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imported>Sol Pacificus
m wait "resurrection" is technically a dead person coming fully back to life, not becoming an undead monster
imported>Darman36
Major clean. No proof Odin is older than Freyja or vice versa, much of this copied direct from notes, serving Freyja is not serving all Vanir, correcting/fixing refs, speculative BTS and Personality
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|death = Sometime after 75,000 BCE<ref name="Timeline">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – Timeline</ref> (2306 [[Isu Era|IE]])<ref name="TheAll-SeeingEye">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[The All-Seeing Eye]]</ref><br>[[Venutius Tomb]], [[Nottinghamshire|Snotinghamscire]], [[England]]<ref name="Tomb">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Floating conversations]]: Tombs of the Fallen</ref>
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'''Hildr''' was an [[Isu]] [[valkyrie]] who served as a member of [[Freyja]]'s personal guard. Following a failed revolution against [[Odin]], she was imprisoned in a [[Odin's Vault|vault]] in what became [[Nottinghamshire|Snotinghamscire]], [[England]].<ref name="TheAll-SeeingEye"/>
'''Hildr''' was a member of the [[Valkyrie]]s, {{Wiki|psychopomp}}s in [[Norse mythology]] who brought the worthy dead called the ''[[einherjar]]'' to their rewarded afterlife of [[Valhalla (afterlife)|Valhalla]].<ref>{{WP|Hildr}}</ref>. Following a failed revolution against [[Odin]], she was imprisoned deep underground and died<ref name="TheAllSeeingEye">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] [[Mastery Challenge]]'' – [[The All-Seeing Eye]]</ref> in what would later become the [[Venutius Tomb|tomb]] for the [[Britons|Brittonic]] chief [[Venutius]].<ref name="Tomb">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Floating conversations]]: Tombs of the Fallen</ref>
 
Hildr, like many other Isu in [[Scandinavia]], was revered by [[humans]] following the [[Great Catastrophe]]. In [[Norse mythology]], she had the ability to reanimate [[draugr|fallen warrior]]s and, as a psychopomp, brought the dead to [[Valhalla]]. She also accompanied Odin in his [[Wild Hunt]].<ref>{{WP|Hildr}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Early life===
===Early life===
Hildr was a Valkryie to the Isu Freyja. At one point, the two became lovers, but their love was cut short as the much older [[Aesir]] King Odin in a political move married Freyja in an attempt to stop the war between the two groups from continuing further. The plan succeeded, and the war ended between the groups.<ref name="Frigg DB">''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – [[Database: Frigg]]</ref>
Hildr served a Valkryie to Freyja, a member of the [[Vanir]]. Over time, the two became lovers,<ref name="TheAllSeeingEye"/> but their relationship was cut short when Freyja entered a political marriage with the [[Asgard]]ian ruler Odin in an attempt to stop the {{Wiki|Æsir–Vanir War|ongoing war}} between the two groups from continuing further.<ref name="Frigg DB">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Database: Freyja]]</ref> Despite this, Hildr remained loyal to Freyja and continued to faithfully serve her<ref name="TheAllSeeingEye"/> and Odin.<ref name="CrypticTutelage">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mastery Challenge'' – [[The Cryptic Tutelage of Hildiran]]</ref>


===Uppcoming catastrophe===
===Imprisonment and death===
Hildr stayed close to Freyja as her Valkyrie, and as such, she learned of Odin's plan to save himself and eight other Isu from the devastation of the [[Great Catastrophe]]. Furious that Odin thought only of himself and his friends, leaving all other beings in Asgard to perish, Hildr rallied the Valkyries to attack. Betrayed by Freyja, however, her rebellion suffered defeat, and Odin let fall his merciless justice. Odin, furious and jealous, sentenced Hildr to a deep while sealing her sacred armor within his own [[Odin's Vault|vault]] and sealing the key to find it within [[Freyja's Cave]].<ref name="TheAll-SeeingEye"/>
In time, Hildr learned of Odin's intention to save himself and eight others he trusted from the oncoming [[Great Catastrophe]], a goal he had hoped to remain a secret from others. Enraged at Odin's selfishness in letting the rest of Asgard and the [[Nine Realms]] perish, Hildr organized the Valkyries into a revolt. However, Freyja leaked word of her former lover's plan to Odin in turn, and after he quashed the burgeoning resistance, he focused his wrath upon her.<ref name="TheAllSeeingEye"/> Incensed that one of his most loyal servants betrayed him, he locked [[Valkyrie's Legacy Set|Hildr's armor]] in [[Odin's Vault|his vault]], stripped her of her immortality,<ref name="CrypticTutelage"/> and chained her in an underground cell.<ref name="TheAllSeeingEye"/>


Distraught by her part in Hildr's fate, yet unable to defy Odin, Freyja arranged to deliver her own [[Freya's medallion|amulet]] as a token of a past love. Hildr wept bitter tears and sent the amulet off to her daughters in hopes it would one day be of use, swearing vengeance on Odin for his selfishness and for him taking her love away.<ref name="TheAll-SeeingEye"/> Hildr then languished for years within the cell, slowly starving to death.
Freyja, devastated at her role in Hildr's life sentence but unable to defy her husband, had her [[Freya's medallion|medallion]] delivered to the prison as a token of their love, but Hildr resented the gift and had it sent away to her daughters, whom she made swear would take vengeance on [[Sage|whatever form]] Odin took in the future. Hildr's subterranean jail allowed her to survive the [[Sun]]'s devastation on the Earth's surface above, but her new mortality resulted in her slowly wasting away until she had starved to death.<ref name="TheAllSeeingEye"/>


===Legacy===
===Legacy===
Hildr's vengeance was carried on, passing the Amulet of Freyja by her daughters to their daughters and so on for generations. By the 870s, the amulet had been passed down to [[Hildiran]]. Having found Odin's reincarnation in the [[Jarl|Jarlskrona]] [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], she tricked the viking into opening [[Freyja's Cave]] for her and later into finding Hildr's lost armor for her.
Hildr's daughters continued her quest for revenge over the next 75 millennia, always passing Freyja's medallion to each successive generation with the oath that they would do everything in their power to find and kill Odin's reborn self. By the 870s, the elderly woman [[Hildiran]] owned the medallion. Upon correctly identifying Odin's psyche within the [[Raven Clan]]'s ''[[jarl]]skona'' [[Eivor Varinsdottir]], she tricked the [[Vikings|Viking]] into opening [[Freyja's Cave]]<ref name="CrypticTutelage"/> in order to find Hildr's lost armor and use it to enact her ancestor's retribution.<ref name="TheAllSeeingEye"/>
 
==Personality and traits==
===Equipment and skills===
Hildr as a Valkyrie was a skilled fighter and with the Amulet of Freyja. she could train within a mind realm as much as she wished.


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
*Hildr's hidden armor is a slightly modified version of the [[Helix]] pack [[Valkyrie Set]], apparently having no visual connotations to Isu culture unlike other Isu armors within the game. If this is due to a sort of Fashion style within Isu culture or reuse of assets is unknown.
Hildr's armor appears in two different forms. The first is a slightly modified version of the [[Valkyrie Set]] from the ''[[Valkyrie Pack]]'' hung on a stand in Odin's Vault, and the second is the Valkyrie's Legacy Set, which is more brown in color and has feathers rather than shaped metal. There currently is no explanation for why the outfit has a cosmetic change.
 
==Gallery==
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==Appearances==
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' ''[[Mastery Challenge]]''
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[Mastery Challenge]]'' {{Corpse}}


==References==
==References==
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"The blood of Valkyries flows in my veins. Blood once spilled by the One-Eyed!"
―Hildiran speaking of her ancestry, c.876 CE.[src]-[m]

Hildr was a member of the Valkyries, psychopomps in Norse mythology who brought the worthy dead called the einherjar to their rewarded afterlife of Valhalla.[3]. Following a failed revolution against Odin, she was imprisoned deep underground and died[4] in what would later become the tomb for the Brittonic chief Venutius.[5]

Biography

Early life

Hildr served a Valkryie to Freyja, a member of the Vanir. Over time, the two became lovers,[4] but their relationship was cut short when Freyja entered a political marriage with the Asgardian ruler Odin in an attempt to stop the ongoing war between the two groups from continuing further.[6] Despite this, Hildr remained loyal to Freyja and continued to faithfully serve her[4] and Odin.[7]

Imprisonment and death

In time, Hildr learned of Odin's intention to save himself and eight others he trusted from the oncoming Great Catastrophe, a goal he had hoped to remain a secret from others. Enraged at Odin's selfishness in letting the rest of Asgard and the Nine Realms perish, Hildr organized the Valkyries into a revolt. However, Freyja leaked word of her former lover's plan to Odin in turn, and after he quashed the burgeoning resistance, he focused his wrath upon her.[4] Incensed that one of his most loyal servants betrayed him, he locked Hildr's armor in his vault, stripped her of her immortality,[7] and chained her in an underground cell.[4]

Freyja, devastated at her role in Hildr's life sentence but unable to defy her husband, had her medallion delivered to the prison as a token of their love, but Hildr resented the gift and had it sent away to her daughters, whom she made swear would take vengeance on whatever form Odin took in the future. Hildr's subterranean jail allowed her to survive the Sun's devastation on the Earth's surface above, but her new mortality resulted in her slowly wasting away until she had starved to death.[4]

Legacy

Hildr's daughters continued her quest for revenge over the next 75 millennia, always passing Freyja's medallion to each successive generation with the oath that they would do everything in their power to find and kill Odin's reborn self. By the 870s, the elderly woman Hildiran owned the medallion. Upon correctly identifying Odin's psyche within the Raven Clan's jarlskona Eivor Varinsdottir, she tricked the Viking into opening Freyja's Cave[7] in order to find Hildr's lost armor and use it to enact her ancestor's retribution.[4]

Behind the scenes

Hildr's armor appears in two different forms. The first is a slightly modified version of the Valkyrie Set from the Valkyrie Pack hung on a stand in Odin's Vault, and the second is the Valkyrie's Legacy Set, which is more brown in color and has feathers rather than shaped metal. There currently is no explanation for why the outfit has a cosmetic change.

Appearances

References

  1. Assassin's Creed: Initiates – Timeline
  2. Assassin's Creed: SyndicateHopton's
  3. Hildr on Wikipedia
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 Assassin's Creed: ValhallaMastery ChallengeThe All-Seeing Eye
  5. Assassin's Creed: ValhallaFloating conversations: Tombs of the Fallen
  6. Assassin's Creed: ValhallaDatabase: Freyja
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mastery ChallengeThe Cryptic Tutelage of Hildiran

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