Assassin's Creed Valhalla: 10 HUGE Questions Ubisoft Must Answer
2. Is Valhalla The Start Of The Templars Proper?
Wherever and whenever the Assassin’s Creed games have taken us, the core conflict has always centred around the battle between Assassins and Templars, even if these two sects went under different names.
Taking place centuries before the first instalment, the latest trilogy chronicled the early years of this rivalry when the factions were known as Hidden Ones and Order of Ancients. But with Valhalla set during the end of the ninth century, only 200 years separates this game from the events of the first.
We know that by the time of The Third Crusade the Templar and Assassin’s feud was in full swing, which suggests that the time of the Hidden Ones and Order of Ancients is coming to an end in Valhalla. And the latest game gives us strong reason to believe this, too.
After eradicating the Order in England, Eivor confronts its leader, King Alfred. Though this reveal wasn’t surprising, the twist was that Alfred had no intention of running the Order and aimed to dismantle it from the inside. Instead, he desired to forge a new order, one based upon his own devout Christianity.
And which medieval order was founded upon Christianity?
The Templars, that's who.