From the onset,Assassin’s Creed Valhallahas connected itself to more games in the franchise than any other. The base game operates as aprequel and sequel toAssassin’s Creed 3, while the hunt for the Order of the Ancients does much in establish the Templar Order. Its DLC continues that by connecting the game to lands seen in other games.
In Wrath of the Druids, because of Dublin’s role in a trade center,AC Valhallaloosely connects toAC Origins, AC Odyssey, AC Revelations,andAC Chronicles: Russia. It even has a slight nod towardAC Rogue, and while The Siege of Paris DLC will hopefully continue this trend, all of this is possible because of the Viking’s tendency to settle everywhere andAssassin’s Creed Valhalla’s place on the timeline. In fact, looking at this gives it a unique relationship withAC1and, looking at it from a video game timeline angle too,AC Odyssey’s Kassandraeven more.
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AC Valhalla’s Connection to AC1
Eivor may not be an Assassin, but she’s involved with a lot of the Hidden Ones' activities. Interestingly enough,Valhallais also one of the closest games to AC1 timeline-wise, with the original game taking place in 1191. UntilAC Origins, most of the games moved forward or held to an era that occurred afterAC1. Ezio went through the Italian Renaissance into his older Constantinople days,AC3took players to the American Revolution (1700s!), many games found themselves in this era of revolution too, andAC Syndicatetook players to the Industrial Revolution.
AC Origins jumped back, putting a lot of distance betweenAC1and it, withOdysseygoing back further.Valhallajumps AHEAD by a lot from there, taking place in the 872-878, with the Siege of Paris supposedly jumping ahead to 885 as well. Subtracting 878 from 1191 means thatthe end ofAssassin’s Creed Valhallatakes place just 313 years before AC1, making it the second closest of the mainline games chronologically. The first closest isAC2, which begins in 1476, and thus starts 285 years afterAC1. It’s not the strongest connection, notably, but as games moved away from and distanced themselves from this time period, it seemsAssassin’s Creed Valhalladecided to come knocking onAC1’s door.
AC Valhalla’s Kassandra Leak
As aforementioned, with the Siege of Paris DLC, players can expectValhallato keep deepening its roots. WithSiege of Paris, it makes sense if there is an Easter egg forAC Unity, some nod toward the Pieces of Eden there, or the like. However, beyond that,Valhallahas a “meta” positioning on theAssassin’s Creedtimeline.
As many players know fromAssassin’s Creed Odyssey’s DLC, Kassandra essentially becomes immortal and walks the earth until she can pass the Staff onto Layla. In this cutscene, she is wearing a suit meaning it’s clear she interacted with the world. This is true ofevery single game in theAssassin’s Creedfranchise; technically speaking, Kassandra was alive during them.Valhalla, however, is the first game where she can possibly appear, not because of its exact placement on the timeline, but its meta role in the story.
As such, the recent leak thatKassandra will meet Eivor in an upcomingAssassin’s Creed ValhallaDLC(as Ubisoft has teased more DLC into 2022) not only make sense, it would be a big missed opportunity to not draw some connections here. The game has been doing that everywhere it can anyway, and so this is a big chance to strengthen Valhalla’s role on the timeline. When all is said and done, when every piece of DLC forValhallahas released, it’ll be interesting to see how many lines can be drawn from it to other games.
Assassin’s Creed Valhallais available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
