Odin's Eye

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Odin's Eye
Description
Type	Piece of Eden (Compass)
Powers	Hovering Indicating direction Hologram projection
Current location	Unknown, formerly in Eivor Varinsdottir's possession.
Historical information
Time period	Prehistory until 9th century CE
Created by	Isu
Date constructed	Isu Era
Notable wielders	Odin Freyja Eivor Varinsdottir Hildiran

Odin's Eye, also known as the Eye of Odin, was a compass made by the Isu. It could be used to show the way to a number of Isu temples, including Odin's Vault, by interacting with the ancient beacons housed within them.

Owners

• Odin (? - ?)
• Freyja (? - ?)
• Eivor Varinsdottir (880s)
• Hildiran (880s)
• Eivor Varinsdottir (880s - ?)

History

Isu Era

Named after Odin's left eye, which he had sacrificed in the Well of Mímir in exchange for greater knowledge, the compass known as Odin's Eye was created by the Æsir during the Isu Era to show the way to a number of different Isu temples, including Odin's Vault. Some time after its creation, it was taken to Freyja's Cave and locked away, where it became lost to memory in the millennia after the Great Catastrophe.

Viking Age

Sometime in the 880s, a meteor seemingly landed near the Viking settlement of Ravensthorpe in Mercia. The jarlskona Eivor Varinsdottir of the Raven Clan went to investigate the crash site and saw the woman Hildiran also inspecting it after the impact revealed the door to Freyja's Cave. Hildiran convinced Eivor to let her stay and taught her the art of Hugrheim, a battle meditation named for the eponymous mental realm where warriors knowledgeable of the technique could train without risk of injury. She then told the amazed Eivor that only after filling a special amulet with the energy from battle meditation could she hope to open the door.

Eivor quickly completed a series of meditation challenges at various statues of Freyja situated throughout England and brought the filled amulet back to Hildiran, who had spent much of her time clearing away the rubble from the door. Opening the gate, the two women entered a vast stone room. Inside were three large archways carved into the walls, gateways to nowhere that impossibly contained cold fog spilling over stalactites and stalagmites, rubble covered in still-living vines, and a falling river of fire. The chamber was flooded in ankle-deep water save for a single stone path to the center, where Odin's Eye rested on a small plinth.

Hildiran spotted Odin's Eye on the pedestal and told Eivor to grab it. As the Viking stepped forward, the Eye activated, its outer shell glowing white and spinning as it briefly hovered and projected glyphs, before deactivating and settling back in its spot. Hildiran demanded that Eivor give it to her, but she remained suspicious after giving an artifact of unknown power to a person who still amounted to a stranger, a feeling that only increased when Hildiran explained that the Eye was not the true treasure, but a way to find where it was hidden.

Sometime later, Hildiran returned the Eye to Eivor, instructing the Viking to follow its "song" to find Odin's Vault. The compass eventually led the two women to the vault underneath Dunwic fort, but as the entrance was locked, Hildiran instructed Eivor to find more statues of Freyja and fill the amulet with additional energy. Once the Viking had done so, the door to Odin's Vault opened, revealing an ancient beacon which had led Odin's Eye to it. Hildiran promptly destroyed the beacon, which had fulfilled its purpose of guiding them to the vault, and then knocked out Eivor and donned Hildr's armor that was locked away in the vault.

After Hildiran attempted to kill Eivor to exact her family's ancestral revenge against Odin, she was ultimately defeated by the Viking. She was then able to make amends with Eivor, recognizing that she was much wiser than Odin, and pledged her loyalty to the Raven Clan. She also allowed Eivor to keep both the amulet and Odin's Eye, believing the latter might help the Viking uncover more ancient treasures. Indeed, when Eivor explored several tombs of Isu origin across England, the Eye guided her to the ancient beacons housed within the tombs, each providing her with part of the password required to access the Eden Ring Station.

Behind the scenes

The symbol under the Eye's glass top is a vegvísir, an Icelandic magical sigil, whose earliest known attestation is 1860, believed to help the bearer find their way through rough weather.

Gallery

The top of the compass

Concept art

Concept art

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
  • Mastery Challenge
  • Tombs of the Fallen