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| name = The First Night of Samhaim
| name = The First Night of Samhain
| image =ACV Eivor as Mari Lwyd.png  
| image =ACV Eivor as Mari Lwyd.png  
| description = ''[[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] arrives in [[Gloucestershire|Glowecestrescire]] to bless [[Gunnar]]'s engagement and join in [[Samhain]] festivities.''
| description = ''[[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] arrives in [[Gloucestershire|Glowecestrescire]] to bless [[Gunnar]]'s engagement and join in [[Samhain]] festivities.''
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| date = 876
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'''The First Night of Samhaim''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]].
'''The First Night of Samhain''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]].


==Description==
==Description==
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==Dialogue==
==Dialogue==
TBA
Eivor spoke to [[Randvi]] about pledging to [[Gloucestershire|Glowecestrescire]].
*'''Eivor:''' ''What transpires in Glowecestrescire?''
*'''Randvi:''' ''You may have noticed that Gunnar has disappeared from his forge. He has traveled to Glowecestrescire in search of a wife.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''A wife?''
*'''Randvi:''' ''He is in love.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''When did this happen?''
*'''Randvi:''' ''When doesn't this happen with our dear, lovelorn blacksmith? But there is a bright side. He has asked you to join him.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Join his search for a wife?''
*'''Randvi:''' ''And see that he does not make a fool of himself. I believe he thinks that your presence would bolster his image.''
Eivor pledged to Glowecestrescire.
*'''Eivor:''' ''All right. I'll be Gunnar's keeper. If only to bring him back in one piece.''
*'''Randvi:''' ''Very generous of you. Make for the town of Glowecestre. You will find him there.''
Eivor traveled to Glowecestre and arrived to find Gunnar. Looking at the western part of town, Eivor spotted Gunnar with his love, Brigid, besides a house.
*'''Eivor:''' ''There you are, Gunnar. And with a smile like I haven't seen in some time.''
Gunnar caught sight of an incoming Eivor.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Eivor, over here!''
[[File:ACV Eivor, Gunnar Brigid Meet.jpg|thumb|250px|Eivor finds Gunnar and meets his betrothed, Brigid]]
Eivor spoke with Gunnar.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Eivor! Thought I smelt you on the wind!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gunnar, with the speed you left home, I thought you've been carried off by [[Valkyrie]]s.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''I have. This Valkyrie right here. Brigid, my heart's root, meet Eivor.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It takes a rare woman to nail down our Gunnar.''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
*'''Eivor:''' ''Good to meet you as well.''
<tabber>
|-|How did you meet?=
*'''Eivor:''' ''How did you find a woman in these backwoods?''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''She came through the [[Ravensthorpe|settlement]] selling [[runes]]. Outshone every stone in her satchel. She offered me a trade, a rune for the brooch I was making. I got the better deal, but she loves the ugly little thing.''
|-|Tell me about yourself=
*'''Eivor:''' ''What do you do around here, Brigid? Except keep Gunnar out of mischief.''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
*'''Eivor:''' ''And my Gunnar? What are you gonna do with him?''
|-|When are you marrying?=
*'''Eivor:''' ''So, is the wedding here? When you spoke of a wedding feast, Gunnar, I hoped it would be at home.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''No, no, no, we're here for the festival and blessings. Brigid's hand must be given. You know me, Eivor, I'm forged in honor.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Whose blessing? I see no pitchfork-shaking father or weeping mother.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Ha! Glowecestre's ealdorman, [[Cynon]]. He helped raise Brig since she was a pup.''
</tabber>
*'''Eivor:''' ''Have you a family, Brigid?''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Brig's Ma and Pa were the last high priestess and [[ealdorman]]. They've since passed on, but the current ealdorman looks out for her.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I should like to meet this ealdorman of yours, if our kinfolk are to be joined.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''A union forged in love! Come, we'll go find him. O, and don't blame me if he's heard a tale or two about you. What about it, Brig?''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
Eivor looked puzzled.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Right. No daylight to waste then, eh?''
Brigid went inside her house as Eivor followed Gunnar.
*'''Eivor:''' ''So, the ealdorman may have heard a tale or two about my exploits?''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Not all from me! Your name will be on the lips of every skald for years to come.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Hm. And the [[Mercia]]ns here are not unsettled by lurking [[viking]]r?''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''They came from all over to celebrate [[Samhain]]. Most are too busy with the festivities to pay us mind.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Samhain? Is that what these carved roots are for, this tradition?''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Aye! Faces cut into lanterns to ward off evil spirits and guide children home.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''They have a haunted look about them. Let's bring a few back.''
Gunnar and Eivor arrived at the center of the Samhain preparations to meet with the ealdorman Cynon.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''There's the ealdorman. Cynon!''
Cynon noticed Gunnar and went back to his constiuents.
*'''Eivor:''' ''A good leader, seeing to his people's needs. Let us join hands when his task is done.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Ja. Then let's introduce you to [[Tewdwr]].''
Tewdwr noticed Gunnar, who waved at him.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Hands as clammy as a dead haddock, but his heart is in the right place. And he'll be ealdorman after Cynon.''
[[File:ACV Eivor Gunnar, Tewdwr Argue.jpg|thumb|250px|Gunnar introduces Eivor to Tewdwr, who argues about her presence in his shire]]
Tewdwr came into the conversation.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Tewdwr! This is Eivor, my chieftain.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Ah, yes. The way Gunnar speaks, I expected−''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Me to ride in on a winged horse? Cure the sick and the blind? His compliments are as blunt as his hammer.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Ah, more pagans crowding our table. Just lovely. What brings you here?''
<tabber>
|-|My friend's wedding=
*'''Eivor:''' ''I am here to hasten my friend's marriage and drink my weight in ale. If friendship comes afterwards, then all the better.''
|-|What's your problem?=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Have I wronged you? I am here only for the wedding. Where I come from, we do not poison the well of friendship so swiftly.''
|-|You're the next ealdorman?=
*'''Eivor:''' ''The way people hear talk, Cynon's boots are hard to fill, and your feet look small.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Ha! All good friendships start with wit-battles.''
</tabber>
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''And what has Dane friendship done for [[Christianity|Christian]] Mercia? Unseated God-right kings for puppet rulers?
<tabber>
|-|We brought stability=
*'''Eivor:''' ''So-called puppet kings keep your lands safe and your bellies full. I ask no thanks, only hospitality.''
|-|Watch your tongue=
*'''Eivor:''' ''I am here as a friend to Gunnar. I do not like to make enemies when breaking bread. So tread careful, boy.''
|-|(Say Nothing)=
Eivor looked down and then glared at Tewdwr.
</tabber>
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Apples! Eivor, wait until you try the cider. You like cider, eh, Tewdwr? Cider?''
Ealdorman Cynon walked into the conversation.
*'''Cynon:''' ''Ahh! You must be Eivor? Tewdwr, I see you've welcomed our honored guest! Come just in time for my last Samhain!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''At your behest, we welcome all pagans set upon God's own Glowecestre.''
*'''Cynon:''' ''Tewdwr, as your Harvest King, I demand that you remove the turnip from your arse and be merry.''
Eivor smiled at Cynon's remark.
*'''Cynon:''' ''So you've come to meet the family? Before you whisk my Brigid away to her life as a [[blacksmith|smithy]]'s bride?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We're honored to have her join the [[Raven Clan]]. But your lush landscape will be hard to match.''
*'''Cynon:''' ''I must give away girl and land in the misty season. But Gunnar is a good man, and he speaks tirelessly of you.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''If you will excuse me... I have matters to attend to.''
*'''Cynon:''' ''Ah, yes, the shrine! And with so many [[thief|thieves]] and fangs on the path. A fellow may fall in God's service.''
Cynon looked to Eivor to escort Tewdwr and she agreed.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Cynon! I do not need a heathen escort!''
*'''Cynon:''' ''Youth cut down in its prime. Without even the memory of warm thighs and cider to sustain him in the afterlife.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Then, by my honor, I shall not rest until I return him to you safely. Aye, Tewdwr?''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''I see I'm outmatched. Though a Dane joining in praise to Saint Kenhelm? God will weep.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''My ladylove calls, Eivor. O, if you'd like to join us later, we're going hoodening this eve.''
*'''Cynon:''' ''Go. May you have a fire-forged friendship. Watch for fairies, fen-folk, and fiends. I have a hand-fastening to oversee, an apprenticeship to officiate, and a [[pig]] to slaughter.''
Cynon bowed and left.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Shall we, then?''
Eivor escorted Tewdwr to his shrine.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Samhain! Cynon humors these Pagans too much. It is the first thing gone when I am ealdorman. Fires and magic, spirits in the air, Glowecestrescire has strayed from God's light.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''People need carousing. Especially before the winter frost. A festival brings warmth and cheer.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''God's light does not dim as the nights chill. But the winters are hard upon the children. Seeing them run around...''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It lightens the heart. Are there [[scholar|priest]]s in your lands? I have met a few, liked even fewer.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''The profane has gone unchallenged here. I alone am the reformation. They are a flock in need of the shepherding.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''And how will you lead this great renewal?''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''They will fill the church's pews, and we will thank Him for the gifts He brings. Not false {{Wiki|Norse mythology|idol}}s of [[wood]] and clay.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''And yet are we going to pray at the idol of another? Is this Saint Kenhelm your god?''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''No. And we do not call him such. He is simply closer to the Lord's ear. Low in a mead of kine under a thorn, lieth poor Kenhelm king-born. Is this land not beautiful, Eivor?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Aye.''
Eivor and Tewdwr arrived at [[St. Kenhelm's Falls]].
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Look, the path is untouched by danger. So, your company is not needed.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You're a kinder man than the mask you wear. You won't be rid of me. I'll keep my word to Cynon for your safe return.''
As Tewdwr prayed at the shrine, Eivor spoke to him.
*'''Eivor:''' ''I don't understand this Christian praying. I thank [[Odin]] while standing. Why get your knees dirty?''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''To humble ourselves before God. Besides, I've dirtied my knees doing worse.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''That sounds like a tale I'd like to lend my ear to.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Please Eivor, I must pray.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Should I watch or ... turn my back?''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''O Lord, gift upon this lowly servant your greatest gift. Patience.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I will not have to interrupt your prayer to protect you, Tewdwr.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''And yet, you insist on doing so... What is it you're looking at? A [[hare]]?''
Eivor and Tewdwr noticed a group of [[wild boar]]s readying to attack.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Tewdwr, get to safety!''
Tewdwr hid away while Eivor fought the creatures.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Find somewhere to hide!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Where did they come from? Fell the swine!''
Eivor killed all the wild boars.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Whew, that was close.''
Eivor spoke with Tewdwr.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Eivor! Thank you ... for saving my life.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It is good I was here to protect you. Maybe Cynon has the eyes of prophecy.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''S'plood. Cloven hoofed and sent by Lucifer himself! This land must be returned to God's grace.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''More likely this shrine is in their territory.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Lord, we thank thee for Your protection−''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It is not safe here.''
*'''Tewdwr''' ''Give me my moment's prayer, Eivor. I ask only this.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We should return to Glowecestre. Unless you'd like to thank the little martyr here for tonight's feast?''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''I am not a babe in the woods in need of constant guard. Go on without me.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I gave Cynon−''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Yes, yes, your word. And when I see him, I will say you protected me from being skewered upon those devils' tusks.''
Eivor began to leave as Tewdwr began to pray.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''And Eivor? I owe you a drink at least, later, if you'd have one. Find me at the festivities.''
Eivor left and went to meet with Gunnar. Eivor soon spoke with Gunnar.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Eivor! There you are.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Here I am.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''So! What adventures did you find in my absence?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Escorted Tewdwr to the shrine of some Christian saint. Our path was not peaceful. Accosted by a singular of boars.''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
Eivor looked perplexed.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''But you saved his hide? I bet it was quite the sight, two of you as a pair.''
<tabber>
|-|He's fine=
*'''Eivor:''' ''I kept my word to Cynon, and that spatchcock Tewdwr lives.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Restraint, Eivor? I was half-expecting you to wallop the lad round the head and arse.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I've bridged hands with most of [[England]], Gunnar. And, I've held my temper around worse than Tewdwr. I need a drink.''
|-|I doubt Tewdwr=
*'''Eivor:''' ''How did Tewdwr become Cynon's successor? He speaks with his God's fire, but I do not quite believe it.''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Hm. Tragic that is. I think the lad can still be molded, Eivor. You might be just the one to do that.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I need a drink.''
|-|I need a drink=
*'''Eivor:''' ''I need a drink.''
</tabber>
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Try the cider. It's from last year's apple harvest.''
Gunnar poured himself and Eivor two jugs of cider.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Skal.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Skal.''
Gunnar and Eivor drank the cider.
*'''Eivor:''' ''So, you invited me to a hoodening. What mischief is this?''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Glowecestre gives their glut to otherworldly visitors. And, if you dress as one, you'll get that bounty yourself.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Freely given? Hmph, I've only seen such a thing done at feasts.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Then we'll turn you into a beastie, and have you roam the hills braying for sweets and drinks.''
Gunnar and Brigid dressed up Eivor in her disguise.
*'''Eivor:''' ''It's hardly a disguise. Just a cloak and some bones.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Nonsense! You are the very spirit of the [[Mari Lwyd]]. Now, let's hooden!''
Eivor left the house.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Become the Mari Lwyd, the spirit who sings for cake and ale! And you cannot have your cloak back until we leave.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I'll keep this covering, but even a [[knife]] to my throat could not make me sing on command.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Shame. I've heard your voice. Clear as a bell. Larks fall from the sky in envy.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gunnar, if no one else is dressed this way, I will fill your shop with [[sheep]].''
Eivor began knocking on doors to trick-and-treat.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''That house for sure.''
Eivor knocked on her first house and its door opened.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Trick or treat.''
*'''[[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] Man 1:''' ''What business have you? O, the Mari Lwyd. Right, right, we're doing cakes instead of beers this year. Samhain night and the moon is high, Mari Lwyd haunts my door...''
<tabber>
|-|Give me sweets, and candied treats, the kind I most adore=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Give me sweets, and candied treats, the kind I most adore.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 1:''' ''Haha! Here, then. Sweets for the Mari Lwyd, you've earned it.''
Eivor received a cake.
|-|The air is chilling, and ghosts are spilling all across the misty moor=
*'''Eivor:''' ''The air is chilling, and ghosts are spilling all across the misty moor.
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 1:''' ''Ooh, ghosts and beasties. Here, spirit, take your reward.''
Eivor received 2 cakes.
</tabber>
Eivor headed to another door.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Are you playing the role of trickster spirit?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Can trickster spirits see? The eyeholes in this mask are terrible.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''All it takes is a mask and some sweetcakes to turn you into a gentle skald.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I am not going to sing, Gunnar.''
Eivor knocked on the next door, which opened.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are you ready to rhyme with me?''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 2:''' ''Down the road from my abode, there is an open veil...''
<tabber>
|-|Hope to gods this Mari Lwyd doesn't fail=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Hope to gods this Mari Lwyd doesn't fail.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 2:''' ''Ah, have a cake for your troubles, then.''
Eivor received a cake
|-|I've been here knocking, and a-walking, now give me cake and ale=
*'''Eivor:''' ''I've been here knocking, and a-walking, now give me cake and ale.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 2:''' ''Brilliant, that is.''
Eivor received 2 more cakes.
</tabber>
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Lads getting into their cups scaring the wee ones. Eivor, mighty warrior, knocker of doors, victors of cakes. How does it feel to pillage what is freely given?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''A worthy haul. And a tradition worth keeping up!''
Eivor and Gunnar passed a woman chanting.
*'''[[Modron]]:''' ''Then ... through the mist of the night, they saw a woman at the crossroads, dressed in all white. And the children knew they should not have been out in the late, and in the dark. So, they bent low to the ground.''
*'''[[Gwenydd]]:''' ''It's Y Ladi Wen!''
*'''Modron:''' ''That's right, my love, Y Ladi Wen. The White Lady. Her dark eye fell upon the children and−''
*'''Gwenydd:''' ''Haha!''
*'''Modron:''' ''Which is why none of you should run out alone to the woods tonight. You will stay in sight of the tree and the wicker man. Yes?''
*'''Gwenydd:''' ''Yes, Mother Modron.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Child 1:''' ''Yes, Mother Modron.''
*'''Modron:''' ''Now, the first of you to bring me back a candied chestnut shall have a treat!''
Eivor knocked on the next door, which opened.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Good−''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 3:''' ''O! Thank the gods! We've been waiting for children all night to empty our stores so we can go to the party. Have some extra.''
Eivor received the last two cakes.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Look at these cakes! Sweet as honey, Gunnar. You should see this. Gunnar? My cakes...''
:Eivor may have knocked on more doors, if she did not receive the right number of cakes.
*'''Eivor:''' ''A child.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Child 2:''' ''I have− I have− Cakes. Mummy made. Here!''
Eivor received two cakes. Eivor knocked on another house.
*'''Eivor:''' ''I have come to rhyme with you.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''In the gloaming, see her roaming, hidden 'neath a hood...''
<tabber>
|-|To each dwelling, fate foretelling, it's the Mari Lwyd=
*'''Eivor:''' ''To each dwelling, fate foretelling, it's the Mari Lwyd.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''Well done.''
Eivor received two cakes.
|-|Never knowing who is knocking, wanting something good=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Never knowing who is knocking, wanting something good''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman 1:''' ''O, very nice.''
Eivor received a cake.
</tabber>
Eivor saw Gunnar at the fishing docks, where a mass of people surrounded him.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gunnar? Damn deserter.''
Eivor went to see the argument between Gunnar and a local.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''You are either fearless or stupid, boy, to speak to someone of the [[Raven Clan]] this way.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 4:''' ''Fitting name for scavengers! Winged [[rat]]s taking what isn't yours!''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''I'll peck out your eyes and feed them to your god.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gunnar, we are guests here. Let him go, we can hooden more.''
The local man tried to punch Eivor.
*'''Eivor:''' ''You seem to want your nose broken, so let me oblige.''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
Gunnar and Eivor fought against the local man.
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 4:''' ''It's you lot that we should be burning alive!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are you sure you don't want to stay in Glowecestre?''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''They know how to have fun!''
Gunnar suddenly fell to his knee.
*'''Gunnar:''' ''[[Thor]]'s beard! My leg!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gunnar!''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
Eivor defeated the local man.
*'''Modron:''' ''Enough! Keep your brawls to the other side of the river! There's children about.''
*'''Anglo-Saxon Man 4:''' ''I don't answer to you, witch.''
*'''Modron:''' ''Tamas Fletcher, I brought you into this world, wiped your mother's birth blood from your face. Mind your tongue.''
Tomas left as Modron tended to Gunnar.
*'''Modron:''' ''Let's see that leg, then.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''It's nothing.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Careful with the old man, he's had many winters worth of wounds.''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
<tabber>
|-|Thanks for helping=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Your aid is welcome.''
*'''Modron:''' ''Men drown themselves in ale on Samhain. But I fear for the fragile peace when Tewdwr becomes ealdorman.''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
*'''Eivor:''' ''That man called you a witch.'
|-|Will he be okay?=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Will he walk again?''
*'''Modron:''' ''The gash is deep. If I cannot save the leg, the pigs will eat well tonight.''
Gunnar looked worried.
*'''Eivor:''' ''That man called you a witch.''
|-|Who are you?=
*'''Eivor:''' ''That man called you a witch.''
</tabber>
*'''Modron:''' ''I lead those who follow the Old Ways in Glowecestrescire. But I offer my healing services on both sides of the river.
Gwenydd came in from behind.
[[File:ACV Modron, Brigid Gunnar Aid.jpg|thumb|250px|Modron offers her help to Gunnar and his gashed leg]]
*'''Modron:''' ''Gwenydd, my love, go back to the house and bring me the garlic salve.''
*'''Gwenydd:''' ''And the worms? Are we cleaning or cutting, Mother?''
*'''Modron:''' ''Yes, grab the worms just to be safe. Now, go, child. I promise not to cut it off before your return.''
*'''Gunnar:''' ''Eir, give me strength!''
*'''Brigid:''' (unintelligible)
*'''Gunnar:''' ''I'm glad you're all finding my mortal injury so funny. Go, Eivor, make merry and try to loosen Tewdwr's shoulders.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Modron, you do not have to save his leg. I will understand.''
*'''Modron:''' ''That limb will be fine. But no medicine in England will stop the dribble from his mouth. I do not work miracles.''
Eivor left Gunnar to be healed and went to find Tewdwr at the festival near a barrel.
*'''Eivor:''' ''With bitter ale and sweet friends. That is a fine way to end a day.''
Eivor spoke with Tewdwr.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Eivor! There you are.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Tewdwr.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''You're well met. [[Gwilim]] here has challenged my honor in a contest of drinks.''
*'''Gwilim:''' ''Join us. The lad will be easy pickings.''
(Yes - Thank the gods, yes.)
*'''Eivor:''' ''Give me a cup!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Some ale, then!''
*'''Gwilim:''' ''One fer me as well!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''For a shaveling for the Christ Lord, you have a lot of scars, Gwilim.''
*'''Gwilim:''' ''Not every tonsured man is a wet-eared abbey babe. I came to God after I had scarred my soul with sin.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''To holy hearths and humid eyes. It is the best drunkenness returns a man to royal reason! Skal!''
Tewdwr and Eivor began a drinking contest, while Gwilim and Cynon watched.
*'''Cynon:''' ''Keep on! The honor of Glowecestre is at stake. I will not leave these lands to one who laps ale like a [[cat]]!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''That's foul!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Come, lad! The leader of Glowecestre should hold more mead than that!''
*'''Cynon:''' ''I have seen babes in arms drink a hogshead of ale faster. Drink, man, drink.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You're sweating!''
*'''Gwilim:''' ''Come on lad, show the Dane yer mettle.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Too strong for you?''
<tabber>
|-|Eivor won=
Eivor won the challenge.
|-|Eivor lost=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Not as (hic) slow as you look.''
Eivor lost the challenge.
</tabber>
Cynon led the way for Gwilim, Eivor, and Tewdwr.
[[File:ACV Eivor Cynon, Tewdwr Gwilim Toast.jpg|thumb|250px|Eivor, Cynon, Tewdwr, and Gwilim toasted and drank for both Cynon and Tewdwr]]
*'''Cynon:''' ''Good effort, Tewdwr. This merriment feeds my soul. Here, another drink on me. For allies new and old.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Of all the ealdorman I've met, you are the most unburdened. What is your secret?''
*'''Cynon:''' ''None. It is well-known. The burdens I carry will soon leave this world with me. So drink, to my life and death!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Death?''
*'''Cynon:''' ''I am to be sacrificed in the wicker man as King of the Harvest! Like Ealdorman Simkin before me, and all before him.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Horrible barbaric practice. A burnt offering after poor crops. They hope well-fed gods will smile upon them.''
<tabber>
|-|That's noble=
*'''Eivor:''' ''A true father sacrifices himself for his people, give his all, his blood and flesh. A great honor, but a sad fate.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''When you speak these words, it reminds me of the Christ.''
*'''Cynon:''' ''Aye, lad. Now you can see how a man like myself sees the value in both.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''A toast then, to Ealdorman Cynon! Joyous and generous! Let each man show him loyalty until he suffers death.''
|-|What a waste=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Your people are loyal to you, Cynon. Seems a waste to throw your life away.''
*'''Cynon:''' ''Their loyalty would falter if I shirked my duties. I will die glorious in flame, not live to further choke my homeland.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''A toast then, to Ealdorman Cynon! Joyous and generous! Let each man show him loyalty until he suffers death.''
|-|Then cheers=
*'''Eivor:''' ''A toast then, to Ealdorman Cynon! Joyous and generous! Let each man show him loyalty until he suffers death.''
</tabber>
*'''Cynon:''' ''My friends, you are kind to me. I'd like to toast my successor, Tewdwr! May he wear the horns, head high.''
All present drank in honor of Cynon's toast. Time passed and Eivor and Tewdwr sat across each other and continued to drink.
[[File:ACV Eivor Tewdwr Night Cap.jpg|thumb|250px|Eivor and Tewdwr drink together as Tewdwr apologizes]]
*'''Eivor:''' ''Weak! What is this? Water? I feel like Thor chugging oceans, no effect to my head or step.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Haha! You heard the woman, give her something stronger!''
Gwilim walked into the conversation.
*'''Gwilim:''' ''This'll work faster than any tonic.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Good! Give me visions of all creatures that roam these hills, and a sore head tomorrow to pay for it!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Ugh, that tastes awful. It feels good, though.''
Gwilim sat down besides Tewdwr.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Eivor, speak true ... my feelings be damned. I have been an arse, do not deny it. And I for that ... I'm sorry.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''A colossal [[horse]]'s arse, yes!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Soft words from a heartless heathen!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Only fiercer than fire among ill friends. I can be very as nice as a spring gale.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''And how nice is that?''
<tabber>
|-|♥ Very, very nice=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Very, very nice.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''I think I might like you even better when you're mean.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Tewdwr, with Gunnar and Brigid's marriage, our clans will unite. But we could join by oath as well.''
|-|You're not suited for this=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Nice enough to tell you that you are wrong for the ealdorman's seat.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Maybe you are correct. I wanted to be a cardinal, but the men who raised me said I'd serve God better as an ealdorman.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You are your own man. Not theirs. The only ones you should be serving are your people. Tewdwr, with Gunnar and Brigid's marriage, our clans will unite. But we could join by oath as well.''
|-|I'll be your friend=
*'''Eivor:''' ''Tewdwr, with Gunnar and Brigid's marriage, our clans will unite. But we could join by oath as well.''
</tabber>
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''O! Yes. My first ally as ealdorman. I accept! We shall make an oath! How do we start?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ja! The greatest ... greatest oath and the greatest union. To the oath!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''The treaty! The greatest!''
All three drank as Gwilim left early. Shortly afterwards, Eivor and Tewdwr left their table in their drunken states.
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Shhh! People are sleeping! More ale to seal our friendship! This way, this way, look out for ... the Black Sow.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sow? Like pig?''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Flaming pig. Chases you home at night. Silly words to scare silly children.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Pfff ... you see magic as the stuff of children's dreams?''
*'''Twedwr:''' ''Perhaps I judge too much ... truths I half-believe. Foolishness sometimes take my tongue. I have to piss.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''A great blackness chases stars across the sky in great whorls of color and light. Whoosh!''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Here we are. Right inside here. I feel warm. Do you feel warm?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Always warm here. It's a wonder you don't walk around naked.''
*'''Tewdwr:''' ''Yes ... erm ... well, come on in.''
Tewdwr and Eivor arrived but soon they became separated.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Tewdwr? Tewdwr!''
Eivor went looking for Tewdwr.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Tewdwr! Where are you?''
Eivor found Tewdwr and drank again with him. Soon, both of them chased [[chicken]]s around until the roles reversed with the hens chasing them. Tewdwr tried to walk up the stairs but passed out drunk as Eivor laughed. Eivor went inside his house and passed out drunk herself. The next morning came as Eivor woke up.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Hel's breath. What happened last night?''
Eivor was on the bed but her hands were covered in blood.
*'''Eivor:''' ''And the effects of that draught still cling.''
Eivor stood up and saw a dead [[soldier]] on the floor.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Tewdwr? Are you here?''


==Outcome==
==Outcome==
Eivor escorted Tewdwr and protected him from [[Wild boar|boars]]. She and Gunnar then went trick or treating. After a brawl, a drinking competition ended the night.
From escorting and protecting Tewdwr to trick-or-treating with Gunnar, Eivor drank and gained an alliance with Tewdwr during the Samhain festival. However, Eivor woke up the next morning in the middle of a haze and a bloody crime scene.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 04:43, 3 July 2021

The First Night of Samhain 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 traveled to Glowecestre to meet with Gunnar and Brigid.

Dialogue

Eivor spoke to Randvi about pledging to Glowecestrescire.

  • Eivor: What transpires in Glowecestrescire?
  • Randvi: You may have noticed that Gunnar has disappeared from his forge. He has traveled to Glowecestrescire in search of a wife.
  • Eivor: A wife?
  • Randvi: He is in love.
  • Eivor: When did this happen?
  • Randvi: When doesn't this happen with our dear, lovelorn blacksmith? But there is a bright side. He has asked you to join him.
  • Eivor: Join his search for a wife?
  • Randvi: And see that he does not make a fool of himself. I believe he thinks that your presence would bolster his image.

Eivor pledged to Glowecestrescire.

  • Eivor: All right. I'll be Gunnar's keeper. If only to bring him back in one piece.
  • Randvi: Very generous of you. Make for the town of Glowecestre. You will find him there.

Eivor traveled to Glowecestre and arrived to find Gunnar. Looking at the western part of town, Eivor spotted Gunnar with his love, Brigid, besides a house.

  • Eivor: There you are, Gunnar. And with a smile like I haven't seen in some time.

Gunnar caught sight of an incoming Eivor.

  • Gunnar: Eivor, over here!
File:ACV Eivor, Gunnar Brigid Meet.jpg
Eivor finds Gunnar and meets his betrothed, Brigid

Eivor spoke with Gunnar.

  • Gunnar: Eivor! Thought I smelt you on the wind!
  • Eivor: Gunnar, with the speed you left home, I thought you've been carried off by Valkyries.
  • Gunnar: I have. This Valkyrie right here. Brigid, my heart's root, meet Eivor.
  • Eivor: It takes a rare woman to nail down our Gunnar.
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)
  • Eivor: Good to meet you as well.

  • Eivor: How did you find a woman in these backwoods?
  • Gunnar: She came through the settlement selling runes. Outshone every stone in her satchel. She offered me a trade, a rune for the brooch I was making. I got the better deal, but she loves the ugly little thing.

  • Eivor: What do you do around here, Brigid? Except keep Gunnar out of mischief.
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)
  • Eivor: And my Gunnar? What are you gonna do with him?

  • Eivor: So, is the wedding here? When you spoke of a wedding feast, Gunnar, I hoped it would be at home.
  • Gunnar: No, no, no, we're here for the festival and blessings. Brigid's hand must be given. You know me, Eivor, I'm forged in honor.
  • Eivor: Whose blessing? I see no pitchfork-shaking father or weeping mother.
  • Gunnar: Ha! Glowecestre's ealdorman, Cynon. He helped raise Brig since she was a pup.

  • Eivor: Have you a family, Brigid?
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)
  • Gunnar: Brig's Ma and Pa were the last high priestess and ealdorman. They've since passed on, but the current ealdorman looks out for her.
  • Eivor: I should like to meet this ealdorman of yours, if our kinfolk are to be joined.
  • Gunnar: A union forged in love! Come, we'll go find him. O, and don't blame me if he's heard a tale or two about you. What about it, Brig?
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)

Eivor looked puzzled.

  • Gunnar: Right. No daylight to waste then, eh?

Brigid went inside her house as Eivor followed Gunnar.

  • Eivor: So, the ealdorman may have heard a tale or two about my exploits?
  • Gunnar: Not all from me! Your name will be on the lips of every skald for years to come.
  • Eivor: Hm. And the Mercians here are not unsettled by lurking vikingr?
  • Gunnar: They came from all over to celebrate Samhain. Most are too busy with the festivities to pay us mind.
  • Eivor: Samhain? Is that what these carved roots are for, this tradition?
  • Gunnar: Aye! Faces cut into lanterns to ward off evil spirits and guide children home.
  • Eivor: They have a haunted look about them. Let's bring a few back.

Gunnar and Eivor arrived at the center of the Samhain preparations to meet with the ealdorman Cynon.

  • Gunnar: There's the ealdorman. Cynon!

Cynon noticed Gunnar and went back to his constiuents.

  • Eivor: A good leader, seeing to his people's needs. Let us join hands when his task is done.
  • Gunnar: Ja. Then let's introduce you to Tewdwr.

Tewdwr noticed Gunnar, who waved at him.

  • Gunnar: Hands as clammy as a dead haddock, but his heart is in the right place. And he'll be ealdorman after Cynon.
File:ACV Eivor Gunnar, Tewdwr Argue.jpg
Gunnar introduces Eivor to Tewdwr, who argues about her presence in his shire

Tewdwr came into the conversation.

  • Gunnar: Tewdwr! This is Eivor, my chieftain.
  • Tewdwr: Ah, yes. The way Gunnar speaks, I expected−
  • Eivor: Me to ride in on a winged horse? Cure the sick and the blind? His compliments are as blunt as his hammer.
  • Tewdwr: Ah, more pagans crowding our table. Just lovely. What brings you here?

  • Eivor: I am here to hasten my friend's marriage and drink my weight in ale. If friendship comes afterwards, then all the better.

  • Eivor: Have I wronged you? I am here only for the wedding. Where I come from, we do not poison the well of friendship so swiftly.

  • Eivor: The way people hear talk, Cynon's boots are hard to fill, and your feet look small.
  • Gunnar: Ha! All good friendships start with wit-battles.

  • Tewdwr: And what has Dane friendship done for Christian Mercia? Unseated God-right kings for puppet rulers?

  • Eivor: So-called puppet kings keep your lands safe and your bellies full. I ask no thanks, only hospitality.

  • Eivor: I am here as a friend to Gunnar. I do not like to make enemies when breaking bread. So tread careful, boy.

Eivor looked down and then glared at Tewdwr.

  • Gunnar: Apples! Eivor, wait until you try the cider. You like cider, eh, Tewdwr? Cider?

Ealdorman Cynon walked into the conversation.

  • Cynon: Ahh! You must be Eivor? Tewdwr, I see you've welcomed our honored guest! Come just in time for my last Samhain!
  • Tewdwr: At your behest, we welcome all pagans set upon God's own Glowecestre.
  • Cynon: Tewdwr, as your Harvest King, I demand that you remove the turnip from your arse and be merry.

Eivor smiled at Cynon's remark.

  • Cynon: So you've come to meet the family? Before you whisk my Brigid away to her life as a smithy's bride?
  • Eivor: We're honored to have her join the Raven Clan. But your lush landscape will be hard to match.
  • Cynon: I must give away girl and land in the misty season. But Gunnar is a good man, and he speaks tirelessly of you.
  • Tewdwr: If you will excuse me... I have matters to attend to.
  • Cynon: Ah, yes, the shrine! And with so many thieves and fangs on the path. A fellow may fall in God's service.

Cynon looked to Eivor to escort Tewdwr and she agreed.

  • Tewdwr: Cynon! I do not need a heathen escort!
  • Cynon: Youth cut down in its prime. Without even the memory of warm thighs and cider to sustain him in the afterlife.
  • Eivor: Then, by my honor, I shall not rest until I return him to you safely. Aye, Tewdwr?
  • Tewdwr: I see I'm outmatched. Though a Dane joining in praise to Saint Kenhelm? God will weep.
  • Gunnar: My ladylove calls, Eivor. O, if you'd like to join us later, we're going hoodening this eve.
  • Cynon: Go. May you have a fire-forged friendship. Watch for fairies, fen-folk, and fiends. I have a hand-fastening to oversee, an apprenticeship to officiate, and a pig to slaughter.

Cynon bowed and left.

  • Tewdwr: Shall we, then?

Eivor escorted Tewdwr to his shrine.

  • Tewdwr: Samhain! Cynon humors these Pagans too much. It is the first thing gone when I am ealdorman. Fires and magic, spirits in the air, Glowecestrescire has strayed from God's light.
  • Eivor: People need carousing. Especially before the winter frost. A festival brings warmth and cheer.
  • Tewdwr: God's light does not dim as the nights chill. But the winters are hard upon the children. Seeing them run around...
  • Eivor: It lightens the heart. Are there priests in your lands? I have met a few, liked even fewer.
  • Tewdwr: The profane has gone unchallenged here. I alone am the reformation. They are a flock in need of the shepherding.
  • Eivor: And how will you lead this great renewal?
  • Tewdwr: They will fill the church's pews, and we will thank Him for the gifts He brings. Not false idols of wood and clay.
  • Eivor: And yet are we going to pray at the idol of another? Is this Saint Kenhelm your god?
  • Tewdwr: No. And we do not call him such. He is simply closer to the Lord's ear. Low in a mead of kine under a thorn, lieth poor Kenhelm king-born. Is this land not beautiful, Eivor?
  • Eivor: Aye.

Eivor and Tewdwr arrived at St. Kenhelm's Falls.

  • Tewdwr: Look, the path is untouched by danger. So, your company is not needed.
  • Eivor: You're a kinder man than the mask you wear. You won't be rid of me. I'll keep my word to Cynon for your safe return.

As Tewdwr prayed at the shrine, Eivor spoke to him.

  • Eivor: I don't understand this Christian praying. I thank Odin while standing. Why get your knees dirty?
  • Tewdwr: To humble ourselves before God. Besides, I've dirtied my knees doing worse.
  • Eivor: That sounds like a tale I'd like to lend my ear to.
  • Tewdwr: Please Eivor, I must pray.
  • Eivor: Should I watch or ... turn my back?
  • Tewdwr: O Lord, gift upon this lowly servant your greatest gift. Patience.
  • Eivor: I will not have to interrupt your prayer to protect you, Tewdwr.
  • Tewdwr: And yet, you insist on doing so... What is it you're looking at? A hare?

Eivor and Tewdwr noticed a group of wild boars readying to attack.

  • Eivor: Tewdwr, get to safety!

Tewdwr hid away while Eivor fought the creatures.

  • Eivor: Find somewhere to hide!
  • Tewdwr: Where did they come from? Fell the swine!

Eivor killed all the wild boars.

  • Tewdwr: Whew, that was close.

Eivor spoke with Tewdwr.

  • Tewdwr: Eivor! Thank you ... for saving my life.
  • Eivor: It is good I was here to protect you. Maybe Cynon has the eyes of prophecy.
  • Tewdwr: S'plood. Cloven hoofed and sent by Lucifer himself! This land must be returned to God's grace.
  • Eivor: More likely this shrine is in their territory.
  • Tewdwr: Lord, we thank thee for Your protection−
  • Eivor: It is not safe here.
  • Tewdwr Give me my moment's prayer, Eivor. I ask only this.
  • Eivor: We should return to Glowecestre. Unless you'd like to thank the little martyr here for tonight's feast?
  • Tewdwr: I am not a babe in the woods in need of constant guard. Go on without me.
  • Eivor: I gave Cynon−
  • Tewdwr: Yes, yes, your word. And when I see him, I will say you protected me from being skewered upon those devils' tusks.

Eivor began to leave as Tewdwr began to pray.

  • Tewdwr: And Eivor? I owe you a drink at least, later, if you'd have one. Find me at the festivities.

Eivor left and went to meet with Gunnar. Eivor soon spoke with Gunnar.

  • Gunnar: Eivor! There you are.
  • Eivor: Here I am.
  • Gunnar: So! What adventures did you find in my absence?
  • Eivor: Escorted Tewdwr to the shrine of some Christian saint. Our path was not peaceful. Accosted by a singular of boars.
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)

Eivor looked perplexed.

  • Gunnar: But you saved his hide? I bet it was quite the sight, two of you as a pair.

  • Eivor: I kept my word to Cynon, and that spatchcock Tewdwr lives.
  • Gunnar: Restraint, Eivor? I was half-expecting you to wallop the lad round the head and arse.
  • Eivor: I've bridged hands with most of England, Gunnar. And, I've held my temper around worse than Tewdwr. I need a drink.

  • Eivor: How did Tewdwr become Cynon's successor? He speaks with his God's fire, but I do not quite believe it.
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)
  • Gunnar: Hm. Tragic that is. I think the lad can still be molded, Eivor. You might be just the one to do that.
  • Eivor: I need a drink.

  • Eivor: I need a drink.

  • Gunnar: Try the cider. It's from last year's apple harvest.

Gunnar poured himself and Eivor two jugs of cider.

  • Gunnar: Skal.
  • Eivor: Skal.

Gunnar and Eivor drank the cider.

  • Eivor: So, you invited me to a hoodening. What mischief is this?
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)
  • Gunnar: Glowecestre gives their glut to otherworldly visitors. And, if you dress as one, you'll get that bounty yourself.
  • Eivor: Freely given? Hmph, I've only seen such a thing done at feasts.
  • Gunnar: Then we'll turn you into a beastie, and have you roam the hills braying for sweets and drinks.

Gunnar and Brigid dressed up Eivor in her disguise.

  • Eivor: It's hardly a disguise. Just a cloak and some bones.
  • Gunnar: Nonsense! You are the very spirit of the Mari Lwyd. Now, let's hooden!

Eivor left the house.

  • Gunnar: Become the Mari Lwyd, the spirit who sings for cake and ale! And you cannot have your cloak back until we leave.
  • Eivor: I'll keep this covering, but even a knife to my throat could not make me sing on command.
  • Gunnar: Shame. I've heard your voice. Clear as a bell. Larks fall from the sky in envy.
  • Eivor: Gunnar, if no one else is dressed this way, I will fill your shop with sheep.

Eivor began knocking on doors to trick-and-treat.

  • Gunnar: That house for sure.

Eivor knocked on her first house and its door opened.

  • Eivor: Trick or treat.
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 1: What business have you? O, the Mari Lwyd. Right, right, we're doing cakes instead of beers this year. Samhain night and the moon is high, Mari Lwyd haunts my door...

  • Eivor: Give me sweets, and candied treats, the kind I most adore.
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 1: Haha! Here, then. Sweets for the Mari Lwyd, you've earned it.

Eivor received a cake.

  • Eivor: The air is chilling, and ghosts are spilling all across the misty moor.
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 1: Ooh, ghosts and beasties. Here, spirit, take your reward.
Eivor received 2 cakes.

Eivor headed to another door.

  • Gunnar: Are you playing the role of trickster spirit?
  • Eivor: Can trickster spirits see? The eyeholes in this mask are terrible.
  • Gunnar: All it takes is a mask and some sweetcakes to turn you into a gentle skald.
  • Eivor: I am not going to sing, Gunnar.

Eivor knocked on the next door, which opened.

  • Eivor: Are you ready to rhyme with me?
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 2: Down the road from my abode, there is an open veil...

  • Eivor: Hope to gods this Mari Lwyd doesn't fail.
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 2: Ah, have a cake for your troubles, then.

Eivor received a cake

  • Eivor: I've been here knocking, and a-walking, now give me cake and ale.
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 2: Brilliant, that is.
Eivor received 2 more cakes.

  • Gunnar: Lads getting into their cups scaring the wee ones. Eivor, mighty warrior, knocker of doors, victors of cakes. How does it feel to pillage what is freely given?
  • Eivor: A worthy haul. And a tradition worth keeping up!

Eivor and Gunnar passed a woman chanting.

  • Modron: Then ... through the mist of the night, they saw a woman at the crossroads, dressed in all white. And the children knew they should not have been out in the late, and in the dark. So, they bent low to the ground.
  • Gwenydd: It's Y Ladi Wen!
  • Modron: That's right, my love, Y Ladi Wen. The White Lady. Her dark eye fell upon the children and−
  • Gwenydd: Haha!
  • Modron: Which is why none of you should run out alone to the woods tonight. You will stay in sight of the tree and the wicker man. Yes?
  • Gwenydd: Yes, Mother Modron.
  • Anglo-Saxon Child 1: Yes, Mother Modron.
  • Modron: Now, the first of you to bring me back a candied chestnut shall have a treat!

Eivor knocked on the next door, which opened.

  • Eivor: Good−
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 3: O! Thank the gods! We've been waiting for children all night to empty our stores so we can go to the party. Have some extra.

Eivor received the last two cakes.

  • Eivor: Look at these cakes! Sweet as honey, Gunnar. You should see this. Gunnar? My cakes...
Eivor may have knocked on more doors, if she did not receive the right number of cakes.
  • Eivor: A child.
  • Anglo-Saxon Child 2: I have− I have− Cakes. Mummy made. Here!

Eivor received two cakes. Eivor knocked on another house.

  • Eivor: I have come to rhyme with you.
  • Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: In the gloaming, see her roaming, hidden 'neath a hood...

  • Eivor: To each dwelling, fate foretelling, it's the Mari Lwyd.
  • Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: Well done.

Eivor received two cakes.

  • Eivor: Never knowing who is knocking, wanting something good
  • Anglo-Saxon Woman 1: O, very nice.
Eivor received a cake.

Eivor saw Gunnar at the fishing docks, where a mass of people surrounded him.

  • Eivor: Gunnar? Damn deserter.

Eivor went to see the argument between Gunnar and a local.

  • Gunnar: You are either fearless or stupid, boy, to speak to someone of the Raven Clan this way.
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 4: Fitting name for scavengers! Winged rats taking what isn't yours!
  • Gunnar: I'll peck out your eyes and feed them to your god.
  • Eivor: Gunnar, we are guests here. Let him go, we can hooden more.

The local man tried to punch Eivor.

  • Eivor: You seem to want your nose broken, so let me oblige.
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)

Gunnar and Eivor fought against the local man.

  • Anglo-Saxon Man 4: It's you lot that we should be burning alive!
  • Eivor: Are you sure you don't want to stay in Glowecestre?
  • Gunnar: They know how to have fun!

Gunnar suddenly fell to his knee.

  • Gunnar: Thor's beard! My leg!
  • Eivor: Gunnar!
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)

Eivor defeated the local man.

  • Modron: Enough! Keep your brawls to the other side of the river! There's children about.
  • Anglo-Saxon Man 4: I don't answer to you, witch.
  • Modron: Tamas Fletcher, I brought you into this world, wiped your mother's birth blood from your face. Mind your tongue.

Tomas left as Modron tended to Gunnar.

  • Modron: Let's see that leg, then.
  • Gunnar: It's nothing.
  • Eivor: Careful with the old man, he's had many winters worth of wounds.
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)

  • Eivor: Your aid is welcome.
  • Modron: Men drown themselves in ale on Samhain. But I fear for the fragile peace when Tewdwr becomes ealdorman.
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)
  • Eivor: That man called you a witch.'

  • Eivor: Will he walk again?
  • Modron: The gash is deep. If I cannot save the leg, the pigs will eat well tonight.
Gunnar looked worried.
  • Eivor: That man called you a witch.

  • Eivor: That man called you a witch.

  • Modron: I lead those who follow the Old Ways in Glowecestrescire. But I offer my healing services on both sides of the river.

Gwenydd came in from behind.

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Modron offers her help to Gunnar and his gashed leg
  • Modron: Gwenydd, my love, go back to the house and bring me the garlic salve.
  • Gwenydd: And the worms? Are we cleaning or cutting, Mother?
  • Modron: Yes, grab the worms just to be safe. Now, go, child. I promise not to cut it off before your return.
  • Gunnar: Eir, give me strength!
  • Brigid: (unintelligible)
  • Gunnar: I'm glad you're all finding my mortal injury so funny. Go, Eivor, make merry and try to loosen Tewdwr's shoulders.
  • Eivor: Modron, you do not have to save his leg. I will understand.
  • Modron: That limb will be fine. But no medicine in England will stop the dribble from his mouth. I do not work miracles.

Eivor left Gunnar to be healed and went to find Tewdwr at the festival near a barrel.

  • Eivor: With bitter ale and sweet friends. That is a fine way to end a day.

Eivor spoke with Tewdwr.

  • Tewdwr: Eivor! There you are.
  • Eivor: Tewdwr.
  • Tewdwr: You're well met. Gwilim here has challenged my honor in a contest of drinks.
  • Gwilim: Join us. The lad will be easy pickings.

(Yes - Thank the gods, yes.)

  • Eivor: Give me a cup!
  • Tewdwr: Some ale, then!
  • Gwilim: One fer me as well!
  • Eivor: For a shaveling for the Christ Lord, you have a lot of scars, Gwilim.
  • Gwilim: Not every tonsured man is a wet-eared abbey babe. I came to God after I had scarred my soul with sin.
  • Eivor: To holy hearths and humid eyes. It is the best drunkenness returns a man to royal reason! Skal!

Tewdwr and Eivor began a drinking contest, while Gwilim and Cynon watched.

  • Cynon: Keep on! The honor of Glowecestre is at stake. I will not leave these lands to one who laps ale like a cat!
  • Tewdwr: That's foul!
  • Eivor: Come, lad! The leader of Glowecestre should hold more mead than that!
  • Cynon: I have seen babes in arms drink a hogshead of ale faster. Drink, man, drink.
  • Eivor: You're sweating!
  • Gwilim: Come on lad, show the Dane yer mettle.
  • Eivor: Too strong for you?

Eivor won the challenge.

  • Eivor: Not as (hic) slow as you look.
Eivor lost the challenge.

Cynon led the way for Gwilim, Eivor, and Tewdwr.

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Eivor, Cynon, Tewdwr, and Gwilim toasted and drank for both Cynon and Tewdwr
  • Cynon: Good effort, Tewdwr. This merriment feeds my soul. Here, another drink on me. For allies new and old.
  • Eivor: Of all the ealdorman I've met, you are the most unburdened. What is your secret?
  • Cynon: None. It is well-known. The burdens I carry will soon leave this world with me. So drink, to my life and death!
  • Eivor: Death?
  • Cynon: I am to be sacrificed in the wicker man as King of the Harvest! Like Ealdorman Simkin before me, and all before him.
  • Tewdwr: Horrible barbaric practice. A burnt offering after poor crops. They hope well-fed gods will smile upon them.

  • Eivor: A true father sacrifices himself for his people, give his all, his blood and flesh. A great honor, but a sad fate.
  • Tewdwr: When you speak these words, it reminds me of the Christ.
  • Cynon: Aye, lad. Now you can see how a man like myself sees the value in both.
  • Eivor: A toast then, to Ealdorman Cynon! Joyous and generous! Let each man show him loyalty until he suffers death.

  • Eivor: Your people are loyal to you, Cynon. Seems a waste to throw your life away.
  • Cynon: Their loyalty would falter if I shirked my duties. I will die glorious in flame, not live to further choke my homeland.
  • Eivor: A toast then, to Ealdorman Cynon! Joyous and generous! Let each man show him loyalty until he suffers death.

  • Eivor: A toast then, to Ealdorman Cynon! Joyous and generous! Let each man show him loyalty until he suffers death.

  • Cynon: My friends, you are kind to me. I'd like to toast my successor, Tewdwr! May he wear the horns, head high.

All present drank in honor of Cynon's toast. Time passed and Eivor and Tewdwr sat across each other and continued to drink.

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Eivor and Tewdwr drink together as Tewdwr apologizes
  • Eivor: Weak! What is this? Water? I feel like Thor chugging oceans, no effect to my head or step.
  • Tewdwr: Haha! You heard the woman, give her something stronger!

Gwilim walked into the conversation.

  • Gwilim: This'll work faster than any tonic.
  • Eivor: Good! Give me visions of all creatures that roam these hills, and a sore head tomorrow to pay for it!
  • Tewdwr: Ugh, that tastes awful. It feels good, though.

Gwilim sat down besides Tewdwr.

  • Tewdwr: Eivor, speak true ... my feelings be damned. I have been an arse, do not deny it. And I for that ... I'm sorry.
  • Eivor: A colossal horse's arse, yes!
  • Tewdwr: Soft words from a heartless heathen!
  • Eivor: Only fiercer than fire among ill friends. I can be very as nice as a spring gale.
  • Tewdwr: And how nice is that?

  • Eivor: Very, very nice.
  • Tewdwr: I think I might like you even better when you're mean.
  • Eivor: Tewdwr, with Gunnar and Brigid's marriage, our clans will unite. But we could join by oath as well.

  • Eivor: Nice enough to tell you that you are wrong for the ealdorman's seat.
  • Tewdwr: Maybe you are correct. I wanted to be a cardinal, but the men who raised me said I'd serve God better as an ealdorman.
  • Eivor: You are your own man. Not theirs. The only ones you should be serving are your people. Tewdwr, with Gunnar and Brigid's marriage, our clans will unite. But we could join by oath as well.

  • Eivor: Tewdwr, with Gunnar and Brigid's marriage, our clans will unite. But we could join by oath as well.

  • Tewdwr: O! Yes. My first ally as ealdorman. I accept! We shall make an oath! How do we start?
  • Eivor: Ja! The greatest ... greatest oath and the greatest union. To the oath!
  • Tewdwr: The treaty! The greatest!

All three drank as Gwilim left early. Shortly afterwards, Eivor and Tewdwr left their table in their drunken states.

  • Tewdwr: Shhh! People are sleeping! More ale to seal our friendship! This way, this way, look out for ... the Black Sow.
  • Eivor: Sow? Like pig?
  • Tewdwr: Flaming pig. Chases you home at night. Silly words to scare silly children.
  • Eivor: Pfff ... you see magic as the stuff of children's dreams?
  • Twedwr: Perhaps I judge too much ... truths I half-believe. Foolishness sometimes take my tongue. I have to piss.
  • Eivor: A great blackness chases stars across the sky in great whorls of color and light. Whoosh!
  • Tewdwr: Here we are. Right inside here. I feel warm. Do you feel warm?
  • Eivor: Always warm here. It's a wonder you don't walk around naked.
  • Tewdwr: Yes ... erm ... well, come on in.

Tewdwr and Eivor arrived but soon they became separated.

  • Eivor: Tewdwr? Tewdwr!

Eivor went looking for Tewdwr.

  • Eivor: Tewdwr! Where are you?

Eivor found Tewdwr and drank again with him. Soon, both of them chased chickens around until the roles reversed with the hens chasing them. Tewdwr tried to walk up the stairs but passed out drunk as Eivor laughed. Eivor went inside his house and passed out drunk herself. The next morning came as Eivor woke up.

  • Eivor: Hel's breath. What happened last night?

Eivor was on the bed but her hands were covered in blood.

  • Eivor: And the effects of that draught still cling.

Eivor stood up and saw a dead soldier on the floor.

  • Eivor: Tewdwr? Are you here?

Outcome

From escorting and protecting Tewdwr to trick-or-treating with Gunnar, Eivor drank and gained an alliance with Tewdwr during the Samhain festival. However, Eivor woke up the next morning in the middle of a haze and a bloody crime scene.

References

Assassin's Creed: Valhalla memories
Main Quests
Prologue
Battle for the Northern Way
Chapter 1
Honor Bound
Chapter 2
A Seer's Solace - Family Matters - The Prodigal Prince
Chapter 3
Rude Awakening - A Cruel Destiny
Chapter 4
Birthrights
Chapter 5
The Seas of Fate
Ravensthorpe
The Swan-Road Home - Unwelcome - Settling Down - The Alliance Map
The Song of Soma
Chapter 1
The Great Scattered Army
Chapter 2
Orphans of the Fens
Chapter 3
Glory Regained
Chapter 4
Razing Earnningstone - Unholy Father - Storming Ravensburg
Chapter 5
The Stench of Treachery - An Island of Eels - Reporting on Grantebridgescire
The Kingmaker's Saga
Chapter 1
The Sons of Ragnar
Chapter 2
Bartering - Rumors of Ledecestre - The Walls of Templebrough
Chapter 3
Tilting the Balance
Chapter 4
Heavy is the Head - Hunted - Reporting on Ledecestrescire
Ravensthorpe
A Toast to our Success - Uninvited Guests
The Tale of Thegn Oswald
Chapter 1
Kingmaker
Chapter 2
The Measure of a Norseman
Chapter 3
A Triumphant Return
Chapter 4
Raising Iron - A Fury from the Sea
Chapter 5
Wedding Horns - Reporting on East Anglia
Ravensthorpe
Holger
Mane and Tail
The City of War
Chapter 1
Walls and Shadows
Chapter 2
Firing the Arrow - Bleeding The Leech
Chapter 3
Smashing the Compass - Reporting on Lunden
The Book of Dragons
Chapter 1
War Weary
Chapter 2
Ransacking Wenlocan - The Supply Line - Bloody Path to Peace
Chapter 3
King Killer - Reporting on Sciropescire
The Paladin's Stone
Chapter 1
Brewing Rebellion
Chapter 2
Chipping Away - Pilgrimage to St. Albanes - Blood from a Stone
Chapter 3
Fiery Ambush - Ringing Cyne Belle
Chapter 4
The Saga Stone - Reporting on Oxenefordscire
The Instrument of the Ancients
Chapter 1
The Abbot's Gambit
Chapter 2
Puppets and Prisoners - The Man Behind the Man
Chapter 3
A Bloody Welcome - Reporting on Cent
Ravensthorpe
Dag
A Brewing Storm
The City of Greed
Chapter 1
The Welcoming Party
Chapter 2
Burning the Firebrand
Chapter 3
Pricking the Needle
Chapter 4
Closing the Vault - Reporting on Jorvik
The Lay of Hunwald
Chapter 1
A Noble Escort
Chapter 2
Homecoming
Chapter 3
In the Absence of an Ealdorman
Chapter 4
Salve for a Fresh Wound - The Thegn of Lincoln - Where the Stone Falls
Chapter 5
A Sword-Shower in Anecastre - Reporting on Lincolnscire
A Breviary of Broken Hearts
Chapter 1
An Uncommon Proposition
Chapter 2
Old Wounds - Childhood Sweetheart
Chapter 3
Taken
Chapter 4
Twists and Turns - Reporting on Essexe
The Siege of Portcestre
Chapter 1
Reaver of the South
Chapter 2
Arrive Unexpected - Let Them Eat Ashes - Scorched Earth - Severing the Lines
Chapter 3
Storming the Walls - Of All That Has Passed... - Reporting on Suthsexe
Ravensthorpe
Reap What Was Sown
Vinland Saga
Chapter 1
In a Strange Land - The Hunting Grounds
Chapter 2
Hunter of Beasts
Chapter 3
Hunter's Repast - Reporting on Vinland
Ravensthorpe
Holger
Blame and Sail
The Sayings of Halfdan
Chapter 1
War in the North
Chapter 2
Honor Has Two Edges
Chapter 3
Road to Hamartia - This Son of Jorvik
Chapter 4
Honor's Hubris
Chapter 5
Of Blood and Bonds - Reporting on Eurvicscire - Lost Glory
A Tale of Wicker-Fire
Chapter 1
The First Night of Samhain
Chapter 2
Clues and Riddles
Chapter 3
The Stolen King
Chapter 4
A Love Betrayed - The Gutted Lamb
Chapter 5
The Burning of the Wicker Man - Reporting on Glowecestrescire
The Tale of Two Jarls
Chapter 1
Old Friends
Chapter 2
On Borrowed Time
Chapter 3
Rowdy Raiders - Adorning the Adorned - Of Blood and Gods
Chapter 4
Under the Skin
Chapter 5
Farewells and Legacies - Reporting on Snotinghamscire
The City of Faith
Chapter 1
More Intel - The Reeve of Wincestre
Chapter 2
Choking the Gallows
Chapter 3
Plucking the Quill
Chapter 4
Impaling the Seax - Reporting on Wincestre
In the Hall of the Slain
Chapter 1
The Road to Valhalla - Where Legends Are Born
Chapter 2
A Brother's Keeper - A Quiet Homecoming
The Prophecies of the King
Chapter 1
Kingdom's End
Chapter 2
Holy Day - Reporting on Hamtunscire
Ravensthorpe
Gunnar
The Forge and the Flame
The Fate of the High One
Chapter 1
View Above All
Chapter 2
Well-Traveled - Defensive Measures - Extended Family
Chapter 3
Forging a Bond (A Feline's Footfall - Taking Root)
Chapter 4
The Big Finish
Chapter 5
Binding Fate - Cheating Fate
The Saga of the Snows
Chapter 1
Mistress of the Iron Wood
Chapter 2
The Lost Cauldron
Chapter 3
A Gift from the Past
Chapter 4
A Feast to Remember
Chapter 5
The Price of Wisdom
Settlement Quests
A New Home - The Lost Drengir of Ragnar Lothbrok
Hytham
To Serve the Light... - Breaking the Order - A Brief History of the Hidden Ones - The Letter - The Poor Fellow-Soldier
Knud
A Little Problem
Octavian
A Rivalry for the Ages
Petra
The Huntress - Have You Seen This Man? - Archery Contest
Randvi
Taken for Granted
Reda
The Thousand Eyes - Viking for Hire
Tarben
The Baker's Plaint - Man of Mystery
Tove
Carrying the Torch
Valka
A Wise Friend - In Dreams... - Going Deeper... - Bound to Fate
Yanli
Pending Deliveries
Thousand Eyes contracts
Contract: Assassinate the Target - Contract: A Strange Drawing - Contract: Best Effort - Contract: Booty Hunter - Contract: Burn it down! - Contract: Control Nuisance - Contract: Dangerous Prey - Contract: Defeat the Diubal - Contract: Grave-Robber - Contract: Investigation Offer - Contract: Macabre Discovery - Contract: Make it Boom! - Contract: Marked for Death - Contract: Predator's Attack - Contract: Recovery Investment - Contract: Reda's Judgement - Contract: Reported Missing - Contract: Rescue Favor - Contract: Silence the Poet - Contract: Slay the Monster - Contract: The Deadly Beast - Contract: The Dice Master - Contract: The Drunkard - Contract: The Duke of Burgundy - Contract: The Green-Eyed Thief - Contract: The Hermit of the Thousand Sins - Contract: The Jomsviking Code - Contract: The Man-eating Animal - Contract: The Phantom - Contract: The Renegade Monk - Contract: The Richest Merchant - Contract: The Rogue Informer - Contract: The Stolen Purse - Contract: The Thieves Couple - Contract: Threat Assessment - Contract: Toss a Coin for the Traitor - Contract: Wild Frontier
World Events
Norway
Rygjafylke
A Desperate Bounty - A New England - Comb of Champions - Old Man on the Edge - Raider Recruit - The Dreamwalking Warrior - The Hunt for Honor - The Plight of the Warlock - The Silver-Tongued Traitor
Hordafylke
Battle Born - The Rekindling
England
Cent
Madness of the Stones - Pig of Prophecy - Red in Tooth and Claw - The Lighthouse Twins - The Pardoner's Tale - The Sky Thief - Winifred
East Anglia
A Blood Hymn for Edmund - Edmund's Arrows - Freyja's Friend - Green Children of Anglia - Hide and Hunt - Life-Blood - The Wayward
Essexe
Devil's Hole - Mother - Take Me a Husband - The Banshee - The Boar with the Golden Nose - The Gleewoman - The Prodigy - The Riddler
Eurviscire
Art-Scop - Crushed Dreams - Dellingr Rabbit - Historia de Cordibus Pathetic - Sunken Hope - The Village: Jurthgard
Glowecestrescire
Dearly Bee-Loved - Lady of the Lake - The Body - The Goddess of Birth - The Horn of Ragnar
Grantebridgescire
Degolas the Beautiful - Path to the Wind-Blue - The Cult of Saint Guthlac - The Devout Troll - The Doom Book of Cats - The Infinite Noise of Men - The Lord of Norsexe - The Walloper - The Wound-Wands of Friends - Winchell the Robesfree
Hamtunscire
Saint Faith - Splitting Hares - The Arrow In The Tree - The Devil Has All The Best Tunes - We Are All Monsters
Jorvik
Bridges of Oppression - Deviled Water - Silver Wind Elder - Warmth of Winter
Ledecestrescire
A Skald's Lament - Ledecestrescire Sauce - Of Fist-Dances and Sweaty Oaths - Sisters of the Axe - Skal to Your Wealth - The Last Leaf of Fall - The Old Guard - The Stink-Brew - The Twit Saga, Part I - The White Lady of Tamworth
Lincolnscire
King of Shitsby - Little Victories - Stray Naps - The False Ealdormancy - The Farewell Meow - The Ignominious Bandit - The Twit Saga, Part II
Lunden
The Demon Odor at the Tithe - Falling Stars - Last Flight of the Gyldan Sparrow - War of the Collectors
Oxenefordscire
A Dog's Rescue - Fishing Lesson - Nostalgia - Permission to Weep - The Anchoress - The Last Raid
Sciropescire
Bewitched - King of the Hill - Lamb Chops - Miracle - Otta, Son of Slugga - Paola's Dream - The Puppeteer
Snotinghamscire
A Cordial Invitation - An Althing for the Half-Grown - An Efficient Cremation - Stoneman - The Good Men of Sherwood - The Myth in the Mountains
Suthsexe
A Prayer for Vengeance - Aflanc the Terrible - Alisa in Wunderlandscire - Eivor the Sheepdog - King of the Hay People - Rock of Fertility - Tiny Black Market - Will O' the Wisp
Wincestre
Aelfred's Jewel - Asser - Mildberg the Miracle Legs - Romeo and Aethelflaed
North America
Vinland
A Dead Man's Tale - Breaking Teeth, Not Hearts (Flight of Fancy - Ursine Takeover)
Dreams
Asgard
Food of the Gods - Hel's Well - Milk of Humankind - Njord's Lament - Noble Harts - Valhalla Bound
Jotunheim
Aegir's Daughters - Pit of Slaughter - The Giants of Fimbulwinter - The Puppeteer
DLC
The Way of the Berserker
Chapter 1
The Mysterious Berserker
Chapter 2
The Ritual of the Berserker
Chapter 3
The Vengeance of the Berserker
The Legend of Beowulf
Chapter 1
A Fiend out of Hell
Chapter 2
Prey in the High Hall
Chapter 3
Ever As Fate Must
A Fated Encounter
A Fated Encounter - A Distorted Dream
Chapter 1
Tossing and Turning
Chapter 2
Night and Day
Chapter 3
Counting Sheep
Chapter 4
What Dreams May Come
Chapter 5
One Last Sleepless Night
World Events
Haunting of Neist Point - The Drink of the Picts
Shared History
The Raven and the Cuckoo
The Last Chapter
Last Goodbyes - Fare Thee Well, Young Eagle - Fare Thee Well, Aelfred Rex - Fare Thee Well, Aethelstan - Fare Thee Well, King Fair-Hair - Fare Thee Well, My Ravens
Settlement Extension
Yule Season
Yule Festival - Cow Catcher - The Case of the Missing Ale - Braun's Folly - Twirling Targets - Yule Brawl
Ostara Season
Ostara Festival - Let's Get Festive - Egg Hunt - The May Queen - Spiritual Defense - Braun's Folly - Twirling Targets - Viking Brawl
Sigrblot Festival
Sigrblot Festival - The War Effort (Feeding the Wolf - Fight or Flyte - Three Big Pigs) - Final Offering - Test Your Metal - War Games
Oskoreia Festival
Oskoreia Festival - Hunting for Honor (Homeward - An Honorable Death - Riding for Glory - Veiled Threats - Targeted Strategy) - A Measure of Respect
River Raids
Yule Season
A River to Raid - The Legend of Saint George - Treasures of River Exe - Treasures of River Severn - The Legacy of Saint George - Treasures of River Dee - The Sword of Saint George
Sigrblot Season
The Legend of Lugh - Treasures of River Berbha - The Spear of Lugh - Treasures of River Erriff - The Ulfberht Sword - Champions of the Faith (England's Protector - Ireland's Defender - Francia's Anointed)
Mastery Challenge
Chapter 1
A Challenge from the Gods - The Cryptic Tutelage of Hildiran
Chapter 2
The All-Seeing Eye
The Forgotten Saga
A Gift from the Otherworld
Favors
The Wholesome Warrior - Dark Dealings - Shifting Loyalties
Wrath of the Druids
Wrath of the Druids
Chapter 1
Irish Trade - Irish Adventure - Blood Bond - Snaring Thorstein - Rathdown Build Up
Chapter 2
Flann over Ireland - A Show of Character - War Efforts - Gathering Strength
Chapter 3
Foothold in Connacht - Potion of Blood - Into the Fog
Chapter 4
The Northern Reach - Courting the Kings - The Mask of Diplomacy - The Wages of War - A Scourging of Snakes
Chapter 5
The Cost of Betrayal
Settling Accounts
Chapter 1
Dublin's Reach (Trade: Giving Your Words - Trade: Dyed in the Wool - Trade: The Ivory Post - Trade: Trouble Brewing - Trade: Illuminating Event - Trade: Sweetening the Pot)
Chapter 2
An Eye for an Eye
The Strength of Danu
Chapter 1
Children of Danu
Chapter 2
Amber Sun
Lost Drengr
Thorgest's Drengir
Trade Post
Trade: Dyed in the Wool - Trade: Giving Your Words - Trade: Illuminating Event - Trade: Sweetening the Pot - Trade: The Ivory Post - Trade: Trouble Brewing
Royal Demands
Kings of Meath
Meath: Death Sentence - Meath: Death to All - Meath: Gemstones - Meath: Hibernian Heist - Meath: Jewel Recovery - Meath: Rough Justice - Meath: Royal Vengeance - Meath: Smite Them Down - Meath: Stamp Them Out - Meath: Taking it Back - Meath: They Must Pay
Kings of Connacht
Connacht: Stamp Them Out
Kings of Ulster
Ulster: Death Sentence - Ulster: Death to All - Ulster: Smite Them Down
Thousand Eyes contracts
Contract: Bandit King - Contract: Hired Help - Contract: The Lost Books
The Siege of Paris
Chapter 1
Strangers Bearing Gifts - To Francia - Warlord of Melun - The Rot in the Slums - Majesty in the Dark
Chapter 2
The Missing Queen - Sister of Sorrow - The Queen's Gambit
Chapter 3
Honor and Enemies - Fire From Heaven - A Hidden Weakness - Royal Fox Hunt - Dark Before Dawn - The Siege of Paris - The Count of Paris
Chapter 4
Skal!
Chapter 5
Fire and Faith - Madness of King Charles - Victory - Homecoming
Hidden Ones
Hidden
Delivery
A Package for Paris
Infamy
Vive la Résistance
Thousand Eyes contracts
Contract: Pagus Pinciacensis - Contract: The Count of Pinciacum - Contract: Fluctuat Nec Mergitur - Contract: The Last Judgment - Contract: Everything has a price - Contract: A Perilous Task - Contract: The Boar's Tusk
World Events
Amienois
Hidden Justice
Melunois
Not God Enough - Stealing from Thieves - Ulfberht Sword
Paris
The Ghost of Saint Germain - The King of Rats
Dawn of Ragnarök
Restless Dreams - Legendary Hoard
Into the Fire
Chapter 1
The Rescue - Gift to the God
Chapter 2
Seeking Shelter - Crystal Cave - Hunter and Gatherer - World's End
Chapter 3
The Masters - Forging Bonds
Chapter 4
Warpath - Pride of the Aesir
Chapter 5
Beyond Fear - The Reckoning
The Relic
Chapter 1
Finding Fritjof
Chapter 2
The Scholar and the Sunstone
Chapter 3
The Vault of the Ancients
Vessel of Souls
Chapter 1
The Warlord's Daughter
Chapter 2
Cold Embers - Blazing a Trail
Chapter 3
Malvigr
Valkyrie's Arena
Heroic Scholar
Tales
Warlord of the Muspels - The Full Might of Muspelheim - Double Burning Trouble - The Princess and the Queen - The Midgard War Party - The Trickster and his Legions - Muspelheim's Legacy - A Tale of Ice and Fire - The Champions of Jotunheim - Muspelheim's Fiery Champions - The Fallen Warriors - The Shapeshifters of Legend - Glacial Bear Encounter - The Midgard Challengers - The Great Swamp Witches
World Events
Eitri
Remnants
Gullnámar
Carpe Diem - Hyrrokin's Gift
Svaladal
A Beast's Burden - A Most Cunning Fish - Love Conquers - The Ballad of Kraka and Skavi
Vangrinn
Not Today, Jotun! - Take My Chest Away - The Seed of Travi
Discovery Tour: Viking Age
Oaths & Honour - Through Faith & Fire - Seaworthy - Into the West - A Barter for Peace - Aelfred's Legacy - New Life, New Lands - Where Fates Align
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