Hyrrokin's Gift

Hyrrokin's Gift was a virtual representation of one of Eivor Varinsdottir's genetic memories, relived by Basim Ibn Ishaq in 2020 through the Portable Animus HR-8.5, in which a vision of one of Odin's memories could be seen.
==Description==
Havi investigated a screaming dwarf being attacked by a bear.
==Dialogue==
Havi was traveling until he overheard a plead for help.
*Frodri: Hey you! Pssst! Help me! This bear is trying to kill me! Please help!
Havi began to fight the bear.
*Frodri: Ha! No dwarf dinner for you, you greedy beast!
Havi killed the bear.
*Havi: There, you're safe. What enraged the beast?
*Frodri: Haven't the faintest idea! One minute I was frying some bacon, and the next, that brute was trying to steal it!
*Havi: You... were cooking? Here?
*Frodri: Of course! Damn well lost my appetite now though, haven't I? Stupid bear.
*Havi: I'm not so sure it's the bear who was stupid.
*Frodri: Of course, this is yet another tale within the cursed saga that is my life! That's right... I am cursed! This damn ring. Nothing but bad luck ever since I got it!
*Havi: Are you sure you know the difference between bad luck and a bad choice?
*Frodri: So! I have taken upon myself to rid the world of the ring and its cursed seidr. I shall destroy it! And I'd jolly well appreciate it if you accompanied me.
*Havi: You seek my protection for... disposing of a ring?
*Frodri: Not just any ring! A cursed ring! Cursed by a Jotun witch!
*Havi: A Jotun witch? Now you have peaked my interest. Tell me your tale as we walk, and you will have my aid.
Frodri led Havi on a path.
*Havi: This ring−
*Frodri: Cursed ring!
*Havi: This cursed ring. How did you require it?
*Frodri: Focus on the destination! Not the journey! Ours shall end soon, atop this very mountain! Finally, my unlucky saga will end! (stomach grumbling) Ugh... that damned bear. Its claws couldn't claim me, but hunger still might!
*Havi: Didn't you say you lost your appetite?
*Frodri: Pish-posh! My heroic voyage requires sustenance!
Frodri kneeled down and started to consume mushrooms.
*Frodri: Ah! I am saved! Mushrooms! And so colorful!
*Havi: Stop. Do not eat those mushrooms. They're−
Frodri suddenly stood up and began to vomit.
*Frodri: (vomiting)
*Havi: You truly are an idiot, aren't you.
*Frodri: (gagging) Curse that ring! It somehow poisoned the mushrooms!
*Havi: Just... stay there. And don't eat anything else off the ground. I'll get something you can eat.
*Frodri: Oh you are... (retches) you are kind. Do hurry though... (burps)
Havi left to find food, then returned once he had some and talked with Frodri again.
*Frodri: Ooh, my stomach.
*Havi: Some actual food will settle it. Possibly.
*Frodri: Good thinking! You, uh, happen to have any? That bear got all of mine.
(Yes − Offer ration)
*Havi: Here, eat this.
*Frodri: Oh... well, I guess it will have to do.
Frodri took the ration from Havi.
*Frodri: Well, let's not dally any further. Come along.
*Havi: You mentioned a Jotun witch? Did she give you the ring? Or was she the one who cursed it?
*Frodri: I cannot say for sure. I saw her travelling, like she was in a hurry. I wanted to question her, y'see. A Jotun, alone, obviously up to no good.
*Havi: Did you happen to catch her name?
*Frodri: Of course! Hear-oh-kin, I think?
*Havi: Hyrrokin? You saw her in Svartalfheim?
*Frodri: Pretty sure it was Hear-oh-kin. Either way, she gave me the ring. Just gave it to me. Told me it would bring me good luck, but that it must be kept far away from her for the magic to work.
*Havi: I have used the exact same tactic with my children, more than once.
*Frodri: No, you misunderstand... she gave me the wrong ring! This one is cursed! Nothing but bad luck happening to me all the time. It's so draining, But the end of my suffering is nigh... We're almost there! Come on, this looks like a shortcut!
Havi and Frodri kept walking until Frodri was startled by a snake.
*Frodri: Agh! What's that! Get away! Get away! Jormungundr himself!
Frodri ran quickly up the mountain.
*Frodri: Come along! This ring won't destroy itself.
Havi walked besides Frodri once again.
*Havi: The path is surely clear enough for you now.
*Frodri: Well, the land could be flatter, but I suppose this will do... Now, let me tell you more of my perilous plight. Why, my bad fortune would make even Gæfuleysi look like the luckiest dwarf alive.
*Havi: I suggest silence. Less, uh, chance of being overheard by further dangerous animals.
*Frodri: Yes, yes, good thinking. My words cannot be unlucky if they are unspoken. You are wise!
Havi and Frodri walked the rest of the way up the mountain and found it was in fact an active volcano.
*Frodri: Here! We are here! My salvation is finally at hand!
*Havi: Then do not delay. Rid yourself of the ring−
*Frodri: Cursed ring! How many times...! Have you even been listening?!
*Havi: More than I would like. Cursed ring, yes. Go on, get it done.
Frodri walked closer to the caldera's edge.
*Frodri: Yes! I shall finally be free of this torment! This burden!
*Havi: I know the feeling...
*Frodri: Be gone, foul−
Frodri threw the ring but lost his balance, falling with the ring as well.
*Frodri: Aa-aaaaaagh!
Frodri died immediately within the lava.
*Havi: Very unfortunate.
Havi noticed something in the lava and looked closer into the caldera.
*Havi: Interesting. The ring survived, just down there, I see.
==Outcome==
Havi saw that Frodri destroy the cursed ring, alongside with himself in an unfortunate accident.
==Behind the scenes==
This quest is a nod to 's fantasy book series, , in which the hobbit Frodo Baggins takes on a quest to destroy the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom where it was forged. However, unlike in the series, it is instead Frodri who dies in his endeavor while the ring stayed intact. Meanwhile, all "evidence" of the jewelry's curse amounts to Frodri's exceptionally-poor choices, coincidence, or bad luck rather than the malevolent spirit of a Dark Lord, though its survival atop molten lava does suggest there is at least something special about it.
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Dawn of Ragnarök
Category:Memories of Eivor Varinsdottir
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5
fr:Le cadeau d'Hyrrokkin