History Trivia / AssassinsCreedValhalla

* IKnewIt:
** Following ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'', the two most heavily speculated upon eras for the next game were UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge and [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]]. The former's proponents were proven right. The title that was most speculated upon however, ''"Assassin's Creed: Ragnarök"'', was disproved.
** [[spoiler:[[AmbiguousSituation While not outright comfirmed]], the fact that "The Reader" - a being found in the same digital space Juno was trapped in - is voiced by Creator/NolanNorth using the same voice he uses for Desmond suggests that the long-standing fan theory that Desmond's mind outlived his physical body is indeed correct]].

* InspirationForTheWork: Ashraf Ismail has said that the game drew a lot of influence from ''Literature/TheThirteenthWarrior'', a historical adventure novel by Creator/MichaelCrichton about Ahmad ibn Fadlan's travels to Russia where he meets Buliwyf (aka Beowulf) and his warriors. Indeed, Basim ibn Ishaq's interactions with Eivor and the Raven Clan are directly taken from the novel with even a special mission called "The Legend of Beowulf" that's inspired by the myth.

* InspirationForTheWork: Ashraf Ismail has said that the game drew a lot of influence from ''Literature/EatersOfTheDead'', a historical adventure novel by Creator/MichaelCrichton about Ahmad ibn Fadlan's travels to Russia where he meets Buliwyf (aka Beowulf) and his warriors. Indeed, Basim ibn Ishaq's interactions with Eivor and the Raven Clan are directly taken from the novel with even a special mission called "The Legend of Beowulf" that's inspired by the myth.

** After the [[Film/AssassinsCreed film's]] release, Ubisoft expressed interest in bringing its claw-like Animus design to the games in some form. [[spoiler:The Yggdrasil works almost exactly like it, although with a [[BrainUploading different]] purpose [[LotusEaterMachine in mind]], and the bodies hanging from it don't move]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Downplayed in the Japanese dub: In stark contrast with previous AC games, which used many voice actors from the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' franchise, the only voice actors who worked in that franchise are Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (King Aelfred the Great) and Michiko Kaiden (Paladin Fulke). Curiously enough, those voice actors previously worked together in ''Anime/GundamReconguistaInG'' as La Guu and Mick Jack respectively.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Valhalla'' would have never existed at all it without the success of the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse Thor in [[TheNewTens the 2010s]] which sparked renewed interest in Norse mythology as well as its two biggest influences: ''Series/{{Vikings}}'' and especially ''Series/TheLastKingdom''.

** The Jorvik assassinations all play out very similar to the assassinations in Damascus, all the way back in the first game - there's the greedy merchant, the book burning scholar, and the public poisoning of the locals.

* PropRecycling: Randvi's hairstyle is Kassandra's recycled hairstyle from ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey''. A few other female side characters also wear it.

** Sandra Yi Sencindiver, an actress of Danish and Korean descent, voices the Chinese Yanli and the Siberian/Mongolic Ljufvina Bjarmsdottir.

* DevelopmentGag: After the [[Film/AssassinsCreed film's]] release, Ubisoft expressed interest in bringing its claw-like Animus design to the games in some form. [[spoiler:The Yggdrasil works almost exactly like it, although with a [[BrainUploading different]] purpose [[LotusEaterMachine in mind]], and the bodies hanging from it don't move]].

** One-handed swords were scrapped for the base game despite being accurate to the time period because mechanically they were too similar to axes.

** The Arabic Basim ibn Ishaq is played by Carlo Rota, an Italian-Canadian chef and actor.

** One-handed swords were scrapped despite being accurate to the time period because mechanically they were too similar to axes.

* InspirationForTheWork: Ashraf Ismail has said that the game drew a lot of influence from ''Literature/EatersOfTheDead'', a historical adventure novel by Creator/MichaelCrichton about Ahmad ibn Fadlan's travels to Russia where he meets Buliwyf (aka Beowulf) and his warriors. Indeed, Basim ibn Ishaq's interactions with Eivor and the Raven Clan are directly taken from the novel with even a special mission called "The Legend of Beowulf" that's directly inspired by the myth.

** Following ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedOdyssey'', the two most heavily speculated upon eras for the next game were UsefulNotes/TheVikingAge and [[JidaiGeki Feudal Japan]]. The former's proponents were proven right. The title that was most speculated upon however, ''"Assassin's Creed: Ragnarök"'', was {{jossed}}.

** Idun Mealor Olsen voices no less than four characters -- young Eivor, Asta, Kaija and Ratatosk.

* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: As mentioned on the main page, there is an actual English village known as Ravensthorpe which is located roughly in the same region as its fictional counterpart, something that the developers didn't know about until others brought it up.

** The male and female versions of the Norwegian Eivor are voiced by Danish actors Magnus Brunn and Cecilie Stenspil. Same with their parents Varin and Rosta.

** The male and female versions of the Norwegian Eivor are voiced by Danish actors Magnus Brunn and Cecilie Stenspil.

* FakeNationality: The Arabic Basim ibn Ishaq is played by Carlo Rota, an Italian-Canadian chef and actor.