The recent Assassin’s Creed 15th Anniversary Stream came fans a little glimpse of the future, while confirming more would come in September. The Assassin’s Creed September event is expected to reveal, show off, and/or confirm the Assassin’s Creed 1 Remake, AC Rift, AC Infinity, or AC Nexus.
However, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla was confirmed to get two more major items added to the game, seemingly before Ubisoft is done and the Festivals simply go on repeat. The first is Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s roguelike gameplay mode Forgotten Saga, which sees Odin face the handful of Hel’s Legion in Niflheim. It releases this summer, and by the end of the year, there will be a free “final chapter” update.
It’s not certain yet what the final chapter of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla will specifically entail, but there is one thing most fans would agree must be addressed: Vinland.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Eivor’s Body in Vinland
Early on in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, fans learn that Eivor’s body was ultimately buried in Vinland, but it’s unknown why. Eivor travels the world throughout her life, including Norway, Anglia, Vinland, Francia, Ireland, and even the mythological realms of Asgard, Jotunheim, and Svartalfheim (in a way). Still, her time in Vinland gives no reason as to why she’d be buried there.
This is without a doubt one of the biggest mysteries of the game, as there’s no doubt it carries some significance, and none of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s DLCs confirm anything about Eivor's death. With the Final Chapter set to bring Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to an end, the only proper way to do so is with a return to Vinland.
It doesn’t necessarily need to show how Eivor dies, but it needs to show why she chose her final days in Vinland. After all, Eivor refuses to join the Hidden Ones because she sought to continue her life the Viking way—through honor and battle. That doesn’t give her much reason to find any final peace in Vinland, unless there are some major changes.
Not every Assassin in the franchise has some grand reason for their death—Arno, Shay Cormac, and Bayek, among others, have unknown deaths—but that also means several of them don’t have some mystery attached to them. Eivor is not one of these characters, and if the saga of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is coming to an end, Eivor’s Saga needs to come to an end properly too.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
