Art-Scop

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Art-Scop 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

Eivor heard a bard singing a song and approached him.

Dialogue

Eivor heard a bard singing.

• Berk the Bard: Heroes aplenty, warriors so many, but most walk about with heads that are empty. Would a soul in these lands, pay heed to a man, who wanders this world without a clan? Hey! You! My eyes and soul do not deceive me! You are the Wolf-Kissed, are you not? Come, come!

She approached him.

• Eivor: Greetings, bard.
• Berk the Bard: That face, that scowl... yes, indeed, you must be the Wolf-Kissed! Your fame and generosity are well-known to me!
• Eivor: You have a flatterer's tongue, bard. But how do you know me?
• Berk the Bard: The deeds of the great are a bard's stock in trade. The brave are wealthy, the wealthy are brave. So it goes. How about it, Eivor the Wanderer? Part with a queen's ransom and live on in immortal song?

A fair trade. (295)I'll waste no coin on you.I will be back.

• Eivor: Silver comes and silver goes, but the fame of the great endures.
• Berk the Bard: Both wise and generous! Truly you are history's mightiest champion. Now, hold tight while my muse inspires me.

He began singing.

• Berk the Bard: From beyond the whale-roads, from history unknown,
  did the Norse take a stand, and now all must atone.
  Now comes Eivor of the Ravens, with the sun for eyes,
  trailing a river of blood, enough to paint the skies!
  Succumb to your fate with a kiss, a blade to your throat, the wolf's fangs to your shins.
  For the one blessing and the one curse, is to meet the Wolf-Kissed!
• Eivor: Your kennings are weak. However, you make up for it with your clever tongue.
• Berk the Bard: 'Tis the tale of a bard such as I! We give and give and get nothing back. So it goes. Farewell, generous champion!

• Eivor: I heard you sing, bard. Your songs aren't worth a copper bit.
• Berk the Bard: Frugal and rude! You're even less fun than you look.

He began singing.

• Berk the Bard: There was a cheap little Norse. Stinking of ale,
  with a face like a horse, and a pony for a tail.
  What was the name of this hideous boar?
  To speak it brings shame, but it's Eivor!
  Eivor! Always second, never the first.
  Made to do a master's bidding, a servant cursed!
  Alas ends the tale of Eivor the Boar,
  the Cheap, the Second! Ei-ei-ei-vor! Oink!
• Eivor: I could kill you with a single swing, but I'd rather not stain my weapon.
• Berk the Bard: I merely sung the truth! Your brutish threats hold no power over a bard like me.

• Eivor: Let me find a fuller purse someday, and perhaps I shall return.
• Berk the Bard: The world weeps at its loss! Go forth and plunder, so that all may hear your praises properly sung."

Eventually, Eivor returned to the bard.

• Eivor: Greetings, bard.
• Berk the Bard: Ah, Eivor of the Ravens! Have you changed your mind about living forever in song? Bit of coin for a soulful tune?

(returns to choices)

Nearby, Eivor found a note written by the bard.

A Bard's Lament

O, yet another day! What a sunny day!
O, the birds are tweeting, and more people I am meeting!
So I sing another happy song.

Another day comes, and o, the rain triumphs!
The frogs are croaking, and I am still boasting!
Of others in a happy song.

But for all that I sing, of kings and their sins,
My song remains unsung, and my purse still lacks a win.

Outcome

Eivor either paid Berk and listened to his song of praise or refused to donate and heard a song of insults.

References

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla