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{{Memory Infobox | {{Memory Infobox | ||
| name = Prey in the High Hall | | name = Prey in the High Hall | ||
| image = | | image = ACV Prey in the High Hall 8.png | ||
| description = ''[[Wulfhilda]] and [[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] have a lead on a roving war-band near the site of the first animal attack. Time to learn whether this is the work of [[human|man]] or [[Grendel|beast]].'' | | description = ''[[Wulfhilda]] and [[Eivor Varinsdottir|Eivor]] have a lead on a roving war-band near the site of the first animal attack. Time to learn whether this is the work of [[human|man]] or [[Grendel|beast]].'' | ||
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Legend of Beowulf]]'' | | appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]] – [[The Legend of Beowulf]]'' | ||
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| source = [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] | | source = [[Eivor Varinsdottir]] | ||
| location = [[East Anglia]] | | location = [[East Anglia]] | ||
| date = | | date = c. 873 | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Prey in the High Hall''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]]. | '''Prey in the High Hall''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Eivor Varinsdottir]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]], relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the [[Animus|Portable Animus HR-8.5]]. | ||
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*'''Wulfhilda:''' ''The maulings have drawn in a starving wolf pack.'' | *'''Wulfhilda:''' ''The maulings have drawn in a starving wolf pack.'' | ||
Eivor killed the wolves and talked to the woman. | Eivor killed the wolves and talked to the woman. | ||
[[File:ACV Prey in the High Hall 3.png|thumb|250px|Eivor speaking to the elderly woman]] | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Did the wolves get a bite of you?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Did the wolves get a bite of you?'' | ||
*'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''No, I am unhurt. Thank you, Dane. I... misjudged you.'' | *'''Anglo-Saxon Woman:''' ''No, I am unhurt. Thank you, Dane. I... misjudged you.'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''That woman is certain a nearby band of warriors caused these maulings. We have no other clues.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''That woman is certain a nearby band of warriors caused these maulings. We have no other clues.'' | ||
*'''Wulfhilda:''' ''I know the men she means. They're staying at the church near Brisleah Farm. Come, meet them. Their leader, Hrothgar, is a great man ... for a heathen. He is no cattle killer.'' | *'''Wulfhilda:''' ''I know the men she means. They're staying at the church near Brisleah Farm. Come, meet them. Their leader, Hrothgar, is a great man ... for a heathen. He is no cattle killer.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Prey in the High Hall 4.png|thumb|250px|Eivor and Wulfhilda approaching the village, passing by a trail of corpses]] | |||
They started to walk towards the church. | They started to walk towards the church. | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''You have curious opinions, Wulfhilda. And an uncommonly opened mind.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''You have curious opinions, Wulfhilda. And an uncommonly opened mind.'' | ||
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*'''Wulfhilda:''' ''Something's off, Eivor. Hrothgar's men are rowdy sorts, but the air is far too still.'' | *'''Wulfhilda:''' ''Something's off, Eivor. Hrothgar's men are rowdy sorts, but the air is far too still.'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''Stand back, priestess. This is war-work.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Stand back, priestess. This is war-work.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Prey in the High Hall 5.png|thumb|250px|Eivor and Wulfhilda investigating the church]] | |||
They entered the church and found dead Danes. | They entered the church and found dead Danes. | ||
*'''Wulfhilda:''' ''Hrothgar and his men, they ... they were good to me.'' | *'''Wulfhilda:''' ''Hrothgar and his men, they ... they were good to me.'' | ||
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*'''Hrothgar:''' ''Back, you! Back, I say. I can still draw blood.'' | *'''Hrothgar:''' ''Back, you! Back, I say. I can still draw blood.'' | ||
Eivor approached the man. | Eivor approached the man. | ||
[[File:ACV Prey in the High Hall 6.png|thumb|250px|Eivor finding a mortally wounded Hrothgar on the second floor]] | |||
*'''Eivor:''' ''You are Hrothgar, leader of this war-band?'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''You are Hrothgar, leader of this war-band?'' | ||
*'''Hrothgar:''' ''I am. A {{Wiki|Finnmark}} raider, and proud of it. For the little time I have left.'' | *'''Hrothgar:''' ''I am. A {{Wiki|Finnmark}} raider, and proud of it. For the little time I have left.'' | ||
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*'''Eivor:''' ''Wulfhilda, be still. Something stirs.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''Wulfhilda, be still. Something stirs.'' | ||
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[[File:ACV Prey in the High Hall 9.png|thumb|250px|Grendel dying from his wounds]] | |||
Eivor defeated the so-called monster, a giant man with hands covered in mold. | Eivor defeated the so-called monster, a giant man with hands covered in mold. | ||
*'''Grendel:''' ''Play. Grendel only want to play. You make Grendel hurt. Mama. I want to go home.'' | *'''Grendel:''' ''Play. Grendel only want to play. You make Grendel hurt. Mama. I want to go home.'' | ||
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*'''Wulfhilda:''' ''But where did it come from?'' | *'''Wulfhilda:''' ''But where did it come from?'' | ||
*'''Eivor:''' ''All men have mothers. This one called out for his, in the end.'' | *'''Eivor:''' ''All men have mothers. This one called out for his, in the end.'' | ||
[[File:ACV Prey in the High Hall 10.png|thumb|250px|Wulfhilda giving Grendel his last rites]] | |||
*'''Wulfhilda:''' ''And all of us, even the most hideous, have souls. O Lord, forgive this ... man ... his sins and grant unto him your grace and everlasting love.'' | *'''Wulfhilda:''' ''And all of us, even the most hideous, have souls. O Lord, forgive this ... man ... his sins and grant unto him your grace and everlasting love.'' | ||
Eivor looked around at the various corpses. | Eivor looked around at the various corpses. | ||
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==Outcome== | ==Outcome== | ||
Eivor killed Grendel and decided to follow his trail to where he came from. | Eivor killed Grendel and decided to follow his trail to where he came from. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | |||
ACV Prey in the High Hall 1.png|Eivor following the abbess into the woods | |||
ACV Prey in the High Hall 2.png|Eivor protecting the elderly woman from the wolves | |||
ACV Prey in the High Hall 7.png|Eivor and Wulfhilda noticing a figure below | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:46, 20 February 2022
Prey in the High Hall was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.
Description
Eivor and Wulfhilda continue their investigation on the beast of East Anglia.
Dialogue
Wulfhilda directed Eivor towards a section of the woods.
- Wulfhilda: Should be up there in the trees ahead. Can you smell it? It stinks of death and evil.
- Eivor: I know that scent well. Carrion and death. Loki's reek.
Near the carcasses the abbess wanted to show Eivor was the old farmer Eivor had interrogated earlier surrounded by a pack of wolves.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: Saints save me!
- Wulfhilda: The maulings have drawn in a starving wolf pack.
Eivor killed the wolves and talked to the woman.
- Eivor: Did the wolves get a bite of you?
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: No, I am unhurt. Thank you, Dane. I... misjudged you.
- Eivor: No need. But tell me what happened.
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: These beasts came scavenging for fresh meat.
- Eivor: I meant, why are you out here with the dead cattle again?
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: I'm searching for my best milch-cow. She's missing.
- Eivor: And you found her?
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: No, but I found a Danish axe. It belongs to Hrothgar, leader of their war-band.
- Eivor: You know for a fact this axe is his?
- Anglo-Saxon Woman: Yes! He brandishes it about the village, demanding ale.
- Eivor: I will speak to this Hrothgar and his war-band.
Eivor approached Wulfhilda.
- Eivor: That woman is certain a nearby band of warriors caused these maulings. We have no other clues.
- Wulfhilda: I know the men she means. They're staying at the church near Brisleah Farm. Come, meet them. Their leader, Hrothgar, is a great man ... for a heathen. He is no cattle killer.
They started to walk towards the church.
- Eivor: You have curious opinions, Wulfhilda. And an uncommonly opened mind.
- Wulfhilda: I should say the same of you. Most heathens would point to witchcraft or monsters, but you seek an earthly cause.
- Eivor: I have seen many strange things, but the answers are usually close at hand, if only hidden.
- Wulfhilda: True, yet in this case, the Church has tasked me to explain the unexplained. That at time introduces ... unholy ideas.
- Eivor: And your Church accepts your ... unholy ideas?
- Wulfhilda: They tolerate it. Lucifer is a deceiver and God Himself works in mysterious ways. So, I too must remain open to all possibilities, mundane and otherworldly.
- Eivor: Which is why you tolerate a heathen like me.
- Wulfhilda: Perhaps. Or perhaps all of us, heathen and Christian, stand within the folds of a greater mystery.
As they approached Brisleah Farm, dismal scenes came into focus, with dead people and burnt patches of grass and buildings leading to the church.
- Wulfhilda: Something's off, Eivor. Hrothgar's men are rowdy sorts, but the air is far too still.
- Eivor: Stand back, priestess. This is war-work.
They entered the church and found dead Danes.
- Wulfhilda: Hrothgar and his men, they ... they were good to me.
- Eivor: Have a care, Wulfhilda. The killer may yet linger here.
- Wulfhilda: Their leader, Hrothgar. I do not see him among the dead.
- Eivor: I shall find him.
Eivor noticed some mold on a body near the altar.
- Eivor: See, more fresh mold. Same as in the fields, on the cows.
- Wulfhilda: The villagers say it is the Devil's Mark. What do you say, Eivor?
- Eivor: I say find the mold and we find our killer.
She inspected other bodies.
- Eivor: The same marks as before. Bite marks, a mauling. These are not weapon wounds.
- Wulfhilda: What manner of demon can fell so many well-armed warriors?
They noticed a pool of blood near a stained glass window.
- Wulfhilda: Eivor, look up. More blood.
- Eivor: Someone crawled into the loft. Or dragged a body up there.
Eivor released the ladder leading up and climbed up, finding an injured Hrothgar.
- Hrothgar: Back, you! Back, I say. I can still draw blood.
Eivor approached the man.
- Eivor: You are Hrothgar, leader of this war-band?
- Hrothgar: I am. A Finnmark raider, and proud of it. For the little time I have left.
- Eivor: I bear ill news. Your warriors have fallen. Who or what did this awful thing?
- Hrothgar: The monster did this thing. It killed us while laughing. Laughing. It broke my axe and gouged me. I ... I crawled up here to die.
- Eivor: What was it? Did you see?
- Hrothgar: A foul Jotun ... a night-goer from the world's rim ... it spoke, named itself Grendel ... said it would return.
- Eivor: Good. We shall wait for it to come back, you and I.
- Hrothgar: Not I, my wounds are too great and my spirit takes ship. Send them to Helheim ... for me.
- Eivor: Ride with the winged women, friend. I will handle this Grendel, whatever manner of monster it may be.
- Hrothgar: Wait, warrior. There were ... two ...
Hrothgar died and Wulfhilda joined Eivor in the loft.
- Wulfhilda: Best hide to not scare the demon off when it returns.
- Eivor: We'll wait up here for it to show itself again.
- Wulfhilda: Get your rest, warrior. I'll stand vigil with prayer.
While Wulfhilda kept watch, Eivor meditated, until a noise came from the church below.
- Eivor: Wulfhilda, be still. Something stirs.
Eivor defeated the so-called monster, a giant man with hands covered in mold.
- Grendel: Play. Grendel only want to play. You make Grendel hurt. Mama. I want to go home.
He reached out a hand, then closed his eyes and passed away. After a moment, Wulfhilda approached.
- Wulfhilda: By all that is holy and bright. What manner of monster is that thing?
- Eivor: Not a monster, but a man. Strange to behold, but this Grendel is ... was .. a man.
- Wulfhilda: But where did it come from?
- Eivor: All men have mothers. This one called out for his, in the end.
- Wulfhilda: And all of us, even the most hideous, have souls. O Lord, forgive this ... man ... his sins and grant unto him your grace and everlasting love.
Eivor looked around at the various corpses.
- Eivor: Mold, everywhere. Stay here, Wulfhilda. I'll follow this trail...
The abbess kept praying.
- Wulfhilda: Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May all these souls rest in peace.
Outcome
Eivor killed Grendel and decided to follow his trail to where he came from.
Gallery
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Eivor following the abbess into the woods -
Eivor protecting the elderly woman from the wolves -
Eivor and Wulfhilda noticing a figure below
