It's a neat narrative trick to explain the Order of Ancients' rebranding and subsequent alignment to Christianity - even if Aelfred's plan that the group will no longer covet the Isu clearly does not pan out. Head to Aelfred's study with the key he gives you after this cutscene to read more of his plans, and of a desire for a Christian group to control society. This will be, of course, the Templars, the baddies in all Assassin's Creed games set chronologically after this. 'With a Poor Fellow-Soldier at its head,' Eivor remarks. In a further twist, Aelfred mentions he will now begin, in the Order's place, 'a universal, divine order, inspired by God for the betterment of man'. He deemed the Order heretical for their worship of the Isu, Assassin's Creed's infamous precursor race, and so authored the hit notes you received over the course of the game encouraging you to take out fellow Order members, signed by a 'Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ'.Įivor and Aelfred ultimately part in peace, though alarm bells should ring here for long-time Assassin's Creed fans (or anyone who has Googled the 'Poor Fellow-Soldier of Christ' moniker). In a twist, it is revealed the pious Aelfred inherited his Order of Ancients position from a brother, and kept it only to help tear down the group from the inside. By now, you should have a pretty good idea who the Grand Maegester is at the very top of the organisation - likely thanks to Ubisoft not hiding his identity very well on the Order screen.īegin the epilogue and the Maegester will soon be revealed as Aelfred himself, now living a peaceful peasant's life in a swamp and burning cakes, as legend suggests. Templar tantrumsĪ further epilogue scene wrapping up Aelfred's role is available if you clear every target from your Order of the Ancients menu (yes, including those pesky Zealots). The story continues in Ravensthorpe with an uplifting wedding epilogue, with more tales to come in seasonal updates throughout 2021. Here, many centuries earlier, Eivor heads back to her Ravensthorpe to do much the same. There, Edward Kenway hangs up his pirate hat and sails home to his family. It's a somewhat downbeat ending, though one which feels similar in tone to the ending of Black Flag, where the cost of pirating was also underlined by the loss of many former friends and allies. For Eivor, though, you're left with a feeling the costs of continuing this fight have personally become too high - especially when her real victory, of finding a new place to call home and a new clan to live alongside - was assured long ago.

Without turning too much into a history lesson, there are certainly hints here as to what comes next - characters suggesting they don't know how long this victory will hold, even suggesting they will convert to Christianity to continue to survive in England longterm.

Many of your key allies are killed, while Aelfred gets away. It's billed as your last push against Aelfred, and though you win the fight it comes at the great price.

With every territory on the map under Eivor's control, you'll first venture to Norway to wrap up some mystical stuff with your brother Sigurd (more on that later), then return back to England for a big final battle. As history tells us (spoilers for your school textbooks, kids), the Vikings got pretty darn close to ridding England of King Aelfred - and its here Valhalla's story somewhat triumphantly ends - even if this kind-of victory was short lived. Let's start with Valhalla's main campaign: Eivor's quest to conquer or quell the whole of England for the Vikings.

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