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{{Quote|A hundred lives I promised my love as she lay dying, a Danish arrow in her breast. A hundred lives for hers. But there is one who has not been laid low. Let me see to that. You will die as my Cearo did!|Beoswith to Eivor, 870s.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|The Devil Has All The Best Tunes}} | {{Quote|A hundred lives I promised my love as she lay dying, a Danish arrow in her breast. A hundred lives for hers. But there is one who has not been laid low. Let me see to that. You will die as my Cearo did!|Beoswith to Eivor, 870s.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|The Devil Has All The Best Tunes}} | ||
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'''Beoswith''' (died 870s) was an [[Anglo-Saxon]] bard who lived in [[Hampshire]] during the 9th century. | '''Beoswith''' (died 870s) was an [[Anglo-Saxon]] bard who lived in [[Hampshire]] during the 9th century. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
{{Dialogue|Beoswith|I'll grant you the long peace of the grave! Murderer! Reaver! Death to all Danes!|Eivor|Even sickened, I am more than your equal!|Beoswith while fighting Eivor, 870s.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|The Devil Has All The Best Tunes}} | {{Dialogue|Beoswith|I'll grant you the long peace of the grave! Murderer! Reaver! Death to all Danes!|Eivor|Even sickened, I am more than your equal!|Beoswith while fighting Eivor, 870s.|Assassin's Creed: Valhalla|The Devil Has All The Best Tunes}} | ||
Growing up, Beoswith spent his time reading compositions by various notable bards in the Anglo-Saxon world, including {{Wiki|Cædmon}}, [[Bede]], {{Wiki|Cynewulf}} and [[Brissy the Elder]]. He was also in a relationship with a woman named Cearo, who died during the [[Viking expansion|Viking incursions]] into [[England]] when an arrow stroke her left breast. Beoswith was | Growing up, Beoswith spent his time reading compositions by various notable bards in the Anglo-Saxon world, including {{Wiki|Cædmon}}, [[Bede]], {{Wiki|Cynewulf}} and [[Brissy the Elder]]. He was also in a relationship with a woman named Cearo, who died during the [[Viking expansion|Viking incursions]] into [[England]] when an arrow stroke her left breast. Beoswith was devastated by her death and spent his time playing his lute and weeping at the [[Boar's Taverna]] south of [[Readingum Abbey]].<ref name="ACV">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[The Devil Has All The Best Tunes]]</ref> | ||
In time, Beoswith devised a plan to avenge Cearo's death. He added poison into a bucket of beer, while making use of his lute skills to attract the passing Vikings, who would no doubt indulge on the beer to celebrate. During the session, Beoswith encountered the [[shieldmaiden]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] who was passing by, and invited her to join the celebrations. Eivor accepted and challenged one of the warriors to a drinking duel, which stopped halfway when the Vikings and Eivor began feeling the effects of the poison.<ref name="ACV" /> | |||
In time, Beoswith devised a plan to avenge | |||
While all the warriors passed out from the poison, Eivor was the only one able to resist the poison's effects enough to fight Beoswith, who openly declared war against all Danes. However, Beoswith was soon cut down by Eivor, unable to avenge his beloved.<ref name="ACV" /> | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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ACV The Devil Has All The Best Tunes 2.png|Beoswith | ACV The Devil Has All The Best Tunes 2.png|Beoswith meeting Eivor Varinsdottir | ||
ACV The Devil Has All The Best Tunes 4.png|Beoswith fighting Eivor | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
Latest revision as of 04:37, 4 May 2026

Beoswith (died 870s) was an Anglo-Saxon bard who lived in Hampshire during the 9th century.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Growing up, Beoswith spent his time reading compositions by various notable bards in the Anglo-Saxon world, including Cædmon, Bede, Cynewulf and Brissy the Elder. He was also in a relationship with a woman named Cearo, who died during the Viking incursions into England when an arrow stroke her left breast. Beoswith was devastated by her death and spent his time playing his lute and weeping at the Boar's Taverna south of Readingum Abbey.[1]
In time, Beoswith devised a plan to avenge Cearo's death. He added poison into a bucket of beer, while making use of his lute skills to attract the passing Vikings, who would no doubt indulge on the beer to celebrate. During the session, Beoswith encountered the shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir who was passing by, and invited her to join the celebrations. Eivor accepted and challenged one of the warriors to a drinking duel, which stopped halfway when the Vikings and Eivor began feeling the effects of the poison.[1]
While all the warriors passed out from the poison, Eivor was the only one able to resist the poison's effects enough to fight Beoswith, who openly declared war against all Danes. However, Beoswith was soon cut down by Eivor, unable to avenge his beloved.[1]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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Beoswith meeting Eivor Varinsdottir
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Beoswith fighting Eivor