Hey everybody! I'm currently on my third playthrough of Valhalla and I'm in Cent. While doing the main quest for Cent, you can overhear Basim discuss his faith with Abbot Cynebert. They primarily discuss the consumption of alcohol and how Basim would not risk his immortal soul for a drink of the Abbey's brew. Knowing what we know about Basim, what do you all think about Basim's faith? Is he Muslim or is that a cover to safeguard what he truly is? I would love to get some discussion on this rolling, especially if some Muslim members of the community could share their knowledge and insights!
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Well, the biggest one would be that he was able to lead the Assasins out of turbulent times twice, the first when he killed AL Mualim and the second when he killed Abbas. On that second go around he ended the Masyaf period of Assassin history and spread Assassins out of the Levant. If that hadn't happened Assassin influence in at least Europe would have been minimal. He took the Apple to his grave, making sure to lock it and himself in an impenetrable vault after sending the keys off to be hidden. Upon his return from exile he taught younger Assassins the true message of the Creed despite being an old man. He forgave Maria, a former Templar, of their past and brought them into the brotherhood.
They probably started to withdraw away from Europe. We know that by AC1 the brotherhood was primarily centered in Syria, since they established a headquarters and become a public entity at that time. Syria is also where they became rebranded as the Assassins, so I would assume that by Eivor's time there would be very few Hidden Ones in continental Europe. Maybe some in Francia, as the DLC hints at and given that there was an Assassin presence in France by the time of Jacques de Molay. As for Hispania and Italia, I can't be certain.
I don't think the sun will explode again anytime soon, given how long it took to get to that point after the first time. We know that the global issues occurring in Valhalla were due to the shield staying up for too long, but they shut that down at the end of the game. So it's more likely that they're trying to prevent the next one from occurring in the next thousands of years, so the cycle can be stopped
I know, but I don't think the events of Watch Dogs: Legion occur before she gives the staff to Layla
Doesn't make sense for Kassandra to be in Watch Dogs. We know she's not around anymore.
Well we know of at least one immortal, maybe two if Basim counts. It wouldn't surprise me if Reda is immortal
@Wendos the timelines for the dlc are wonky a little bit. This could be a dlc that gets activated after the Lunden arc and requires a low power level, that way it could feasibly take place during the main quest. Maybe make it the Warden of Relics and have a connection to Fulke, but then it would mean activating it after completing the Oxenefordscire arc. Since we didn't get a full Warden of Relics in the main game.
I will say, the Children should stay in Ireland. They're more concerned with Irish affairs and too small to be branching into Wales.
Yeah, Eivor has a high level of Isu DNA, however what we see is that DNA doesn't aid her in combat unlike Kassandra who uses a piece of Eden in combat for enhanced abilities thanks to her high Isu DNA count
I'm not sure how much her percentage is, but even that doesn't need to be factored. If we're going off their base skills and equipment alone, Kassandra decks the other two because of the spear. She's too op because of it. Like Bayek and Eivor in a fight with their base equipment would be interesting to see, but Kassandra would pull some DBZ stuff on them with that Spear
Kassandra, because it's not an even fight. We're asking two normal humans to go toe to toe with basically a demigod. Save for Odin's memories, Eivor is just a regular human.
Roberts? Germain? Septimius? Roth? Jack the Ripper? Deimos? Basim? Alfred?
Gotta go with Ben Franklin and how they treated him in AC3. He shows up to ask Haytham to find his book pages, dissappears, comes back for one cutscene, and then dissappears. Like, he didn't even ask Connor to find his pages.
But to go back to AC3, let's look at how they showed the Sons of Liberty in that game. They stripped back a lot of the terror that group did prior to the revolution, such as tarring and feathering merchants or other Loyalist figures in Boston. Did the SoL's activities aid in galvanizing the colonists against the crown? Yes, of course. Is AC a piece of historical fiction that requires "good" guys and "bad" guys for you to protect or kill? Totally, but the closest we get to a character questioning the Sam Adams and the SoL is when Connor addresses slavery and how that group had no desire in freeing slaves while equating themselves to the same situation.
And then it gets dropped in favor of running around Boston with Stephan and the other recruits. The SoL also get treated like a little boys group by Connor when he gets the message from Paul Revere about Pitcairn. So not really an individual, but more like an entire misrepresented group. How fun would it have been if Sam or Paul were secret Templars, used by Charles or Haytham to conduct the Massacre and the Tea Party to instigate the war? It feels like a missed opportunity.
I'm torn because Unity has probably the best graphics when the engine isn't breaking, one of the best stories when the narrative isn't taking breaks, and a great amount of customization. But Syndicate builds off the great parkour system from Unity, gives us more tools for traversal and combat, and a more visceral combat system. Each has their faults. Coop in Unity is lackluster if you're going solo, which you have to do nowadays because who is playing Unity in 2021? The story in Syndicate is very loose and weak, with not many themes driving the narrative other than "Chaotic Brother and Orderly Sister." The romance done in Unity, while great in some parts almost feels secondary because we never really see these characters build their love. It's just there from the beginning, whereas we see the romance in Syndicate build over time. So both have a fairly even amount of positives and negatives. I will say, Germain was a better antagonist compared to Starrick when taking into account backstories, motivations, relationship with the protagonist, and the culmination of their schemes. Germain wanted to rebuild the Templars and return them to the old ways of the Crusades; Starrick wanted to... live forever? Run the British Empire? Take over the world? Turn workers into mindless drones? Nothing too concrete with him save for his actor's delivery
I really enjoy it, however it is quite short given it's a DLC. So you'll do most activities pretty quickly, but it has an interesting game play loop that will have you playing for a pretty good amount of time.
Yeah. Thats my major focus with this question. "What does this say about Basim/Loki as a character?" Like, if Basim is a true believer, how does he juggle that with his existence? He is the reincarnation of an ancient species that created humanity. His existence is blasphemy against his faith. And if he is a believer, how does that work with his memories as Loki? Would that mean that Loki believes that there is something more? Does this mean the Isu had their own religion? Like, I'm probably grasping at straws, but it makes me think. How would a sage like Basim grapple with these questions? We know that Sages live their lives for a time without knowing the truth behind their existence, as described by Bartholomew Roberts and Francois Germain and shown to us through Sigurd and Eivor, so how did a young Basim react to this?
Basim is a sage, the reincarnation of Loki. From what I've gathered from the the two and a half playthroughs I've done, Basically has fully accepted Loki into his identity, fully unlocking those Isu memories and considering Fenrir his son. But Basim mentions several times, mainly in the Cent arc, his faith and how he abides by Islamic custom. Knowing that Basim is Loki, can we call his faith into question? A Sage believing in gods worshipped by humans isn't a new idea, given that the other Aesir sages worship the Norse gods and Brendan of Clonfert belived Aita to be a Nephilim. I just find it interesting that Loki, an Isu believed to be a god, may have full faith in a God. But given that Loki/Basim is a trickster, is his faith legitimate? This is more of an exploration into how Basim balances his life as a human and his life as a reincarnation of Loki.
@Venom Snake2001 before I go into why I have this question, I have to ask if you've finished Valhalla. I don't want to get into spoilers if you have, even though the game has been out for over half a year now.
I doubt it, given that he was so obsessed with coming back to life that he probably didn't plan anything else. I feel that Odin will probably be a stepping stone to a new Isu threat though, given that Basim will probably be the new modern day protagonist.