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'''Kjotve the Cruel''' (died 872), also known as '''Kjotve the Rich'''<ref name="SongOfGlory2">[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory|''Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory'']] – [[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory 2|Issue #02]]</ref> or '''The Axe''', was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Viking]] who lived during the 9th century. A [[Palatinus]] of the [[Order of the Ancients]]' [[Wardens of War]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> and ruler of the Norwegian petty kingdom of [[Agder]],<ref name="SongOfGlory2" /> he was the father of [[Hrolfr Kjotvesson|Hrolfr]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Ravens' Wound]]'' – [[The Horn of the Valkyrie]]</ref> and [[Gorm Kjotvesson]]. Kjotve also had a brother, [[Alrek]] who married [[Thora]], sister to [[Kiarr Rawbone]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – Ship Stories</ref> | '''Kjotve the Cruel''' (died 872), also known as '''Kjotve the Rich'''<ref name="SongOfGlory2">[[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory|''Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory'']] – [[Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory 2|Issue #02]]</ref> or '''The Axe''', was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] [[Viking]] who lived during the 9th century. A [[Palatinus]] of the [[Order of the Ancients]]' [[Wardens of War]]<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]''</ref> and ruler of the Norwegian petty kingdom of [[Agder]],<ref name="SongOfGlory2" /> he was the father of [[Hrolfr Kjotvesson|Hrolfr]]<ref name="TheHornoftheValkyrie">''[[Assassin's Creed: Rebellion]] – [[The Ravens' Wound]]'' – [[The Horn of the Valkyrie]]</ref> and [[Gorm Kjotvesson]]. Kjotve also had a brother, [[Alrek]] who married [[Thora]], sister to [[Kiarr Rawbone]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]]'' – Ship Stories</ref> | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
In 856, Kjotve led a [[raid]] on the settlement of [[Heillboer]] in [[Rogaland|Rygjafylke]] that resulted in the deaths of [[Varin]] and [[Rosta]], the parents of [[Eivor]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Prologue (Valhalla)|Prologue]]</ref> It was also around this time that Kjotve caught the attention of a traveling member of the Order of the Ancients, who was impressed with both his skill and his ferocity in battle. He was recruited into the organization shortly thereafter, becoming the first [[Scandinavia]]n member.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – {{Cite|16 Nov 2020. Memory unkown}}</ref> | In 856, Kjotve led a [[raid]] on the settlement of [[Heillboer]] in [[Rogaland|Rygjafylke]] that resulted in the deaths of [[Varin]] and [[Rosta]], the parents of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[Prologue (Valhalla)|Prologue]]</ref> It was also around this time that Kjotve caught the attention of a traveling member of the Order of the Ancients, who was impressed with both his skill and his ferocity in battle. He was recruited into the organization shortly thereafter, becoming the first [[Scandinavia]]n member.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – {{Cite|16 Nov 2020. Memory unkown}}</ref> For the following 17 years, Kjotve and his clan were harassed by Eivor and the [[Raven Clan]], despite King [[Styrbjorn]]'s reluctance to engage in open battle. | ||
In mid-872, Kjotve was accompannied by his sons to the southern mountains of Rygjafylke in search of treasure.<ref name="TheHornoftheValkyrie" /> Eivor and Vikings from her clan were hunting Kjotve and tracked him and Gorm to an abandoned hunting meadhall on the mountain summit, where they caught up with them. Hoping to recover important scrolls after killing both men, the Vikings attacked the pair but were soon overcome and heavily wounded, prompting Kjotve and Gorm to escape with the scrolls. Although incensed at their defeat, Eivor advised to wait for another chance to meet Kjotve.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Rebellion'' – ''The Ravens' Wound'' – [[The Hidden Annals]]</ref> Kjotve's youngest son, Hrolfr, would die during the raid.<ref name="TheHornoftheValkyrie" /> | |||
Eventually, Eivor, [[Sigurd Styrbjornson]], [[Basim Ibn Ishaq]], [[Hytham]], and several warriors of the Raven Clan, aided by [[soldier]]s fighting for King Harald, raided [[Kjotve's Fortress]]. There, Eivor challenged Kjotve to single combat, which Kjotve readily accepted, brandishing his two axes. At some point during the duel, [[Hytham]] attempted to assassinate Kjotve but was intercepted and thrown aside, severely injuring the [[Hidden Ones|Hidden One]]. Despite the interruption, Eivor continued their fight, and eventually managed to kill Kjotve.<ref name="ACruelDestiny" "="">''Assassin's Creed: Valhalla'' – [[A Cruel Destiny]]</ref> | |||
After his death, Eivor took a silver medallion bearing the insignia of an ash tree from his body. Basim later explained that this signified Kjotve as a member of the secret organization known as the Order of the Ancients, an organization that he and his fellow Hidden Ones had been [[Assassin-Templar War|fighting]] for centuries.<ref name="ACruelDestiny" /> | After his death, Eivor took a silver medallion bearing the insignia of an ash tree from his body. Basim later explained that this signified Kjotve as a member of the secret organization known as the Order of the Ancients, an organization that he and his fellow Hidden Ones had been [[Assassin-Templar War|fighting]] for centuries.<ref name="ACruelDestiny" /> | ||
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Kjotve the Cruel (died 872), also known as Kjotve the Rich[1] or The Axe, was a Norwegian Viking who lived during the 9th century. A Palatinus of the Order of the Ancients' Wardens of War[2] and ruler of the Norwegian petty kingdom of Agder,[1] he was the father of Hrolfr[3] and Gorm Kjotvesson. Kjotve also had a brother, Alrek who married Thora, sister to Kiarr Rawbone.[4]
Biography
In 856, Kjotve led a raid on the settlement of Heillboer in Rygjafylke that resulted in the deaths of Varin and Rosta, the parents of Eivor Varinsdottir.[5] It was also around this time that Kjotve caught the attention of a traveling member of the Order of the Ancients, who was impressed with both his skill and his ferocity in battle. He was recruited into the organization shortly thereafter, becoming the first Scandinavian member.[6] For the following 17 years, Kjotve and his clan were harassed by Eivor and the Raven Clan, despite King Styrbjorn's reluctance to engage in open battle.
In mid-872, Kjotve was accompannied by his sons to the southern mountains of Rygjafylke in search of treasure.[3] Eivor and Vikings from her clan were hunting Kjotve and tracked him and Gorm to an abandoned hunting meadhall on the mountain summit, where they caught up with them. Hoping to recover important scrolls after killing both men, the Vikings attacked the pair but were soon overcome and heavily wounded, prompting Kjotve and Gorm to escape with the scrolls. Although incensed at their defeat, Eivor advised to wait for another chance to meet Kjotve.[7] Kjotve's youngest son, Hrolfr, would die during the raid.[3]
Eventually, Eivor, Sigurd Styrbjornson, Basim Ibn Ishaq, Hytham, and several warriors of the Raven Clan, aided by soldiers fighting for King Harald, raided Kjotve's Fortress. There, Eivor challenged Kjotve to single combat, which Kjotve readily accepted, brandishing his two axes. At some point during the duel, Hytham attempted to assassinate Kjotve but was intercepted and thrown aside, severely injuring the Hidden One. Despite the interruption, Eivor continued their fight, and eventually managed to kill Kjotve.[8]
After his death, Eivor took a silver medallion bearing the insignia of an ash tree from his body. Basim later explained that this signified Kjotve as a member of the secret organization known as the Order of the Ancients, an organization that he and his fellow Hidden Ones had been fighting for centuries.[8]
Behind the scenes
Unlike his historical counterpart, Kjotve has two sons, Hrolfr and Gorm, not just the one named Thor Haklang (Tore Kjotvesson).[9]
Kjotve first appeared in a flashback in the first issue of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory, where his depiction is based on Yelim Kim's concept art of the character, with dark hair, a braided beard and mostly shaved head rather than his look featured later in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla's "Prologue" memory sequence, where he is depicted with a full head of light-coloured hair and a clean shaven face. The method with which he executed Varin also differs between the two, with Kjotve stabbing Varin through the chest with a sword in the former and cleaving Varin's head with his own axe in the latter.
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory (first mentioned)
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (first appearance)
- Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – The Ravens' Wound
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Concept art of Kjotve -
Kjotve dueling with Eivor -
Kjotve stabs Varin -
Kjotve as he appears in Rebellion
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Song of Glory – Issue #02
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – The Ravens' Wound – The Horn of the Valkyrie
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Ship Stories
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Prologue
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – [citation needed]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Rebellion – The Ravens' Wound – The Hidden Annals
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – A Cruel Destiny
- ↑
Kjotve the Rich on Wikipedia
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