#i waited all game for her lol i love you randvi

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The time was not right for us then. But it is now

[dacian-assassin]

basim, hytham, arno <3

Wow, so yeah, look at all this text...phew. Thank you for asking me 😍 and I’m sorry it took so long. I had to write about 3 loveable characters :3 😵

BASIM First impression: I remember seeing him in a screenshot taken from one of the trailers, long before he was introduced by Sigurd along with Hytham. I was intrigued and I thought and hoped that he was Altair's ancestor because of the Levantine aspect of his robes, and slowly, I was falling for him out of nowhere. Not to mention that once I heard his voice I was like BOOM: STRAIGHT TO HORNY JAIL. I knew he was the man!

Impression now: The impact he had on me throughout the whole game. The background story, the will for revenge taken to the depths of his own sanity just so he could accomplish it. It’s something I really liked given that the idea of Revenge is frequently added into my own writings. So I saw in him not just a handsome man, but some sort of inspiration for future characters. Now the real thing is...he’s good looking, has a sexy voice and oh man, the scenarios building up in my head don’t help me in living a normal life lol.

Favorite moment: Me watching the Campfire scene thinking he was really talking about a real son, having no bloody clue who he really is and I started making scenarios in my head that he might have had a wife waiting for him back home or that she might have died. Only after playing the game I realised what the discussion was all about, still the pain in his voice, the confused look on Eivor’s face...and the tension? OMG not to mention the cinematography, the angles and cuts to expression.

Idea for a story:  A story that involves an OC of mine, who also seeks revenge and they fall in love XD I’ve been working on it for months and I’m still not even through with it yet. 

Unpopular opinion: That Basim is not the villain. He’s in the right to seek revenge although he’s fighting the wrong person. I mean imagine both Basim and Eivor being stuck to the three of life only to have Loki and Odin fight one another and only then could they finally live in peace.

Favorite relationship: I mean, come on Basim and his staff XD...I’m jesting. I really liked the calm relationship between him and Hytham. I mean he was Loki all along and yet he still cared for the boy. Maybe he saw a son in him or perhaps something different and we might never know.

Favorite headcanon:  There are so many, I don’t know which one to pick. Maybe an AU where Basim lives and he goes back home, retiring and living a peaceful life, differently from what he expected and perhaps Eivor joins him too and Hytham becomes a highly skilled mentor 💕

HYTHAM

First impression:  Haha I remember how uninterested I was in Hytham after seeing him in the trailer and then in some demo gameplays, whilst I was obsessing over Basim and not finding a video that had him included. And I was basically annoyed, but he grew on me because he was an assassin and I found him kinda cute to be honest XD

Impression now: Now, I simply love Hytham. He is that type of man who would do anything to protect you, who is shy at first and sweet, but daaamn, later on he’d be a courageous little beast.  Anyway, the character development he could have had instead of just being left in a house, saying barely nothing had me angered to the core. The things he could have said and done, the quests, hell he might have wanted to travel with Eivor and raid some monasteries, but no, he was a talking statue. And he had so much potential; his background story and the things he could have done after the game was finished. He could have even said in the game at some point after Basim “left” that he was willing to depart for a while, to receive his rank and probably ask Eivor to go with him. Ahh the possibilities.

Favorite moment: Definitely the way he jumped off to take Eivor away from Odin’s blasts and into the safe zone. Simply being there to convince Eivor to come back to them and get rid of Odin’s clutch. The song playing in the background and him taking Eivor had me in tears all night and the next day just thinking at that scene.

Idea for a story: There are multiple stories, but a sweet one would be for Eivor to aid him after he recklessly tried to assassinate Kjotve. Eivor would take him from the pit and away from danger and look after him once the battle was finished. That would be a sweet story with a happy ending.

Unpopular opinion: He’s not really spoken off and I didn’t find any controversies about Hytham, maybe that he’s the shy type at first, but can totally slice your throat in the next second or, you know, breaking the bed. That’s what I think about him and I totally love him for that. Never underestimate the quiet, sweet ones MWAHAHAHAHA...I have issues!!

Favorite relationship: We don’t have much choice in choosing a relationship with him, it’s either Basim or Eivor, maybe Randvi too, but I like the friendship Hytham and Eivor have built. From mistrust, to having Hytham become the truest and most loyal companion Eivor could have met. They both went through the same betrayal coming from Basim and were left emotionally wounded.

Favorite headcanon: I like the idea on how the relationship between Hytham and Eivor can develop, especially after Hytham will get a promotion and get a higher rank in the brotherhood. The possibilities of both of them traveling together to his home and back to Norway because they miss their birth place is such a sweet thought to me.

ARNO

First impression: Heh, here we go. I started playing Unity recently and I can say I was patient enough to stay away from spoilers for a long time, not even listening to his voice. So when I heard him I was like “Damn boi, he’s nice!” I knew he was a very strong character...and hot. I was like “Yeah he’s hot, but have you seen the Axeman!?” And ever since Axeman slithered into my head after all that cinematic trailer, I simply forgot about Arno and I allowed the fandom to go crazy about him XD

Impression now: He’s sassy, he’s in love, protective and vengeful. I like the way he was written, although I have the feeling that he’s a bit underrated from what I’ve seen around the fandom. He’s such a great character and I haven’t even seen everything yet as I’m only halfway through with the game. Yet I still hoped Axeman will come out of nowhere to aid me in battle lol

Favorite moment: So far, I’d pick the hot-air balloon moment. It was just so sweet and I knew about it from before I could play the quest myself, but seeing him and Elise getting together, finally after all the struggles it was just too cute. I was shouting around the house to have Arno kiss her already XD

Idea for a story: An Elise and Arno happy ending where they get to become assassin mentors or they just leave Paris to live on the countryside, happily ever after with a little family of their own and no worries whatsoever *sniffing*

Unpopular opinion: Arno is a great assassin and not just handsome. He did join the creed to get revenge, but he still got the job done; uncovered secrets and killed those that betrayed the crown and not just Monsieur de la Serre. Just because he has “feelings” doesn’t mean he isn’t a strong assassin lol. Sometimes the fandom cannot be pleased in any way.

Favorite relationship: Definitely Arno & Elise! I mean they are a great duo, they love each other and both deserved better. It started off sweet when they were children and the fact that I can call them childhood sweethearts melts my heart. They had ups and downs but they came back to one another, attracted by something more than just love: memories, purpose and a beautiful future together :(

Favorite headcanon: That Arno will get to have a family with Elise, little children roaming their home and no worries to ever darken their spirits.

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Birna + Rollo for the character asks

First impression

Birna

High key loved her from the moment I met her. Something about Birna’s voice actor and that way her voice lilts just grabbed me and never let go (and here I am, still fawing over her +6 months after I finished the game)

Rollo

oh man WHAT A FIRST IMPRESSION. The way Eivor met Rollo was just iconic. His was probably one of the only character introductions that I know I’m going to remember for a long time.

Impression now

Birna

Birna is out and out one of my favourite characters in the whole game, maybe one of my favourites in the entire series.

The thing that I find most compelling about Birna is the way she approaches life. She’s chipper and upbeat and always sees the bright side, but it isn’t because that’s just the way she is. She’s had a hard life, sometimes lonely and painful. She’s also very clever (Soma calls her a brilliant strategist, and some of her longship stories describe how she uses people’s misconceptions of her to her advantage). A lot of people in her position with her faculties would turn to cynicism. But Birna rejects that. Instead she prioritises friendships, love, and fun above all else.

And it’s that conscious choice to pursue goodness that I find so interesting. It’s not easy – it sometimes requires sacrifice and making difficult decisions (like leaving Soma) but Birna ultimately knows that it’s worth it because only she can affect the happiness in her own life, you know? Basically, I think Birna already knows what Eivor takes an entire goddamn game to figure out at we love her for that.

Rollo

If I had to sum up Rollo in one word in the Valhalla universe it would be ‘potential’ (and, I gotta admit, potential slightly wasted in the context of the canon story.) I really love his character because he joins the crew at an oddly vulnerable moment, where he’s tasted the highs of power and leadership but kind of cocks it up by his own carelessness. And yet, you can still see those little flecks of the man he’s going to become when he tells his stories on the longship.

I particularly find the parallels between Eivor and Rollo interesting, even if they were never really expanded upon (both had family murdered by Kjotve, both were kind of removed from his threat but vowed to return and kill him to restore honour, so on.) Maybe Rollo acts as a little bit of a foil to Eivor? Like, had she given in to Odin’s influence more fully when she was younger, she might have ended up like him – hurting people and causing unnecessary deaths because of her own folly.

He’s such an interesting character, I just wish we had gotten a mission just more focussed on him (as we did with Birna in Soma’s arc.)

Favorite moment

Birna

Oh god there are so many. I adore every single one of Birna’s longship stories (I especially love when she doesn’t name names but calls out two of the crew for drunkenly pissing on the boat bc it’s just not a cool things to do) but if I had to choose a moment from the Grantebridge arc I’d probably go for when Galinn kills the Saxon prisoner claiming he was going to curse them and Birna replies “Christians don’t curse” in the most deadpan way possible. There’s something about the delivery that makes me laugh every time I see it. I’m also convinced that Birna realises Galinn is the traitor in that moment. If she wasn’t a suspect herself I swear that whole arc would have been finished in half the time.

Rollo

During the first meeting with Eivor at the brothel, when Eivor tells him she’s here to collect him and he just asks “can it wait?!” Like no shits given about what she could be here for, what Estrid wants, if there’s danger. Totally confident in his ability and only concerned with getting his dick wet in a reasonable timescale. Atta boy.

Idea for a story

I don’t actually have any specific story ideas for these two independently but I think it would be a lot of fun to write a bunch of ficlets about their life in Ravensthorpe and how their personal relationships develop.

I also pine for an angst fic with Birna coming to terms with Soma’s death but I am not the one who’s going to write it so I’m kind of at peace with the possibility of never reading it lol.

Unpopular opinion

I don’t think anyone in this fandom clowns about these two enough for me to validate if my opinions are unpopular lol. If I have to pick something, it would be that both of these characters would be underutilised just being raiders in the Raven Clan. I couldn’t see them staying with Eivor for very long unless they had greater roles in the Clan (I know Rollo eventually will go off to get a slice on Francia but y’know, still stands.)

Favorite relationship

Birna

In game – Birna x Soma. I’m a sucker for unrequited love at the best of times but Birna speaks with such affection about “my Soma” it melts my freaking heart.

Romantically – Birna x Randvi. I love the vibes, the idea, the concept, the chemistry. Forever hoping someone starts churning content for this rarepair because I’d inhale it faster than Kirby.

Platonically – Birna & Rollo. Ya’ll know this.

Rollo

In game – Rollo x Estrid. If you choose the wrong traitor in Rollo’s crew Estrid gets injured in the subsequent ambush and it’s v. cute to see Rollo helping her. Plus the way he speaks about what he’s learned about himself and his standards for women from being with her on the longship is just so good. Hell yeah Estrid you set those high standards for our boy.

Romantically – I don’t really ship Rollo with anyone romantically. I did joke about Swanburrow in a post ages ago but that could work – I feel he’d need a stern hand to tame him lol. But nah let Rollo go sow his wild oats in Francia, he deserves it.

Platonically – Rollo & Birna, because reasons.

Favorite headcanon

Birna

Oh I’ve posted this before but just that Birna is constantly playing small innocuous pranks all around Ravensthorpe and driving people half mad. I feel Hunwald would have gotten it bad when he was around. Rowan too. Basically any men who show a hint of uncertainty in Birna’s presence lol.

Rollo

Rollo was always kind a small as a child and into his early teenage years, he didn’t grow and catch up to his peers until quite a bit after. So because of that (and being teased about it), he has a liiiiiiittle bit of small man syndrome. Just a smidge.

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