Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Writer Reveals Interesting Details on New Wrath of the Druids DLC

Ubisoft's associate narrative director explains more about Assassinator'south Creed Valhalla's Wrath of the Druids DLC

Assassin'southward Creed Valhalla is a stunning game prepare in the years 872–878 AD during the Viking invasion of Uk that follows the adventures of Eivor, a Viking warrior.

In the game's new DLC, Wrath of the Druids, the compelling Norse mythology story will keep merely this fourth dimension, players will become a taste of the greenish shores of Ireland as it focuses on investigating an ancient druidic cult rich in Gaelic myth and sociology.

To lay down more context on what players can expect in the new DLC, Ubisoft Bordeaux associate narrative managing director Hugo Sahuquet, sabbatum down with The Gamer to delve into the construction of the story a little more than.

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As someone who lives in Ireland, there's cypher more appealing and exciting to me than seeing your wee land depicted in video games, albeit, at times, inaccurately. Don't even talk to me near the accents.

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Thankfully, Ubisoft director Hugo Sahuquet has aimed to squash those fears in the new DLC by stating to The Gamer that Ubisoft brought in 2 experts, professor Clare Downham from the University of Liverpool and Professor Sean Duffy from Trinity College Dublin, whose focus is on Viking and Irish history to keep the storyline as authentic as possible.

The DLC happens around 40 years later on the Vikings offset settled in Dublin with the Vikings adapting to the Irish culture rather quickly which so leads to marriages to secure protection, land and any else that'due south needed.

Sahuquet explains that with the Druids DLC, players will run into a new leader named Barid mac Imair as king of Dublin after the Vikings conquered High King Aed Findliath which lead to reinforcements making their way to England.

"Though there are no definite records of Barid'southward parents, we imagined that Barid was chosen past Aed exactly because he was a Norse-Gael, built-in from an Irish mother," Sahuquet continues. "The Vikings were allowed by Aed to keep ruling Dublin, but by that fourth dimension, the Vikings had no hope to conquer Ireland."

Sahuquet also expands on the life'south of the Vikings in Ireland during that time by meeting with the Irish in terms of business and how the Irish were also sought after as mercenaries of war by the Kings of Republic of ireland.

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Apparently, the High King of Ireland, Flann Sinna, gets together with a main character to join Viking war campaigns and this is where players will start their Wrath of the Druids gamble.

Information technology certainly sounds like Ubisoft accept put a lot of endeavour into wanting to make this DLC every bit accurate and as interesting as possible with deep narrative exploration. Here'south hoping the end production does Ireland's history proud.

Assassin'due south Creed Valhalla: Wrath of the Druids DLC launches afterwards this month on April 29

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