A Wise Friend

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A Wise Friend 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 met with the new villagers joining the settlement.

Dialogue

Eivor went to the dock to welcome Valka to Ravensthorpe.

• Valka: Eivor! What a pleasure to see you! O dear! It feels like it's been so long!
• Eivor: Valka, my friend. You're most welcome here. Are you well?
• Valka: Better than well. I am present.
• Eivor: And ... your mother?
• Valka: My mother has found her peace at last. She walks through a world seen only in dreams, and will forevermore.
• Eivor: That is all any of us can hope for.
• Valka: Indeed. Come.

The two friends hugged.

• Eivor: How was your passage?
• Valka: Exhilarating. The waves and wind were with us from the start. We flew like seabirds. And how are you? In spite of your stoic look, there is a brightness in your eyes that warms me.
• Eivor: It may be a kind of hope. Our settlement is growing, the people are happy, and I am ... looking forward to more.
• Valka: And your visions?
• Eivor: They come and go. But leave all that aside. Let me help you with your things.

Eivor picked up Valka's luggage.

• Eivor: This way. We found a fine spot for you at the foot of the hill.
• Valka: Hm ... every hour we traveled, I tried to conjure in my mind some vision of this place.
• Eivor: And how close were you?
• Valka: I saw the trees and the water and the rolling hill. But I could not foresee so much ... green! It is magnificent and calming color. A balm for sea-salted eyes.

As they passed the smithy, Gunnar called out.

• Gunnar: Valka! Gods above, what bring you? Hope there isn't a curse on the settlement or some such.
• Valka: Ha! The only curse on this place is their great lout of a blacksmith.

Valka and Eivor continued on.

• Valka: It is a rare feeling to travel across the sea and still find oneself at home. This place feels powerful. Alive.
• Eivor: Do you foresee great things for us?
• Valka: No need for foresight. I feel it in my heart.

Randvi walked towards them.

• Randvi: Is that Valka I see? What took you so long to follow?
• Valka: Wanted to ensure the place was up to snuff. We must talk again soon, Randvi, once I'm settled.
• Eivor: And before my arms fall off. What is this I'm carrying?
• Valka: My heaviest reagents, of course. Lead, whalebone, flecks of gold.
• Randvi: Put this one to honest work, that is what I like to see!

Valka and Eivor continued on.

• Valka: All these people you have broought here, this life you have built on these stranger shores. Does it please you?
• Eivor: It does. To know that I have built this place and kept these people safe is a gift.
• Valka: You speak first of yourself when I ask this question ... which says more than you intend, I think.

Octavian passed them by.

• Octavian: Salve, Eivor! Ad meliora! (Towards better things!)
• Eivor: Good day!
• Valka: And who's that fellow?
• Eivor: Octavian. A strange man. I think you'll like him.

Eivor saw Valka's new home.

• Eivor: You see there, your home is just ahead.
• Valka: Tell me about your visions.
• Eivor: They are as they have always been. Little has changed, save their clarity. With every return, the things I see feel less like dreams and more like memories.
• Valka: And does the All-Father still appear before you?
• Eivor: From time to time, yes. He speaks to me as well, but ... it feels mad to say such things aloud.
• Valka: I understand. You can put those just there, thank you.

Eivor place the heavy crate inside the tent.

• Eivor: And here we are.
• Valka: Lovely, just as you promised. As soon as I am set up here, we can return to the matter of your visions.
• Eivor: Valka, please...
• Valka: You are touched, Eivor. A conduit for godly tidings. Please ... let me help. I may know a way to clarify these visions. An elixir that may open the door of your mind into the realm of the gods.
• Eivor: If you think it would help, I can finish your home myself. Only give me some time.
• Valka: I would be grateful. Thank you, Eivor.
• Eivor: Of course. And ... welcome home.

Outcome

Eivor welcomed Valka to Ravensthorpe, offering to help her build a proper hut so that she could aid the shieldmaiden in understanding her visions.

References

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla