not mirror.
• Styrbjorn: Why do you carry such a useless burden? Let it go. Think only of the days to come. Of your future, and the victories at hand.
• Eivor: My honor has been stained. Until it's wiped clean, I want nothing else.
• Styrbjorn: I refuse to pick at that wound again. But if there is something that can chase these shadows from your thoughts--

A loud horn interrupted their conversation. Randvi ran into the longhouse.

• Randvi: Sigurd has come! Down at the docks, his ship is here!

Outcome

Eivor was lectured by Styrbjorn for her continuous raids against Kjotve. They were later interrupted by the news of Sigurd's return.

References

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla