The All-Seeing Eye

The All-Seeing Eye 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.
==Description==
Eivor decided to revisit Hildiran in order to check her progress in discovering the purpose of Odin's Eye.
==Dialogue==
Eivor found Hildiran in the centre of the training area adjacent to her home in Ravensthorpe, close to its Shrine of the Valkyrie. 
*Hildiran: Ha! Eivor of the Raven Clan! The Eye of Odin will serve our purpose!
The Viking approached her.
*Hildiran: I have discovered the secret of the Eye.
*Eivor: What can you mean?
The old woman pulled from the ancient artifact and showed it to her while gazing upon it.
* Hildiran: It is one thing to look upon it, but quite another to listen. It will sing to you, Wolf-Kissed. It will sing of treasure.
The object emitted a faint sound.
*Eivor: You speak in riddles.
*Hildiran: Take it. Hold it close. Go to the coast of East Anglia. Once there, follow the song. You will see.
She handled the Eye to the jarlskona.
*Eivor: I am to listen to an eye with my ears. I fear you mock me.
* Hildiran: There is no mockery. Go. You will understand.
Eivor left with a smirk on her face. She then travelled to the cliffs under the fortress of Dunwic, where the sound the artifact emitted got stronger.
*Eivor: What is this? The Eye of Odin has found something.
She found a small abandoned encanpment on the beach near the rocks. As Eivor approached a sealed crack in the cliff, the object started "singing" in a strange language.
*Odin's Eye: Dű hàsm rhobtoràs oænosôd oærhàsi (Open for the sake of one of the Chosen Ones).(unintelligible)(unintelligible) dű hàsm rhobtoràs oænosôd oærhàsi ([...] open for the sake of one of the Chosen Ones).
Eivor then used one of the oil jars in the camp to clear the barred opening. She passed through it, prompting the sounds emitted by the orb to get louder. 
*Eivor: This is Hildiran's song. It gets louder as I approach its object.
Venturing into a corridor made of unusual architecture, she eventually dropped into a small pit and saw a sealed door reminiscent of the one in Freyja's Cave. Eivor held Freya's medallion aloft before the door. A faint glow came from the medallion, but it was not enough to trigger the door mechanism. Unsatisfied with the result, Eivor tried to force the entrance, pushing the stone door to no avail, as Hildiran arrived.
*Hildiran: I see you are unable to open a simple door.
The jarlskona threw the orb to the old woman.
*Eivor: Your singing stone tells me something is within. But the door will not move.
Hildiran examined the artifact.
*Hildiran: Have you still the amulet of Freyja?
*Eivor: You burden me with so much jewelry.
Eivor took the amulet out of her satchel and showed it to her.
*Hildiran: You may have fooled Freyja, but your strength is no match for Odin.
*Eivor: You mean to say that I must continue to train.
*Hildiran: New shrines of Hugrheim await you. If you like, come visit me. I have more treasures to bestow.
She handled the Eye to the Viking.
*Hildiran: Meanwhile, keep this. There may be other hidden playthings of the gods.
The old woman left, leaving Eivor to find another three shrines in order to complete more meditation challenges. Finished her training, she returned to the entrance of Odin's Vault.
*Eivor: It is likely that once through this gate, there will be no way back. Am I ready for this?
<tabber>
|-|Go through gate=
As she had done before, Eivor held the amulet aloft, prompting its energy to lighten up the three runes and the stylized on the door, which slid down to open.
|-|Leave it for now=
Eivor left but eventually reconsidered her decision, returning once again to stand in front of the stone door.
</tabber>
With her path now unimpeded, Eivor proceeded to enter the vault, lighting up the Shrine of the Valkyrie situaded in its interior, which reacted to the medallion's presence. She then saw an ornate set of armor resembling the one of a Valkyrie. As the Viking walked to it, Hildiran suddenly struck her with a piece of wood from behind. The old woman approached the armor as Eivor, laying on the ground, lost consciousness.
*Hildiran: Ha! At long last!
After a while, the jarlskona woke up to find that Hildiran had donned the armor, as well as a dane axe and a shield, and was standing before the shrine.
*Eivor: What is this?
Hildiran turned around, her eyes turning red.
*Hildiran: Vengeance.
Eivor took the now glowing amulet out of her bag, with the rune lighting up red in a similar fashion. With this, Eivor saw a fire start around her as Hildiran levitated above it, prompting the two of them to be transported to a fiery version of the castle above them. Eivor, donning the Paladin Armor Set she had acquired in Francia, looked around her in awe as Hildiran, with axe and shield in hand, walked up to her from behind a wall. She stomped her axe on the ground as the Viking looked to her in a challenging manner, initiating combat with the armored old woman.
*Hildiran: I control Hugrheim now. If you die, your mind is forever lost.
Eivor's attacks with Aella's Bardiche were often consistently parried by Hildiran.
*Hildiran: You will not last long.
After a while, Eivor weakened the old woman enough to make her vanish in retreat, with the intention of gradually healing herself. The jarlskona left the arena, causing various bandits to appear in front of her.
*Hildiran: I would like you to meet my guests!
Eivor managed to either defeat or evade the bandits, reaching Hildiran in another fiery arena further up the castle.
*Hildiran: Your search for your very death!
The two continued to battle each other, with Hildiran now using a hammer instead of the shield.
*Eivor: Why have you turned against me?
*Hildiran: My mother, her mother, and back generations have sought you out.
Eivor once again prompted Hildiran to retreat.
*Hildiran: You are resilient, Wolf-Kissed.
She then ventured further into the fortress, confronting more legions of bandits and passing through a variety of traps. Eventually, she used another oil jar to unlock the pathway to the last arena on the tallest tower of Dunwic, initiating combat with Hildiran once again, who this time utilized two axes.
*Hildiran: A pleasant surprise.
*Eivor: I have done nothing to you or any of your grandmothers!
*Hildiran: The blood of Valkyries flows in my veins. Blood once spilled by the One-Eyed!
After a long battle, Hildiran finally fell to her knees. She screamed in anger, dispelling the fiery simulation and assembling another recreation of the castle, this time in a frigid environment. Eivor, now dressed in the Rus' Armor Set, one she had acquired from her travels in Ireland, found herself in one of the fortress' ramparts, equipped only with the Death-Skald.
*Eivor: What is all this talk of Valkyries?
The voice of Hildiran echoed through the air.
*Hildiran: You well know, the Valkyrie Hildr was betrayed by Freyja and imprisoned by you!
A series of projections of Hildiran's image started coming from the interior of the castle, closing in on Eivor.
*Eivor: Stay away!
Eivor used her bow to shoot the oil jars in the way, killing one of the projections and causing more of them to appear.
*Hildiran: You must defeat all of me!
*Eivor: Annoying pests!
As Eivor killed the clones, she continued to try and reason with Hildiran.
*Eivor: You speak madness!
*Hildiran: You imprisoned Hildr in the cell of ice, where she died of starvation after Ragnarök.
The projections kept coming, with Eivor eliminating them over and over.
*Eivor: Another one!Too many!I must thin them out!Still more!Will I never be done with you?
*Hildiran: I attack as a swarm!
*Eivor: That's the spot!O, yes!
Eventually, the real Hildiran emerged, weakened again. She proceeded to dispell the current simulation and create another as before. Eivor found herself in one of the overgrown cells of the fortress overlooking the sea, this time wearing the Thrall's Tunic and Thrall's Breeches, and equipped with the Hunnish Bow. Hildiran's voice sounded in the air.
*Hildiran: Strike a blow and I will vanish as the wind, Wolf-Kissed.
Eivor climbed her way out of the room and reached the upper ramparts of Dunwic, which were filled with bandits. She started searching for Hildiran through the bushes among the watchtowers, evading detection.
*Hildiran: You are an ocean away.You will never get me at this rate.
Eivor eventually approached Hildiran's location.
*Eivor: I feel you near.
She assassinated the old woman, who vanished out of Eivor's sight after that.
*Eivor: Crusher!
Eivor once again found Hildiran and assassinated her, with her disappearing again.
*Eivor: Drink your own blood!
As the Viking searched for her again, she heard Hildiran's voice.
*Hildiran: My mother told the tale since I was a child. How to use the amulet, how to defeat the One-Eyed.
*Eivor: I cannot make sense of your ravings.
For the last time, Eivor found and struck Hildiran with her Hidden Blade, making her leave her place of hiding due to her wounds. She screamed, pulling the two out of Hugrheim. Eivor woke up to find Hildiran laying on the pedestal previously holding the armor, weakened. The jarlskona approached the old woman, moving away from a lit Isu artifact, similar to those she had found in other vaults. Eivor noticed some pieces of rubble in the ground that had fallen from the ceiling of the vault and Hildiran was physically injured, all likely due to their confrontation.
*Eivor: It was... not entirely a dream.
She took out her axe and put it in front of Hildiran's throat as she got up.
*Hildiran: The fight was fought in two spheres. You have defeated me both here and in the Mind's Realm.
Eivor put down the axe and approached her.
*Eivor: But why have we fought?
*Hildiran: I wished to take vengeance for my fore-mother of countless generations ago, Hildr.
*Eivor: Revenge upon me?
*Hildiran: Untold generations of my fore-mothers lead back to a powerful Valkyrie named Hildr. She was Freyja's lover.
She pointed to the Valkyrie shrine behind her.
*Hildiran: Odin burned with jealous fury. He threw Hildr into prison where my long-ago grandmother languished for years.
*Eivor: Your long-ago grandmother was Freyja's lover?
*Hildiran: All she had left of Freyja's love was her amulet.
Eivor pulled from and looked to Freyja's medallion.
*Hildiran: With each generation, my family vowed vengeance on Odin, whom we have watched with vigilance!
*Eivor: You take me for Odin?
*Hildiran: I did. But I was mistaken. You are far wiser than he. In defeat, I offer my loyalty.
The old woman bowed to Eivor.
*Eivor: It is a tale fit for a drunken madwoman... but I accept your pledge.
*Hildiran: I am grateful to assist you, Wolf-Kissed.
Hildiran then approached the artifact close to Eivor on the ground, which emmited the same sounds that Odin's Eye had emmitted before.
*Hildiran: No need for this ancient beacon any longer.
She smashed the object with her foot.
*Hildiran: If you wish, there is training yet to be done. Treasures to be had! Come see me to prepare or to learn more about Hildr.
*Eivor: I would like that.
Before leaving, Hildiran gave Eivor the Valkyrie's Legacy Helm. As the two stepped away, the remains of the beacon emitted a flash of blue lightning.
*Eivor: "Untold generations." It is a long time to carry a grudge.
Eivor examined the broken artifact on the floor.
*Eivor: Ah, I see. These objects are used as beacons.
Eivor then returned to Ravensthorpe, entering Hildiran's home to find Hildr's armor exposed in a corner of the room. Additionally, she found a series of notes, starting with a paper on her dinner table.
Eivor turned around and saw another note on a pile of blankets by the door.
Eivor saw a final paper on a barrel near the back wall.
After that, she talked to Hildiran on the training area, trading her battle energy stored in the amulet for the remainder of the Valkyrie's Legacy Set. Some time after, in Hildiran's home, Hildiran put all the armor pieces on Eivor.
*Hildiran: I marvel at you, Eivor! Such armor.
*Eivor: It is my honor to wear the shielding of a Valkyrie.
*Hildiran: It suits you well.
The old woman approached to take out the armor.
==Outcome==
Eivor lead Hildiran, who sought to take vengeance on her ancestor's fate, to the treasures of Odin's Vault. After an intense battle, both physical and mental, between the two, Hildiran reconciled with the Viking and pledged allegiance to her.
==References==
*Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Mastery Challenge
Category:Memories of Eivor Varinsdottir
Category:Memories relived using the Animus HR-8.5