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Ciara ingen Medba was an Irish poet who held the position of Ollamh Érenn during the late 9th century. She also served as an advisor to the High King Flann Sinna.
Biography[]
Ciara was raised as a wildly free child in the regions of Connacht, coming from a family of druid pagans who encouraged her whims and desires. Eventually, her parents passed down their beliefs and she was taught how to sing. As a child, she was taught stories and songs about the Lia Fáil, all of which concentrated on how it is brimming with beauty and divine powers.[1]
At some point she discovered a region in the mountains which she designated as her personal spot. When Ciara grew up, she had a very deep connection to the Gaelic pagan faith as well as the pagans scattered across Ireland who still practiced Gaelic paganism. It is for this reason that she joined the Children of Danu, believing them to be the key to maintain Gaelic paganism. However, after realizing the dark rituals and extremist terrorism the Children of Danu adhered to in hopes to revive their dying faith, she defected.[2]
It was for these peaceful native Gaelic pagans that Ciara decided to accept the post of Ollamh Érenn, the Bard of All Ireland. This gave her an equal social standing when compared to the High King himself. She put in a lot of effort to have Ireland as well as the native Druids fight for Flann Sinna, seeing that Flann not only recognized her as an an important asset to Ireland, but also decided to allow the pagans to practice their faith freely, without discrimination from the Irish Christians or Norse settlers.[2]
Personality and traits[]
Ciara belonged to a bloodline of druids attuned to the Celtic Piece of Eden, the Lia Fail. Since only known humans that were able to activate the Isu artifact had high counts of Isu DNA or are connected to an Isu being. This fact seems to indicate that Ciara's bloodline was somehow linked to the Isu or had a high count of Isu DNA. [citation needed]
Behind the scenes[]
Ciara ingen Medba is a supporting character and later final antagonist created for the Assassin's Creed: Valhalla 2021 downloadable expansion Wrath of the Druids. Her voice was provided by Julie Fowlis, who also did her singing. According to Narrative Designer Hugo Sahuquet, Ciara was initailly meant to be the central antagonist instead of Eogan mac Cartaigh.[3]
In Assassin's Creed canon, Ciara is the Ollamh Érenn and was the original artist of "Flann over Ireland", an ancient ballad historically attributed to Máel Muire Othain, Flann's historical Ollamh Érenn who died c. 887.
Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids (first appearance)
- The World of Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Journey to the North – Logs and Files of a Hidden One (mentioned only) (image only)
References[]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Database: Ciara ingen Medba
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Valhalla – Wrath of the Druids – [citation needed]
- ↑
Hugo Sahuquet (@HugoShelter) on Twitter "So, I've been cleaning my drive and finding some of the early narrative documents I made for Wrath of the Druids. It's really fun to read them now. I especially like this final slide that would be the team's take-away of the story. Yes, Ciara was initially the main antagonist. pic.twitter.com/vDddfxX9mA"
↑ Marco (@Shadow_Markuz) on Twitter "@HugoShelter This would have been very, very interesting, to be honest 👀"
↑ Hugo Sahuquet (@HugoShelter) on Twitter "@Shadow_Markuz If you can believe it, this was the artwork I was using as her reference.😅 deviantart.com/bellhenge/art/... pic.twitter.com/ryPNkBSRSL"
↑ Hugo Sahuquet (@HugoShelter) on Twitter "@HugoShelter @Shadow_Markuz On the surface, she was the same character as the current Ciara, but had a hidden scheming dark side. She was also the head of the Children of Danu."
↑ Marco (@Shadow_Markuz) on Twitter "@HugoShelter All the behind the scenes details especially about the creative process are so interesting :D I guess the references in the final version about her dark side and her being part of the CoD are like the remnants of her being the leader of the cult from the original pitch then?"
↑ Hugo Sahuquet (@HugoShelter) on Twitter "@Shadow_Markuz Yes. It actually went through 4 iterations:
1. She was the leader.
2. She was "only" the high priestess of the CoD, and Eogan was the leader, and they were in strong disagreement.
3. She was banished from the CoD by Eogan, who was afraid of her power.
4. The current."
↑ Hugo Sahuquet (@HugoShelter) on Twitter "@HugoShelter @Shadow_Markuz She only became good in the 4th iteration. Each iteration is mostly a consequence of other things that happened during development, like scope changes."
↑ Hugo Sahuquet (@HugoShelter) on Twitter "@HugoShelter @Shadow_Markuz When I say "good", I mean protagonist. Not that she wasn't good before.😅"
↑ ObviousAlias (@ObviousAlias4) on Twitter "@HugoShelter @Shadow_Markuz While 1 through 3 all sound like interesting premises I'm glad you went the way y'all did becuase I think otherwise Ciara might have felt derivative of both Aelfred and Aspasia."
↑ Hugo Sahuquet (@HugoShelter) on Twitter "@ObviousAlias4 @Shadow_Markuz Exactly. In fact, the iteration from 1 to 2 was quickly decided primarily to avoid a repetition with the OoA."
