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| | name = Blame and Sail | | | name = Blame and Sail |
| | image = | | | image = |
| | description = ''Coming back from an alliance, Eivor is asked to sit on another dispute. However, the decision is concluded in a disrupt manner.'' | | | description = ''Coming back from an alliance, [[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] is asked to sit on another dispute. However, the decision is concluded in a disrupt manner.'' |
| | appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' | | | appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' |
| | type = Main {{c|Ravensthorpe}} | | | type = Main {{c|Ravensthorpe}} |
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| | next = | | | next = |
| | source = [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] | | | source = [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] |
| | location = [[Ravensthorpe]] | | | location = [[Ravensthorpe]], [[Leicestershire|Ledecestrescire]], [[Mercia]] |
| | date = 875 | | | date = 875 |
| }} | | }} |
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| *'''Eivor:''' ''Randvi, what is this?'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Randvi, what is this?'' |
| *'''Randvi:''' ''Another dispute, I'm afraid ... with Holger stirring the pot once again. Will you sit in judgment?'' | | *'''Randvi:''' ''Another dispute, I'm afraid ... with Holger stirring the pot once again. Will you sit in judgment?'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Judgment is the burden of a [[jarl]]. This is [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd's]] duty now.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Judgment is the burden of a'' [[jarl]]''. This is [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]]'s duty now.'' |
| *'''Randvi:''' ''He refuses to leave his quarters. Right now, you are the only noble fit for this.'' | | *'''Randvi:''' ''He refuses to leave his quarters. Right now, you are the only noble fit for this.'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''I don't know. It's not my place...'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''I don't know. It's not my place...'' |
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| *'''Gudrun:''' ''I might have profited from that cloth. Holger has all but robbed me of a future boon!'' | | *'''Gudrun:''' ''I might have profited from that cloth. Holger has all but robbed me of a future boon!'' |
| *'''Holger:''' ''It was garbage! Yet now it is part of something greater. If anything, I have increased its value. You ought to thank me.'' | | *'''Holger:''' ''It was garbage! Yet now it is part of something greater. If anything, I have increased its value. You ought to thank me.'' |
| *'''Gudrun:''' ''O, I will thank you with the back of my--'' | | *'''Gudrun:''' ''O, I will thank you with the back of my—'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Quiet. Let me speak...'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Quiet. Let me speak...'' |
| </tabber> | | </tabber> |
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| <tabber> | | <tabber> |
| |-|Gudrun is right= | | |-|Gudrun is right= |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''After careful thought, it is clear that--'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''After careful thought, it is clear that—'' |
| |-|Holger is right= | | |-|Holger is right= |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''After careful thought, it is clear that--'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''After careful thought, it is clear that—'' |
| </tabber> | | </tabber> |
| Sigurd came out abruptly and shouted aloud. | | Sigurd came out abruptly and shouted aloud. |
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| Eivor stepped aside as Sigurd sat in to decide. | | Eivor stepped aside as Sigurd sat in to decide. |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''Are you finished singing, my dear skald?'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Are you finished singing, my dear skald?'' |
| *'''Holger:''' ''My jarl, as I was saying I was--'' | | *'''Holger:''' ''My'' jarl'', as I was saying I was—'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''Stop! Enough! I have heard more than enough to render my judgment. For as long as I known you, Holger, you have spun words into lies. You weaken the minds of children, and delude the minds of men. I've shown you too many years of tolerance. And rather than exist in grateful meekness, as Holger the Liar, you sink lower.'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Stop! Enough! I have heard more than enough to render my judgment. For as long as I known you, Holger, you have spun words into lies. You weaken the minds of children, and delude the minds of men. I've shown you too many years of tolerance. And rather than exist in grateful meekness, as Holger the Liar, you sink lower.'' |
| Sigurd spat towards the floor. | | |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''You become Holger the Thief, robbing a woman of her livelihood, all in the name of your stupid stories!'' | | Sigurd spat on the floor. |
| *'''Holger:''' ''Sigurd Jarl, no. Th-that is not the--'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''You become Holger the [[Thief]], robbing a woman of her livelihood, all in the name of your stupid stories!'' |
| | *'''Holger:''' ''Sigurd'' Jarl'', no. Th-that is not the—'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''This is the consequence of your actions. You will pay Gudrun the value of thirty sailcloths...'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''This is the consequence of your actions. You will pay Gudrun the value of thirty sailcloths...'' |
| *'''Holger:''' ''Thirty times? Surely you jest! That would ruin me, Sigurd.'' | | *'''Holger:''' ''Thirty times? Surely you jest! That would ruin me, Sigurd.'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''Do I look like one to play pranks, Holger? Pay the fee or be exiled!'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Do I look like one to play pranks, Holger? Pay the fee or be exiled!'' |
| *'''Gudrun:''' ''Great jarl, if I may ... I seek only compensation for a single sailcloth, the rest is--'' | | *'''Gudrun:''' ''Great'' jarl'', if I may ... I seek only compensation for a single sailcloth, the rest is—'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''Thirty times! In silver! That is my judgment.'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Thirty times! In silver! That is my judgment.'' |
| *'''Holger:''' ''Eivor, please ... does this not seem unfair? | | *'''Holger:''' ''Eivor, please ... does this not seem unfair? |
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| |-|This judgment is unfair= | | |-|This judgment is unfair= |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, the punishment must fit the crime. Your judgment is cruel and unfair.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, the punishment must fit the crime. Your judgment is cruel and unfair.'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''Cruel and unfair? O, no. No, you have it backwards. I am the definition what is fair and what is not. I am your jarl, the source of all right and all wrong. The lord of justice in this place. Without rank, without order, without a chain of command, life cannot endure! Chaos will reign. Do you understand?'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Cruel and unfair? O, no. No, you have it backwards. I am the definition what is fair and what is not. I am your ''jarl'', the source of all right and all wrong. The lord of justice in this place. Without rank, without order, without a chain of command, life cannot endure! Chaos will reign. Do you understand?'' |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''As my brother and my jarl, I back you, Sigurd. But in the face of injustice, I cannot help but speak.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''As my brother and my ''jarl'', I back you, Sigurd. But in the face of injustice, I cannot help but speak.'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''Have you never in your life known when to hold your tongue, Eivor? Nor defer to those wiser than yourself? My judgment stands. Thirty times the sailcloth's value. That is final.'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''Have you never in your life known when to hold your tongue, Eivor? Nor defer to those wiser than yourself? My judgment stands. Thirty times the sailcloth's value. That is final.'' |
| |-|I support Sigurd's judgment= | | |-|I support Sigurd's judgment= |
| *'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd is our jarl. His word is law, whether or not you agree.'' | | *'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd is our ''jarl''. His word is law, whether or not you agree.'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''You see?'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''You see?'' |
| *'''Holger:''' ''Of course, my jarl. As it must be. Forgive my defiance.'' | | *'''Holger:''' ''Of course, my ''jarl''. As it must be. Forgive my defiance.'' |
| </tabber> | | </tabber> |
| *'''Gudrun:''' ''Thank you, lord, for hearing us out.'' | | *'''Gudrun:''' ''Thank you, lord, for hearing us out.'' |
| *'''Sigurd:''' ''See to it that judgment is carried out exactly as I have said. Should the need arise again, do not fail to rouse me.'' | | *'''Sigurd:''' ''See to it that judgment is carried out exactly as I have said. Should the need arise again, do not fail to rouse me.'' |
| *'''Holger:''' ''(sobbing)'' | | *'''Holger:''' (sobbing) |
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| As everybody left the decision, Gudrun consoled Holger. | | As everybody left the decision, Gudrun consoled Holger. |
| *'''Gudrun:''' ''Thank you, Holger. And please, do not let this blunt our friendship. I did not mean for this to escalate.'' | | *'''Gudrun:''' ''Thank you, Holger. And please, do not let this blunt our friendship. I did not mean for this to escalate.'' |
