Gunnar (Niels' father)
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Gunnar was a Norse farmer who lived in Ravensthorpe with his son Niels.
Biography[edit | edit source]
Some time after the Raven Clan had established their settlement,[1] Gunnar told Niels to tend to their animals and clean their home while he went out drinking. Instead, Niels left to hunt in the forests and was still away when Gunnar returned to an empty home. When Niels returned, Gunnar raged at him for not seeing to his chores and punched his child in the face, entirely unaware of the young boy standing beside his son. At that moment, Eivor Varinsdottir, Hytham, and the clan's jarl Sigurd Styrbjornsson arrived at the scene, searching for a young man named Edward.[2]
Sigurd stepped in and told Gunnar to release his son, and the group decided what to do with the monk. Eivor offered Edward as a slave to Niels, as the boy had caught him three of the four times he had tried to escape. Gunnar scoffed, saying it would make up for Niels' disobedience, but Niels declined the offer and said he only wanted to leave their farm and explore the world. This angered Gunnar again and he threw another punch, but Niels dodged it and Gunnar's momentum carried him to fall on the ground. Gunnar then grew more incensed when Niels decided to let Edward go as a free man.[2]
Later that day, Gunnar beat his son for letting the monk go free, insisting Niels could never pay him back for it. At that moment, Hytham arrived in their doorway and offered to purchase Niels from Gunnar. The Viking laughed and said no amount of gold could buy his son, but a swift flick from Hytham's Hidden Blade quieted Gunnar down and he accepted Hidden One's offer.[2]
Behind the scenes[edit | edit source]
Gunnar is a character from the 2022 graphic novel Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – The Hidden Codex. His name is the genitive form of the Old Norse word gunnr, meaning "battle".
Gunnar is seen living in the Fowl farm in Ravensthorpe, which in Assassin's Creed: Valhalla is Bronson's home. This is either an inconsistency between the book and game or Gunnar moved in at a later point.
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