Rock of Fertility

Rock of Fertility 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 woman and her husband arguing about getting children.
==Dialogue==
Eivor came upon a scene of marital strife.
*Pious Wife: How am I supposed to be happy with only your stupid face to look at for the rest of my life?
*Anglo-Saxon Man: You said you loved my face!
*Pious Wife: I do. Which is why I wanted a smaller, sweeter version of it. Ostara will bless me with a child.
*Anglo-Saxon Man: That pagan rock holds no magic. Besides... there are wolves. Big ones. With teeth.
*Pious Wife: I am going to that stone, and you cannot stop me.
Eivor approached.
*Eivor: Why do you quarrel?
*Pious Wife: Because my husband has the courage of a quivering dormouse. All I ask for is a child.
*Eivor: I am not sure how I can help with that.
*Pious Wife: There is a rock, a place of great power. They say that all woman who spend the night there come away pregnant.
*Eivor: From a rock?
*Pious Wife: From the fertile power and energy it holds. I must see it for myself. Will you protect me on the road?
The woman and Eivor started on their walk to the rock.
*Pious Wife: Every woman I know who has gone to the rock has left with child. It's a miracle.
*Eivor: And this is not a Christian belief?
*Pious Wife: The legend says that Ostara, the goddess of spring, transformed a bird into a hare at this very spot. The hare then laid colored eggs for her festival! The place has great magic.
*Eivor: Birds becoming hares? Hares laying eggs? We Norse have stranger stories.
The rock came into view.
*Pious Wife: Here we are.
Wolves howled nearby. Eivor dispatched them and they continued to the rock.
*Pious Wife: This is the sacred place.
Eivor followed the woman under the great rock formation, where a smaller rock was surrounded with food offerings. The woman kneeled.
*Pious Wife: Great Ostara, bestow your blessing upon me. Give me that which I so desperately desire. A child.
A man approached.
*The Rock: Ostara shall grant you wish, through the power of a sacred ritual. Do you both seek the goddess's... succor?
*Eivor: This woman has come to take in the power of the rock of fertility.
*The Rock: And she will. All leave satisfied.
The woman appraised "The Rock" and responded coyly.
*Pious Wife: However long it takes and whatever is needed of me. I will give it.
Eivor watched the pair disappear into the bushes.
*Eivor: Are there cuckoos in the nest?
The pair began making loud noises.
*The Rock: Yes, my dear! Feel the power of the goddess! Take it all in.
*Pious Wife: But it is so... big...
As the pair continued the "ritual", Eivor inspected a basket of apples.
*Eivor: Many women come here.
Eivor looted the offerings around the smaller rock and gathered more food from a picnic blanket. She inspected a wooden stool.
*Eivor: A lot of women have had their greatest desire granted.
Eivor read a note on the blanket.
*Eivor: How many children has this rock brought forth?
The woman's noises became louder until they suddenly ceased with a heavy exhale.
*Eivor: The essence of the gods is certainly spreading itself all over Suthsexe.
Having heard enough, Eivor opted to leave.
*Eivor: I should leave them to their, er... ritual.
==Outcome==
Eivor escorted the woman to the hilltop and found that the Rock of Fertility was actually a man, after which the "pious" wife made love with him.
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
Category:Memories of Eivor Varinsdottir
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5