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{{Memory Infobox
{{Memory Infobox
| name = A Brother's Keeper
| name = A Brother's Keeper
| image =Yggdrasil Chamber.png  
| image =ACV A Brothers Keeper 3.png  
| description = ''[[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] travels with [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]] deep into Hordafylke's wilderness where even greater mysteries await.''
| description = ''[[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] travels with [[Sigurd Styrbjornsson|Sigurd]] deep into [[Hordaland|Hordafylke]]'s wilderness where even [[Yggdrasil|greater mysteries]] await.''
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''
| type = Main {{c|In the Hall of the Slain}}
| type = Main {{c|In the Hall of the Slain}}
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== Dialogue==
== Dialogue==
The crew at the shore of the northeastern-most fjord of the region.
The crew at the shore of the northeastern-most fjord of the region.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Yes. Yes, this feels familiar. Eivor, we will press on. The rest of you, wait here!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Yes. Yes, this feels familiar. Eivor, we will press on. The rest of you, wait here!''
Off their [[longship]], Eivor and Sigurd walked northwards through the snowstorm at the fjord.
Off their [[longship]], Eivor and Sigurd walked northwards through the snowstorm at the fjord.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Follow me! Into this kingdom of snow!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Follow me! Into this kingdom of snow!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, can we not wait for this to pass?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, can we not wait for this to pass?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Ah, the sting of ice on skin! Revel in this, Eivor. We walk the footpath of the [[Æsir|gods]]!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Ah, the sting of ice on skin! Revel in this, Eivor. We walk the footpath of the [[Norse mythology|gods]]!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''To where? More glaciers and deserts of snow?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''To where? More glaciers and deserts of snow?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''To glory!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''To glory!''
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*'''Eivor:''' ''We would be poor company with frozen bones and ice pellets for eyes.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We would be poor company with frozen bones and ice pellets for eyes.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You need not fear the cold, Eivor. Where we are going the winds and snows cannot touch!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You need not fear the cold, Eivor. Where we are going the winds and snows cannot touch!''
Both siblings kept walking through the snowstorm.
Both siblings kept walking through the snowstorm.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ah. It is bitter cold. As wind from [[Niflheim]]!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ah. It is bitter cold. As wind from [[Niflheim]]!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Keep steady! It should not be far now!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Keep steady! It should not be far now!''
Eivor kept following Sigurd through a large passageway between two cliffs.
Eivor kept following Sigurd through a large passageway between two cliffs.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It must be near. I know the shape of these rocks! Yes, we are close.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It must be near. I know the shape of these rocks! Yes, we are close.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''For the sake of frozen fingers, I hope so.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''For the sake of frozen fingers, I hope so.''
Sigurd saw a cave in the hillside of the mountain in front of them.
Sigurd saw a cave in the hillside of the mountain in front of them.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There, that frozen lake. This must be it. And ahead lies a cavern.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There, that frozen lake. This must be it. And ahead lies a cavern.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Will you not say where this leads?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Will you not say where this leads?''
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*'''Eivor:''' ''And too late to turn back, I fear.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''And too late to turn back, I fear.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There! The cave! Within hides the sacred gate.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There! The cave! Within hides the sacred gate.''
Both warriors stepped on the frozen lake, running to the cavern thereafter. Inside [[Goinnhellir]], they encountered an icy blockage.
Both warriors stepped on the frozen lake, running to the cavern thereafter. Inside [[Goinnhellir]], they encountered an icy blockage.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''The ice looks fragile. Can you clear it?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''The ice looks fragile. Can you clear it?''
 
Eivor broke the ice and revealed the passage littered with several debris of [[Temple (Isu)|unusual architecture]] behind it, discovering a large door. As Sigurd approached the closed entrance and stood before it, Eivor turned around and travelled down a side passage, caughting sight of a shiny [[spear]] embedded in the wall.
Eivor broke the ice and revealed the passage littered with several debris of [[Temple (Isu)|unusual architecture]] behind it, discovering a large door.
As Sigurd approached the closed entrance and stood before it, Eivor turned around and travelled down a side passage, caughting sight of a shiny [[spear]] embedded in the wall.
 
* '''Eivor:''' ''TBA''
* '''Eivor:''' ''TBA''
*
She went up a broken bridge in order to reach it, finding it strangely familiar.
She went up a broken bridge in order to reach it, finding it strangely familiar.
*'''Eivor:''' ''[[Gungnir]]... is it you?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''[[Gungnir]]... is it you?''
Eivor pulled the spear free, claiming it for her own, and experimentally slammed it on the ground as she had seen [[Odin]] do in her vision during [[Kjotve the Cruel]]'s death five years before. She then retraced her steps and returned to Sigurd.
Eivor pulled the spear free, claiming it for her own, and experimentally slammed it on the ground as she had seen [[Odin]] do in her vision during [[Kjotve the Cruel]]'s death five years before. She then retraced her steps and returned to Sigurd.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''My heart races. This is it!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''My heart races. This is it!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gods, this door. Have you seen this before?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gods, this door. Have you seen this before?''
 
[[File:ACV A Brothers Keeper 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Eivor and Sigurd stand before the large doorway]]
[[File:ACV Eivor Sigurd Large Door.jpg|thumb|250px|Eivor and Sigurd stand before the large doorway]]
They both stood in front of the big doorway that Sigurd had envisioned. Eivor recalled what had happened in [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]], years prior.
They both stood in front of the big doorway that Sigurd had envisioned. Eivor recalled what had happened in [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]], years prior.
*'''Eivor:''' ''The space above. The [[Saga Stone]] sat there, did it not?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''The space above. The [[Saga Stone]] sat there, did it not?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Long, long ago, yes. Now stand clear. ''zrhwachày nàgkwat nsmæ br trrhwndi kwardæ, I sorhwlàs vras chnàkodi de, nsm huchràs réyzdéràæ chaz zàwomsi.'' (When the [[Great Catastrophe|destruction]] and death threatens before us, and the [[Sun|solar flare]] is reaching, to the [[Calculations|calculator]] of futures we run.)''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Long, long ago, yes. Now stand clear. ''zrhwachày nàgkwat nsmæ br trrhwndi kwardæ, I sorhwlàs vras chnàkodi de, nsm huchràs réyzdéràæ chaz zàwomsi.'' (When the [[Great Catastrophe|destruction]] and death threatens before us, and the [[Sun|solar flare]] is reaching, to the [[Calculations|calculator]] of futures we run.)''
The gate immediately opened, uncovering a spacious room, full of ice and wreckage.
The gate immediately opened, uncovering a spacious room, full of ice and wreckage.
*'''Eivor:''' ''How did you do this? Where did you learn these words?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''How did you do this? Where did you learn these words?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I told you, Eivor. My visions are memories. Of a [[Týr|life]] [[Sage|once lived]]. Come.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I told you, Eivor. My visions are memories. Of a [[Týr|life]] [[Sage|once lived]]. Come.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gods! What is this place?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Gods! What is this place?''
Eivor and Sigurd walked to a large, square platform made of a strange material, suspended over an abyss.
Eivor and Sigurd walked to a large, square platform made of a strange material, suspended over an abyss.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Over here, this plate will lead us onward.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Over here, this plate will lead us onward.''
 
[[File:ACV A Brothers Keeper 2.png|thumb|250px|Sigurd pronouncing the password]]
[[File:A Brother's Keeper 1.png.png|thumb|250px|Sigurd pronouncing the password]]
Both siblings stood on the plate, as Sigurd pronounced the [[Isu script|password]] to activate it.
Both siblings stood on the plate, as Sigurd pronounced the [[Isu script|password]] to activate it.
*'''Sigurd:''' Hoærhàsi.
*'''Sigurd:''' Hoærhàsi.
Eivor lost her balance as the platform started to lower gradually.
Eivor lost her balance as the platform started to lower gradually.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, I... I don't know what to say. This is all so strange.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, I... I don't know what to say. This is all so strange.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Trust this place, Eivor. This old and sacred place.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Trust this place, Eivor. This old and sacred place.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Where does it lead?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Where does it lead?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''To the hall of the slain and the golden fields. To [[Valhalla (afterlife)|Valhalla]].''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''To the hall of the slain and the golden fields. To [[Valhalla (afterlife)|Valhalla]].''
Eivor looked around her.
Eivor looked around her.
*'''Eivor:''' ''This vessel. Was it crafted by dwarves?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''This vessel. Was it crafted by dwarves?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It is finely made, that much is true. I doubt [[Gunnar]] could hammer a piece any finer.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It is finely made, that much is true. I doubt [[Gunnar]] could hammer a piece any finer.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''And this cavern ... so deep, and humming with magic.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''And this cavern... so deep, and humming with magic.''
 
The platform continued to go down, eventually unveiling a massive chamber. Eivor and Sigurd saw a [[Yggdrasil|glowing tree]], standing out from the chasm.
The platform continued to go down, eventually unveiling a massive chamber. Eivor and Sigurd saw a [[Yggdrasil|glowing tree]], standing out from the chasm.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There! The old tree! The tree of life!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There! The old tree! The tree of life!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is this...?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is this...?''
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*'''Eivor:''' ''The [[Skald|skalds]] would cry to behold such a sight.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''The [[Skald|skalds]] would cry to behold such a sight.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And there's more to come. I swear by all the names of the All-Father, this is only a taste of what I have in store for you. For my visions go further. To Odin's great hall.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And there's more to come. I swear by all the names of the All-Father, this is only a taste of what I have in store for you. For my visions go further. To Odin's great hall.''
As the plate slowed down and slammed against the ground, the two exited it and walked towards the enormous tree, crossing a wide and imponent bridge.
As the plate slowed down and slammed against the ground, the two exited it and walked towards the enormous tree, crossing a wide and imponent bridge.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There! Do you feel that? The sacred energies?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''There! Do you feel that? The sacred energies?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I have never seen something so grand.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I have never seen something so grand.''
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*'''Eivor:''' ''How do you know these things? Was all this in your vision?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''How do you know these things? Was all this in your vision?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''All this and more.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''All this and more.''
 
[[File:ACV A Brothers Keeper 4.png|thumb|250px|Eivor and Sigurd examine the strange device]]
[[File:A Brpther's Keeper 4.png|thumb|250px|Eivor and Sigurd examine the strange device]]
Eivor and Sigurd reached the tree, stopping at a glowing sphere underneath the strange structure.
Eivor and Sigurd reached the tree, stopping at a glowing sphere underneath the strange structure.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Yes, it is returning to me now. This ancient shrine is set alight by this [[Vault pedestal|sphere of metal]]. And these shining arms, these branches. They will grant us access to the refuge of the [[Isu|Gods]]. To Valhalla. Are you ready?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Yes, it is returning to me now. This ancient shrine is set alight by this [[Vault pedestal|sphere of metal]]. And these shining arms, these branches. They will grant us access to the refuge of the [[Isu|Gods]]. To Valhalla. Are you ready?''
 
As they talked, they saw one of the branches holding [[Valka]]'s mother, [[Svala]].
As they talked, one of the branches held [[Valka]]'s mother, [[Svala]].
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Eivor walked to the central platform as Sigurd was taken by one of the branches.
Eivor walked to the central platform as Sigurd was taken by one of the branches.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd...!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd...!''
Eivor saw Sigurd unconscious as a branch grew close to her.
Eivor saw Sigurd unconscious as a branch grew close to her.
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''Hail, you givers... a guest has come.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Hail, you givers ... a guest has come.''
 
A branch came behind Eivor and incapacitated her into unconsciousness. Eivor later awoke in a mysterious bedroom corridor.
A branch came behind Eivor and incapacitated her into unconsciousness. Eivor later awoke in a mysterious bedroom corridor.
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is this place?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is this place?''
Eivor walked out and saw a feast, filled with plenty of food and the ''[[Einherjar]]'' warriors having a good time all around.
Eivor walked out and saw a feast, filled with plenty of food and the ''[[Einherjar]]'' warriors having a good time all around.
*'''[[Norse people|Norse]] Warrior 1:''' ''There you are!''
*'''[[Norse people|Norse]] Warrior 1:''' ''There you are!''
*'''Norse Warrior 2:''' ''Hail, ''drengr''! Welcome!''
*'''Norse Warrior 2:''' ''Hail, ''drengr''! Welcome!''
*'''Norse Warrior 3:''' ''The Havi returns to leave us to victory.''
*'''Norse Warrior 3:''' ''The Havi returns to leave us to victory.''
Eivor kept walking forward while receiving compliments and salutations.
Eivor kept walking forward while receiving compliments and salutations.
*'''Norse Warrior 4:''' ''Lead us to glory, Havi.''
*'''Norse Warrior 4:''' ''Lead us to glory, Havi.''
*'''Norse Warrior 5:''' ''We are proud to serve you, Havi!''
*'''Norse Warrior 5:''' ''We are proud to serve you, Havi!''
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*'''Norse Warrior 7:''' ''Drink for strength! Fight for glory!''
*'''Norse Warrior 7:''' ''Drink for strength! Fight for glory!''
*'''Norse Warrior 8:''' ''Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never comes!''
*'''Norse Warrior 8:''' ''Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never comes!''
Eivor saw both Sigurd and Svala having a conversation and stopped moving.
Eivor saw both Sigurd and Svala having a conversation and stopped moving.
*'''Svala:''' ''Eivor. Tyr said you would come. Welcome.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Eivor. Tyr said you would come. Welcome.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are you ... are you Valka's mother? Svala?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are you... are you Valka's mother? Svala?''
*'''Svala:''' ''You have a keen eye, [[Wolf]]-Kissed.''
*'''Svala:''' ''You have a keen eye, [[Wolf]]-Kissed.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''After all this time, Eivor! We have arrived! Now raise a horn with [[Freyja]] here and sing a victory song!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''After all this time, Eivor! We have arrived! Now raise a horn with [[Freyja]] here and sing a victory song!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, what is all this? Your arm has returned ... and your vigor as well.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, what is all this? Your arm has returned... and your vigor as well.''
 
Eivor and Sigurd embraced each other.
Eivor and Sigurd embraced each other.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Glory eternal, Eivor! Here we dine in the great hall of the slain. At long last! O, I want to scream with joy!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Glory eternal, Eivor! Here we dine in the great hall of the slain. At long last! O, I want to scream with joy!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''This is ... this is all so beautiful.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''This is... this is all so beautiful.''
 
Both looked at their fellow [[Vikings]] having a good time.
Both looked at their fellow [[Viking]]s having a good time.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Your visions were... they were real.''
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''Your visions were ... they were real.''
 
A battle horn was blown and a grand door opened.
A battle horn was blown and a grand door opened.
*'''Norse Warrior 9:''' ''The battle horn blows! Come, Tyr!''
*'''Norse Warrior 9:''' ''The battle horn blows! Come, Tyr!''
*'''Norse Warrior 10:''' ''To the field! Fight with us!''
*'''Norse Warrior 10:''' ''To the field! Fight with us!''
Sigurd rushed to battle as Eivor listened to Svala.
Sigurd rushed to battle as Eivor listened to Svala.
*'''Svala:''' ''Go, Eivor. Enjoy the fight. You have earned your place here.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Go, Eivor. Enjoy the fight. You have earned your place here.''
Eivor nodded and left to join the fight as [[soldier]]s chanted Eivor's name. Eivor started to fight any enemy she could find.
Eivor nodded and left to join the fight as [[soldier]]s chanted Eivor's name. Eivor started to fight any enemy she could find.
*'''Eivor:''' ''The strength I have!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''The strength I have!''
All warriors kept on fighting.
All warriors kept on fighting.
*'''Norse Warrior 11:''' ''All hail the endless battle!''
*'''Norse Warrior 11:''' ''All hail the endless battle!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ha!'' (howl)
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ha!'' (howl)
*'''Norse Warrior 12:''' ''For Odin!''
*'''Norse Warrior 12:''' ''For Odin!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Fight me!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Fight me!''
Eivor saw Sigurd on a cliff.
Eivor saw Sigurd on a cliff.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Look at me, Sigurd!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Look at me, Sigurd!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Don't be a coward, Eivor! Come fight me! Eivor! Over here!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Don't be a coward, Eivor! Come fight me! Eivor! Over here!''
Eivor spoke with Sigurd.
Eivor spoke with Sigurd.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, this place is incredible.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, this place is incredible.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Enough with those [[sword]]-flies. You and I must fight.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Enough with those [[sword]]-flies. You and I must fight.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''The battle we never had.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''The battle we never had.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And hold nothing back. For here we need not fear a thing.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And hold nothing back. For here we need not fear a thing.''
Eivor and Sigurd fought each other.
Eivor and Sigurd fought each other.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Spill the eternal blood of Valhalla.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Spill the eternal blood of Valhalla.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''At last, I share the din of infinite battle with a true... Troll-arse.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''At last, I share the din of infinite battle with a true... Troll-arse.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You will taste a meal of [[iron]] before the day is out! Come on, Wolf-Kissed! Let me cut you a new scar!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You will taste a meal of [[iron]] before the day is out! Come on, Wolf-Kissed! Let me cut you a new scar!''
Eivor defeated Sigurd and cut his right arm off.
Eivor defeated Sigurd and cut his right arm off.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Brother!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Brother!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Worry not, Eivor! For we earn no scars here. Only battle wisdom.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Worry not, Eivor! For we earn no scars here. Only battle wisdom.''
The battle horn was blown again.
The battle horn was blown again.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''The day is done!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''The day is done!''
Everything changed and Eivor awoke again from the same bed.
Everything changed and Eivor awoke again from the same bed.
*'''Eivor:''' ''What just happened?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What just happened?''
Eivor walked out again, hearing the same comments from the last time. Eivor found and spoke with Sigurd.
Eivor walked out again, hearing the same comments from the last time. Eivor found and spoke with Sigurd.
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd... your arm has grown back.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd ... your arm has grown back.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It was never gone, Eivor. Not truly. Nothing is permanent here, I told you. Nothing save the courage and the reputation of its warriors.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It was never gone, Eivor. Not truly. Nothing is permanent here, I told you. Nothing save the courage and the reputation of its warriors.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are we immortal in this place?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are we immortal in this place?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Let us discover that together!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Let us discover that together!''
The grand door opened once again as Eivor joined the fight and heard the same war cries from the other warriors again. Eivor found Sigurd sitting mid-battle and he lost his right arm again.
The grand door opened once again as Eivor joined the fight and heard the same war cries from the other warriors again. Eivor found Sigurd sitting mid-battle and he lost his right arm again.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Ha! Bit to the marrow's bed!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Ha! Bit to the marrow's bed!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Again you've lost your arm.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Again you've lost your arm.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And again it will return!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And again it will return!''
Eivor noticed one of the warriors, who looked like her late father, [[Varin]].
Eivor noticed one of the warriors, who looked like her late father, [[Varin]].
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''Father.... Is that you?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Father .... Is that you?''
 
Before any confirmation, Eivor awoke again for the third time.
Before any confirmation, Eivor awoke again for the third time.
*'''Eivor:''' ''That cannot have been my father...''
*'''Eivor:''' ''That cannot have been my father...''
Eivor walked out to see Svala and Sigurd celebrating near the first big table.
Eivor walked out to see Svala and Sigurd celebrating near the first big table.
 
*'''Eivor:''' Skal!
*'''Eivor:''' ''Skal!''
 
Svala noticed Eivor awake.
Svala noticed Eivor awake.
*'''Svala:''' ''Take your horn. Join the battle cheer.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Take your horn. Join the battle cheer.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Dearest skald of war and verse, how do you like this frenzy so far?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Dearest skald of war and verse, how do you like this frenzy so far?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It is ... it is quite something.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It is... it is quite something.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Raise your horn, Eivor. What stops you?''
*'''Svala:''' ''Raise your horn, Eivor. What stops you?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''My father ... Varin. Have you seen him in this hall?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''My father... Varin. Have you seen him in this hall?''
*'''Svala:''' ''I have not. Should he be here?''
*'''Svala:''' ''I have not. Should he be here?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''No, he died a coward. Yet by Odin's eye, I swear I have seen him.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''No, he died a coward. Yet by Odin's eye, I swear I have seen him.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Cast aside your cares in Valhalla. Let seeking go, we have earned our joy. The journey is complete!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Cast aside your cares in Valhalla. Let seeking go, we have earned our joy. The journey is complete!''
Eivor left to search.
Eivor left to search.
*'''Eivor:''' ''I saw you, Father. Where are you? Show yourself.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I saw you, Father. Where are you? Show yourself.''
Eivor asked the warriors around her.
Eivor asked the warriors around her.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Great warriors, have you seen Varin?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Great warriors, have you seen Varin?''
*'''Norse Warrior 13:''' ''Who?''
*'''Norse Warrior 13:''' ''Who?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Varin. My father.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Varin. My father.''
Eivor got closer to the same soldier from before.
Eivor got closer to the same soldier from before.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Varin? Father?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Varin? Father?''
Before any talks, the same soldier ran into battle. Eivor followed but lost him, while she spotted a sitting Sigurd again.
Before any talks, the same soldier ran into battle. Eivor followed but lost him, while she spotted a sitting Sigurd again.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Blast! Where is he?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Blast! Where is he?''
Eivor spoke with Sigurd, who lost his arm again.
Eivor spoke with Sigurd, who lost his arm again.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Next time I lose this fucking arm, I'll beat a man to death with it!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Next time I lose this fucking arm, I'll beat a man to death with it!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Do you not tire of these injuries?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Do you not tire of these injuries?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Never!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Never!''
Eivor smiled and noticed the soldier. Eivor walked to him.
Eivor smiled and noticed the soldier. Eivor walked to him.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Wait...''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Wait...''
The soldier turned around and was not her father. Meanwhile, arrows were shot towards the warriors. Eivor was shot in the left eye with an arrow.
The soldier turned around and was not her father. Meanwhile, arrows were shot towards the warriors. Eivor was shot in the left eye with an arrow.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ah!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ah!''
Eivor pulled the arrow out and then the battle horn was blown again. Eivor woke up again and held a throwing knife in her hands. Sigurd walked in to greet her.
Eivor pulled the arrow out and then the battle horn was blown again. Eivor woke up again and held a throwing knife in her hands. Sigurd walked in to greet her.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor, you have a guest!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor, you have a guest!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You should have knocked first...''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You should have knocked first...''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Nonsense. I brought you someone. Look!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Nonsense. I brought you someone. Look!''
 
Varin walked in the room.
A seemingly Varin walked in as well.
 
*'''Varin:''' ''My Eivor! There you are! What a warrior you have made of yourself. I am overfilled with pride.''
*'''Varin:''' ''My Eivor! There you are! What a warrior you have made of yourself. I am overfilled with pride.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''How did you find your way here?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''How did you find your way here?''
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*'''Eivor:''' ''We fought, Father. But you did not. You died a coward.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We fought, Father. But you did not. You died a coward.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor, enjoy this! Your father has returned.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor, enjoy this! Your father has returned.''
 
Eivor threw the dagger at Varin's head and killed him.
Eivor threw the dagger at "Varin's" head and killed him.
 
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Have you lost all your love for life?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Have you lost all your love for life?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''That was not my father. That was a lie.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''That was not my father. That was a lie.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''That was not a lie, that was my gift to you. I have power here. And I can do as I please. You wished to see your father. I made it happen. As easy as breathing.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''That was not a lie, that was my gift to you. I have power here. And I can do as I please. You wished to see your father. I made it happen. As easy as breathing.''
The Varin figure turned to dust.
The Varin figure turned to dust.
*'''Eivor:''' ''By Odin's laws, my father is not allowed in this place. I do not wish to see him where he should not be.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''By Odin's laws, my father is not allowed in this place. I do not wish to see him where he should not be.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Your father died doing what he hoped would save you. He died to protect you. And his clan.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Your father died doing what he hoped would save you. He died to protect you. And his clan.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''No, he...''
*'''Eivor:''' ''No, he...''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''This is the end of our road, Eivor. This is Valhalla, the eternal golden field. Now come .... battle beckons!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''This is the end of our road, Eivor. This is Valhalla, the eternal golden field. Now come... battle beckons!''
 
Sigurd left for battle as Eivor followed and went to the giant door, where Svala was waiting.
Sigurd left for battle as Eivor followed and went to the giant door, where Svala was waiting.
*'''Eivor:''' ''How is all this possible?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''How is all this possible?''
Eivor spoke with Svala.
Eivor spoke with Svala.
*'''Eivor:''' ''How are the slain brought here?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''How are the slain brought here?''
*'''Svala:''' ''The [[Valkyrie]]s know this, only them.''
*'''Svala:''' ''The [[Valkyrie]]s know this, only them.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''No, that cannot be true. None of this feels right.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''No, that cannot be true. None of this feels right.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Do not despair, Eivor. Look. Your friends are here. Everyone you could ever want is here beside you.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Do not despair, Eivor. Look. Your friends are here. Everyone you could ever want is here beside you.''
Svala showed Eivor a group of her [[Ravensthorpe]] residents, celebrating at a table.
Svala showed Eivor a group of her [[Ravensthorpe]] residents, celebrating at a table.
*'''Eivor:''' ''No. They are not real.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''No. They are not real.''
 
The residents quickly turned to dust.
The residents turned to dust quickly.
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''This place is a lie.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''This place is a lie.''
*'''Svala:''' ''This place can be whatever you wish it to be, Eivor.''
*'''Svala:''' ''This place can be whatever you wish it to be, Eivor.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I do not want it. Not like this.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I do not want it. Not like this.''
*'''Svala:''' ''You would resign yourself to an empty death?''
*'''Svala:''' ''You would resign yourself to an empty death?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''The ecstasy I feel here is an illusion. I'd sooner caw like a [[Raven]] than sing a false song.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''The ecstasy I feel here is an illusion. I'd sooner caw like a [[raven]] than sing a false song.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Illusion or not, here there is no death, no pain, no loss... no betrayal. Not like out there.''
*'''Svala:''' ''Illusion or not, here there is no death, no pain, no loss... no betrayal. Not like out there.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You want this? To live inside a lie?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You want this? To live inside a lie?''
*'''Svala:''' ''I am an old woman with a broken body. What life I had left was brief. So I bid farewell to my dear Valka and came here.''
*'''Svala:''' ''I am an old woman with a broken body. What life I had left was brief. So I bid farewell to my dear Valka and came here.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I wish you well, Svala. But this is not for me.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I wish you well, Svala. But this is not for me.''
Eivor left Svala.
Eivor left Svala.
*'''Eivor:''' ''I must find Sigurd.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I must find Sigurd.''
 
Eivor ventured into the fight again and later found Sigurd sitting.
Eivor ventured into the fight again and later found Sigurd sitting again.
 
*'''Sigurd:''' ''The arm! The arm! Always the fucking arm!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''The arm! The arm! Always the fucking arm!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, this is an illusion ... a trick. Leave with me now and return to [[England]]. Our people need us.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd, this is an illusion... a trick. Leave with me now and return to [[England]]. Our people need us.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''No. I am no one in that world. I am somebody here. Powerful, capable, a god. Here I may live forever. Here I cannot die.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''No. I am no one in that world. I am somebody here. Powerful, capable, a god. Here I may live forever. Here I cannot die.''
Eivor used her power and stopped the fighting.
Eivor used her power and stopped the fighting.
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''Cows die, family die, you must die. The only thing that never dies is the reputation of the one who's died. in here, you have no reputation. But out there, it's not too late. Every day the same empty war, the same hollow victory. Spilling blood that tastes of water and smells of grass. You have known real battle, real glory. But this is not it. You know this, I know you do. Brother... it is time to leave.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Cows die, family die, you must die. The only thing that never dies is the reputation of the one who's died. in here, you have no reputation. But out there, it's not too late. Every day the same empty war, the same hollow victory. Spilling blood that tastes of water and smells of grass. You have known real battle, real glory. But this is not it. You know this, I know you do. Brother ... it is time to leave.''
 
Eivor consoled Sigurd to go and leave the simulation.
 
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Am I destined to follow you everywhere? 'Til the end of my life? All right. We go.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Am I destined to follow you everywhere? 'Til the end of my life? All right. We go.''
 
Odin instantly appeared beside the pair.
Odin appeared instantly.
 
*'''Odin:''' ''No! You stay! I do not give leave to go!''
*'''Odin:''' ''No! You stay! I do not give leave to go!''
Eivor fell down to the ground, unconscious immediately. Eivor awoke in a realm simulation, which appeared like Niflheim.
Eivor fell down to the ground, unconscious immediately. Eivor awoke in a realm simulation, which appeared like Niflheim.
*'''Odin:''' ''Why leave this place? A glory you fought so hard to find? Walk with me.''
*'''Odin:''' ''Why leave this place? A glory you fought so hard to find? Walk with me.''
Eivor walked with Odin.
Eivor walked with Odin.
*'''Odin:''' ''I am humbled to walk with you, Eivor. Your reputation is a song warriors will sing forever.''
*'''Odin:''' ''I am humbled to walk with you, Eivor. Your reputation is a song warriors will sing forever.''
Odin showed Eivor a childhood memory scene of her survival of her wolf attack.
Odin showed Eivor a childhood memory scene of her survival of her wolf attack.
*'''Odin:''' ''You are the Wolf-Kissed one, who lingered at the edge of death, yet fought back.''
*'''Odin:''' ''You are the Wolf-Kissed one, who lingered at the edge of death, yet fought back.''
Odin showed Eivor a memory of one of her fighting moments.
Odin showed Eivor a memory of one of her fighting moments.
*'''Odin:''' ''You spilled the raven-wine of battle to paint whole kingdoms red.''
*'''Odin:''' ''You spilled the raven-wine of battle to paint whole kingdoms red.''
Odin showcased how Eivor garnered certain alliances and installed kings.
Odin showcased how Eivor garnered certain alliances and installed kings.
*'''Odin:''' ''You have killed kings and crowned them as you desired, bowing to none.''
*'''Odin:''' ''You have killed kings and crowned them as you desired, bowing to none.''
Odin reconfigured the moment Eivor saved Sigurd from [[Fulke]].
Odin reconfigured the moment Eivor saved Sigurd from [[Fulke]].
*'''Odin:''' ''You stood tall where your brother stumbled, yet you still came to his aid.''
*'''Odin:''' ''You stood tall where your brother stumbled, yet you still came to his aid.''
Odin showcased Eivor over a fallen opponent.
Odin showcased Eivor over a fallen opponent.
*'''Odin:''' ''You have felled many great foes in your brief time. You have earned your place here, Eivor. Seize it!''
*'''Odin:''' ''You have felled many great foes in your brief time. You have earned your place here, Eivor. Seize it!''
 
A archway of rock rose from the realm's ground as Eivor spoke with Odin.
An rock-formed arch rose from the realm's ground as Eivor spoke with Odin.
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''Stand aside! My people need me!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Stand aside! My people need me!''
*'''Odin:''' ''I have given you everything you wanted. Everything you needed!''
*'''Odin:''' ''I have given you everything you wanted. Everything you needed!''
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*'''Eivor:''' ''You were a fly, buzzing in my ear!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You were a fly, buzzing in my ear!''
*'''Odin:''' ''How dare you deny me!''
*'''Odin:''' ''How dare you deny me!''
Odin stood his ground and used his spear to push Eivor away.
Odin stood his ground and used his spear to push Eivor away.
*'''Odin:''' ''Everything you believe in stirs before you! Yet you question all! You question the very gods!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Everything you believe in stirs before you! Yet you question all! You question the very gods!''
Odin and Eivor started to fight each other, but Odin remained unscathed. If defeated, Eivor lied on the ground before getting back up.
Odin and Eivor started to fight each other, but Odin remained unscathed. If defeated, Eivor lied on the ground before getting back up.
*'''Odin:''' ''Fight me! Do not diminish yourself!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Fight me! Do not diminish yourself!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Your corpse hall is nothing but a dream!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Your corpse hall is nothing but a dream!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Nothing but a dream? A dream is as real as anything in this world! Do dreams not inspire? Do dreams not make us fearful? Do they not push men to their greatest glories!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Nothing but a dream? A dream is as real as anything in this world! Do dreams not inspire? Do dreams not make us fearful? Do they not push men to their greatest glories!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Then I am done with dreaming!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Then I am done with dreaming!''
A light from a large door appeared with Sigurd waiting for Eivor.
A light from a large door appeared with Sigurd waiting for Eivor.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor! Stand!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor! Stand!''
Before Eivor could leave, she is brought back from her axe pulled by Odin's power.
Before Eivor could leave, she is brought back from her axe pulled by Odin's power.
*'''Odin:''' ''Why do you flee from the truth! Do not flee your destiny!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Why do you flee from the truth! Do not flee your destiny!''
Releasing her axe, Eivor ran from Odin as Sigurd was joined by more of Eivor's loved ones.
Releasing her axe, Eivor ran from Odin as Sigurd was joined by more of Eivor's loved ones.
*'''Odin:''' ''What are you doing? Take up your axe! Wield it like a true warrior!''
*'''Odin:''' ''What are you doing? Take up your axe! Wield it like a true warrior!''
Eivor grabbed hold of Sigurd as Odin kicked her axe toward Eivor.
Eivor grabbed hold of Sigurd as Odin kicked her axe toward Eivor.
*'''Odin:''' ''Take up your axe!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Take up your axe!''
Odin ran to stop Eivor, but Eivor readied out her assassin's blade and subdued Odin.
Odin ran to stop Eivor, but Eivor readied out her assassin's blade and subdued Odin.
*'''Odin:''' (scream)
*'''Odin:''' (scream)
Odin used his spear to shake Eivor's aid.
Odin used his spear to shake Eivor's aid.
*'''Odin:''' ''Cowards of cowards!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Cowards of cowards!''
A simulation of [[Hytham]] and Sigurd helped Eivor up, as other simulated figures, rallied for Eivor.
A simulation of [[Hytham]] and Sigurd helped Eivor up, as other simulated figures, rallied for Eivor.
*'''Odin:''' ''Beggar's bastard! Stand and face me, you feeble-armed thrall!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Beggar's bastard! Stand and face me, you feeble-armed thrall!''
Eivor looked back and saw Odin weakened as distance grew wider between them. Eivor saw the door of light with her late parents, Varin and Rosta, holding their hands out for her. Eivor embraced her lost parents when walking towards them. Odin stood up, picked up the axe, and ran to hold Eivor's hand.
Eivor looked back and saw Odin weakened as distance grew wider between them. Eivor saw the door of light with her late parents, Varin and Rosta, holding their hands out for her. Eivor embraced her lost parents when walking towards them. Odin stood up, picked up the axe, and ran to hold Eivor's hand.
*'''Odin:''' ''Leave me now and you are nothing! With me you have wisdom! Glory! Power! What more do you need!''
*'''Odin:''' ''Leave me now and you are nothing! With me you have wisdom! Glory! Power! What more do you need!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Everything else.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Everything else.''
Odin was then pulled back and disappeared immediately. Eivor left with her loved ones as the door of light closed. Eivor woke from the Yggdrasil tree's branch as it let her go.
Odin was then pulled back and disappeared immediately. Eivor left with her loved ones as the door of light closed. Eivor woke from the Yggdrasil tree's branch as it let her go.
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''S-Sigurd... are you... are you with me? Sigurd?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''S-Sigurd ... are you ... are you with me? Sigurd?''
 
[[Basim Ibn Ishaq|Basim]] revealed himself as he held a knife to Sigurd's throat.
[[Basim Ibn Ishaq|Basim]] revealed himself as he held a knife to Sigurd's throat.
*'''Basim:''' ''Ah! The hanged one awakes! Feet upon the ground once more!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Ah! The hanged one awakes! Feet upon the ground once more!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor! Be careful!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Eivor! Be careful!''
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*'''Sigurd:''' ''He's mad, Eivor! Silence him.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''He's mad, Eivor! Silence him.''
*'''Basim:''' ''Come, Eivor! Come save your crippled prince of dead ravens!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Come, Eivor! Come save your crippled prince of dead ravens!''
Basim pushed Sigurd down as he walked away.
Basim pushed Sigurd down as he walked away.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are you hurt?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Are you hurt?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It is nothing, go! Kill that bacraut!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''It is nothing, go! Kill that ''bacraut'' (asshole)!''
 
Eivor ran and confronted to fight Basim.
Eivor ran and confronted to fight Basim.
*'''Basim:''' ''You must suffer. A thousand times what I suffered.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You must suffer. A thousand times what I suffered.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is this about?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What is this about?''
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*'''Basim:''' ''Dig, Eivor. Into the wellspring of your memory!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Dig, Eivor. Into the wellspring of your memory!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Speak your grievance! Show yourself! I do not wish to fight you.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Speak your grievance! Show yourself! I do not wish to fight you.''
After battling some time, Basim gained the upper hand over Eivor.
After battling some time, Basim gained the upper hand over Eivor.
*'''Basim:''' ''Show me your neck! Show me! The kiss of the wolf takes my prize! Of course!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Show me your neck! Show me! The kiss of the wolf takes my prize! Of course!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Yah!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Yah!''
Eivor pushed Basim off her.
Eivor pushed Basim off her.
*'''Basim:''' ''Rise!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Rise!''
They continued fighting.
They continued fighting.
*'''Basim:''' ''My son will not have suffered in vain!''
*'''Basim:''' ''My son will not have suffered in vain!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You spout nonsense. Like an alehouse drunk! If you are resigned to this, so be it.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You spout nonsense. Like an alehouse drunk! If you are resigned to this, so be it.''
 
The plate below them rose up.
The plate below them was rising up.
 
*'''Basim:''' ''You will not die in peace. You will never see your home or your people again!''
*'''Basim:''' ''You will not die in peace. You will never see your home or your people again!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Is that what you wanted?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Is that what you wanted?''
*'''Basim:''' ''I want you to suffer!''
*'''Basim:''' ''I want you to suffer!''
Eivor shuffled around as the platform stopped rising.
Eivor shuffled around as the platform stopped rising.
*'''Basim:''' ''When I have finished, you will be a sack of blood and shattered bones. And my conscience will be clear.''
*'''Basim:''' ''When I have finished, you will be a sack of blood and shattered bones. And my conscience will be clear.''
Eivor stunned Basim and injured his right forearm.
Eivor stunned Basim and injured his right forearm.
*'''Basim:''' ''Ah, damn! Let us make this more interesting. We'll drag Sigurd into the fray!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Ah, damn! Let us make this more interesting. We'll drag Sigurd into the fray!''
Basim released a smoke bomb and escaped to find Sigurd.
Basim released a smoke bomb and escaped to find Sigurd.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Coward! Face me! Fight me here!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Coward! Face me! Fight me here!''
Eivor started to chase after Basim.
Eivor started to chase after Basim.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Be on your guard, Sigurd!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Be on your guard, Sigurd!''
*'''Basim:''' (laugh)
*'''Basim:''' (laugh)
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd! Be careful! He's coming for you!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd! Be careful! He's coming for you!''
Basim disarmed Sigurd.
Basim disarmed Sigurd.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Oath-breaker! You'll die here!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Oath-breaker! You'll die here!''
*'''Basim:''' ''This brings me no joy, Justice-Bringer. You were always so kind, but you chose the wrong side.''
*'''Basim:''' ''This brings me no joy, Justice-Bringer. You were always so kind, but you chose the wrong side.''
 
Just as Basim swung his sword to kill Sigurd, Eivor threw a dagger and intercepted the blade.
Just when Basim was going to swing his sword, Eivor threw a dagger at the same time, stopping Basim.
 
*'''Eivor:''' ''I am your prize, Basim. Come.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I am your prize, Basim. Come.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You are, indeed.''
*'''Basim:''' ''You are, indeed.''
Sigurd ran towards the metal sphere as Eivor fought with Basim once again.
Sigurd ran towards the metal sphere as Eivor fought with Basim once again.
*'''Basim:''' ''Will you not die?''
*'''Basim:''' ''Will you not die?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Not here. Not by your hand.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Not here. Not by your hand.''
*'''Basim:''' ''I will leave you here to die! Like a rotting fruit on a dying tree! You died once, you will again!'' (scream)
*'''Basim:''' ''I will leave you here to die! Like a rotting fruit on a dying tree! You died once, you will again!'' (scream)
 
During their brawl, Eivor stunned Basim outside the circle.
:Eivor may have stunned Basim outside the circle.
 
*'''Basim:''' (scream)
*'''Basim:''' (scream)
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Stun him within the circle!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Stun him within the circle!''
Eivor stunned Basim within the circle of the Yggdrasil's branches.
Eivor stunned Basim within the circle of the Yggdrasil's branches.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ah!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Ah!''
 
One of Yggdrasil's branches started to lower. Basim stabbed Eivor in the stomach and Eivor head-butted Basim in response. Grabbing Basim by the throat, Eivor lifted him as the branch took ahold of him.
One of the branches started to lower. Basim stabbed Eivor in the stomach and Eivor head-butted Basim in response. Holding Basim by the throat, Eivor held him as the branch took ahold of him.
 
*'''Basim:''' ''Ah!''
*'''Basim:''' ''Ah!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd! Stop this thing! Douse its fire!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd! Stop this thing! Douse its fire!''
Sigurd put his hand on the sphere to hold Basim and screamed.
Sigurd put his hand on the sphere to hold Basim and screamed.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Sigurd?''
Sigurd walked to Eivor.
Sigurd walked to Eivor.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Does he still live?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Does he still live?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''He does. But in darkness.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''He does. But in darkness.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Good. The bastard...''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Good. The bastard...''
Eivor, injured, followed Sigurd.
Eivor, injured, followed Sigurd.
*'''Eivor:''' ''For how long has Basim been planning this treachery?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''For how long has Basim been planning this treachery?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I dare not guess. Gods! Am I to be hounded by a parade of blood-minded traitors the whole of my life? There is no end to this.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I dare not guess. Gods! Am I to be hounded by a parade of blood-minded traitors the whole of my life? There is no end to this.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You have something you want to say? Then say it.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You have something you want to say? Then say it.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I ... I need some time to breathe. Let me sit a moment.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I... I need some time to breathe. Let me sit a moment.''
 
Eivor sat down next to Sigurd.
Eivor sat down next to Sigurd.
 
*'''Sigurd:''' ''That man's anger. His rage. It had a familiar sting that I... I cannot place.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''That man's anger. His rage. It had a familiar sting that I ... I cannot place.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''He was raving, Sigurd. Without sense or reason. Pay it no mind.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''He was raving, Sigurd. Without sense or reason. Pay it no mind.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I am not mad, Eivor. These things I see and feel ... I know they are true.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I am not mad, Eivor. These things I see and feel... I know they are true.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I know, Brother. Now more than ever. You always spoke true. We should cast our eyes towards home. It's a long journey and I am ... not well.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I know, Brother. Now more than ever. You always spoke true. We should cast our eyes towards home. It's a long journey and I am... not well.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Home. Eivor. On our journey here, I had much time to think. On the ecstasies and agonies of our friendship.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Home. Eivor. On our journey here, I had much time to think. On the ecstasies and agonies of our friendship.''
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|-|Sigurd stays in Norway=
|-|If Sigurd stays England=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I cannot return to England with you. That is not my home ... not now.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I am not the man I was. My time as the ''[[jarl]]'' of our [[Raven Clan|clan]] has run short. You must lead us now.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Do you mean this?''
|-|If Sigurd stays in Norway=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I cannot return to England with you. That is not my home... not now.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What are you saying?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''What are you saying?''
|-|Sigurd leaves with Eivor for England=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I am not the man I was. My time as the [[jarl]] of our [[Raven Clan|clan]] has run short. You must lead us now.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Do you mean this?''
</tabber>
</tabber>
 
Sigurd explained his decision.
:Depending on Eivor's choices throughout her journey, Sigurd explained the reasons behind his decisions.
<tabber>
<tabber>
|-|Let Dag go to Valhalla=
|-|If Eivor granted Dag Valhalla=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''When [[Dag Nithisson|Dag]] called you out and challenged you to a duel, you let him die with honor ... in spite of his betrayal.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''When [[Dag Nithisson|Dag]] called you out and challenged you to a duel, you let him die with honor... in spite of his betrayal.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''He did what he felt was right. And I honored that.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''He did what he felt was right. And I honored that.''
|-|Denied Dag Valhalla=
|-|If Eivor denied Dag Valhalla=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''When Dag called you out, as he felt he must ... you refused him honor, did you not? A cowardly act, one I abhor. Dag acted out of love for this clan. That is not worth the shame you inflicted on his name.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''When Dag called you out, as he felt he must... you refused him honor, did you not? A cowardly act, one I abhor. Dag acted out of love for this clan. That is not worth the shame you inflicted on his name.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I saw things differently then.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I saw things differently then.''
</tabber>
</tabber>
<tabber>
<tabber>
|-|Cheated with Randvi=
|-|If Eivor did not romance Randvi=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I know about you and [[Randvi]]. A lover's tryst, in spite of me. I should challenge you for such a betrayal, but I'm ... I'm not fit for such a fight.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''[[Randvi]] told me of your bravery, your courage, your wisdom. In my absence, you were a pillar of stone. She admires you.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I ... I understand. Is that all?''
|-|Did not cheat with Randvi=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Randvi told me of your bravery, your courage, your wisdom. In my absence, you were a pillar of stone. She admires you.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''And I her. But that cannot be the only reason.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''And I her. But that cannot be the only reason.''
|-|If Eivor romanced Randvi=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I know about you and Randvi. A lover's tryst, in spite of me. I should challenge you for such a betrayal, but I'm... I'm not fit for such a fight.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I... I understand. Is that all?''
</tabber>
</tabber>
<tabber>
<tabber>
|-|Stole from Styrbjorn=
|-|If Eivor did not steal from Styrbjorn=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And my grievances go back further still. You stole my father's riches. In my haste to leave, I should have stopped you then... A true leader would have stopped that thought before it took form. You were selfish.''
|-|Did not steal from Styrbjorn=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And I remember and admire the way you guided us from [[Norway]] to England. You kept my anger in check, my ambitions focused.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And I remember and admire the way you guided us from [[Norway]] to England. You kept my anger in check, my ambitions focused.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It was a trying time.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''It was a trying time.''
|-|If Eivor Stole from Styrbjorn=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And my grievances go back further still. You stole my father's riches. In my haste to leave, I should have stopped you then... A true leader would have stopped that thought before it took form. You were selfish.''
</tabber>
</tabber>
<tabber>
<tabber>
|-|Spoke against Sigurd during Holger trial's ruling=
|-|If Eivor let Sigurd judge Holger=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And when I returned to the settlement, your pattern of disobedience continued. I made a judgment ... and you openly defied me!''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And when I passed judgment on [[Holger]], you let my sentence lie, though I knew you disagreed. The look on your face said all.''
|-|If Eivor contested Sigurd's ruling over Holger=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And when I returned to the settlement, your pattern of disobedience continued. I made a judgment... and you openly defied me!''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I believed you were wrong then. I still do.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I believed you were wrong then. I still do.''
|-|Let Sigurd's ruling over Holger dispute be held=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''And when I passed judgment on [[Holger]], you let my sentence lie, though I knew you disagreed. The look on your face said all.''
</tabber>
</tabber>
<tabber>
<tabber>
|-|Punched Basim and/or Sigurd during Oxenefordscire pledge=
|-|If Eivor did not punch anyone in Oxenefordscire=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I recalled our days in [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]], our search for the [[Saga Stone]]. You disagreed with my orders.  But you followed them. You questioned my methods, my aims... but you did not disobey.''
Eivor nodded and smiled.
|-|If Eivor punched Basim or Sigurd in Oxenefordscire=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Do you recall the day we stood before [[Eadwyn]], searching for the Saga Stone? You struck Basim, you lashed out at me, you made a fool of us all. That is not a leader I wish to follow into death and glory.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Do you recall the day we stood before [[Eadwyn]], searching for the Saga Stone? You struck Basim, you lashed out at me, you made a fool of us all. That is not a leader I wish to follow into death and glory.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You were being secretive then. Foolish, I thought.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''You were being secretive then. Foolish, I thought.''
|-|Did not assault Basim or Sigurd during Oxenefordscire pledge=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I recalled our days in [[Oxfordshire|Oxenefordscire]], our search for the [[Saga Stone]]. You disagreed with my orders.  But you followed them. You questioned my methods, my aims ... but you did not disobey.''
Eivor nodded and smiled.
</tabber>
</tabber>
<tabber>
<tabber>
|-|Sigurd compliments Eivor=
|-|If Sigurd stays in England=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''In all my days away, in my fog of confusion, you have shown great wisdom and strength and leadership. Where you go, Eivor, I will follow. Our Clan is yours to lead.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''In all my days away, in my fog of confusion, you have shown great wisdom and strength and leadership. Where you go, Eivor, I will follow. Our Clan is yours to lead.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Thank you, Brother. I ... I won't let you down.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Thank you, Brother. I... I won't let you down.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You have a stormy look.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You have a stormy look.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left for England, I saw a vision. A vision that foretold of betrayal. That I would betray you. I refused to believe it. I would never do such a thing, I told myself. But in the years since ... I have robbed you of your dreams. Of England, of Valhalla... If you feel I have wronged you, Brother, I will make it right.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left for England, I saw a vision. A vision that foretold of betrayal. That I would betray you. I refused to believe it. I would never do such a thing, I told myself. But in the years since... I have robbed you of your dreams. Of England, of Valhalla... If you feel I have wronged you, Brother, I will make it right.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''We cannot unweave our fates, Eivor. All is laid before us, from the days we are born. To be angry at this would be like ... like wrestling the ocean. A pointless struggle.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''We cannot unweave our fates, Eivor. All is laid before us, from the days we are born. To be angry at this would be like... like wrestling the ocean. A pointless struggle.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We two ragged ravens ... what a saga we have inscribed together.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We two ragged ravens... what a {{Wiki|saga}} we have inscribed together.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''A tale for the ages.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''A tale for the ages.''
Eivor and Sigurd left together for Ravensthorpe, their home.
Eivor and Sigurd left together for Ravensthorpe.
|-|Sigurd explains his leave from England=
|-|If Sigurd stays in Norway=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''This is not a decision I make lightly, Eivor. You are family. You were my drengr. But here our paths must diverge.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''This is not a decision I make lightly, Eivor. You are family. You were my ''drengr''. But here our paths must diverge.''
</tabber>
{{#tag:tabber|
 
Brother, return home with me=
:If Sigurd decided to leave, Eivor responded to his choice.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Brother, please stay. Your place is with us. In England. Our home is your home. My road forward has been a muddy one, slick with blood and tears. But we can reach its end together. Let us face new foes and greater glories together.''
<tabber>
{{#tag:tabber|
|-|Brother, return home with me=
If Eivor sided with Sigurd more than three times=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Brother, please stay. Your place is with us. In England. Our home is your home. My road forward has been a muddy one, slick with blood and tears. But we can reach its end together. Let us face new foes and greater glories together.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Since my captivity, I felt you were cold and distant. But here your words glow with heart-fire and kindness.  All right... all right... I will come. But only if I may counsel you from time to time, to be better than you are.''
|-|I understand your anger=
*'''Eivor:''' ''I expect nothing less.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I understand your anger. I would be too if I had suffered these insults. But there is no need to abandon what you have worked so hard to achieve. Return with me, and show me how best to lead.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You have a stormy look.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left for England, I saw a vision. A vision that foretold of betrayal. That I would betray you. I refused to believe it. I would never do such a thing, I told myself. But in the years since... I have robbed you of your dreams. Of England, of Valhalla... If you feel I have wronged you, Brother, I will make it right.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''We cannot unweave our fates, Eivor. All is laid before us, from the days we are born. To be angry at this would be like... like wrestling the ocean. A pointless struggle.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We two ragged ravens... what a saga we have inscribed together.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''A tale for the ages.''
Eivor and Sigurd left together for Ravensthorpe.
{{!}}-{{!}}
If Eivor disobeyed Sigurd more than three times=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Just as the prophecy warned me.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Just as the prophecy warned me.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would ... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I ... I do not know. I think it has ... but not because I chased it.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I... I do not know. I think it has... but not because I chased it.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Well ... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Well... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I will try. I promise.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I will try. I promise.''
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.
|-|Your place is here=
}}
*'''Eivor:''' ''Fate has drawn you here, Brother. Back home. Where you belong. Have no worry for what you leave behind.''
{{!}}-{{!}}
I understand your anger=
*'''Eivor:''' ''I understand your anger. I would be too if I had suffered these insults. But there is no need to abandon what you have worked so hard to achieve. Return with me, and show me how best to lead.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Just as the prophecy warned me.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Just as the prophecy warned me.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would ... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.''
Eivor rose from her seat, disturbed.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.''
Sigurd stood up.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I ... I do not know. I think it has ... but not because I chased it.''
Eivor faced her brother.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Well ... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I... I do not know. I think it has... but not because I chased it.''
Sigurd clasped Eivor's right arm.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Well... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I will try. I promise.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I will try. I promise.''
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.
</tabber>
{{!}}-{{!}}
 
Your place is here=
::If Eivor pleaded for Sigurd to stay in England, Sigurd responded to her. In fact, Sigurd took into consideration how many times Eivor went against him.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Fate has drawn you here, Brother. Back home. Where you belong. Have no worry for what you leave behind.''
<tabber>
|-|Eivor did not go against Sigurd more than three times=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Since my captivity, I felt you were cold and distant. But here your words glow with heart-fire and kindness.  All right ... all right ... I will come. But only if I may counsel you from time to time, to be better than you are.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I expect nothing less.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You have a stormy look.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left for England, I saw a vision. A vision that foretold of betrayal. That I would betray you. I refused to believe it. I would never do such a thing, I told myself. But in the years since ... I have robbed you of your dreams. Of England, of Valhalla... If you feel I have wronged you, Brother, I will make it right.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''We cannot unweave our fates, Eivor. All is laid before us, from the days we are born. To be angry at this would be like ... like wrestling the ocean. A pointless struggle.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''We two ragged ravens ... what a saga we have inscribed together.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''A tale for the ages.''
Eivor and Sigurd left together for Ravensthorpe, their home.
|-|Eivor went against Sigurd too many times=
*'''Sigurd:''' ''England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Just as the prophecy warned me.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Just as the prophecy warned me.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Prophecy?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would ... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.''
Eivor rose from her seat, disturbed.
*'''Eivor:''' ''Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.''
Sigurd stood up.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I ... I do not know. I think it has ... but not because I chased it.''
Eivor faced her brother.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Well ... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.''
*'''Eivor:''' ''I... I do not know. I think it has... but not because I chased it.''
Sigurd clasped Eivor's right arm.
*'''Sigurd:''' ''Well... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I will try. I promise.''
*'''Sigurd:''' ''I will try. I promise.''
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.
}}
</tabber>
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==References ==
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A Brother's Keeper was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan in 2020 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.

Description

After arriving at the fjord, north of Hordafylke, Eivor and Sigurd walked to through the storm to their destiny.

Dialogue

The crew at the shore of the northeastern-most fjord of the region.

  • Sigurd: Yes. Yes, this feels familiar. Eivor, we will press on. The rest of you, wait here!

Off their longship, Eivor and Sigurd walked northwards through the snowstorm at the fjord.

  • Sigurd: Follow me! Into this kingdom of snow!
  • Eivor: Sigurd, can we not wait for this to pass?
  • Sigurd: Ah, the sting of ice on skin! Revel in this, Eivor. We walk the footpath of the gods!
  • Eivor: To where? More glaciers and deserts of snow?
  • Sigurd: To glory!
  • Eivor: Could we not wait until this tempest quiets down? With the ship, where we have mead and food to warm us?
  • Sigurd: No! We must confront the omens and honor the gods. They will not seek or find you. We must go to them.
  • Eivor: We would be poor company with frozen bones and ice pellets for eyes.
  • Sigurd: You need not fear the cold, Eivor. Where we are going the winds and snows cannot touch!

Both siblings kept walking through the snowstorm.

  • Eivor: Ah. It is bitter cold. As wind from Niflheim!
  • Sigurd: Keep steady! It should not be far now!

Eivor kept following Sigurd through a large passageway between two cliffs.

  • Sigurd: It must be near. I know the shape of these rocks! Yes, we are close.
  • Eivor: For the sake of frozen fingers, I hope so.

Sigurd saw a cave in the hillside of the mountain in front of them.

  • Sigurd: There, that frozen lake. This must be it. And ahead lies a cavern.
  • Eivor: Will you not say where this leads?
  • Sigurd: You will see soon enough.
  • Eivor: And too late to turn back, I fear.
  • Sigurd: There! The cave! Within hides the sacred gate.

Both warriors stepped on the frozen lake, running to the cavern thereafter. Inside Goinnhellir, they encountered an icy blockage.

  • Sigurd: The ice looks fragile. Can you clear it?

Eivor broke the ice and revealed the passage littered with several debris of unusual architecture behind it, discovering a large door. As Sigurd approached the closed entrance and stood before it, Eivor turned around and travelled down a side passage, caughting sight of a shiny spear embedded in the wall.

  • Eivor: TBA

She went up a broken bridge in order to reach it, finding it strangely familiar.

Eivor pulled the spear free, claiming it for her own, and experimentally slammed it on the ground as she had seen Odin do in her vision during Kjotve the Cruel's death five years before. She then retraced her steps and returned to Sigurd.

  • Sigurd: My heart races. This is it!
  • Eivor: Gods, this door. Have you seen this before?
File:ACV A Brothers Keeper 1.jpg
Eivor and Sigurd stand before the large doorway

They both stood in front of the big doorway that Sigurd had envisioned. Eivor recalled what had happened in Oxenefordscire, years prior.

  • Eivor: The space above. The Saga Stone sat there, did it not?
  • Sigurd: Long, long ago, yes. Now stand clear. zrhwachày nàgkwat nsmæ br trrhwndi kwardæ, I sorhwlàs vras chnàkodi de, nsm huchràs réyzdéràæ chaz zàwomsi. (When the destruction and death threatens before us, and the solar flare is reaching, to the calculator of futures we run.)

The gate immediately opened, uncovering a spacious room, full of ice and wreckage.

  • Eivor: How did you do this? Where did you learn these words?
  • Sigurd: I told you, Eivor. My visions are memories. Of a life once lived. Come.
  • Eivor: Gods! What is this place?

Eivor and Sigurd walked to a large, square platform made of a strange material, suspended over an abyss.

  • Sigurd: Over here, this plate will lead us onward.
File:ACV A Brothers Keeper 2.png
Sigurd pronouncing the password

Both siblings stood on the plate, as Sigurd pronounced the password to activate it.

  • Sigurd: Hoærhàsi.

Eivor lost her balance as the platform started to lower gradually.

  • Eivor: Sigurd, I... I don't know what to say. This is all so strange.
  • Sigurd: Trust this place, Eivor. This old and sacred place.
  • Eivor: Where does it lead?
  • Sigurd: To the hall of the slain and the golden fields. To Valhalla.

Eivor looked around her.

  • Eivor: This vessel. Was it crafted by dwarves?
  • Sigurd: It is finely made, that much is true. I doubt Gunnar could hammer a piece any finer.
  • Eivor: And this cavern... so deep, and humming with magic.

The platform continued to go down, eventually unveiling a massive chamber. Eivor and Sigurd saw a glowing tree, standing out from the chasm.

  • Sigurd: There! The old tree! The tree of life!
  • Eivor: What is this...?
  • Sigurd: See how proudly she sits. How beautiful she gleams. Here, all the roots of life run together.
  • Eivor: The skalds would cry to behold such a sight.
  • Sigurd: And there's more to come. I swear by all the names of the All-Father, this is only a taste of what I have in store for you. For my visions go further. To Odin's great hall.

As the plate slowed down and slammed against the ground, the two exited it and walked towards the enormous tree, crossing a wide and imponent bridge.

  • Sigurd: There! Do you feel that? The sacred energies?
  • Eivor: I have never seen something so grand.
  • Sigurd: This shrine is ours. It will open for us. Watch and see for yourself.
  • Eivor: How do you know these things? Was all this in your vision?
  • Sigurd: All this and more.
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Eivor and Sigurd examine the strange device

Eivor and Sigurd reached the tree, stopping at a glowing sphere underneath the strange structure.

  • Sigurd: Yes, it is returning to me now. This ancient shrine is set alight by this sphere of metal. And these shining arms, these branches. They will grant us access to the refuge of the Gods. To Valhalla. Are you ready?

As they talked, they saw one of the branches holding Valka's mother, Svala.

  • Eivor: Sigurd, take great care. We should not tinker with the tools of the gods.
  • Sigurd: You speak for yourself, Eivor. For I am no mortal. I see that now. I know it. Take your place at the center there, and you will see.

  • Eivor: What lies beyond all this? Where does this lead?
  • Sigurd: Take your place at the center there, and you will see.

Eivor walked to the central platform as Sigurd was taken by one of the branches.

  • Eivor: Sigurd...!

Eivor saw Sigurd unconscious as a branch grew close to her.

  • Eivor: Hail, you givers... a guest has come.

A branch came behind Eivor and incapacitated her into unconsciousness. Eivor later awoke in a mysterious bedroom corridor.

  • Eivor: What is this place?

Eivor walked out and saw a feast, filled with plenty of food and the Einherjar warriors having a good time all around.

  • Norse Warrior 1: There you are!
  • Norse Warrior 2: Hail, drengr! Welcome!
  • Norse Warrior 3: The Havi returns to leave us to victory.

Eivor kept walking forward while receiving compliments and salutations.

  • Norse Warrior 4: Lead us to glory, Havi.
  • Norse Warrior 5: We are proud to serve you, Havi!
  • Norse Warrior 6: Whet my lips with another horn of mead, Brother!
  • Norse Warrior 7: Drink for strength! Fight for glory!
  • Norse Warrior 8: Yesterday is gone, tomorrow never comes!

Eivor saw both Sigurd and Svala having a conversation and stopped moving.

  • Svala: Eivor. Tyr said you would come. Welcome.
  • Eivor: Are you... are you Valka's mother? Svala?
  • Svala: You have a keen eye, Wolf-Kissed.
  • Sigurd: After all this time, Eivor! We have arrived! Now raise a horn with Freyja here and sing a victory song!
  • Eivor: Sigurd, what is all this? Your arm has returned... and your vigor as well.

Eivor and Sigurd embraced each other.

  • Sigurd: Glory eternal, Eivor! Here we dine in the great hall of the slain. At long last! O, I want to scream with joy!
  • Eivor: This is... this is all so beautiful.

Both looked at their fellow Vikings having a good time.

  • Eivor: Your visions were... they were real.

A battle horn was blown and a grand door opened.

  • Norse Warrior 9: The battle horn blows! Come, Tyr!
  • Norse Warrior 10: To the field! Fight with us!

Sigurd rushed to battle as Eivor listened to Svala.

  • Svala: Go, Eivor. Enjoy the fight. You have earned your place here.

Eivor nodded and left to join the fight as soldiers chanted Eivor's name. Eivor started to fight any enemy she could find.

  • Eivor: The strength I have!

All warriors kept on fighting.

  • Norse Warrior 11: All hail the endless battle!
  • Eivor: Ha! (howl)
  • Norse Warrior 12: For Odin!
  • Sigurd: Fight me!

Eivor saw Sigurd on a cliff.

  • Eivor: Look at me, Sigurd!
  • Sigurd: Don't be a coward, Eivor! Come fight me! Eivor! Over here!

Eivor spoke with Sigurd.

  • Eivor: Sigurd, this place is incredible.
  • Sigurd: Enough with those sword-flies. You and I must fight.
  • Eivor: The battle we never had.
  • Sigurd: And hold nothing back. For here we need not fear a thing.

Eivor and Sigurd fought each other.

  • Sigurd: Spill the eternal blood of Valhalla.
  • Eivor: At last, I share the din of infinite battle with a true... Troll-arse.
  • Sigurd: You will taste a meal of iron before the day is out! Come on, Wolf-Kissed! Let me cut you a new scar!

Eivor defeated Sigurd and cut his right arm off.

  • Eivor: Brother!
  • Sigurd: Worry not, Eivor! For we earn no scars here. Only battle wisdom.

The battle horn was blown again.

  • Sigurd: The day is done!

Everything changed and Eivor awoke again from the same bed.

  • Eivor: What just happened?

Eivor walked out again, hearing the same comments from the last time. Eivor found and spoke with Sigurd.

  • Eivor: Sigurd... your arm has grown back.
  • Sigurd: It was never gone, Eivor. Not truly. Nothing is permanent here, I told you. Nothing save the courage and the reputation of its warriors.
  • Eivor: Are we immortal in this place?
  • Sigurd: Let us discover that together!

The grand door opened once again as Eivor joined the fight and heard the same war cries from the other warriors again. Eivor found Sigurd sitting mid-battle and he lost his right arm again.

  • Sigurd: Ha! Bit to the marrow's bed!
  • Eivor: Again you've lost your arm.
  • Sigurd: And again it will return!

Eivor noticed one of the warriors, who looked like her late father, Varin.

  • Eivor: Father.... Is that you?

Before any confirmation, Eivor awoke again for the third time.

  • Eivor: That cannot have been my father...

Eivor walked out to see Svala and Sigurd celebrating near the first big table.

  • Eivor: Skal!

Svala noticed Eivor awake.

  • Svala: Take your horn. Join the battle cheer.
  • Sigurd: Dearest skald of war and verse, how do you like this frenzy so far?
  • Eivor: It is... it is quite something.
  • Svala: Raise your horn, Eivor. What stops you?
  • Eivor: My father... Varin. Have you seen him in this hall?
  • Svala: I have not. Should he be here?
  • Eivor: No, he died a coward. Yet by Odin's eye, I swear I have seen him.
  • Sigurd: Cast aside your cares in Valhalla. Let seeking go, we have earned our joy. The journey is complete!

Eivor left to search.

  • Eivor: I saw you, Father. Where are you? Show yourself.

Eivor asked the warriors around her.

  • Eivor: Great warriors, have you seen Varin?
  • Norse Warrior 13: Who?
  • Eivor: Varin. My father.

Eivor got closer to the same soldier from before.

  • Eivor: Varin? Father?

Before any talks, the same soldier ran into battle. Eivor followed but lost him, while she spotted a sitting Sigurd again.

  • Eivor: Blast! Where is he?

Eivor spoke with Sigurd, who lost his arm again.

  • Sigurd: Next time I lose this fucking arm, I'll beat a man to death with it!
  • Eivor: Do you not tire of these injuries?
  • Sigurd: Never!

Eivor smiled and noticed the soldier. Eivor walked to him.

  • Eivor: Wait...

The soldier turned around and was not her father. Meanwhile, arrows were shot towards the warriors. Eivor was shot in the left eye with an arrow.

  • Eivor: Ah!

Eivor pulled the arrow out and then the battle horn was blown again. Eivor woke up again and held a throwing knife in her hands. Sigurd walked in to greet her.

  • Sigurd: Eivor, you have a guest!
  • Eivor: You should have knocked first...
  • Sigurd: Nonsense. I brought you someone. Look!

Varin walked in the room.

  • Varin: My Eivor! There you are! What a warrior you have made of yourself. I am overfilled with pride.
  • Eivor: How did you find your way here?
  • Varin: You remember our great battle? You remember how we fought, side by side, with your mother and Sigurd and our clans united?
  • Eivor: We fought, Father. But you did not. You died a coward.
  • Sigurd: Eivor, enjoy this! Your father has returned.

Eivor threw the dagger at Varin's head and killed him.

  • Sigurd: Have you lost all your love for life?
  • Eivor: That was not my father. That was a lie.
  • Sigurd: That was not a lie, that was my gift to you. I have power here. And I can do as I please. You wished to see your father. I made it happen. As easy as breathing.

The Varin figure turned to dust.

  • Eivor: By Odin's laws, my father is not allowed in this place. I do not wish to see him where he should not be.
  • Sigurd: Your father died doing what he hoped would save you. He died to protect you. And his clan.
  • Eivor: No, he...
  • Sigurd: This is the end of our road, Eivor. This is Valhalla, the eternal golden field. Now come... battle beckons!

Sigurd left for battle as Eivor followed and went to the giant door, where Svala was waiting.

  • Eivor: How is all this possible?

Eivor spoke with Svala.

  • Eivor: How are the slain brought here?
  • Svala: The Valkyries know this, only them.
  • Eivor: No, that cannot be true. None of this feels right.
  • Svala: Do not despair, Eivor. Look. Your friends are here. Everyone you could ever want is here beside you.

Svala showed Eivor a group of her Ravensthorpe residents, celebrating at a table.

  • Eivor: No. They are not real.

The residents quickly turned to dust.

  • Eivor: This place is a lie.
  • Svala: This place can be whatever you wish it to be, Eivor.
  • Eivor: I do not want it. Not like this.
  • Svala: You would resign yourself to an empty death?
  • Eivor: The ecstasy I feel here is an illusion. I'd sooner caw like a raven than sing a false song.
  • Svala: Illusion or not, here there is no death, no pain, no loss... no betrayal. Not like out there.
  • Eivor: You want this? To live inside a lie?
  • Svala: I am an old woman with a broken body. What life I had left was brief. So I bid farewell to my dear Valka and came here.
  • Eivor: I wish you well, Svala. But this is not for me.

Eivor left Svala.

  • Eivor: I must find Sigurd.

Eivor ventured into the fight again and later found Sigurd sitting.

  • Sigurd: The arm! The arm! Always the fucking arm!
  • Eivor: Sigurd, this is an illusion... a trick. Leave with me now and return to England. Our people need us.
  • Sigurd: No. I am no one in that world. I am somebody here. Powerful, capable, a god. Here I may live forever. Here I cannot die.

Eivor used her power and stopped the fighting.

  • Eivor: Cows die, family die, you must die. The only thing that never dies is the reputation of the one who's died. in here, you have no reputation. But out there, it's not too late. Every day the same empty war, the same hollow victory. Spilling blood that tastes of water and smells of grass. You have known real battle, real glory. But this is not it. You know this, I know you do. Brother... it is time to leave.
  • Sigurd: Am I destined to follow you everywhere? 'Til the end of my life? All right. We go.

Odin instantly appeared beside the pair.

  • Odin: No! You stay! I do not give leave to go!

Eivor fell down to the ground, unconscious immediately. Eivor awoke in a realm simulation, which appeared like Niflheim.

  • Odin: Why leave this place? A glory you fought so hard to find? Walk with me.

Eivor walked with Odin.

  • Odin: I am humbled to walk with you, Eivor. Your reputation is a song warriors will sing forever.

Odin showed Eivor a childhood memory scene of her survival of her wolf attack.

  • Odin: You are the Wolf-Kissed one, who lingered at the edge of death, yet fought back.

Odin showed Eivor a memory of one of her fighting moments.

  • Odin: You spilled the raven-wine of battle to paint whole kingdoms red.

Odin showcased how Eivor garnered certain alliances and installed kings.

  • Odin: You have killed kings and crowned them as you desired, bowing to none.

Odin reconfigured the moment Eivor saved Sigurd from Fulke.

  • Odin: You stood tall where your brother stumbled, yet you still came to his aid.

Odin showcased Eivor over a fallen opponent.

  • Odin: You have felled many great foes in your brief time. You have earned your place here, Eivor. Seize it!

A archway of rock rose from the realm's ground as Eivor spoke with Odin.

  • Eivor: Stand aside! My people need me!
  • Odin: I have given you everything you wanted. Everything you needed!
  • Eivor: You gave me nothing! It was all me!
  • Odin: Yet I cleared your path. I guided your axe!
  • Eivor: You were a fly, buzzing in my ear!
  • Odin: How dare you deny me!

Odin stood his ground and used his spear to push Eivor away.

  • Odin: Everything you believe in stirs before you! Yet you question all! You question the very gods!

Odin and Eivor started to fight each other, but Odin remained unscathed. If defeated, Eivor lied on the ground before getting back up.

  • Odin: Fight me! Do not diminish yourself!
  • Eivor: Your corpse hall is nothing but a dream!
  • Odin: Nothing but a dream? A dream is as real as anything in this world! Do dreams not inspire? Do dreams not make us fearful? Do they not push men to their greatest glories!
  • Eivor: Then I am done with dreaming!

A light from a large door appeared with Sigurd waiting for Eivor.

  • Sigurd: Eivor! Stand!

Before Eivor could leave, she is brought back from her axe pulled by Odin's power.

  • Odin: Why do you flee from the truth! Do not flee your destiny!

Releasing her axe, Eivor ran from Odin as Sigurd was joined by more of Eivor's loved ones.

  • Odin: What are you doing? Take up your axe! Wield it like a true warrior!

Eivor grabbed hold of Sigurd as Odin kicked her axe toward Eivor.

  • Odin: Take up your axe!

Odin ran to stop Eivor, but Eivor readied out her assassin's blade and subdued Odin.

  • Odin: (scream)

Odin used his spear to shake Eivor's aid.

  • Odin: Cowards of cowards!

A simulation of Hytham and Sigurd helped Eivor up, as other simulated figures, rallied for Eivor.

  • Odin: Beggar's bastard! Stand and face me, you feeble-armed thrall!

Eivor looked back and saw Odin weakened as distance grew wider between them. Eivor saw the door of light with her late parents, Varin and Rosta, holding their hands out for her. Eivor embraced her lost parents when walking towards them. Odin stood up, picked up the axe, and ran to hold Eivor's hand.

  • Odin: Leave me now and you are nothing! With me you have wisdom! Glory! Power! What more do you need!
  • Eivor: Everything else.

Odin was then pulled back and disappeared immediately. Eivor left with her loved ones as the door of light closed. Eivor woke from the Yggdrasil tree's branch as it let her go.

  • Eivor: S-Sigurd... are you... are you with me? Sigurd?

Basim revealed himself as he held a knife to Sigurd's throat.

  • Basim: Ah! The hanged one awakes! Feet upon the ground once more!
  • Sigurd: Eivor! Be careful!
  • Eivor: Basim? What is this?
  • Basim: Come closer, Eivor. Let me get a better look at you!
  • Eivor: Leave him be, Basim!
  • Basim: For too long, I stared at the sun! It blinded me to the truth. That it was you. It was you I wanted all along.
  • Eivor: Did you track us here? Like a cowardly fox, concealed in the brush?
  • Basim: You widowed my destiny, Wolf-Kissed! You broke all my hopes!
  • Sigurd: He's mad, Eivor! Silence him.
  • Basim: Come, Eivor! Come save your crippled prince of dead ravens!

Basim pushed Sigurd down as he walked away.

  • Eivor: Are you hurt?
  • Sigurd: It is nothing, go! Kill that bacraut (asshole)!

Eivor ran and confronted to fight Basim.

  • Basim: You must suffer. A thousand times what I suffered.
  • Eivor: What is this about?
  • Basim: My son, Eivor. This is about my son!
  • Eivor: You speak nonsense, Basim!
  • Basim: Forgiveness is impossible.
  • Eivor: We shared so much in England. Fought and bled together.
  • Basim: Dig, Eivor. Into the wellspring of your memory!
  • Eivor: Speak your grievance! Show yourself! I do not wish to fight you.

After battling some time, Basim gained the upper hand over Eivor.

  • Basim: Show me your neck! Show me! The kiss of the wolf takes my prize! Of course!
  • Eivor: Yah!

Eivor pushed Basim off her.

  • Basim: Rise!

They continued fighting.

  • Basim: My son will not have suffered in vain!
  • Eivor: You spout nonsense. Like an alehouse drunk! If you are resigned to this, so be it.

The plate below them rose up.

  • Basim: You will not die in peace. You will never see your home or your people again!
  • Eivor: Is that what you wanted?
  • Basim: I want you to suffer!

Eivor shuffled around as the platform stopped rising.

  • Basim: When I have finished, you will be a sack of blood and shattered bones. And my conscience will be clear.

Eivor stunned Basim and injured his right forearm.

  • Basim: Ah, damn! Let us make this more interesting. We'll drag Sigurd into the fray!

Basim released a smoke bomb and escaped to find Sigurd.

  • Eivor: Coward! Face me! Fight me here!

Eivor started to chase after Basim.

  • Eivor: Be on your guard, Sigurd!
  • Basim: (laugh)
  • Eivor: Sigurd! Be careful! He's coming for you!

Basim disarmed Sigurd.

  • Sigurd: Oath-breaker! You'll die here!
  • Basim: This brings me no joy, Justice-Bringer. You were always so kind, but you chose the wrong side.

Just as Basim swung his sword to kill Sigurd, Eivor threw a dagger and intercepted the blade.

  • Eivor: I am your prize, Basim. Come.
  • Basim: You are, indeed.

Sigurd ran towards the metal sphere as Eivor fought with Basim once again.

  • Basim: Will you not die?
  • Eivor: Not here. Not by your hand.
  • Basim: I will leave you here to die! Like a rotting fruit on a dying tree! You died once, you will again! (scream)

During their brawl, Eivor stunned Basim outside the circle.

  • Basim: (scream)
  • Sigurd: Stun him within the circle!

Eivor stunned Basim within the circle of the Yggdrasil's branches.

  • Eivor: Ah!

One of Yggdrasil's branches started to lower. Basim stabbed Eivor in the stomach and Eivor head-butted Basim in response. Grabbing Basim by the throat, Eivor lifted him as the branch took ahold of him.

  • Basim: Ah!
  • Eivor: Sigurd! Stop this thing! Douse its fire!

Sigurd put his hand on the sphere to hold Basim and screamed.

  • Eivor: Sigurd?

Sigurd walked to Eivor.

  • Eivor: Does he still live?
  • Sigurd: He does. But in darkness.
  • Eivor: Good. The bastard...

Eivor, injured, followed Sigurd.

  • Eivor: For how long has Basim been planning this treachery?
  • Sigurd: I dare not guess. Gods! Am I to be hounded by a parade of blood-minded traitors the whole of my life? There is no end to this.
  • Eivor: You have something you want to say? Then say it.
  • Sigurd: I... I need some time to breathe. Let me sit a moment.

Eivor sat down next to Sigurd.

  • Sigurd: That man's anger. His rage. It had a familiar sting that I... I cannot place.
  • Eivor: He was raving, Sigurd. Without sense or reason. Pay it no mind.
  • Sigurd: I am not mad, Eivor. These things I see and feel... I know they are true.
  • Eivor: I know, Brother. Now more than ever. You always spoke true. We should cast our eyes towards home. It's a long journey and I am... not well.
  • Eivor: Home. Eivor. On our journey here, I had much time to think. On the ecstasies and agonies of our friendship.

  • Sigurd: I am not the man I was. My time as the jarl of our clan has run short. You must lead us now.
  • Eivor: Do you mean this?

  • Sigurd: I cannot return to England with you. That is not my home... not now.
  • Eivor: What are you saying?

Sigurd explained his decision.

  • Sigurd: When Dag called you out and challenged you to a duel, you let him die with honor... in spite of his betrayal.
  • Eivor: He did what he felt was right. And I honored that.

  • Sigurd: When Dag called you out, as he felt he must... you refused him honor, did you not? A cowardly act, one I abhor. Dag acted out of love for this clan. That is not worth the shame you inflicted on his name.
  • Eivor: I saw things differently then.

  • Sigurd: Randvi told me of your bravery, your courage, your wisdom. In my absence, you were a pillar of stone. She admires you.
  • Eivor: And I her. But that cannot be the only reason.

  • Sigurd: I know about you and Randvi. A lover's tryst, in spite of me. I should challenge you for such a betrayal, but I'm... I'm not fit for such a fight.
  • Eivor: I... I understand. Is that all?

  • Sigurd: And I remember and admire the way you guided us from Norway to England. You kept my anger in check, my ambitions focused.
  • Eivor: It was a trying time.

  • Sigurd: And my grievances go back further still. You stole my father's riches. In my haste to leave, I should have stopped you then... A true leader would have stopped that thought before it took form. You were selfish.

  • Sigurd: And when I passed judgment on Holger, you let my sentence lie, though I knew you disagreed. The look on your face said all.

  • Sigurd: And when I returned to the settlement, your pattern of disobedience continued. I made a judgment... and you openly defied me!
  • Eivor: I believed you were wrong then. I still do.

  • Sigurd: I recalled our days in Oxenefordscire, our search for the Saga Stone. You disagreed with my orders. But you followed them. You questioned my methods, my aims... but you did not disobey.

Eivor nodded and smiled.

  • Sigurd: Do you recall the day we stood before Eadwyn, searching for the Saga Stone? You struck Basim, you lashed out at me, you made a fool of us all. That is not a leader I wish to follow into death and glory.
  • Eivor: You were being secretive then. Foolish, I thought.

  • Sigurd: In all my days away, in my fog of confusion, you have shown great wisdom and strength and leadership. Where you go, Eivor, I will follow. Our Clan is yours to lead.
  • Eivor: Thank you, Brother. I... I won't let you down.
  • Sigurd: You have a stormy look.
  • Eivor: Years ago, before we left for England, I saw a vision. A vision that foretold of betrayal. That I would betray you. I refused to believe it. I would never do such a thing, I told myself. But in the years since... I have robbed you of your dreams. Of England, of Valhalla... If you feel I have wronged you, Brother, I will make it right.
  • Sigurd: We cannot unweave our fates, Eivor. All is laid before us, from the days we are born. To be angry at this would be like... like wrestling the ocean. A pointless struggle.
  • Eivor: We two ragged ravens... what a saga we have inscribed together.
  • Sigurd: A tale for the ages.

Eivor and Sigurd left together for Ravensthorpe.

  • Sigurd: This is not a decision I make lightly, Eivor. You are family. You were my drengr. But here our paths must diverge.

  • Eivor: Brother, please stay. Your place is with us. In England. Our home is your home. My road forward has been a muddy one, slick with blood and tears. But we can reach its end together. Let us face new foes and greater glories together.

  • Sigurd: Since my captivity, I felt you were cold and distant. But here your words glow with heart-fire and kindness. All right... all right... I will come. But only if I may counsel you from time to time, to be better than you are.
  • Eivor: I expect nothing less.
  • Sigurd: You have a stormy look.
  • Eivor: Years ago, before we left for England, I saw a vision. A vision that foretold of betrayal. That I would betray you. I refused to believe it. I would never do such a thing, I told myself. But in the years since... I have robbed you of your dreams. Of England, of Valhalla... If you feel I have wronged you, Brother, I will make it right.
  • Sigurd: We cannot unweave our fates, Eivor. All is laid before us, from the days we are born. To be angry at this would be like... like wrestling the ocean. A pointless struggle.
  • Eivor: We two ragged ravens... what a saga we have inscribed together.
  • Sigurd: A tale for the ages.

Eivor and Sigurd left together for Ravensthorpe.

  • Sigurd: England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.
  • Eivor: Just as the prophecy warned me.
  • Sigurd: Prophecy?
  • Eivor: Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.
  • Sigurd: You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?
  • Eivor: I... I do not know. I think it has... but not because I chased it.
  • Sigurd: Well... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.
  • Sigurd: I will try. I promise.
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.

  • Eivor: I understand your anger. I would be too if I had suffered these insults. But there is no need to abandon what you have worked so hard to achieve. Return with me, and show me how best to lead.
  • Sigurd: England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.
  • Eivor: Just as the prophecy warned me.
  • Sigurd: Prophecy?
Eivor rose from her seat, disturbed.
  • Eivor: Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.
Sigurd stood up.
  • Sigurd: You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?
Eivor faced her brother.
  • Eivor: I... I do not know. I think it has... but not because I chased it.
Sigurd clasped Eivor's right arm.
  • Sigurd: Well... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.
  • Sigurd: I will try. I promise.
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.

  • Eivor: Fate has drawn you here, Brother. Back home. Where you belong. Have no worry for what you leave behind.
  • Sigurd: England is too infected with ugly memories. I will stay here, in the land that gave me life and strength.
  • Eivor: Just as the prophecy warned me.
  • Sigurd: Prophecy?
Eivor rose from her seat, disturbed.
  • Eivor: Years ago, before we left England, I had a vision. A prophecy that I would... that foretold the course of my life, up to this moment.
Sigurd stood up.
  • Sigurd: You never told me this. And has your prophecy come to pass?
Eivor faced her brother.
  • Eivor: I... I do not know. I think it has... but not because I chased it.
Sigurd clasped Eivor's right arm.
  • Sigurd: Well... I hope for your sake, that you grow well into the role you have earned today. That hope is all I have left.
  • Sigurd: I will try. I promise.
Eivor and Sigurd parted ways.

Outcome

Eivor and Sigurd survived the Yggdrasil simulations and Basim's betrayal as Sigurd decided on his own path.

Behind the scenes

As befitting Eivor's nature as a reincarnation of Odin, the opening sentence of her speech to stop the fighting in Asgard is a paraphrase of the first stanza of the Gestaþáttr (Guest's Chapter/Section) from the Poetic Edda text Hávamál (Words of the High One), a collection of poems attributed to Odin that share his wisdom and guidance.

Gallery

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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