Lets Play: Assassin's Creed Valhalla Part 3: The Sea of Fate

Описание: 🛡️ Birthrights (Mission Breakdown)

What happens in-game:

Viking clans gather at an Althing called by Harald Fairhair

Basim teaches Eivor how to blend into crowds

Gorm is judged

Styrbjorn Sigvaldisson swears loyalty to Harald

Sigurd is furious

Norway effectively “ends” for Eivor’s clan

Now let’s separate history from Ubisoft drama.

⚖️ The Althing

In-game:
A big political summit where Harald consolidates power.

Real life:
The Althing was real. Vikings used these assemblies to:

Settle disputes

Pass laws

Decide alliances

Flex social power

Harald calling or influencing large assemblies to legitimize rule?
Absolutely plausible. Vikings didn’t do paperwork, they did public pressure.

👑 King Harald Fairhair

Was he real?
Yes. Almost certainly.

What history agrees on:

He unified Norway around 872–885 AD

Won the Battle of Hafrsfjord

Forced rival jarls to submit or flee

Many who refused… went to England and Iceland

So yeah, when people leave Norway in Valhalla?
That’s not symbolism. That’s history.

Did Harald want peace?

Short answer: No.
Long answer: He wanted order through dominance.

“Peace” under Harald meant:

No rival kings

One authority

Obedience

That’s not peace. That’s centralized control. Very Templar-coded, whether Ubisoft admits it or not.

🧔 Styrbjorn swearing loyalty

In-game:
Styrbjorn kneels to Harald, shocking Sigurd.

Real history parallel:
This happened constantly. Lesser jarls:

Submitted to survive

Kept land under a higher king

Avoided annihilation

So Styrbjorn’s choice makes sense historically.
Sigurd’s anger also makes sense emotionally.

This is generational conflict:

Father chooses survival

Son wants glory and autonomy

Very Viking. Very human.

🧨 Is this foreshadowing Templars?

Yes. Quietly.

Harald represents:

Unity

Law

Structure

Submission to a “greater good”

That is classic Templar philosophy, even if the name isn’t used yet.

Sigurd resisting it?
That’s Assassin energy, whether he understands it or not.

🗡️ Gorm’s Judgment

In-game:
Harald banishes Gorm no matter what.

Historically accurate vibe:
Kings often staged “justice” publicly while already deciding outcomes.
The appearance of fairness mattered more than fairness itself.

So the Althing scene is political theater.
Again. Very real.

🕶️ Basim teaching crowd blending

In-game:
Assassin tutorial.

Real history:
Spies, informants, and political eavesdropping absolutely existed.
The hooded crouch walk didn’t, but the idea of hiding in crowds did.

This is Ubisoft translating espionage into gameplay.

🌊 The Seas of Fate / Leaving Norway

In-game:
The end of the Norway arc. Eivor heads to England.

Real life:
Perfectly accurate.

Harald’s unification directly caused:

Viking expansion into England

Settlement of the Danelaw

Mass migration

Norway becoming “too small” for ambitious warriors is not metaphor. It’s documented history.

🧠 Modern Day: Layla

This part is pure Assassin’s Creed framing.
No history here, just narrative glue.

🧩 Final takeaway

Birthrights is one of Valhalla’s most historically grounded missions.

Harald isn’t evil.
He’s worse.
He’s right, in a way that crushes freedom.

Styrbjorn isn’t weak.
He’s pragmatic.

Sigurd isn’t reckless.
He’s refusing to kneel.

And Eivor?
She’s standing at the fault line where Viking independence dies and empire begins.

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