As she had done before, Eivor held the amulet aloft, prompting its energy to lighten up the three Elder Futhark runes and the stylized triquetra on the door, which slid down to open.
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*'''Eivor:''' ''What can you mean?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''What can you mean?'' | ||
The old woman pulled from the ancient artifact and showed it to her while gazing upon it. | The old woman pulled from the ancient artifact and showed it to her while gazing upon it. | ||
* '''Hildiran:''' ''It is one thing to look upon it, but quite another to listen. It will sing to you, Wolf-Kissed. It will sing of [[Piece of Eden|treasure]].'' | * '''Hildiran:''' ''It is one thing to look upon it, but quite another to listen. It will sing to you, [[Wolf]]-Kissed. It will sing of [[Piece of Eden|treasure]].'' | ||
The object emitted a faint sound. | The object emitted a faint sound. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''You speak in riddles.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''You speak in riddles.'' | ||
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Eivor left but eventually reconsidered her decision, returning once again to stand in front of the stone door. | Eivor left but eventually reconsidered her decision, returning once again to stand in front of the stone door. | ||
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With her path now unimpeded, Eivor proceeded to enter the vault, lighting up the Shrine of the Valkyrie situaded in its interior, which reacted to the medallion's presence. She then saw an ornate set of [[armor]] resembling the one of a [[Valkyrie]]. As the Viking walked to it, Hildiran suddenly struck her with a piece of wood from behind. The old woman approached the armor as Eivor, laying on the ground, lost consciousness. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''Ha! At long last!'' | |||
After a while, the ''jarlskona'' woke up to find that Hildiran had donned the armor, as well as a [[Battleaxe|dane axe]] and a [[shield]], and was standing before the shrine. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is this?'' | |||
Hildiran turned around, her eyes turning red. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''Vengeance.'' | |||
Eivor took the now glowing amulet out of her bag, with the rune {{Wiki|Isaz}} lighting up red in a similar fashion. With this, Eivor saw a fire start around her as Hildiran levitated above it, prompting the two of them to be transported to a fiery version of the castle above them. Eivor, donning the [[Paladin Armor Set]] she had acquired in [[Francia]], looked around her in awe as Hildiran, with axe and shield in hand, walked up to her from behind a wall. She stomped her axe on the ground as the Viking looked to her in a challenging manner, initiating combat with the armored old woman. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''I control Hugrheim now. If you die, your mind is forever lost.'' | |||
Eivor's attacks with [[Aella's Bardiche]] were often consistently parried by Hildiran. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''You will not last long.'' | |||
After a while, Eivor weakened the old woman enough to make her vanish in retreat, with the intention of gradually healing herself. The ''jarlskona'' left the arena, causing various [[bandit]]s to appear in front of her. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''I would like you to meet my guests!'' | |||
Eivor managed to either defeat or evade the bandits, reaching Hildiran in another fiery arena further up the castle. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''Your search for your very death!'' | |||
The two continued to battle each other, with Hildiran now using a hammer instead of the shield. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Why have you turned against me?'' | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''My mother, her mother, and back generations have sought you out.'' | |||
Eivor once again prompted Hildiran to retreat. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''You are resilient, Wolf-Kissed.'' | |||
She then ventured further into the fortress, confronting more legions of bandits and passing through a variety of traps. Eventually, she used another oil jar to unlock the pathway to the last arena on the tallest tower of Dunwic, initiating combat with Hildiran once again, who this time utilized two axes. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''A pleasant surprise.'' | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''I have done nothing to you or any of your grandmothers!'' | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''The blood of Valkyries flows in my veins. Blood once spilled by the One-Eyed!'' | |||
After a long battle, Hildiran finally fell to her knees. She screamed in anger, dispelling the fiery simulation and assembling another recreation of the castle, this time in a frigid environment. Eivor, now dressed in the [[Rus' Armor Set]], one she had acquired from her travels in [[Ireland]], found herself in one of the fortress' ramparts, equipped only with the [[Death-Skald]]. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is all this talk of Valkyries?'' | |||
The voice of Hildiran echoed through the air. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''You well know, the Valkyrie [[Hildr]] was betrayed by Freyja and imprisoned by [[Reborn Isu|you]]!'' | |||
A series of projections of Hildiran's image started coming from the interior of the castle, closing in on Eivor. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Stay away!'' | |||
Eivor used her bow to shoot the oil jars in the way, killing one of the projections and causing more of them to appear. | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''You must defeat all of me!'' | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Annoying pests!'' | |||
As Eivor killed the clones, she continued to try and reason with Hildiran. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''You speak madness!'' | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''You imprisoned Hildr in the [[Venutius Tomb|cell of ice]], where she died of starvation after [[Great Catastrophe|Ragnarök]].'' | |||
The projections kept coming, with Eivor killing them over and over. | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Another one!<br />Too many!<br />I must thin them out!<br />Still more!<br />Will I never be done with you?'' | |||
*'''Hildiran:''' ''I attack as a swarm!'' | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''That's the spot!<br />O, yes!'' | |||
Eventually, the real Hildiran emerged, weakened again. She proceeded to dispell the current simulation and create another as before. | |||
Eivor found a series of notes in Hildiran's home, starting with a paper on her dinner table. | Eivor found a series of notes in Hildiran's home, starting with a paper on her dinner table. | ||
{{IUNote | {{IUNote | ||
|Title=Mother's Teachings | |Title=Mother's Teachings | ||
|Text=Darling Hildiran,<br><br>The chill of death is upon me. I leave to you our family duty, passed mother to daughter for generations extending back into the swirls of time: vengeance must come to the hated Odin, in whatever form he is found.<br><br>Your distant grandmother Hildr served as Valkyrie to the goddess Freyja. As such, the learned of Odin's plan to save himself and other Æsir gods from the devastation of [[Ragnarök]].<br><br>Furious that Odin thought only of himself and his friends, leaving all other being 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. Hildr was sentenced to a | |Text=Darling Hildiran,<br><br>The chill of death is upon me. I leave to you our family duty, passed mother to daughter for generations extending back into the swirls of time: vengeance must come to the hated Odin, in whatever form he is found.<br><br>Your distant grandmother Hildr served as Valkyrie to the goddess Freyja. As such, the learned of Odin's plan to save himself and other Æsir gods from the devastation of [[Ragnarök]].<br><br>Furious that Odin thought only of himself and his friends, leaving all other being 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. Hildr was sentenced to a deep, dark prison to wait for the coming end to all.<br><br>Distraught by her part in Hildr's fate, yet unable to defy Odin, Freyja arranged to deliver her own amulet as a token of past love.<br><br>Hildr wept bitter tears and had the amulet sent away to her daughter in hopes it would one day be of use.<br><br>Hold these words close, dear Hildiran, Perhaps you will be the daughter who makes Odin pay for his cruelty!<br><br>–Your Loving Mother}} | ||
Eivor turned around and saw another note on a pile of blankets by the door. | Eivor turned around and saw another note on a pile of blankets by the door. | ||
{{IUNote | {{IUNote | ||
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The All-Seeing Eye was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Basim Ibn Ishaq in 2020 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description
Eivor decided to revisit Hildiran in order to check her progress in discovering the purpose of Odin's Eye.
Dialogue
Eivor found Hildiran in the centre of the training area adjacent to her home in Ravensthorpe, close to its Shrine of the Valkyrie.
- Hildiran: Ha! Eivor of the Raven Clan! The Eye of Odin will serve our purpose!
The Viking approached her.
- Hildiran: I have discovered the secret of the Eye.
- Eivor: What can you mean?
The old woman pulled from the ancient artifact and showed it to her while gazing upon it.
- Hildiran: It is one thing to look upon it, but quite another to listen. It will sing to you, Wolf-Kissed. It will sing of treasure.
The object emitted a faint sound.
- Eivor: You speak in riddles.
- Hildiran: Take it. Hold it close. Go to the coast of East Anglia. Once there, follow the song. You will see.
She handled the Eye to the jarlskona.
- Eivor: I am to listen to an eye with my ears. I fear you mock me.
- Hildiran: There is no mockery. Go. You will understand.
Eivor left with a smirk on her face. She then travelled to the cliffs under the fortress of Dunwic, where the sound the artifact emitted got stronger.
- Eivor: What is this? The Eye of Odin has found something.
She found a small abandoned encanpment on the beach near the rocks. As Eivor approached a sealed crack in the cliff, the object started "singing" in a strange language.
- Odin's Eye: Dű hàsm rhobtoràs oænosôd oærhàsi (Open for the sake of one of the Chosen Ones).
(unintelligible)
(unintelligible) dű hàsm rhobtoràs oænosôd oærhàsi ([...] open for the sake of one of the Chosen Ones).
Eivor then used one of the oil jars in the camp to clear the barred opening. She passed through it, prompting the sounds emitted by the orb to get louder.
- Eivor: This is Hildiran's song. It gets louder as I approach its object.
Venturing into a corridor made of unusual architecture, she eventually dropped into a small pit and saw a sealed door reminiscent of the one in Freyja's Cave. Eivor held Freya's medallion aloft before the door. A faint glow came from the medallion, but it was not enough to trigger the door mechanism. Unsatisfied with the result, Eivor tried to force the entrance, pushing the stone door to no avail, as Hildiran arrived.
- Hildiran: I see you are unable to open a simple door.
The jarlskona threw the orb to the old woman.
- Eivor: Your singing stone tells me something is within. But the door will not move.
Hildiran examined the artifact.
- Hildiran: Have you still the amulet of Freyja?
- Eivor: You burden me with so much jewelry.
Eivor took the amulet out of her satchel and showed it to her.
- Hildiran: You may have fooled Freyja, but your strength is no match for Odin.
- Eivor: You mean to say that I must continue to train.
- Hildiran: New shrines of Hugrheim await you. If you like, come visit me. I have more treasures to bestow.
She handled the Eye to the Viking.
- Hildiran: Meanwhile, keep this. There may be other hidden playthings of the gods.
The old woman left, leaving Eivor to find another two shrines in order to complete more meditation challenges. Finished her training, she returned to the entrance of Odin's Vault.
- Eivor: It is likely that once through this gate, there will be no way back. Am I ready for this?
Eivor left but eventually reconsidered her decision, returning once again to stand in front of the stone door.
With her path now unimpeded, Eivor proceeded to enter the vault, lighting up the Shrine of the Valkyrie situaded in its interior, which reacted to the medallion's presence. She then saw an ornate set of armor resembling the one of a Valkyrie. As the Viking walked to it, Hildiran suddenly struck her with a piece of wood from behind. The old woman approached the armor as Eivor, laying on the ground, lost consciousness.
- Hildiran: Ha! At long last!
After a while, the jarlskona woke up to find that Hildiran had donned the armor, as well as a dane axe and a shield, and was standing before the shrine.
- Eivor: What is this?
Hildiran turned around, her eyes turning red.
- Hildiran: Vengeance.
Eivor took the now glowing amulet out of her bag, with the rune Isaz lighting up red in a similar fashion. With this, Eivor saw a fire start around her as Hildiran levitated above it, prompting the two of them to be transported to a fiery version of the castle above them. Eivor, donning the Paladin Armor Set she had acquired in Francia, looked around her in awe as Hildiran, with axe and shield in hand, walked up to her from behind a wall. She stomped her axe on the ground as the Viking looked to her in a challenging manner, initiating combat with the armored old woman.
- Hildiran: I control Hugrheim now. If you die, your mind is forever lost.
Eivor's attacks with Aella's Bardiche were often consistently parried by Hildiran.
- Hildiran: You will not last long.
After a while, Eivor weakened the old woman enough to make her vanish in retreat, with the intention of gradually healing herself. The jarlskona left the arena, causing various bandits to appear in front of her.
- Hildiran: I would like you to meet my guests!
Eivor managed to either defeat or evade the bandits, reaching Hildiran in another fiery arena further up the castle.
- Hildiran: Your search for your very death!
The two continued to battle each other, with Hildiran now using a hammer instead of the shield.
- Eivor: Why have you turned against me?
- Hildiran: My mother, her mother, and back generations have sought you out.
Eivor once again prompted Hildiran to retreat.
- Hildiran: You are resilient, Wolf-Kissed.
She then ventured further into the fortress, confronting more legions of bandits and passing through a variety of traps. Eventually, she used another oil jar to unlock the pathway to the last arena on the tallest tower of Dunwic, initiating combat with Hildiran once again, who this time utilized two axes.
- Hildiran: A pleasant surprise.
- Eivor: I have done nothing to you or any of your grandmothers!
- Hildiran: The blood of Valkyries flows in my veins. Blood once spilled by the One-Eyed!
After a long battle, Hildiran finally fell to her knees. She screamed in anger, dispelling the fiery simulation and assembling another recreation of the castle, this time in a frigid environment. Eivor, now dressed in the Rus' Armor Set, one she had acquired from her travels in Ireland, found herself in one of the fortress' ramparts, equipped only with the Death-Skald.
- Eivor: What is all this talk of Valkyries?
The voice of Hildiran echoed through the air.
A series of projections of Hildiran's image started coming from the interior of the castle, closing in on Eivor.
- Eivor: Stay away!
Eivor used her bow to shoot the oil jars in the way, killing one of the projections and causing more of them to appear.
- Hildiran: You must defeat all of me!
- Eivor: Annoying pests!
As Eivor killed the clones, she continued to try and reason with Hildiran.
- Eivor: You speak madness!
- Hildiran: You imprisoned Hildr in the cell of ice, where she died of starvation after Ragnarök.
The projections kept coming, with Eivor killing them over and over.
- Eivor: Another one!
Too many!
I must thin them out!
Still more!
Will I never be done with you? - Hildiran: I attack as a swarm!
- Eivor: That's the spot!
O, yes!
Eventually, the real Hildiran emerged, weakened again. She proceeded to dispell the current simulation and create another as before.
Eivor found a series of notes in Hildiran's home, starting with a paper on her dinner table.
Mother's Teachings
- Darling Hildiran,
The chill of death is upon me. I leave to you our family duty, passed mother to daughter for generations extending back into the swirls of time: vengeance must come to the hated Odin, in whatever form he is found.
Your distant grandmother Hildr served as Valkyrie to the goddess Freyja. As such, the learned of Odin's plan to save himself and other Æsir gods from the devastation of Ragnarök.
Furious that Odin thought only of himself and his friends, leaving all other being 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. Hildr was sentenced to a deep, dark prison to wait for the coming end to all.
Distraught by her part in Hildr's fate, yet unable to defy Odin, Freyja arranged to deliver her own amulet as a token of past love.
Hildr wept bitter tears and had the amulet sent away to her daughter in hopes it would one day be of use.
Hold these words close, dear Hildiran, Perhaps you will be the daughter who makes Odin pay for his cruelty!
–Your Loving Mother
Eivor turned around and saw another note on a pile of blankets by the door.
Research Notes
- I have looked closely into the odd amulet passed down by my mother. I have come to believe all that Mother has tole me, and the legend that it belonged to the Freyja herself. I will use it to search for any manifestation of Odin reborn!
Almost more astonishing than Freyja's Amulet are the shrines that are hidden throughout this land. The mysterious metal that exists in these shrines is the same metal of which Freyja's Amulet is made.
What is remarkable is that the shrines increase the power of the amulet, pushing its illusionary powers beyond all understanding. One can create what appears to be a very real event which takes place nowhere but in the viewer's mind!
Eivor saw a final paper on a barrel near the back wall.
The One-Eyed Unmasked
- Word has spread that an extraordinary Norse warrior is found in England, capable of exploits of legend. I will thence to see whether this be the rebirth of the one I seek.
I have found the Norse, Eivor by name. They appear credulous—I believe I can beguile them into almost anything.
The Amulet of Freyja offers the power of illusion. I shall make this Eivor jump to my command!
I have gained Eivor's attention and trust. It was simple enough with the amulet: a meteor fell from the sky! Or so it seemed to Eivor...
All is falling into place. This Eivor trusts me! I will find Hildr's armor and use its power to crush this "Odin". What delicious irony!

