- Eivor: I sent myself. I want to speak with Finnr, the steward who should be working to put a king on that throne.
Finnr yawned again.
- Finnr: Ah, you're in luck then, for I have found the man already. I'm only waiting on him to get married.
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| description = ''The [[Edmund the Martyr|King]] of [[East Anglia]] is dead, long live the king! Help [[Finnr]], a washed-up [[ | | description = ''The [[Edmund the Martyr|King]] of [[East Anglia]] is dead, long live the king! Help [[Finnr]], a washed-up [[Vikings|Dane]] steward in [[Norwich|Northwic]], groom [[Oswald of East Anglia|Oswald]] for [[East Anglia]]'s throne.'' | ||
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | | appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | ||
| type = Main {{c|The Tale of Thegn Oswald}} | | type = Main {{c|The Tale of Thegn Oswald}} | ||
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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Eivor travelled to [[Northwic]] to assist the [[ | Eivor travelled to [[Norwich|Northwic]] to assist the [[Vikings|Dane]] steward [[Finnr]]. | ||
==Dialogue== | ==Dialogue== | ||
After the attack on [[Ravensthorpe]], Eivor spoke to [[Randvi]] at the alliance map. | After the attack on [[Ravensthorpe]], Eivor spoke to [[Randvi]] at the alliance map. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Those Dane invaders, they came from [[East Anglia]], is that right?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Those Dane invaders, they came from [[East Anglia]], is that right?'' | ||
*'''Randvi:''' ''Yes. Dane invaders who serve a man called [[Rued]]. He seems to be sowing discord among [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxons]] and friendly Danes alike. Years ago, the [[Sons of Ragnar]] hoped to pacify the land. They appointed a steward named Finnr to find a suitable Saxon king. But the kingdom has fallen into ruin since, with no king and violent | *'''Randvi:''' ''Yes. Dane invaders who serve a man called [[Rued]]. He seems to be sowing discord among [[Anglo-Saxons|Saxons]] and friendly Danes alike. Years ago, the [[Sons of Ragnar|Sons]] of [[Ragnar Lothbrok|Ragnar]] hoped to [[Viking expansion|pacify]] the land. They appointed a steward named Finnr to find a suitable Saxon king. But the kingdom has fallen into ruin since, with no king and violent [[raid]]ers ravaging what little peace remains. I suggest you make for East Anglia and find out what their steward is doing wrong.'' | ||
Eivor stabbed a dagger into the map, pledging to East Anglia. | Eivor stabbed a [[Short blade|dagger]] into the map, pledging to East Anglia. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I will make the trip east, then. Speak to this Finnr myself.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''I will make the trip east, then. Speak to this Finnr myself.'' | ||
*'''Randvi:''' ''A good plan.'' | *'''Randvi:''' ''A good plan.'' | ||
Eivor left Ravensthorpe and made for Northwic. She found the city in a poor state. | Eivor left Ravensthorpe and made for Northwic. She found the city in a poor state. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Northwic. Suffering hard times, I see.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Northwic. Suffering hard times, I see.'' | ||
Eivor went to the longhouse in search of Finnr. Within she found a mostly empty hall, a throne riddled with arrows, and a drunken man asleep at one of the tables. She banged her | Eivor went to the [[longhouse]] in search of Finnr. Within she found a mostly empty hall, a throne riddled with arrows, and a drunken man asleep at one of the tables. She banged her [[fist]]s on the table, startling him awake. | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''Wha... what? What's happening?'' | *'''Finnr:''' ''Wha... what? What's happening?'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Finnr?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Finnr?'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''Which man?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Which man?'' | ||
Finnr stood. | Finnr stood. | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''You know, stranger, you interrupted a beautiful dream. I was sailing through [[Helheim]], drifting on a boat of fire.'' | *'''Finnr:''' ''You know, stranger, you interrupted a beautiful dream. I was sailing through [[Helheim]], drifting on a [[boat]] of fire.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Dreams of death often run ahead of the real thing.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Dreams of death often run ahead of the real thing.'' | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''O, wouldn't that be a burden off my shoulders. What business have you with a backwater king, anyway?'' | *'''Finnr:''' ''O, wouldn't that be a burden off my shoulders. What business have you with a backwater king, anyway?'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''A Dane who cannot keep the Danes in line? Not much of a steward, are you?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''A Dane who cannot keep the Danes in line? Not much of a steward, are you?'' | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''If I knew how, I'd have rid our lands of them long ago! Rued's clan plagues us all, Dane and Saxon alike.'' | *'''Finnr:''' ''If I knew how, I'd have rid our lands of them long ago! Rued's clan plagues us all, Dane and Saxon alike.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''You are the sorriest soldier I've met in this country. Kick your king in the arse and fight back.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''You are the sorriest [[soldier]] I've met in this country. Kick your king in the arse and fight back.'' | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''He needs more than a kicking! He's got nothing he should have to win this fight. No courage, no army, no charisma! If he wants to live longer than a season, he'll need the backing of his bride's family. Which he hasn't! They loathe the maggot.'' | *'''Finnr:''' ''He needs more than a kicking! He's got nothing he should have to win this fight. No courage, no army, no charisma! If he wants to live longer than a season, he'll need the backing of his bride's family. Which he hasn't! They loathe the maggot.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Who is he, your king maggot?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Who is he, your king maggot?'' | ||
Finnr nods his head to the side, gesturing for Eivor to follow him out to the side of the longhouse. | Finnr nods his head to the side, gesturing for Eivor to follow him out to the side of the longhouse. | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''[[Oswald of East Anglia|Oswald of Elmenham]]. He was [[Edmund the Martyr| | *'''Finnr:''' ''[[Oswald of East Anglia|Oswald]] of [[North Elmham|Elmenham]]. He was King [[Edmund the Martyr|Edmund]]'s counsel before the invasions. And like it or not, he's the last Saxon noble with any sway.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Why not crown a Dane instead?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Why not crown a Dane instead?'' | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''Halfdan [[Jarl]] made it clear. He wants a Saxon king married to a Dane. For a greater show of unity. But Oswald's not the sort of man you'd chase into battle with a grin. He's soft. And the settled Danes don't trust him.'' | *'''Finnr:''' ''Halfdan ''[[Jarl]]'' made it clear. He wants a Saxon king married to a Dane. For a greater show of unity. But Oswald's not the sort of man you'd chase into battle with a grin. He's soft. And the settled Danes don't trust him.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Where is he now? I'll get the measure of him, see what I can do.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Where is he now? I'll get the measure of him, see what I can do.'' | ||
*'''Finnr:''' ''You just missed him. He's headed for Elmenham just now, pleading once again for peace. If you go by the north gates and along the road, you may catch him.'' | *'''Finnr:''' ''You just missed him. He's headed for Elmenham just now, pleading once again for peace. If you go by the north gates and along the road, you may catch him.'' | ||
Eivor left Finnr at the longhouse and traveled north after Oswald. Just outside the city gates, she came across two groups of people arguing with a single man standing between them. | Eivor left Finnr at the longhouse and traveled north after Oswald. Just outside the city gates, she came across two groups of people arguing with a single man standing between them. | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''... they rushed in like wolves, killing and burning as they went!'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''... they rushed in like wolves, killing and burning as they went!'' | ||
*'''Norse Man:''' ''It wasn't us!'' | *'''[[Norse people|Norse]] Man:''' ''It wasn't us!'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''Your folk destroyed this country once before! Now you're doing it again!'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''Your folk destroyed this [[England|country]] once before! Now you're doing it again!'' | ||
*'''Norse Man:''' ''We live here, you blistering fool! We were attacked as well!'' | *'''Norse Man:''' ''We live here, you blistering fool! We were attacked as well!'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''You live here because you took our land!'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''You live here because you took our land!'' | ||
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*'''Oswald:''' ''Nonsense. Their homes are here now, same as ours. Our futures run together, not apart.'' | *'''Oswald:''' ''Nonsense. Their homes are here now, same as ours. Our futures run together, not apart.'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man:''' ''So what of these Danes attacking us, eh? What will you do about them?'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Man:''' ''So what of these Danes attacking us, eh? What will you do about them?'' | ||
*'''Oswald:''' ''When I am | *'''Oswald:''' ''When I am king—'' | ||
The Norse man laughed and Oswald glared at him. | The Norse man laughed and Oswald glared at him. | ||
*'''Oswald:''' ''When I am your king, I'll set things right.'' | *'''Oswald:''' ''When I am your king, I'll set things right.'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''Who else if not a king should bear it?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Who else if not a king should bear it?'' | ||
*'''Oswald:''' ''Travel with me, Eivor. We can discuss my tenuous future on the road home.'' | *'''Oswald:''' ''Travel with me, Eivor. We can discuss my tenuous future on the road home.'' | ||
Mounting their | Mounting their [[horse]]s, Eivor followed Oswald down the road west. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''What begs your attention in Elmenham?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''What begs your attention in Elmenham?'' | ||
*'''Oswald:''' ''Wedding preparations. Elmenham is on guard as we ready my marriage to the Dane woman [[Valdis]]. She's a cousin of Halfdan's.'' | *'''Oswald:''' ''Wedding preparations. Elmenham is on guard as we ready my marriage to the Dane woman [[Valdis]]. She's a cousin of Halfdan's.'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''Hold. There is smoke ahead.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Hold. There is smoke ahead.'' | ||
As they grew closer, they found livestock dead in the fields. | As they grew closer, they found livestock dead in the fields. | ||
*'''Oswald:''' ''That's Beteleah. It could be the same men who attacked the walls of Northwic.'' | *'''Oswald:''' ''That's [[Beteleah Farm|Beteleah]]. It could be the same men who attacked the walls of Northwic.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Stay here. I'll have a look.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Stay here. I'll have a look.'' | ||
While Oswald remained behind, Eivor moved closer, finding bodies strewn across the area, human and animal both. Near the house, she found a group of armed men. After killing the men around the edges, she approached the house and overheard two of the warriors talking. | While Oswald remained behind, Eivor moved closer, finding bodies strewn across the area, human and animal both. Near the house, she found a group of armed men. After killing the men around the edges, she approached the house and overheard two of the warriors talking. | ||
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She returned to speak to Oswald. | She returned to speak to Oswald. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Rued's clan. They left none alive.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Rued's clan. They left none alive.'' | ||
*'''Oswald:''' ''God rest their souls. I'm needed at home to make yet another fruitless attempt to impress my betrothed's family.'' | *'''Oswald:''' ''[[Christianity|God]] rest their souls. I'm needed at home to make yet another fruitless attempt to impress my betrothed's family.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Show more grit than you're showing me now and they may start to like you.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Show more grit than you're showing me now and they may start to like you.'' | ||
*'''Oswald:''' ''Yes, sorry. I'm just... shaken. If you joined us at dinner, that might ease their minds a touch. Think about it. My doors are open to you.'' | *'''Oswald:''' ''Yes, sorry. I'm just... shaken. If you joined us at dinner, that might ease their minds a touch. Think about it. My doors are open to you.'' | ||
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==Outcome== | ==Outcome== | ||
Eivor attended a dinner in | Eivor attended a dinner in Elmenham with its intended king, Oswald. During the dinner, Eivor got into an argument with two warriors, Brodir and Brothir, forcing her to fight them simultaneously. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Kingmaker was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description
Eivor travelled to Northwic to assist the Dane steward Finnr.
Dialogue
After the attack on Ravensthorpe, Eivor spoke to Randvi at the alliance map.
- Eivor: Those Dane invaders, they came from East Anglia, is that right?
- Randvi: Yes. Dane invaders who serve a man called Rued. He seems to be sowing discord among Saxons and friendly Danes alike. Years ago, the Sons of Ragnar hoped to pacify the land. They appointed a steward named Finnr to find a suitable Saxon king. But the kingdom has fallen into ruin since, with no king and violent raiders ravaging what little peace remains. I suggest you make for East Anglia and find out what their steward is doing wrong.
Eivor stabbed a dagger into the map, pledging to East Anglia.
- Eivor: I will make the trip east, then. Speak to this Finnr myself.
- Randvi: A good plan.
Eivor left Ravensthorpe and made for Northwic. She found the city in a poor state.
- Eivor: Northwic. Suffering hard times, I see.
Eivor went to the longhouse in search of Finnr. Within she found a mostly empty hall, a throne riddled with arrows, and a drunken man asleep at one of the tables. She banged her fists on the table, startling him awake.
- Finnr: Wha... what? What's happening?
- Eivor: Finnr?
The man yawned.
- Finnr: No, not unless Halfdan sent you.
- Eivor: Let's pretend Halfdan did send me. Then we pretend you're Finnr, his steward of East Anglia.
- Finnr: Right...
- Eivor: How do you expect to find a king for this kingdom when this is the speed you work at?
- Finnr: I found him already! And as soon as he's married, we'll plunk his arse down on that throne.
- Eivor: Whoever you are, I want to know why there's no king on East Anglia's throne?
- Finnr: Because the man in question ain't been married yet. Once he is, East Anglia will have its king... and little else.
- Eivor: Which man?
Finnr stood.
- Finnr: You know, stranger, you interrupted a beautiful dream. I was sailing through Helheim, drifting on a boat of fire.
- Eivor: Dreams of death often run ahead of the real thing.
- Finnr: O, wouldn't that be a burden off my shoulders. What business have you with a backwater king, anyway?
- Eivor: Danes from here attacked my clan. I want to know why, and how to make sure it never happens again.
- Finnr: Ah, that'd be Rued's clan. They killed the last man I put here, Aethelstan. I suspect they'll do the same to our next monarch.
- Eivor: A Dane who cannot keep the Danes in line? Not much of a steward, are you?
- Finnr: If I knew how, I'd have rid our lands of them long ago! Rued's clan plagues us all, Dane and Saxon alike.
- Eivor: You are the sorriest soldier I've met in this country. Kick your king in the arse and fight back.
- Finnr: He needs more than a kicking! He's got nothing he should have to win this fight. No courage, no army, no charisma! If he wants to live longer than a season, he'll need the backing of his bride's family. Which he hasn't! They loathe the maggot.
- Eivor: Who is he, your king maggot?
Finnr nods his head to the side, gesturing for Eivor to follow him out to the side of the longhouse.
- Finnr: Oswald of Elmenham. He was King Edmund's counsel before the invasions. And like it or not, he's the last Saxon noble with any sway.
- Eivor: Why not crown a Dane instead?
- Finnr: Halfdan Jarl made it clear. He wants a Saxon king married to a Dane. For a greater show of unity. But Oswald's not the sort of man you'd chase into battle with a grin. He's soft. And the settled Danes don't trust him.
- Eivor: Where is he now? I'll get the measure of him, see what I can do.
- Finnr: You just missed him. He's headed for Elmenham just now, pleading once again for peace. If you go by the north gates and along the road, you may catch him.
Eivor left Finnr at the longhouse and traveled north after Oswald. Just outside the city gates, she came across two groups of people arguing with a single man standing between them.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: ... they rushed in like wolves, killing and burning as they went!
- Norse Man: It wasn't us!
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: Your folk destroyed this country once before! Now you're doing it again!
- Norse Man: We live here, you blistering fool! We were attacked as well!
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: You live here because you took our land!
Eivor got closer to the group.
- Norse: I built myself a home here! Rued's clan attacked us as well!
- Anglo-Saxon Man: O how nice to have a home to speak of, man! Mine was burned to the ground years ago! And by whom, I wonder?
- Oswald: Please, all of you! Be we Dane or Saxon, we all want the same peace... with land to till and a home to keep, without fear of Rued's violence.
- Anglo-Saxon Man: Til they break the peace with another bleedin' raid!
- Oswald: Nonsense. Their homes are here now, same as ours. Our futures run together, not apart.
- Anglo-Saxon Man: So what of these Danes attacking us, eh? What will you do about them?
- Oswald: When I am king—
The Norse man laughed and Oswald glared at him.
- Oswald: When I am your king, I'll set things right.
- Norse Man: You will be king when I am a flying troll.
The crowd dispersed, leaving only Oswald behind. Eivor approached him.
- Eivor: You handled that well. Disputes between Saxon and Dane don't always end so cleanly.
- Oswald: That was a clean result?
- Eivor: A dispute ending without bloodshed is as clean as they come.
- Oswald: Quite a brutal outlook...
- Eivor: I am Eivor of the Raven Clan. Are you Oswald?
- Eivor: A king should be harsher in tone with those who disrupt his kingdom.
- Oswald: I'm not yet king. So I'll listen to my people before deciding what tone to take.
- Eivor: I am Eivor of the Raven Clan. Are you Oswald?
- Eivor: I am Eivor of the Raven Clan. Are you Oswald?
- Oswald: I am... You're not here to kill me, are you?
- Eivor: I am not in the habit of killing kings. But I do like meeting them.
- Oswald: I am Oswald, yes. For as long as I can hold out.
- Eivor: So what happened here, Oswald?
- Oswald: A clan led by a Dane called Rued attacked this morning. They've been sacking farms and hamlets across East Anglia for some time now, growing more brazen by the day.
- Eivor: Do they know this is Halfdan's land?
- Oswald: They must. They just don't care.
- Eivor: Their chaos has touched my home as well. And I'm here to see that it doesn't happen again. Lately I've come to learn you are the hook that all hopes hang upon. As king, you could unite all Saxons and friendly Danes.
- Oswald: A minor weight to bear, isn't it?
- Eivor: Who else if not a king should bear it?
- Oswald: Travel with me, Eivor. We can discuss my tenuous future on the road home.
Mounting their horses, Eivor followed Oswald down the road west.
- Eivor: What begs your attention in Elmenham?
- Oswald: Wedding preparations. Elmenham is on guard as we ready my marriage to the Dane woman Valdis. She's a cousin of Halfdan's.
- Eivor: Good. A well-matched marriage can forge a strong alliance. So what's the hold up?
- Oswald: The hold up? I don't yet have permission to marry Valdis. Her brothers don't approve of me.
Ahead, smoke could be seen rising from a small farm.
- Oswald: Slow down. Something is... not quite right here.
- Eivor: Hold. There is smoke ahead.
As they grew closer, they found livestock dead in the fields.
- Oswald: That's Beteleah. It could be the same men who attacked the walls of Northwic.
- Eivor: Stay here. I'll have a look.
While Oswald remained behind, Eivor moved closer, finding bodies strewn across the area, human and animal both. Near the house, she found a group of armed men. After killing the men around the edges, she approached the house and overheard two of the warriors talking.
- Norse Warrior 1: Do you see how they tremble as we thunder by? It makes my guts all wobbly with glee.
- Norse Warrior 2: I never knew you as a man given to verse!
- Norse Warrior 1: Ah, their little worries. Their little lives. They mean nothing to me. They're flies on shit.
Eivor killed the last two men.
- Eivor: That should be the last of these pig-faced cowards. Oswald will be relieved to know of this.
She returned to speak to Oswald.
- Eivor: Rued's clan. They left none alive.
- Oswald: God rest their souls. I'm needed at home to make yet another fruitless attempt to impress my betrothed's family.
- Eivor: Show more grit than you're showing me now and they may start to like you.
- Oswald: Yes, sorry. I'm just... shaken. If you joined us at dinner, that might ease their minds a touch. Think about it. My doors are open to you.
- Eivor: I'll be happy to join you. Tell me when and where.
- Eivor: My presence alone won't sway the family of your intended bride. That's work you must do yourself.
- Oswald: Yes, yes, you're absolutely right. I'm merely hoping you might provide me with... perspective.
- Eivor: That I can do.
- Eivor: It takes more than a feast to impress a Dane. If you want to marry into this family, you must become one as well.
- Oswald: I'd be a troll's groom if it helped the people of this kingdom. Only tell me how.
- Eivor: I'll see what I can do.
- Oswald: Wonderful. Visit us in Elmenham, whenever you have time.
Oswald mounted his horse again and rode away.
- Eivor: It's worse here than I feared.
Outcome
Eivor attended a dinner in Elmenham with its intended king, Oswald. During the dinner, Eivor got into an argument with two warriors, Brodir and Brothir, forcing her to fight them simultaneously.