Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is filled with the history of the Nordic Viking people, incorporating real customs and traditions the Vikings held to long ago. Additionally, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla features Norse mythology throughout the game, including major players in Norse mythology.
However, one bit of real-life history was actually included within the game completely by coincidence. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s Narrative Director Darby McDevitt revealed in a Reddit post that the team learned a few months ago that Valhalla’s Ravensthorpe settlement shares a very similar location with a real village in the UK called Ravensthorpe.
For those who haven’t played Assassin’s Creed Valhalla yet, there is a major feature throughout the game involving a small town called Ravensthorpe. This settlement feature in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla comes up organically during the course of the main narrative, and players eventually establish a settlement called Ravensthorpe. In McDevitt’s Reddit post, he explains, “We chose the name Ravensthorpe because Eivor’s clan was the Raven clan, and Thorpe means ‘farmland’…” The town is meant to represent Eivor’s in-game clan, but it coincidentally shares an interesting bit of real-life history with a real-life town also called Ravensthorpe.
There is a real village in Northamptonshire called Ravensthorpe that the development team behind Valhalla had no idea existed until several months ago. What’s more, is that the real Ravensthorpe village is located pretty much in the center of England, similar to how Valhalla’s Ravensthorpe is located in the center of Mercia. Despite the development team making the deliberate decision to put Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s settlement in the middle of the map “so it was centrally located” in relation to the rest of the game’s world, Valhalla’s Ravensthorpe is completely fictional. Incidentally, the real Ravensthorpe in Northamptonshire didn’t start as a Viking settlement like Valhalla’s.
There’s another key difference that sets the real Ravensthorpe apart from Valhalla’s, as explained by McDevitt. He says, “Granted there is no river running by the real Ravensthorpe, but a lot can happen in 1000 years. Rivers change courses.” Still, aside from the fact that the real Ravensthorpe lacks a river nearby, the sheer coincidence surrounding this entire situation is pretty incredible. It would be very interesting to know if any players in the real Ravensthorpe had a similar revelation after playing Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.
Now, this revelation serves as just another bit of history tucked within Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Though players are settling down with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, they are still discovering things about the game’s large open world. Valhalla has plenty of quests and collectables hidden throughout that are sure to keep fans busy for quite some time. Plus, players may end up learning some coincidental or deliberate history over the course of their journeys.
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Source: Reddit (via Darby_McDevitt)
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