#Unlike Eivor

[fanworldbuildingfun]

A little bit more on Mirage

So far from the dwv comments I get a feeling that the games Mirage would resemble most would be Unity and Syndicate

Except for the purported fame scale, which is closer to Ezio trilogy. The only difference being, I have a feeling there would be no way to reduce fame levels in Mirage?... But that is just my feeling so far

As to why I feel like the rest would be more like Unity and Syndicate? So far the fighting and parkour look the most like those games. Just spruced up with a new game engine and the fluidity that reminds me of Origins

(No offence meant for the rest of Layla trilogy - but Greece did not give as many climbing opportunities that weren't large buildings or cliffs And Valhalla - well. No matter how well you do it, Eivor just feels heavier than either Bayek or Kassandra / Alexious. My pet theory is that it was because she was made with heavy gear in mind, and it carries no matter what you put on her)

I am kind of curious what chain assassination would look and feel like in the end - and boy, do I see a lot of noise around it. Which, fair, right now it looks like something that belongs in Ragnarok DLC. But I do hope there would be some in lore explanation for why it looks like that? E.g. like they did with the whole Asgard sequence for Eivor. Maybe it's just Loki leaking and processing the surroundings at ISU speed instead of regular human speed. And since we play as Basim, we piggyback off that

[recitedemise]

Gale could exercise someone's death as easily as the winds may sway. All the same, with a similar absence of effort, he is capable of tenderness as gentle as a morning--and, perhaps, is a bulwark amidst a storm.

I am, beyond all question and doubt, here for you. You shall never doubt that. No. Carefully, Eivor's memories begin to flow. Dithering like a river and slow with old terror, they encroach on the cradle of the wizard's waiting thoughts. Gale shuts his eyes, breathes, and falls, falls, falls.

Gale lives it. He sees himself in Eivor's eyes, but a few scant feet taller than the sprawling grass beneath them. He feels young with life, spirit bright and honeyed in the bell of their laughter, sunshine ripe in the air with the smell of dessert. It feels so freeing. It feels so merry. And with one blink of his eyes, the smell of sugar fades to fire...and the birdsong to yowling. With the swinging of blades. Gale--Eivor peers now into the dark. Fire springs into the yawning penumbra, so scalding as to threaten him from yards away. He watches his home erupt in flames, crying women bolting with babes in their arms, and there lays mother and father bleeding before him. He feels his heart shatter, and then brother at her side. No. Turn back! We have to help them! But they can't. Then, there lays the woods. Then, there prowls a wolf. And as its teeth tear his throat brother fades away, his bones burst open, his mortal flesh fissuring. He wakes to the moonrise. And he's tied in chains.

The memories fade, rippling with the shiver of a wintry terror. Gale collects himself, wondering, before Eivor's voice returns.

He peers back over. They are older now. There throbs wisdom in their eyes, one that belies years of consistent hardship, and--ah--a vulnerability that comes with trust like theirs. Gale is not one to waste it. He places his hand down, there beside their own. "And there is no part of you that I would not like to know. Heavy as they may be, I will share in those burdens you've carried for so long alone. As I can attest, nothing feels so impossible when you've company to dare it with. Grand company at that."

With a beat of silence, the warmth off his hand bleeding into their own, Gale waits. He is there to hold to, anchor to, if they so need it. "That memory...something came to me as rather familiar: the smell of the arcane. Those fires were not started through traditional means. Whoever had wronged you was steeped in magic--and that's to say nothing of the curse you bear." What a shame. For Eivor, magic has only hurt. Gale breathes, his own orb throbbing. "This may surprise you, but I may understand the scars the Weave may leave. Though there is beauty, too. Those from that night...have you any recollection who they may be?"

His hands were capable of felling many enemies of theirs, and yet Gale had a calmness and steadiness to him. Someone the wolf-kissed felt safe with. It felt... Intimate in the way their worms wiggled to connect - oddly so, but they were glad such a memory didn't have to be recounted by their words alone. Showing felt much better, and with a small grimace on Eivor's face they finally allowed him to have access to those long buried memories. Start from the beginning, they feel - it'd explain it better. All of this started when they were just six years old - he would see them as a child walking around the long house trying to find their father, and all seemed to be pleasant - the smell of mead, treats, and food roasting on the fire - and within a quick second it all changed into a scene with fire and death. It was the night of their parents death, the way their heart sunk, the way their fury built and the blood that filled the air. The burning of buildings and the screams of their people until it all died down eerily. One of the bastards tried to capture them, but their brother swept them up in time on a horse and rode off into a clearing. They couldn't remember how it happened, but they were separated from their brother - all alone in the middle of the woods. Heart racing as they caught eyes with a wolf stalking in the distance - but it seemed much bigger than a normal wolf. It lunges and captures their throat in its maw - its large claw pinning their head down - digging into their skin - death seemed to have its grasp on them until a flock of ravens cut in and saved them. That was the night they had been marked by a wolf- a werewolf, and soon he would have to delve deeper with the help of their worm - 6 years after of turning into a beast. Having to be chained up and muzzled. The night of when one of their clan mates thought to be rid of the curse, but only seemed to make it worse and brought them near death the second time. It was then the clanmate had been banished, and their adopted father made sure that everyone remembered that night so that it may not happen again. After a moment they finally break the connection between their worms. Eivor did not like recounting those nights, but they trust Gale more than words, or even worms could express. ❝... It's not easy thinking about that night, but now you know.❞ The endless trauma they endured since after, and the claws and teeth of the wolf that gave them this condition they seemed to have no cure, and they did not wish to seek for one after. This was now a part of them - a part of them they couldn't take away.

[sleepyconfusedpotato]

Just finished grinding Assassin's Creed Mirage! WOOHOO! ୧⁠(⁠ ⁠ಠ⁠ ⁠Д⁠ ⁠ಠ⁠ ⁠)⁠୨

I think it's a deffo wonderful game and a refreshment after the RPG trilogy (it does have RPG elements to it, but still), and it also have some things that are lacking. It reminds me of the good 'ol days, but deffo not on par with the good 'ol days.

Here're some of my thoughts and reviews!

🕌 Sleepy's Assassin's Creed Mirage Review 🗡️

(Spoiler Warning ⚠️ Including the ending ⚠️)

Disclaimer, this is just my personal opinion. You may agree and disagree. I’m just gonna talk a lot because I LOVE Assassin’s Creed with all my heart. Here goes.

VISUALS

(+) Basim Ibn Ishaq, the handsome man that you are… HOLY SHIT (yes I’m adding him as the first plus point of this game what of it). Man's fine AF. 

(+) Baghdad’s really beautiful, nuff said. The color palette is PERFECT - displays the warmth of the atmosphere really well, but also just enough greens and many starking hues of flowers. 

(+) The waters and environment textures are CRISPY.  The detailed patterns on the clothes, the engravings and the state of the arts is really cool. I haven’t really looked a lot into the 800’ Baghdad arts, but I can see lots of good details and art styles. SHOUT OUT TO THE ARTISTS!!

GAMEPLAY - Now here’s what I have a lot to comment on.

(+) Stealth -> I think they did quite good with the stealth. One of the many complaints that I saw on the previous RPG trilogy games was the fact that the main characters/players had no reason to be stealthy, because they can just barge in and defeat the enemies easily. Ubi has marketed the game to be more stealth focused and intentionally made Basim a less of a fighter (make sense, since he came from a thief background, unlike Bayek, Kassandra, and Eivor who are actual trained warriors since they’re kids). However, this brings me to the first lacking point.

(-) Combat -> The combat feels janky. I feel like I’m really fucked up in combat situations if I don’t upgrade my sword and dagger. Like I get it, Basim is not meant to be much of a fighter, but in the beginning parts (or… even the middle parts of the game, let’s be real), I feel like combat is HELL. I forgot the Youtuber who said it, but he said something along the lines of “I’m an assassin, I want to feel like an assassin and want to feel like a badass and can take down many enemies with ease.” And that actually rings true with me. When I’m in combat and countless soldiers are fighting or following me (and I don’t have the smoke bomb with the forgetting effect), I’m most certainly FUCKED. 

(+) The fighting style is cool though, it's stylish and the finishing moves are sick af. It could deffo use some work. 

(-+) Parkour/Movements - It’s alright. It’s most certainly better than the previous RPG trilogy, but it’s definitely not Unity or Syndicate. Sometimes Basim can do something that I didn’t want and I’ve lost count on how many times I got caught and died just from a mis-movement. I literally don’t understand why they don’t use the Unity parkours and combat styles. Unity’s parkour is smooth, swift, and stylish. It feels GOOD. 

(+) Stealing - I’m a loot goblin in games, and believe me, I think I’ve spent like hours just stealing from the entire population of Baghdad that by the end of the game I’m probably richer than the Taxmaster and the whole entire Abbasid Caliphate. It’s fun, it’s easy, but it can sometimes be hard enough to miss. I just hope there’s more variety/difficulty in the stealings in different places – Like maybe in the Round City the diamond thingy is much smaller, or in like for stealing merchants (who has particular fashion/silhouette or have wallets/pouches with different colors) can be harder to steal from but have more rewards and money. 

(-+) Map - OKAY. I love the fact that Mirage has a significantly smaller map than that of Odyssey and Valhalla. It’s focused and it’s much more centered. HOWEVER. For a game this caliber, and with this good of a graphic? It’s much too small and it’s too divided between two parts. Hear me out – The graphics are really cool, but I feel like the map is too divided between – either a densely populated city, or just barren lands of desert. I think the map could be much much bigger with much more collectibles and much more variety in the terrains. Like, for example in Black Flag (The S tier game. Argue with a wall), there’re more than one major city, while in Mirage the map is so very centered (Yes I get it it’s the Round City), but I’d love it if there’s another major city that we can travel to, like Damascus, for instace. + I love the Tales of Baghdad. MORE TALES OF BAGHDAD PLEASE. 

STORY - nOW THIS… I never liked the stories post - Origins and here's why : 

(-) LET 👏 THE ACTORS 👏 DO 👏 MOTION 👏 CAPTURE 👏 - My biggest complaint for the RPG game styles is always about the facial and motion animation. The cutscenes feel DEAD. The eyes are DEAD. I almost can't feel anything. Ubi is rich af, why not use facial capturing? AC3 was the first AC game to use motion capture, and holy shit… it's one of my fave games. Yes. All games, not only AC series. The emotion in their faces, the gestures, the small glances, the little movements - they all decide every character's personality. The reason why I love every AC since AC3-ACOrigins is because the actors pour all their voices, faces, even body movements into the interactions between characters, because they make the stories feel alive. Let the actors be actors. I can rant more but this is already a long post so I'll stop. MOTION 👏 CAPTURE 👏.

(+) I love Basim's origin story. Dude's a 17 year old street thief who got a bit over his head and ended up becoming a fugitive because he killed the fucking caliph himself. That was crazy HAHAHAH anyway even though I think the beginning felt a bit rushed I love it. I just wish they could milk it more.

(+) I love the side characters! Especially Ali (I think he's hot 👉👈 and he's the absolute freedom fighter). Anyway, even though they don’t really do much, they all feel alive and do lots of things (except Roshan prolly HAHAHAH but there's a reason I guess)

(+) Roshan. Mentor and reminds me of Al-Mualim. I particularly love the fact that after all that wise words throughout the game, she literally threatened Basim if he actually went to the underground temple. And when she showed up covered in blood??? And THE TWIST AT THE END??? "Roshan bint La-Ahad". SHE'S ALTAIR'S ANCESTOR. THAT FUCKING SHOCKED ME YOOOO. She's just amazing. 

(-) Pacing - I feel like this is because they’re speeding things up (which is a good thing), the pacing is pretty standard in the beginning, but the ending is a bit too high of a rollercoaster mount. The ending went from 0-100 real quick. I feel like we need a more of a climbing storyline. This is why I kind of don’t agree with the ‘centering’ storyline instead of a linear story. Centering styles of story has no climb in the intensity, and because of that we can’t feel the character developments because he’s supposed to stay the same even though we’ve killed like 3 bosses already. And then when all the underlings are dead, finally the boss racks up Basim’s curiosity super duper high that it becomes too sudden.

(-) Weak Villains - The villains since Origins are always hidden and unknown, unlike the previous games where the Templars are literally KNOWN by the people. I want more villains like Haytham tbh, where he literally doesn’t care about the precusor sites and only wants stability in his reign as a Grandmaster. Or if the villains do care about the Pieces of Eden or have a prior interest of the First Civ, at least let them have an actual personality and character, let them be a menace and a threat since the beginning of the game instead of being the NPC’s we kill to finish the game. Let them challenge our beliefs as an Assassin/Hidden Ones. Let the villains actually have an impact to the main storyline. Imagine in the end Basim and Qabiha really went to the underground temple together, and got confronted by Roshan. That’s where the conflict in Basim climaxed! Imagine the emotion! The drama~! 

(+) How the stories interlinked with Valhalla. Basim is a sage, and host of Loki who sought revenge to Odin (who wronged him). So I don't think Basim nor Loki are evil per se. They're just gray. Now the stories aren't just about Templars vs Assassin, it's more focused towards the First Civilization. It's a bit hard to keep up but it's nothing a bit of reading/looking up some lore videos wouldn't solve.

MISC

We need more outfits! The outfits are far too few for us to choose from! 

Wonderful and mystifying music. Nuff said. Brendan Angelides and Layth Sidiq nailed it. One Republic and Mishaal Tamer’s “Mirage” in on repeat on my Spotify right now.

I love gear chests hunting and all the collectibles. I just wish the map is bigger and there’re more collectibles T_T I’M A LOOT GOBLIN OKAY.

I learn history of Baghdad LFG. I play largely for the stories and not the gameplays, so if there’s a codex entry or any new historical sites I always read it. Learning history doesn’t hurt! 

How I can really relate to the real world. I live in Indonesia where 90% of the people is Muslim (I’m a Christian), so when I here familiar words like Alhamdullilah, Assalam’ualaikum and Wa’alaikumsalam, or see the people praying, the Adzan sounds throughout the city, the people praying towards the Ka’bah, it kinda feels like home! Just hope that they add more funny shit to it though, like “Yaallah Basim! Istighfar!” Or “WALLAHI.” Or more Arabic sayings so we can immerse more to the world.

MAKE BASIM DO THE 5 PRAYERS (maybe when we pass time or after a big mission we come back to him finishing a prayer).

FINAL VERDICT - 7.8/10 -> It’s a focused game, and it really did come back to some of the original elements of AC before the RPG trilogy. It’s not too long and casuals can play it without feeling like we have to grind like Odyssey or Valhalla. Deffo would recommend playing it!

Once again, BRING BACK MOTION CAPTURE ‼️‼️‼️🗣️🗣️

If you did play it gimme some thoughts in the comments! Thank you for reading! (⁠人⁠*⁠´⁠∀⁠｀⁠)⁠｡⁠*ﾟ⁠+

[ordinorultor-if]

Some Physical Descriptions, pt.2

Hilda/Hilmar Hardrada

Imagine a stereotypical viking. Now give them an ice saw and cover them in scars. That's H. Built like a brick-shithouse with height to match, H is imposing in spite of their friendly nature. The fact that they have a penchant for wearing furs, thus adding volume to their silhouette, compounds this.

H's torso and arms are crisscrossed by all sorts of cut and stab scars, but their most noticeable scar is a graze wound on the right side of their head, which prevents their golden hair from growing there. Their scars aren't the only man-made mark on their body, however - they, and both of their younger siblings, have a kraken tattooed over their heart, in memory of their mother.

From what they say (and what a half-Ostrowegian MC can remember), H mostly takes after their father.

It's not a perfect match, but a good way to imagine H is Eivor from AC Valhalla. Best part is there's male and female variants for both characters, lol.

Dagrun/Dagobert Hardrada

D looks about like you'd imagine a mage to - thin and lanky, a penchant for dark-colored hooded robes, pale-skinned, and long haired, with their jet-black hair reaching all the way to their waist. When engaging in combat, they, like H, make use of chainmail and padded leather, though unlike H, D also makes use of a breastplate.

Despite their lack of room organization, D makes certain their person is immaculate. Many times has their elder sibling tried to catch them with even a speck of dirt on them, and many times have they failed.

Since D lacks both the frontline combat style and... adventurous... lifestyle of their older sibling, they are mostly mark-free, with two major exceptions: their lower-right arm, which is almost entirely scar tissue, and the space over their heart, which, just like both of their older siblings, is tattooed with a kraken in memory of their mother.

Much like how H claims to mostly take after their father in terms of looks, D (allegedly) mostly takes after their mother.

Charlotte/Charles de Alençon

C is basically Wolverine the shortest of the cast, but they're still fierce - they're even the second-most muscled RO, after H.

C is a more martial focused person due to their circumstances, and they have the looks to match. Much like B, they wear leather armor even at home (and change into plate when preparing for battle), and they keep their hair relatively short, only growing it slightly down their back (a little past their armpits, if I had to give an exact spot). Charles also declines to grow much facial hair (which he gets teased about, if B is also male.)

Despite the constant need to defend their territory, C actually has relatively few battle scars. In fact, their most notable scar is actually of medical origin, the result of a surgery performed as a young child to try and prevent improper bone growth in their left arm.

Florence/Ferdinand Anglouême

F is... the way I'd describe them is 'average but pretty'. Despite this, F is the one who probably cares the most about appearances. Much like D, they're never seen with a single speck of dirt on their body, and this extends to their outfit. F actually wears rather fine clothes, befitting their status as a duke/duchess.

Ferdinand is one of the two ROs to have facial hair. Unlike Hilmar's beard, however, Ferdinand's mustache is rather well contained, and he takes great care to make sure it's prim and proper. If you want an idea of what Ferdinand looks like, Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Anna Karenina isn't the worst illustration, different hair color aside...

F has several scars on their body, with several concentrated where their neck meets their left shoulder, underneath their right armpit, and around their groin. They also have a handful on their nose and some other extremities. These scars are the result of plague, which infected both them and their father, claiming the latter's life.

[cippicat]

Why is Eivor a female ?

Disclaimer: Eivor is female in Valhalla. STOP*

So...

There are many online theories about Eivor's gender. One of the most supported theory about her gender is that:

"During the Toba's catastrophe (AKA Ragnarok) the asgardian ISU, led by Odin/Havi the Allfather, used the seventh method to tranfer their soul/mind into a human form. A real proper reincarnation. To recognise each other they would have a mark on their necks. But something went wrong, because of the seventh method that was uncomplete. Havi, and one of the female ISU (not Freya), accidentally swapped places in front of Yggdrasill and Havi transfer his soul/mind into a woman, Eivor Varinsdottir. ".

I think that this theory is a quite probable theory.

BUT

There is a little problem

Look at their aspect

They are too similar like twins. This led me think that the seventh method was made to transfer also the body of an ISU, and the gender had not been contemplated so much.

And, we must not forget that the seventh method was uncomplete.

But why the others ISU had the same gender as before?

Plot requirements...

That's all

If Eivor had been a male, Basim/Loki would have recognised him immediately as the reincarnation of Havi/Odin.

Let's not forget that Eivor has no more the mark of the reincarnation, because of the bite of the wolf, and she has not be defeated by Havi (unlike Basim).

She will accept (tolerate) his presence. They will live togheter as an old couple, in Vinland. That's sad and quite disgusting in my humble opinion.

*and Ubisoft is sexist but this is a story for another time

[radiofreewylde]

unlikely friends

I almost wasn't going to post this photo set when I remembered that I literally painted in Eivor's arm on every single photo because there was a gap between her forearm and upper arm and I wasn't gonna let my hard work go to waste lol

and you wouldn't have known this unless I told you 😈

[kyndaris]

Coffee Shop AU

Most first dates, or meet-ups as I like to call them (especially with a stranger), that I've gone to have involved lunch or coffee at a local cafe. Thankfully, in the city of Sydney, there are plenty of cafes (of varying quality) one can visit. And all of them come with a decent brunch menu (though some will close by 2:30 or 3 PM at the latest). Enter Edition Roasters. While it has a few branches in and around the CBD (Australian shorthand for Central Business District), my date and I picked the one in Darling Quater.

But I've jumped forward to our date and failed to introduce the person behind it all!

Although I've gone on a date before with a woman, Eivor, which didn't end up as well as I had hoped, I wasn't quite willing to quite throw in the towel. After all, how many dates have I gone with men? And while the men in my life have failed to make my heart flutter, who was to say I wasn't an asexual lesbian?

Especially with the so-called 'squishes'/ brief flirtations of attraction I've had with a few women I've met over the years? THough now that I think on it, do fictional men count in terms of romantic attraction? Am I still clutching at straws?

No, I couldn't yet label myself as aromantic just yet!

I mean, Dikottir isn't bad! It's just...I don't feel a sense of romantic attraction to him. Even though we've gone on five dates and have technically 'known' each other for a year now.

Alas, I have once more been distracted. Where was I? Ah yes, my so-called 'date.' So, yes, this trip out to Edition Roasters was my second meet-up with a woman.

From the very start on Hinge, we struck up a conversation on musicals including one that has yet to grace the stage - Epic: The Troy Saga by Jorge Rivera-Herrans. As a frequenter of Tiktok, she had heard the songs being performed whilst I had the good fortune for my Spotify shuffle list to insert a few of the songs whenever I chose to listen to songs from musicals.

Though not a frequent replier, we were both able to share our passion for musicals and also touched a little on their second passion: fanfiction. Given the obsession of my fellow classmates back in Year 8 and 9 for all things anime, and to stretch our writing skills, I was no stranger to fanfiction.

Back in my heyday, I used to frequent ones for Kingdom Hearts, Naruto, Shugo Chara! Even now, trying to ween myself off fanfiction, I still can't quite kick the bucket as I continue to lurk among the Harry Potter fandom, while occasionally experimenting with Far Cry 5 (yes, I'm a gosh darn sinner), She-Ra and a host of Disney ones as well.

It was because of her heartfelt passion for Epic, and how we did initially chat about mythology, that I've given my date the code name: Athena. Unlike Eivor before her, she was keen to arrange a meet-up sooner rather than later. So, after some discussion - with a variety of choice between multiple places to eat at - we finally settled on Darling Square.

I was the first to arrive. Shivering in the cold Australian winter, I put my name down on the paper sheet out front and waited for our number to be called out. Athena joined me shortly afterwards and we chatted a little about our week and our lives. Before too long, our number was called and we were directed to a table out in the wind (perhaps not the best choice but given how busy the place was, it made nabbing a table easier). Despite not having much sun, there was a heater purposely positioned close by to offer some warmth. Although, if I'm being honest, it was the hot chocolate I ordered, more than anything else, which served to defrost me.

Then it was time for the main meal. Athena ordered a miso salmon ochazuke after crunching the numbers on online reviews regarding the cafe's signature dishes, while I settled for a miso wagyu bolognese. As we ate, we talked a little of the work we did, our family composition, and the reason why we were dating. We even reminisced on many a bad date we've had - with her recounting one where the man hailed Hitler.

And though this is the second time someone I know has gone on a date with a seeming Nazi sympathiser, it's a bit strange that it's happened twice. I honestly have to wonder if they went on the date with the same man.

After lunch, we walked around Darling Harbour before heading up towards Town Hall station. It was, in my eyes, a wonderful day out. While I wouldn't have called it love at first sight, I certainly didn't feel as intimidated as my meet-up with Eivor at the ice-rink. Nor did I feel like Athena fail to meet the expectations I'd set up in my head.

I wouldn't say we clicked immediately but it definitely felt like we had a strong connection and understanding of the other.

Now, I wouldn't call that love but I'd say it went far more swimmingly than I'd feared. Yes, I was probably still putting up a front, but I didn't feel either one of us dominated the conversation. It flowed well, like having a good deep and meaningful natter with a good friend (rather than an acquaintance).

Is this a good sign?

But Athena did say to hit her up for another outing.

The only problem, of course, is that I'm not so much a foodie as someone who simply tags along and enjoys the food on offer (as long as it's not spicy). Does make me wonder if the two are related, though...

Are all asexuals bad with spice? Or is it just me with a low tolerance for both? Probably just me. And the smut fanfictions I read simply represents my ability to enjoy wasabi (to a degree). It's not the perfect analogy but I'll have to make do. This is, after all, coming down from spending an entire Saturday out and about at the Sydney Manga and Anime Show (SMASH!) and then finishing off all the chores I needed to do in preparation for the week ahead.

Give a 31, who will be 32 when this post goes up, woman a break! It ain't easy trying to juggle care for an elderly grandparent, work, hobbies, dating and what else when it comes to the adulting life. It's not like there's a manual!

[thebonerpit]

After playing four huge new games in a row recently I wanted to jump back into a game I've already played, and I ended up on Assassin's Creed Valhalla. It kind of made me reflect a bit on how initially I was quite disappointed with this game but now it's really, really grown on me.

I'm a huge fan of the newer AC games but when Valhalla first came out it was a very distant third place in that trilogy. There are still some things that annoy me (being forced into open combat for so many encounters rather than being able to stealth) but I think what threw me off the most at first was coming into it after Odyssey which has SUCH different vibes.

Like, Origins to me is a really fun adventure/mystery story. It has some dark and serious elements but it also has Bayek who can be quick-witted and funny, it has the great Bayek/Aya romance, and it has the creation of the Hidden Ones which is SO cool. And then Odyssey is just pure joy imho. Alexios/Kassandra is a big old goober and they're so silly and I mean I guess it depends on the choices you make but it always makes me feel so fufilled and happy at the end when the family gets back together. It's heroic and light-hearted, has a lot of really goofy side missions, and even the world itself is bright and colourful and full of life.

Then you have Valhalla. Valhalla is DARK. It has this overarching sense of futility and inevitability, like your fate has been written and there's no escape. Eivor is stoic and brusque and violent and quite frankly a little unlikeable. A lot of the victories don't even feel like victories. They're tainted by loveable characters dying, friends betraying you, basically: winning but at what cost? Eivor often feels lost in their own story, being manipulated by people like Basim and Fulke and Alfred. They're also burdened with Odin's memories and end up having to leave everyone they know and love to deal with that.

But it also has these moments of searing beauty that make it into a wonderfully stirring experience, and I think it took me a while to realize that. I missed the joy of Odyssey so much I couldn't appreciate what Valhalla had to offer. I've been listening to the OST a lot and I think it captures that bittersweet vibe perfectly... the main theme alone is so haunting. Most of the England you explore is dirty and muddy and brown but every once in a while you are at the top of a hill and you see a beautiful sunrise light up the gold in the trees and it's breathtaking. That, to me, is what Valhalla excels at.

[teecupangel]

okay i just rewatched Pacific Rim for the millionth time and, hear me out, a Modern Pacific Rim AU?

Like, the Masyaf Eagle having been originally piloted by the Al Sayf brothers but a nasty battle kills Kadar and takes Malik's arm so now Malik serves as an engineer/command center for the Eagle's new pilot Altair who is in search of a co-pilot. And the only one who can successfully drift (synchronize) with him is Desmond. (Altdes)

Ezio Auditore who inherited the Eden Assassin after his father and brother were killed in battle. Ezio who lost his co-pilot and dear friend Yusuf in a battle. Ezio who is trying to stop his sister from becoming his new co-pilot because he's so scared of losing her like he's lost everyone else.

Edward Kenway and Adewale being totally awesome troublemakers and pilots of the Jackdaw

Haytham and Shay being co-pilots of the Morrigan Revenge and having a ridiculous rivalry with Connor and Arno, pilots of the Phantom Aquila

Jacob and Evie co-piloting the Victorian Conqueror and setting records for fastest kaiju kills.

Bayek and Aya becoming pilots after losing Khemu during an attack and piloting the Hidden One.

Kassandra and Alexios being terrifying co-pilots of the Spartan Misthios

Totally out of left field co-pilots Eivor and Basim who seem so unlikely because they spend most of their free time arguing, but being badass pilots of the Raven Destroyer.

idk i just got really excited

Nooonnnnnyyyy!

You got me excited as well because I love mechas and kaijus! Pacific Rim is one of my most favorite movies ever! (Although, as a huge Del Toro fan, that’s not really surprising XD)

Making it AltDes makes me go jshdafjkhjbhsdasadg

Okay, okay.

I think Shaun and Rebecca could be K-Science Officers focused on why these Kaijus are attacking humans in particular. Now, I was thinking we can make Al Mualim the Marshal in charge of Altaïr and Desmond’s Division and we can keep him as a ‘good guy’ in this setup but, if you still want him to be ‘evil’, perhaps he’s secretly in charge of some kind of illegal project that uses Kaiju parts to create a new type of Jaeger.

Why are we making Al Mualim the Marshal?

Because we’ll make Desmond a second generation of Jaeger Pilots. His father, William Miles, was known as the hero who saved South Dakota from total annihilation so there was a lot of pressure for him to do well.

Hell, he didn’t even want to become a Jaeger Pilot and he had actually run away but he was called back after he got ‘visitors’ who insisted he needed to be escorted to a PPDC base where Altaïr is trying to find a co-pilot. They spar and found out they were compatible but their first few Drifts were so bad everyone starts to doubt that they were actually compatible and, honestly, Desmond and Altaïr didn’t understand why they’re being paired together.

They had nothing in common.

That’s when Al Mualim tells them that they have one thing in common that was clear to everyone during their Drift sessions.

They both had walls around themselves, keeping them from fully synchronizing.

And, surprisingly, it was Altaïr who pushes Desmond to talk to him, to try and understand one another.

Only to be surprised when Desmond asks him, “You’re doing this because Al Mualim told you, aren’t you?”

Later on, Altaïr corners him once more and asks back, “How’d you know?”

And that’s how Desmond realizes that their compatibility might stem from their similar upbringing because Al Mualim was Altaïr’s own William Miles.

Other Unorganized Notes:

The AltDes in this one would be more in line of ‘reluctant allies’ to friends to lovers… probably.

When they become lovers, everyone suffers because they're that kind of couple.

Masyaf Eagle mainly uses a one-hand sword but has a secret short blade on its left arm. It’s projectile weaponry is primarily throwing knives but it will get a gun upgrade on its right arm later on.

Ezio befriends Desmond easily and has a friendly rivalry with Altaïr. He also likes to joke about asking Desmond if he’d like to be his co-pilot instead which just makes Yusuf laugh. After Altaïr and Desmond get together, he makes the same jokes just to get a rise out of Altaïr. (Claudia is in a separate base for training and Ezio always finds the time to visit her or send her messages)

Eden Assassin is mostly known for being versatile, having both short and long-range capabilities. It’s also known for its left hand having a hook blade attachment.

Edward and Adéwalé are one of the oldest Jaeger pilots still on the field. Edward is also Haytham’s older brother and he worries about him a lot. Edward also likes to spoil his young nephew. A lot of people are actually curious how the two of them could be co-pilots considering their personalities but Adéwalé and Edward never answer any of their questions. It is clear that they are loyal to one another.

The Jackdaw has a chest blaster which blasts out four shots (as a reference to how Edward usually has four flintlock pistols on his chest harness). Jackdaw is primarily a ranged Jaeger and its main weapon is a twin pair of gunblades.

Haytham transferred to be Shay’s co-pilot after a huge disagreement between Shay’s old co-pilot erupted and ‘corrupted’ their Drifts too much that they could no longer operate Morrigan Revenge. Haytham usually just lets Shay lead but any time Haytham wants to take the lead, Shay backs down immediately and follows him. Haytham does not approve of Ratonhnhaké:ton being a Jaeger pilot.

Morrigan Revenge primarily uses a long one-handed sword and a short dagger. It also has a grenade launcher on its right shoulder. It’s mostly known for having a head that looks like a taco. (no, I’m not sorry, I will forever talk about Haytham’s taco hat)

Ratonhnhaké:ton and Arno are the youngest Jaeger pilots currently in the field. Ratonhnhaké:ton doesn’t have a good relationship with his father but he’s cordial to his uncle. Arno is the son of Charles Dorian who died in a Kaiju Battle piloting a Jaeger. He actually became a Jaeger pilot to follow his step-sister who pilots a different Jaeger.

Phantom Aquila is an experimental Jaeger and its main experiment is if it’s possible for a Jaeger to have two forms. A humanoid form and a quadrupedal form. It’s faster on its quadrupedal form and it usually takes that form when it’s providing support or distractions. Its humanoid form uses primarily a tomahawk-like weapon and has a crossbow on its left arm.

Victorian Conqueror has the highest record for the fastest Kaiju kills because Evie and Jacob actually cannot handle being drifted to one another for too long. Everyone is keeping it a secret and only their main engineers and support team (led by Jayadeep Mir) know about it. They believe the main reason for their low drift timeframe stems from Ethan Frye’s death… not that Evie and Jacob believe them.

Victorian Conqueror has a cane sword and a kukri-like blade. It also has invincibility capabilities but they’re still working out how to make it useable as it can only be activated if Victorian Conqueror does not move.

Aya and Bayek were actually retired Jaeger pilots. They returned to the field after their son’s death and still uses Hidden One which is one of the oldest Jaeger still on the field.

Hidden One has a lot of possible weaponry at its disposal but they primarily use either a shield and a one hand sword or twin short blades. Supposedly, Aya prefers the short blades while Bayek prefers the sword-and-shield combo.

Alexios and Kassandra are known for having lots of friends… with benefits… Sometimes the same friends even. They also came from a family of Jaeger pilots and are very close. On their time off, they usually go off base to visit their mother. Their step brother is also a Jaeger pilot while their step father is a Marshal for another base.

Spartan Misthios uses a sword and a short blade. The short blade is special as it actually came from an older Jaeger model named the “Spartan King”. Spartan King is legendary for protecting thousands of civilians against a horde of smaller but faster Kaijus, holding down the line as everyone escaped. By the time the Spartan King had been overwhelmed and both of its pilot died, everyone had managed to escape. One of the pilots was Kassandra and Alexios’ grandfather and Spartan Misthios is considered to be the Spartan King's successor.

Eivor and Basim have… very soap-opera level of drama. Raven Destroyer's original pilots were meant to be Eivor and Sigurd but Sigurd was discharged after just two Kaiju battles. Rumors say that he had been dishonorably discharged due to how he acts. Basim was transferred as one of the candidates for Eivor’s co-pilot and they didn’t exactly start well (Eivor punching Basim hard enough that he actually flew across the room may or may not be exaggerated). Still, they do work together whenever they’re in their Jaeger… only to go back to bickering afterward.

Raven Destroyer has a shield on its left arm. It switches from a hand axe or a pair of daggers at any given time and even its fighting style changes from pure brute force to hit-and-run tactics in a blink of an eye, making it a hard opponent to fight.

All Kaijus have codenames based on gods and goddesses.

[jpdoingwords]

Assassin's Creed Valhalla Fanfiction

All works are rated M, because there is canon-typical violence at times and there are multiple non-explicit sex scenes.

I ship Ubba and male Eivor, and everything I've written for this fandom has that in common.

All works are on AO3.

Thread Upon Thread Series

Snatched Moments A series of inserted scenes developing the relationship between Eivor (male) and Ubba Ragnarsson which is only hinted at in Valhalla. There will be unavoidable spoilers. Sorry! I am mostly canon compliant, but there are some things I have changed, and there will be an alternative ending to what was provided in the game (for Ubba.) * The Gods Only Know Ubba survived the battle on the Afon River, and lives now in Ravensthorpe at the side of Eivor Wolfkissed, the man he loves. Their happiness is only marred by one thing that seems impossible - their desire to have sons.

The Ravensthorpe Hotel. Summary: The pub in Ravensthorpe, Western Australia, is under new management after the passing of Ragnar. When it re-opens, the townspeople go en-masse to check out the new owners, among them, Eivor (male) and his best friends Randvi and Sigurd.

Collected Loose Threads This is a collection of odds and ends related to my Ubba/Eivor series, Thread Upon Thread, mostly following on from The Gods Only Know. I had imagined I would work them up into something more complete, but that seems unlikely now, so thought I would share them as is. Now includes The Hunting Trip, which was originally posted as the third part of the series, and a discarded continuation of the Ravensthorpe Hotel modern AU.

[leofrith]

no impulse control gang! an excerpt:

“Back there, with Leofrith… I didn’t think you would spare him,” Ceolbert commented as they walked side-by-side through the increasingly rowdy streets of Repton. 

Even with the myriad of injuries shared between them, the two had managed to heave Leofrith’s limp form back within the relative safety of the city walls and deposit him in a healer’s tent. A temporary refuge for the man while it was decided what would be done with him. 

Ceolbert had been none too pleased about the idea of leaving Leofrith alone, surrounded on all sides by revelling Northmen—Northmen who had just finished slaughtering or imprisoning the remainder of Leofrith’s forces. Eivor had installed Sten and Yrsa, two loyal members of her crew, to stand guard outside the healer’s abode. To keep Leofrith confined—he was not to be underestimated, even in spite of his injuries—but also to keep him alive. It wasn’t much in the way of protection if anyone were to attempt to kill the man in earnest, drunk as her raiders already were by the time she had asked for the favor, but it was enough to appease Ceolbert for the time being. 

“There is no honor in killing a man misled,” she answered. It had not been phrased as a question, but Ceolbert’s curiosity was plain enough. “He believed his king would die fighting for Mercia, just as he intended for himself. He was wrong.” 

And fight he had. Eivor could already feel the bruises forming under her armor, and she would surely find herself black and blue when she finally had the chance to take the hot bath she so craved. The throbbing pain emanating from the gash on her thigh was growing stronger by the minute, and she could no longer hide the limp in her step. Leofrith had been half in the grave by the time they’d crossed blades and although she could see the shadow of the exalted warrior that lay within, he had never truly stood a chance. 

But gods, he had made her work for it. 

“He knows the truth now,” Ceolbert said, overtaking her pace as they drew closer to the shadows cast by the church, where his father would surely be waiting for him. 

“Yes,” Eivor replied. But she was no longer sure the truth mattered. What good was the truth to a man who was unlikely to survive long enough for that knowledge to bear fruit? Leofrith would more likely spend his remaining days in chains before Ceolwulf thought it fit to make an example of him. A resounding message for any remnants of Burgred’s supporters who still clung to the memory of their cowardly king. His most loyal thegn, his head on a pike on Tamworth’s walls. 

Eivor had spent more than half her life pursuing her own betrayer, watching her revenge slip through her fingers time and time again like powdery sand. The idea of Kjotve the Cruel rampaging about the north while she lay in chains in far-off Ireland was a torture she couldn’t bear to imagine, even having just barely tasted its bitterness. 

No. Leofrith’s final days would be agonizing, and she was no longer certain that the truth was a mercy.

[iinafarawaygalaxii]

Welcome to a Faraway Galaxii

-please read before proceeding to the fics-

About the Page~

Welcome!

For sometime now I have been encourage to post and share my fanfics with the public. I chose tumblr as a safe spot to place my writing because of the kindness in the community and the shared love for composition. I am a first time writer but a big dreamer, with an active imagination and if you’re here… your curiosity served you well.

Travel with me down the road of fantasies- for I would love to show you my world 💜 Here’s the information of the fics I’m currently working on. Some of these are all to be projected well over 15 chapters but, first: 

WARNINGS: These fics WILL contain scenes not appropriate for young minds so minors- this is not the page to follow. Warnings included in this series are:

Abuse, Violence, Death, War, Smut (Graphic Scenes), PiV, Fluff, Gore, Angst and Drama. If theres any others throughout the book please message me so that I can tag them for you!

If you are a MINOR stop reading- your journey ends here. 

Side Info~

~ Each fic with OCs will come with a prequel(s) explaining the original charters background to help you process the story in advanced.

~At the beginning of each post will hold information about the chapter (i.e if it’s nsfw or sfw, notes or trigger warnings).

~A Materialist will be posted shortly after I start posting and this post will be continuously updated as the fics come out! I

~’m always open to feedback as it will be the only way I can develop myself as a writer! Thank you for reading and I’m excited to continue posting

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Fics:

Star Wars the Clone Wars: Bloodline

Fic Summary: After a brewing war intensified across the galaxy and the republic slowly diminishing; General Skywalker and his ARC unit discovers a way win the war with an unlikely ally. The question still remains, will they succeed when darkness still lurks around the corner...? Or to what extent will they need to sacrifice and achieve victory… 

Chapters: 4/?

Notes:

~Captain Rex x OC 

~Scenes not appropriate for young minds. Tags will be made

~Original character with an original planet that’s in the star wars universe 

~Translations will be under the 'notes' tab (similar to this post) that will help you understand what the characters are saying.

[The plot hole i discovered in my written chapters runs deep. I need time to fix it, Im so sorry- but thank you for being patient!!]

AC Valhalla: Freyjas Promise

Fic Summary: Alas! Eivor has become Jarlskona of Ravensthorpe but with leadership came many responsibilities- and enemies. Working hard to unite England with her many allies, an unknown force gathers beyond the winter stormed mountains of Northumbria. Creeping closer to home. With Halfdan out the door- what will become of Mercia and its people?

Chapters: 4/?

Notes:

~ F!Evior x Vili Hemmigston

~ Scenes not appropriate for young minds. Tags will be made

~This is based off the video game Assassin Creed: Valhalla. One of my all time fav games on the market. Is the fic canon? Not really but were here for the imagination. Our queen Eivor deserved so much more love than she got. So I am here to remedy ;')

~Fic is essentially an Arc. I thought it would be short but it got too good as I continued so now it’s much longer!

~My Eivor has black hair

~Also adding dragons? Think... Game of thrones hehe.

[Fic is being updated regularly on Wattpad.]

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Shorts

Star Wars the Clone Wars: A Ghost for Prospect

Fic Summary: Captain Rex needs information for the sake of Omega and the remainder of the clones being tapped and tortured. He had no choice but to search for you, one of the most dangerous bounty hunters in the settled systems and best information brokers in the galaxy. Knowing he didnt have the money to pay you off, he offered other ways to get the information he needed to save his family...

Notes: MINORS DNI 18+ this some spicy 🌶️ stuff

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Other Fics/Shorts I’ve been writing off and on with created OC’s and CCs that are not ready to post yet are:

Mass Effect Andromeda: The After Effect | Jaal Ama Darav x f!Ryder

Naruto: Queen of the Black Sea | Gaara x OC

Jujutsu Kasien: In the End There’s Always Red | Sukuna/Itadori x OC

Starfield: I'll Give You the Sun | Sam Coe x Reader

|| Last Updated: Sunday, August 11th, 2024 ||

[inanthesis]

@wolfkcst : "That is blood on my shirt, and no, it is not mine." -Alhaitham // eivor just be like: yeah it was a fight 😶

"I assumed as much, but don't bother telling me where it came from if whoever or whatever it was isn't going to cause some kind of disruptive threat to Sumeru City. Depending on the answer, I might end up having to file a report with the Matra and my Akademiya hours are already up so I'm not looking to go back until tomorrow morning. I've never been one to indulge in the practice of overworking." Unlike a certain blond architect they were both familiar with. The thought of that man had the Scribe sighing as there was no doubt in his mind he was out there somewhere neglecting himself as per usual.

"The simplest, happiest life one can live involves a proper work to life balance and I feel I've perfected that ratio over the years."

[newengland-alligator]

Also Eivor and Sigurd are written as almost actively villainous in this, like Hytham deserves So Much credit for not murdering Sigurd on the trip back to Fornburg from Miklagard

Gull and Ammon - you both deserved so much better

[murfpersonalblog]

Ghost of Yōtei - Announce Trailer | PS5 Games

I've been disgusted by the gaming community ever since AC Odyssey, when ppl were pissed about Cassandra being the protag & Ubisoft making the Greeks Black/Arabs/PoCs. But haha, it STILL got nominated for GOTY, cuz for an Ubi game it wasn't (that) bad. Now the same racist sexist incels are back to eviscerate AC Shadows for giving us another female protag & a historically REAL Black person who actually existed (and has been all over different media before), with whole dissertations about what "retainer" means rather than analyzing the quality of Ubi games. But no one said a peep when AC Valhalla had a female protag--cuz Eivor's a WHITE viking. 

Which says everything--it's not about gender, it's about RACE. 

So ofc antis are mad at Yotei, yelling DEI/Ghost of Woke--but if it was a white male MC like Nioh & Tom Cruise, no one would say anything. If it was a white woman like Kill Bill, no one would say anything either. 

So good on SP for giving Yotei a female protag! I hope it’s another great game & SP gets a 2nd GOTY nom, just to shove the middle finger at all of this anti-woke rhetoric. 

If ACS is bad it'll be cuz it's a bad game to PLAY, NOT cuz of DEI/woke rep. Unlike ACO, ACV was BORING, and wasn't even nominated for GOTY! So much for white saviors. XD

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I kinda hate it in Destiny,when a quest thread,is you finding,or somehow aquiring armour,that you then need to wear for the grand finale of the thread,cos i've already spent time and effort,getting my guardian looking jusr how i want them,and some of the armour took a bit of getting sometimes. And now,i've just got to switch it all out,for a new set,just so i can do a mission. So i need to sit and go through the shaders,to get it looking just how i want. And sometimes? Sometimes the armour is,to my eyes,dogshit. However,at least they let you keep the armour set,so if you like it,you can use it. Unlike a bunch of other games who say, "Hey! For these next few quests,you'll need to use this pretty sweet,armour/costume,you know,for reasons", then once the quests are done,it's gone. I'm looking at you AC Valhalla,and your Mari Lywd set. The cloak and mask were cool as fuck,and frankly,i'd quite happily have worn them for the rest of my playthrough,but nope,they were gone after the questline. I'm sure Eivor could have just slipped them under her/his cloak on their way out.