Varin's Axe
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Varin's Axe was a bearded axe which belonged to Varin, the father of the Viking shieldmaiden Eivor Varinsdottir.
Originally forged by the blacksmith Gunnar in Heillboer,[1] the Order of the Ancients member Kjotve the Cruel kept it as a trophy after using it to execute Varin in 855 CE during a raid on the Raven Clan in Rygjafylke.[2] It stayed in his possession until 872, when it was recovered by Eivor after she defeated Kjotve's clansmen Rikiwulf before he could kill her crewmate Bragi in a blood-sacrifice.[3]
Eivor held onto it when she joined members of the Raven Clan in leaving Norway for better prospects in England.[4] There, she found sufficient funds and resources to upgrade the axe to different tiers, increasing its attack and lethality against opponents while also displaying finer craftsmanship.[5]
Weapon statistics
| Class | Quality | Attack | Speed | Stun | Critical | Weight | Perks | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | Fine | 54 | 48 | 55 | 47.5 | 12 | Increases Speed (+1.0-10.0) after each hit [stack 10] | Complete Honor Bound |
| Superior | 54 | 48 | 55 | 47.5 | 12 | |||
| Flawless | ||||||||
| Mythical | ||||||||
| Description | ||||||||
| Eivor's father's axe. A fine weapon that should have been soaked in blood, not laid aside. | ||||||||
Behind the scenes
The digital model for Varin's Axe, Eivor's starting weapon in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla, would later be reused for two weapons in the mobile game Assassin's Creed: Rebellion, with the Superior tier being used for Shieldbreaker and the Flawless tier used for Wurmsbreath.
0n 12 February, 2021, Lead Writer Alain Mercieca revealed that a mini-model of Varin's Axe at its Superior tier was made during Valhalla's production, joking that Eivor's male actor Magnus Bruun had so many troubles handling the life-size prop during mocap he was forced to use the mini, which the post-production team then blew up 500 times for the game files.[6]
Gallery
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Mythical tier
Appearances
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Family Matters
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Prologue
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Honor Bound
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Seas of Fate
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
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Alain Mercieca (@alainmercieca) on Twitter "Lesser-known #AssassinsCreedValhalla fact: this is the actual axe we used in mocap, @Magnus__Bruun had trouble with the normal size axe so we used this miniature and in post production enlarged the axe to 500 times its original size #Truth pic.twitter.com/1RT9iq0ER2"
