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'''Reborn Isu''' are [[human]] reincarnations of the [[Isu]]. | '''Reborn Isu''' are [[human]] reincarnations of the [[Isu]]. | ||
While initially believed that this only applied only to [[Aita]],<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – {{Cite|3 Feb 2021. Specific memories/in-game files needed}}</ref> a member of the Isu and the husband of [[Juno]],<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern Day]]</ref> reincarnations of whom are referred to as [[Sages]],<ref name="AC4"/> it has since been discovered that reincarnations of other Isu surfaced in [[Scandinavia]] around the 9th century. Among that group were [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], | While initially believed that this only applied only to [[Aita]],<ref name="AC4">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – {{Cite|3 Feb 2021. Specific memories/in-game files needed}}</ref> a member of the Isu and the husband of [[Juno]],<ref name="AC3">''[[Assassin's Creed III]]'' – [[21st century conversations|Modern Day]]</ref> reincarnations of whom are referred to as [[Sages]],<ref name="AC4"/> it has since been discovered that reincarnations of other Isu surfaced in [[Scandinavia]] around the 9th century. Among that group were [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], the incarnation of [[Odin]]; her adoptive brother [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson]], [[Týr]]'s reincarnation; and [[Svala]], the rebirth of [[Freyja]].<ref name="A Brother's Keeper">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[A Brother's Keeper]]</ref> | ||
==Sages== | ==Sages== | ||
{{Main|Sages}} | {{Main|Sages}} | ||
[[File:The Sage's Buried Secret 5.png|250px|right|A Maya statue of a Sage's head in underground [[Tulum]]]] | [[File:The Sage's Buried Secret 5.png|250px|right|A Maya statue of a Sage's head in underground [[Tulum]]]] | ||
The most prevalent Isu reincarnations are those of the Isu Aita, known as Sages. These Sages reappeared many times throughout history, bore a physical resemblance to Aita, and were recognizable by their {{wiki|heterochromia}}.<ref name="AC4"/> | The most prevalent Isu reincarnations are those of the Isu Aita, known as Sages. These Sages reappeared many times throughout history, bore a physical resemblance to Aita, and were recognizable by their {{wiki|antisocoria}} and {{wiki|heterochromia iridum|heterochromia}}.<ref name="AC4"/> | ||
==Reborn Asgardian Isu== | ==Reborn Asgardian Isu== | ||
===Phenomenon=== | |||
{{Quote|All that power! All that potential, locked away. A god trapped in a prison of bones! The pain was necessary to free him!|The Magaester Fulke on the Reborn Isu Sigurd's nature, 875 CE|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Storming the Walls}} | |||
Odin, seven of his most trusted Isu followers, and Loki, had their DNA, memories, and consciousness integrated into the human gene pool by the use of the [[Mead of poetry|seventh method of salvation]] crafted by the [[Capitoline Triad]] through [[Yggdrasil]], in hope of escaping the doom of their civilization and be reborn in human bodies millennia later. More specically, they injected their blood on human fetuses, prompting their DNA to remain dormant in the bloodlines of the future humans, possesing a recessive trait. Eventually, a trigger would take place under specific circumstances that would give the Isu's DNA a dominant trait,<ref name="AnimusAnomalies" /> maipulating their physical characteristics to match the ones from the respective Isu and slowly forcing the ressurgence of their memories and consciousnesses, which would try to take over the human host's mind.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> | |||
===Characteristics=== | |||
====Predecessor's Impulses==== | |||
In stark contrast of Sages who were only plagued by memories of their previous incarnation Isu Aita, Reborn [[Asgard]]ian Isu had aspects of their lives often partially or fully repeat themselves in the lives of their human reincarnations. Like Odin, Eivor had a strong aversion to [[Wolf|wolves]],{{Cite|30 Apr 2021. Might be misremembering?}} had the [[raven]] [[Sýnin]] as her {{Wiki|familiar}} echoing [[Huginn and Muninn]],<ref name="ACV">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla''</ref> and when connected to [[Yggdrasil]], regularly lost her left eye fighting alongside the ''[[einherjar]]'' in the simulation of Valhalla.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> In similar fashion, Sigurd mediated disputes and delivered judgements as ''[[jarl]]''<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Settling Down]]</ref> and had his right arm severed at the elbow,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Bloody Welcome]]</ref> like Týr, the god of war and justice who lost his own arm to the wolf [[Fenrir]], in [[Norse mythology]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Binding Fate]]</ref> | |||
[[Halfdan Ragnarsson]], the reincarnation of [[Thor]], had a strong affinity for using his [[Blunt weapon|hammer]] [[Orthstirr]] in battle,<ref name="WarInTheNorth">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[War in the North]]</ref> regularly threw it,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Lost Glory]]</ref> and was extremely paranoid about being [[poison|poisoned]],<ref name="WarInTheNorth"/> unknowingly copying Thor's use of [[Mjölnir]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[View Above All]]</ref> and foreshadowing the thunder god's demise in [[Ragnarök]] due to [[Jörmungandr]]'s venom.<ref>{{Wikipedia|Jörmungandr}}</ref> Even [[Rig Reidarasson]] was haunted with strong impulses to kill a "[[Basim Ibn Ishaq|man]]" with a "[[Yggdrasil|mark]]" from the "[[Hidden Ones|House of Shadows]]",<ref name="Page9">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' - [[Rigsogur]], ''IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices''</ref> unknowingly following [[Heimdall]]'s desire of revenge of killing [[Loki]] due to his own murder by the trickster's hand during the [[Great Catastrophe]].<ref name="AnimusAnomalies" /> | |||
====Convenience of the reincarnations==== | |||
In the particular case of the Reborn Asgardian Isu, the specific time period and the bloodline where they would be born were specially planned to happen at the same year span and region of the globe. As such, the Sages of Freyja, Thor, Sif, Freyr, Týr, Odin and Idun were born between the end of the 8th century and beginning of the 9th century and all of them were born in bloodlines that were natural from Northern [[Europe]].<ref name="ACV"/> Due to the disturbances caused by Loki{{Cite|27 July 2022.}} in Heimdall's reincarnation process, killing him right after he injected himself with the "Mead", Heimdall's Sage Rig was born near Scandinavia but approximately twenty years before the other reincarnations.<ref name="RigsogurPage1">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Rigsogur]]: ''I. The King of Soft Reeds''</ref> When he tried to take revenge in Loki's reincarnation in Constantinople, he returned to his crew stating that "[He] had become before [his] time", even reinforcing it by saying that "[He] was born too early and [he was] alone, without [his] father, without [his] friends" after concluding that Basim had not been born yet.<ref name="RigsogurPage9">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – Rigsogur: ''IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices''</ref> | |||
In addition to this, the fact that Loki only injected himself with the serum after all the other Æsir left the chamber made his reincarnation be born in the Mediterranean city of Constantinople, far from the place of birth of the other Sages. This loneliness accelerated the redevelopment of Loki's consciousness.{{Cite|27 July 2022.}} This also allowed Loki's consciousness to fully assimilate Basim's mind into itself and, by 872 CE, the Isu's conscience had taken full control over his body, psychology, behavior and actions.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Puppets and Prisoners]]</ref> | |||
====Physical features and similarities==== | |||
{{Quote|Show me your neck!|Basim Ibn Ishaq to Eivor Varinsdottir, 877 CE|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|A Brother's Keeper}} | {{Quote|Show me your neck!|Basim Ibn Ishaq to Eivor Varinsdottir, 877 CE|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|A Brother's Keeper}} | ||
These reincarnations could be identified by a mass of dark veins on their necks. | |||
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===Isu memories=== | ====Isu memories==== | ||
{{Quote| | {{Quote|All that power! All that potential, locked away. A god trapped in a prison of bones! The pain was necessary to free him!|The Magaester Fulke on the Reborn Isu Sigurd's nature.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|Storming the Walls}} | ||
Sages are typically born with personalities and memories of their own, but they also possess the memories of the Isu they are the reincarnations of. These memories which usually manifest themselves as visions at some point during adulthood and later throughout a Sage's life, although it is not uncommon for these visions to manifest during childhood. The process is described as a very traumatic experience, with the individual believing they are going mad as their own memories and personality are gradually merged with the Isu's own. Some Sages like Jacques de Molay eventually found some mental stability, but the majority of them became erratic and somewhat mad.<ref name="ACU"/> Others, such as Kavanagh, tried to resist the change, albeit with limited success, holding on to their former selves by constantly keeping the new memories at bay.<ref name="AC4"/> | Sages are typically born with personalities and memories of their own, but they also possess the memories of the Isu they are the reincarnations of. These memories which usually manifest themselves as visions at some point during adulthood and later throughout a Sage's life, although it is not uncommon for these visions to manifest during childhood. The process is described as a very traumatic experience, with the individual believing they are going mad as their own memories and personality are gradually merged with the Isu's own. Some Sages like Jacques de Molay eventually found some mental stability, but the majority of them became erratic and somewhat mad.<ref name="ACU"/> Others, such as Kavanagh, tried to resist the change, albeit with limited success, holding on to their former selves by constantly keeping the new memories at bay.<ref name="AC4"/> | ||
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However, though rare, it is possible for a Sage to maintain control over themselves and remain mentally stable, like Elijah.<ref name="Uprising"/> This is most likely due to his prexisting-unique ancestry as well as him being a Sage,<ref name="ACS Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 010]]</ref> making him able to have complete control over his Isu abilities and not succumb into any form of delusions or insanity. Sigurd appeared to have more of a symbiotic relationship with the Isu Tyr and held his own personality without succumbing to any ill side effects from recovering Týr's memories. For her part, Eivor had to fight to suppress the will of Odin, who had been communicating with her since childhood, when the pair were often at odds with each other.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> | However, though rare, it is possible for a Sage to maintain control over themselves and remain mentally stable, like Elijah.<ref name="Uprising"/> This is most likely due to his prexisting-unique ancestry as well as him being a Sage,<ref name="ACS Database">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Reconstructed Data 010]]</ref> making him able to have complete control over his Isu abilities and not succumb into any form of delusions or insanity. Sigurd appeared to have more of a symbiotic relationship with the Isu Tyr and held his own personality without succumbing to any ill side effects from recovering Týr's memories. For her part, Eivor had to fight to suppress the will of Odin, who had been communicating with her since childhood, when the pair were often at odds with each other.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> | ||
===Intellectual development=== | ===Intellectual development=== | ||
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The Sages bear a strong physical resemblance to the Isu they are a reincarnation of. For example, Aita's Sages usually possess a distinctive combination of {{Wiki|anisocoria}} and {{Wiki|heterochromia iridum|heterochromia}}, biological traits which Aita naturally possessed. Despite being very close in appearance, the Sages came from diverse genetic and ethnic backgrounds and do not always express the same parts of the Sage's DNA and as a result are not actual clones. Jacques de Molay notably did not display heterochromia, unlike other known Sages.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> | The Sages bear a strong physical resemblance to the Isu they are a reincarnation of. For example, Aita's Sages usually possess a distinctive combination of {{Wiki|anisocoria}} and {{Wiki|heterochromia iridum|heterochromia}}, biological traits which Aita naturally possessed. Despite being very close in appearance, the Sages came from diverse genetic and ethnic backgrounds and do not always express the same parts of the Sage's DNA and as a result are not actual clones. Jacques de Molay notably did not display heterochromia, unlike other known Sages.<ref name="ACU">''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]''</ref> | ||
Although only male Sages had been identified by 2015, the Assassins believed that there was a small chance that the recessive gene creating a Sage could also manifest itself in a female individual,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Sages | Although only male Sages had been identified by 2015, the Assassins believed that there was a small chance that the recessive gene creating a Sage could also manifest itself in a female individual,<ref name="ACS">''[[Assassin's Creed: Syndicate]]'' – [[Database: Sages]]</ref> --> | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||
====Isu Era==== | ====Isu Era==== | ||
Desperate to save the life of her husband Aita, who had been left in a catatonic state after being used as subject test to the fifth method of salvation,<ref name="AC3"/> Juno embarked on a quest to acquire the " | Desperate to save the life of her husband Aita, who had been left in a catatonic state after being used as subject test to the fifth method of salvation,<ref name="AC3"/> Juno embarked on a quest to acquire the "Mead", the serum that would activate the latest solution to halt the [[Great Catastrophe]] designed by the [[Capitoline Triad]], locked up in the [[Grand Temple]] under the guard of [[Jupiter]] and [[Minerva]].<ref name="Price of Wisdom"/> This particular innovation, if used correctly, could reincarnate some members of the Isu as humans in the distant future, but Jupiter and Minerva deemed it dangerous to use as it would damage the human genome in the process and eventually influence human history in an uncontrollable way.<ref name="AFeastToRemember">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Feast to Remember]]</ref> Desperate for the Mead, Juno investigated their research sites and found the [[Mímisbrunnr]], which was meant to receive the Mead when ready. Soon after, she began to inquire and plot out multiple ways to take it from the Vault in order to save her beloved, actions that eventually exiled her from the city guarding the Temple.<ref name="Price of Wisdom"/> Upon Odin's visit to [[North America]] to meet [[Aletheia]], she discovered that he too sought the seventh method and so decided to wait until she and her lover Loki dealt with him before deciding to collaborate with Odin to steal the serum from the Grand Temple.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Mistress of the Iron Wood]]</ref> | ||
Odin managed to successfully steal the Mead from the city of [[Útgarðar]] above the vault, but not without deceiving Minerva and battling with Jupiter himself.<ref name="AFeastToRemember"/> Juno told him to come to the experimental well in order to make the serum work. After Odin sacrificed his left eye in payment in order to use it as catalyst, the machine accepted this sacrifice and the serum was finally synthesized, much to Juno's delight. With both the Isu taking samples of the fluid, she cautioned him to use the serum moments before his death, in order for it to work, as only the memories happening prior to the consumption of the concussion would be preserved within the new body. With the Mead now in hand,<ref name="Price of Wisdom">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Price of Wisdom]]</ref> she was able to successfully insert her late husband's essence into a human bloodline, tweaking the functions of the solution to reincarnate his beloved indefinitely for the following millennia.<ref name="AC4"/> | Odin managed to successfully steal the Mead from the city of [[Útgarðar]] above the vault, but not without deceiving Minerva and battling with Jupiter himself.<ref name="AFeastToRemember"/> Juno told him to come to the experimental well in order to make the serum work. After Odin sacrificed his left eye in payment in order to use it as catalyst, the machine accepted this sacrifice and the serum was finally synthesized, much to Juno's delight. With both the Isu taking samples of the fluid, she cautioned him to use the serum moments before his death, in order for it to work, as only the memories happening prior to the consumption of the concussion would be preserved within the new body. With the Mead now in hand,<ref name="Price of Wisdom">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Price of Wisdom]]</ref> she was able to successfully insert her late husband's essence into a human bloodline, tweaking the functions of the solution to reincarnate his beloved indefinitely for the following millennia.<ref name="AC4"/> | ||
[[File:ACV The Hidden Truth 9.png|thumb|250px|The Æsir using the "Mead" through the Yggdrasil device]] | [[File:ACV The Hidden Truth 9.png|thumb|250px|The Æsir using the "Mead" through the Yggdrasil device]] | ||
Odin eventually finished the construction of the abandoned project in Scandinavia, near their territory, naming it | Odin eventually finished the construction of the abandoned project in Scandinavia, near their territory, naming it Yggdrasil.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> During the midst of the Great Catastrophe, a group of Asgardian Isu comprising of Odin, Freyja, Týr, Thor, [[Sif]], Heimdall, [[Idun|Iðunn]], and [[Freyr]] managed to successfully upload their essences into the supercomputer before heading off to face their end in battle, gambling that Yggdrasil would successfully save them through various reincarnations in human bodies in the upcoming ages. Unbeknownst to them, Loki also snuck into the room and uploaded his essence as part of his two-step plan to first take revenge on Odin in the future for imprisoning his son [[Fenrir]], and also to reunite with his lover Aletheia, who had her consciousness preserved in the [[Staff of Hermes Trismegistus]].<ref name="AnimusAnomalies">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Animus Anomalies]]</ref> | ||
====Viking Age==== | ====Viking Age==== | ||
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During one of her adventures, in early 876 CE, Eivor allied with Halfdan and Faravid to fight the rebelling King [[Ricsige of Northumbria|Ricsige]] and his [[Picts|Pict]] allies.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Honor's Hubris]]</ref> After Halfdan became the new king of Northumbria, an argument arose between Faravid and the new king, the latter accusing his friend to poison him; this greatly affected Halfdan, who rapidly became depressed, though Eivor helped him to recover his morals.<ref name="Lost Glory">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Lost Glory]]</ref> | During one of her adventures, in early 876 CE, Eivor allied with Halfdan and Faravid to fight the rebelling King [[Ricsige of Northumbria|Ricsige]] and his [[Picts|Pict]] allies.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Honor's Hubris]]</ref> After Halfdan became the new king of Northumbria, an argument arose between Faravid and the new king, the latter accusing his friend to poison him; this greatly affected Halfdan, who rapidly became depressed, though Eivor helped him to recover his morals.<ref name="Lost Glory">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Lost Glory]]</ref> | ||
During her journey in England, Eivor experienced several hallucinations of Odin, manifestations of his conscience trying to emerge in her mind that sometimes spoke directly to her,<ref name="HonorBound"/><ref name="ACruelDestiny"/> constantly trying to direct her to the location of Yggdrasil's chamber.<ref name="TheSagaStone"/> After Freyja's consciousness took over Svala, the seer [[Valka]] moved to Ravensthorpe,<ref name="AWiseFriend"/> to help Eivor understand the meaning of the visions by creating potions that permitted her to witness altered memories of Odin's time in [[Asgard]],<ref name="InDreams">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[In Dreams...]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Bound to Fate]]</ref> [[Jotunheimr|Jötunheimr]],<ref name="GoingDeeper">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Going Deeper...]]</ref> [[Svartálfaheimr]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[Restless Dreams]]</ref> and [[ | During her journey in England, Eivor experienced several hallucinations of Odin, manifestations of his conscience trying to emerge in her mind that sometimes spoke directly to her,<ref name="HonorBound"/><ref name="ACruelDestiny"/> constantly trying to direct her to the location of Yggdrasil's chamber.<ref name="TheSagaStone"/> After Freyja's consciousness took over Svala, the seer [[Valka]] moved to Ravensthorpe,<ref name="AWiseFriend"/> to help Eivor understand the meaning of the visions by creating potions that permitted her to witness altered memories of Odin's time in [[Asgard]],<ref name="InDreams">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[In Dreams...]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Bound to Fate]]</ref> [[Jotunheimr|Jötunheimr]],<ref name="GoingDeeper">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Going Deeper...]]</ref> [[Svartálfaheimr]],<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' – [[Restless Dreams]]</ref> and [[Niflheimr]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [[The Forgotten Saga]]'' – [[A Gift from the Otherworld]]</ref> | ||
In 877 CE, Sigurd and Eivor returned to Norway,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Road to Valhalla]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Where Legends Are Born]]</ref> entering the Yggdrasil vault by pronouncing the words carved on the Saga Stone. Inside, they encountered the supercomputer and used it to enter the simulation of Valhalla, encountering Svala as Freyja, who had been there for four years. Despite initially enjoying the simulation, Eivor realised that everything in there wasn't real and managed to convince her brother to leave, while Svala stayed. However, Odin's consciousness tried to force Eivor to stay in the simulation, with her fighting it in her mind and ejecting herself from the machine, repressing her Isu side.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> | In 877 CE, Sigurd and Eivor returned to Norway,<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The Road to Valhalla]]</ref><ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Where Legends Are Born]]</ref> entering the Yggdrasil vault by pronouncing the words carved on the Saga Stone. Inside, they encountered the supercomputer and used it to enter the simulation of Valhalla, encountering Svala as Freyja, who had been there for four years. Despite initially enjoying the simulation, Eivor realised that everything in there wasn't real and managed to convince her brother to leave, while Svala stayed. However, Odin's consciousness tried to force Eivor to stay in the simulation, with her fighting it in her mind and ejecting herself from the machine, repressing her Isu side.<ref name="A Brother's Keeper"/> | ||
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*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | *''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | ||
**''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' | **''[[Dawn of Ragnarök]]'' | ||
**''[[The Forgotten Saga]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Reborn Isu are human reincarnations of the Isu.
While initially believed that this only applied only to Aita,[1] a member of the Isu and the husband of Juno,[2] reincarnations of whom are referred to as Sages,[1] it has since been discovered that reincarnations of other Isu surfaced in Scandinavia around the 9th century. Among that group were Eivor Varinsdottir, the incarnation of Odin; her adoptive brother Sigurd Styrbjornsson, Týr's reincarnation; and Svala, the rebirth of Freyja.[3]
Sages
- Main article: Sages
The most prevalent Isu reincarnations are those of the Isu Aita, known as Sages. These Sages reappeared many times throughout history, bore a physical resemblance to Aita, and were recognizable by their antisocoria and heterochromia.[1]
Reborn Asgardian Isu
Phenomenon
Odin, seven of his most trusted Isu followers, and Loki, had their DNA, memories, and consciousness integrated into the human gene pool by the use of the seventh method of salvation crafted by the Capitoline Triad through Yggdrasil, in hope of escaping the doom of their civilization and be reborn in human bodies millennia later. More specically, they injected their blood on human fetuses, prompting their DNA to remain dormant in the bloodlines of the future humans, possesing a recessive trait. Eventually, a trigger would take place under specific circumstances that would give the Isu's DNA a dominant trait,[4] maipulating their physical characteristics to match the ones from the respective Isu and slowly forcing the ressurgence of their memories and consciousnesses, which would try to take over the human host's mind.[3]
Characteristics
Predecessor's Impulses
In stark contrast of Sages who were only plagued by memories of their previous incarnation Isu Aita, Reborn Asgardian Isu had aspects of their lives often partially or fully repeat themselves in the lives of their human reincarnations. Like Odin, Eivor had a strong aversion to wolves, [citation needed] had the raven Sýnin as her familiar echoing Huginn and Muninn,[5] and when connected to Yggdrasil, regularly lost her left eye fighting alongside the einherjar in the simulation of Valhalla.[3] In similar fashion, Sigurd mediated disputes and delivered judgements as jarl[6] and had his right arm severed at the elbow,[7] like Týr, the god of war and justice who lost his own arm to the wolf Fenrir, in Norse mythology.[8]
Halfdan Ragnarsson, the reincarnation of Thor, had a strong affinity for using his hammer Orthstirr in battle,[9] regularly threw it,[10] and was extremely paranoid about being poisoned,[9] unknowingly copying Thor's use of Mjölnir[11] and foreshadowing the thunder god's demise in Ragnarök due to Jörmungandr's venom.[12] Even Rig Reidarasson was haunted with strong impulses to kill a "man" with a "mark" from the "House of Shadows",[13] unknowingly following Heimdall's desire of revenge of killing Loki due to his own murder by the trickster's hand during the Great Catastrophe.[4]
Convenience of the reincarnations
In the particular case of the Reborn Asgardian Isu, the specific time period and the bloodline where they would be born were specially planned to happen at the same year span and region of the globe. As such, the Sages of Freyja, Thor, Sif, Freyr, Týr, Odin and Idun were born between the end of the 8th century and beginning of the 9th century and all of them were born in bloodlines that were natural from Northern Europe.[5] Due to the disturbances caused by Loki [citation needed] in Heimdall's reincarnation process, killing him right after he injected himself with the "Mead", Heimdall's Sage Rig was born near Scandinavia but approximately twenty years before the other reincarnations.[14] When he tried to take revenge in Loki's reincarnation in Constantinople, he returned to his crew stating that "[He] had become before [his] time", even reinforcing it by saying that "[He] was born too early and [he was] alone, without [his] father, without [his] friends" after concluding that Basim had not been born yet.[15]
In addition to this, the fact that Loki only injected himself with the serum after all the other Æsir left the chamber made his reincarnation be born in the Mediterranean city of Constantinople, far from the place of birth of the other Sages. This loneliness accelerated the redevelopment of Loki's consciousness. [citation needed] This also allowed Loki's consciousness to fully assimilate Basim's mind into itself and, by 872 CE, the Isu's conscience had taken full control over his body, psychology, behavior and actions.[16]
Physical features and similarities
These reincarnations could be identified by a mass of dark veins on their necks.
History
Isu Era
Desperate to save the life of her husband Aita, who had been left in a catatonic state after being used as subject test to the fifth method of salvation,[2] Juno embarked on a quest to acquire the "Mead", the serum that would activate the latest solution to halt the Great Catastrophe designed by the Capitoline Triad, locked up in the Grand Temple under the guard of Jupiter and Minerva.[17] This particular innovation, if used correctly, could reincarnate some members of the Isu as humans in the distant future, but Jupiter and Minerva deemed it dangerous to use as it would damage the human genome in the process and eventually influence human history in an uncontrollable way.[18] Desperate for the Mead, Juno investigated their research sites and found the Mímisbrunnr, which was meant to receive the Mead when ready. Soon after, she began to inquire and plot out multiple ways to take it from the Vault in order to save her beloved, actions that eventually exiled her from the city guarding the Temple.[17] Upon Odin's visit to North America to meet Aletheia, she discovered that he too sought the seventh method and so decided to wait until she and her lover Loki dealt with him before deciding to collaborate with Odin to steal the serum from the Grand Temple.[19]
Odin managed to successfully steal the Mead from the city of Útgarðar above the vault, but not without deceiving Minerva and battling with Jupiter himself.[18] Juno told him to come to the experimental well in order to make the serum work. After Odin sacrificed his left eye in payment in order to use it as catalyst, the machine accepted this sacrifice and the serum was finally synthesized, much to Juno's delight. With both the Isu taking samples of the fluid, she cautioned him to use the serum moments before his death, in order for it to work, as only the memories happening prior to the consumption of the concussion would be preserved within the new body. With the Mead now in hand,[17] she was able to successfully insert her late husband's essence into a human bloodline, tweaking the functions of the solution to reincarnate his beloved indefinitely for the following millennia.[1]
Odin eventually finished the construction of the abandoned project in Scandinavia, near their territory, naming it Yggdrasil.[3] During the midst of the Great Catastrophe, a group of Asgardian Isu comprising of Odin, Freyja, Týr, Thor, Sif, Heimdall, Iðunn, and Freyr managed to successfully upload their essences into the supercomputer before heading off to face their end in battle, gambling that Yggdrasil would successfully save them through various reincarnations in human bodies in the upcoming ages. Unbeknownst to them, Loki also snuck into the room and uploaded his essence as part of his two-step plan to first take revenge on Odin in the future for imprisoning his son Fenrir, and also to reunite with his lover Aletheia, who had her consciousness preserved in the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus.[4]
Viking Age
During the Viking Age, the reincarnations of the Æsir finally appeared. The first was Rig Reidarasson, a Viking of the 8th and 9th centuries who was the reincarnation of Heimdall. During his life, Rig was plagued by the memories of Heimdall, believing them to be visions of the gods. His life, adventures and struggles to seize the hallucinations were immortalized in the Rigsogur, a saga written by the monk Brissy the Elder.[20]
In the 9th century, Thor and Sif were reincarnated respectively in the Vikings Halfdan Ragnarsson and his friend Faravid, though they were unaware of this link. In 865 CE, when King Ælla of Northumbria executed Halfdan's father Ragnar Lothbrok by throwing him into a pit of snakes,[21] Halfdan and Faravid conquered his kingdom and executed Ælla in return in 867 CE.[22]
In the mid-9th century in Rygjafylke, Norway, the Raven Clan who resided in the small settlement of Fornburg counted three Æsir reincarnations among their members: the volva Svala for Freyja,[23] the prince Sigurd Styrbojnsson for Týr[24] and his foster sister Eivor Varinsdottir for Odin.[25] In 870 CE, during a raid by the Ancient Kjotve the Cruel, Eivor captured his slave Gull, the Sage of Iðunn.[26] Together, they eventually went up the Feiknstafir mountains to the Temple of Heimdall,[27] where they found an Apple of Eden that had been locked away. When Gull touched the artifact, she recovered Iðunn's memories, with the Isu's consciousness assuming control and, now armed with the knowledge necessary to control it, used the artifact to fight Eivor. As the Temple began to collapse from the damage sustained in Eivor's fight with Kjotve's men who also sought the treasure, Gull was left to her destiny with the Apple while Eivor decided to help her clan who was being attacked by Kjotve.[28]
The same year in Constantinople, Sigurd met the Levantine Hidden Ones Basim Ibn Ishaq, a reincarnation of Loki who had become fully aware of his nature, and his acolyte Hytham.[29] Recognizing the mark in Sigurd's neck,[28] Basim pondered the possibility of him being Odin reborn[3] and, as such, followed the Viking on a trip to his hometown to investigate further. In 872 CE, Basim became acquainted with Eivor on his arrival , granting her a Hidden Blade[24] that had belong to one of his late apprentices.[26] Together, the three Æsir reincarnations fought Kjotve the Cruel, taking his fortress and killing him.[30] This act permitted Harald Fairhair, the Sage of Freyr, to unite Norway under his crown.[31] As Harald became the lord of Fornburg, Sigurd, Eivor and Basim went to England in order to found a new colony[32] while Svala returned to the Yggdrasil Chamber, guided by Freyja's memories,[33] to enter a simulation of Valhalla.[3]
Establishing the colony of Ravensthorpe in Mercia in 873 CE,[34][35] Sigurd became the jarl of the village, working with Eivor to establish an alliance with the Sons of Ragnar.[36] After that, Sigurd attributed to his sister the task of continuing to gain friends throughtout England in order to expand the settlement while him and Basim would go on an endeavor.[37] During this time, Basim would try to reveal to Sigurd his true nature and, when that didn't fully worked, he decided to search for the Saga Stone with him, a fragment of the door of the Yggdrasil Chamber that contained the password to open it in hopes that it would revive his memory.[38][39] Some time after, Eivor would go on to assist his brother in his search in Oxenefordscire, with the three Æsir reincarnations allying themselves with Fulke,[40] a secretly Ancient who possessed the artifact and was studying it and the reborn Isu.[41] Together, they fought Lady Eadwyn,[39] who had previously imprisoned the scholar, taking the stone with her.[40] After they recovered the relic, Basim let Fulke betray the group, who took Sigurd as an hostage,[41] knowing that he would be tortured by her to awake his Isu nature.[42]
In 874 CE, Eivor and Basim travelled to Cent, the place where Fulke had been reportedly seen by last.[43] They ended up being tricked by the Ancient, who fled with Sigurd. The Hidden One and the Viking then found her sanctuary in Canterbury, discovering that Fulke had cut off Sigurd's arm and that she had took him to the fortress of Portcestre, in Suthsexe.[42] In the year after, the two reincarnations and their allies besieged the castle, with Eivor saving her brother and finally killing Fulke.[44] Nevertheless, the torture that he had endured greatly altered his mind after being exposed to Týr's memories, as he saw himself as a god, becoming arrogant.[45][46]
During one of her adventures, in early 876 CE, Eivor allied with Halfdan and Faravid to fight the rebelling King Ricsige and his Pict allies.[47] After Halfdan became the new king of Northumbria, an argument arose between Faravid and the new king, the latter accusing his friend to poison him; this greatly affected Halfdan, who rapidly became depressed, though Eivor helped him to recover his morals.[48]
During her journey in England, Eivor experienced several hallucinations of Odin, manifestations of his conscience trying to emerge in her mind that sometimes spoke directly to her,[25][30] constantly trying to direct her to the location of Yggdrasil's chamber.[39] After Freyja's consciousness took over Svala, the seer Valka moved to Ravensthorpe,[33] to help Eivor understand the meaning of the visions by creating potions that permitted her to witness altered memories of Odin's time in Asgard,[49][50] Jötunheimr,[51] Svartálfaheimr,[52] and Niflheimr.[53]
In 877 CE, Sigurd and Eivor returned to Norway,[54][55] entering the Yggdrasil vault by pronouncing the words carved on the Saga Stone. Inside, they encountered the supercomputer and used it to enter the simulation of Valhalla, encountering Svala as Freyja, who had been there for four years. Despite initially enjoying the simulation, Eivor realised that everything in there wasn't real and managed to convince her brother to leave, while Svala stayed. However, Odin's consciousness tried to force Eivor to stay in the simulation, with her fighting it in her mind and ejecting herself from the machine, repressing her Isu side.[3]
Basim, who had tailed them to the site, had understood that Eivor was indeed the host of Odin's mind, instead of Sigurd. He took Sigurd hostage but quickly released him as Eivor went to attack him. During the fight, Basim blamed the imprisonment of his son on a clueless Eivor, who in turn believed he had lost his mind. As the Hidden One was beat by Eivor, he decided to kill Sigurd instead in order to tease her, but she arrived just in time to save her vulnerable sibling from his blade. Eivor then proceeded to distract him in a last confrontation while Sigurd used the Yggdrasil device to trap Basim, sending his consciousness to the Grey and suspending his body. After this, Sigurd conceeded his role of jarl of Ravensthorpe to his sister, designing Eivor as his successor.[3]
In January next year, Eivor led the assault that resulted on the Battle of Cippenham.[56] Although the Vikings won the fight, conquering England in its totality, the confront resulted on several casualties on their side, including Soma, Hjorr Halfsson, and Hunwald. After giving the warriors their last rites, Eivor had a discussion about possible afterlives with Guthrum, venting to him that she would now seize her time among her friends and family rather than wish and strive for Valhalla after having witnessed its emptiness while in Yggdrasil's chamber.[57]
Known Reborn Isu
![Rig Reidarasson Reincarnation of Heimdall[58] (c. 770s – c. 860s CE)](/wiki/File:Wiki_noimage.jpg)
![Svala Reincarnation of Freyja[3] (? – 873 CE)](/wiki/File:ACV_Svala.png)
![Halfdan Ragnarsson Reincarnation of Thor[59] (c. 790 – 877 CE)](/wiki/File:ACV_DB_Halfdan.png)
![Faravid Reincarnation of Sif[59] (? – ?)](/wiki/File:ACV_DB_Faravid.png){kind=small}
![Basim Ibn Ishaq Reincarnation of Loki[3]](/wiki/File:ACV_Basim_render.png){kind=small}
![Sigurd Styrbjornsson Reincarnation of Týr[3] (842 CE – ?)](/wiki/File:ACV_Sigurd_Styrbjornson.png)
![Eivor Varinsdottir Reincarnation of Odin[3] (847 CE – ?)](/wiki/File:ACV_Female_Eivor_render.png){kind=small}
![Gull[60] Reincarnation of Idun[59] (? – ?)](/wiki/File:ACVSoG_-_Gull_2.png)
![Harald Fairhair Reincarnation of Freyr[59] (c. 850 – c. 930 CE)](/wiki/File:ACV_Harald.png){kind=small}
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed Unity: Abstergo Entertainment – Employee Handbook
- Assassin's Creed: Unity
- Assassin's Creed: Syndicate
- Assassin's Creed: Uprising
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – [citation needed]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed III – Modern Day
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Brother's Keeper
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Animus Anomalies
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Settling Down
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Bloody Welcome
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Binding Fate
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – War in the North
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Lost Glory
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – View Above All
- ↑
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- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Rigsogur, IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Rigsogur: I. The King of Soft Reeds
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Rigsogur: IX. The Death of the One Who Heard Voices
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Puppets and Prisoners
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Price of Wisdom
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Feast to Remember
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mistress of the Iron Wood
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Rigsogur
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Lost Drengir of Ragnar Lothbrok
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Faravid
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Seer's Solace
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Prodigal Prince
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Honor Bound
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Song of Glory – Issue #1
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Song of Glory - Issue #2
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Song of Glory - Issue #3
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Basim Ibn Ishaq
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Cruel Destiny
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Birthrights
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Seas of Fate
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Wise Friend
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Unwelcome
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Settling Down
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Heavy is the Head
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Reporting on Ledecestrescire
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Brewing Rebellion
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Saga Stone
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Pilgrimage to St. Albanes
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Blood from a Stone
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Bloody Welcome
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Abbot's Gambit
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Storming the Walls
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Of All That Has Passed...
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Blame and Sail
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Honor's Hubris
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Lost Glory
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – In Dreams...
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Bound to Fate
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Going Deeper...
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök – Restless Dreams
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Forgotten Saga – A Gift from the Otherworld
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Road to Valhalla
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Where Legends Are Born
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Kingdom's End
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla - Holy Day
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Rigsogur: I. The King of Soft Reeds
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.3
Il Salotto degli Assassini (@AC_ISDA) on Twitter "@DarbyMcDevitt this is our bet! pic.twitter.com/qZ8tRqQZMj" (screenshot) Darby McDevitt (@DarbyMcDevitt) on Twitter "@AC_ISDA @69guacamole69 @KurdishOnes I think you got it!" (screenshot)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory – Issue #03
