History Characters / AssassinsCreedThoseWhoCameBefore

--> '''Alváro Gramática''': [[YouCanPanicNow You were right to be concerned]]. This merits further study.

* ProngsOfPoseidon: Naturally, he carries an Isu trident as a staff of office. It also apparently functions as a fancy keycard.

* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Played with. Although the Isu civilization bloomed aeons in the past, their technological level was and is very futuristic compared to ours. This makes it more than weird that, according to Aletheia's simulation of Atlantis, Poseidon phased out the mining automatons working the adamant mines and replaced them with human labor at some point after humans were created. The reason behind this decision isn't touched upon, but considering the trouble the Isu kept having with rebellious humans up until their downfall, it must've been a damn good one.

* HappilyMarried: Appears to have this relationship with Aletheia/Angrboda.

* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Two-fold. Loki is explicitly half Aesir/half Jotnar, but Loki dislikes both. They ''were'' loyal to Odin and the other Aesir, but their bio notes that they planned to destroy them from within, and they never express anything but disdain for those from Jotunheim.

* WickedCultured: He is philosophical as Basim, and in the modern era remarks on the simple joys of life, such as the smell of a wood fire overlooking a beautiful canyon.

* IHaveManyNames: Lug, Lugh, Lugus.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Debatable really. The animus anomalies are filled with Loki's memories. In one, he says Odin was weeping over Baldr's body when the latter died by mistletoe berries. But whether Odin was grieving over his son or grieving over Ragnarök beginning, it's hard to say. It seems to be the case of former as ''Dawn of Ragnarök'' shows that Odin did genuinely love his son and after he discovers that Baldr is dead, Ragnarök itself becomes an afterthought in his quest to [[PapaWolf avenge him]]. It's also the reason why he [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom tells Hyrrokin/Juno about "the elven device"]], as he hopes that she can free Baldr's soul from it.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Debatable really. The animus anomalies are filled with Loki's memories. In one, he says Odin was weeping over Baldr's body when the latter died by mistletoe berries. But whether Odin was grieving over his son or grieving over Ragnarok beginning, it's hard to say.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The end of "Dawn of Ragnarok" shows he played a big part in Juno's survival into the modern day, pointing her in the direction of the device she used.

%%zce* PrettyBoy: Since Sages tend to look pretty much as they did as Isu, Freyr was evidently one of these.

* PrettyBoy: Since Sages tend to look pretty much as they did as Isu, Freyr was evidently one of these.

* IGaveMyWord: The one oath he's not willing to break is the one he made with Loki not to kill Fenrir before Ragnarök/The Great Catastrophe arrives, despite admitting he truly wants to.

* PetTheDog: Odin has no issue with lying and manipulating his way into getting what he wants, but he actually gives his word to Ivaldi that he will grant him his freedom once he completes Fenrir's bindings.

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* MisplacedRetribution: On two levels: As Basim he first believes that Sigurd was Odin reborn, but once he realizes that Odin reincarnated as ''Eivor'', [[KickTheDog he immediately turns on them]] [[LockedOutOfTheLoop despite Eivor not knowing this themselves]].

* FacialHorror: By his adulthood, the right side of his face is horrifically scarred.

[[folder:Baldr]]

!!!'''Appears in:''' ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedValhalla''

Odin's son by Frigg, whose death is prophesied to start the events of Ragnarok.

* DistressedDude: Kidnapped by the Muspels and brutally tortured for an incredibly long time.
* DoomedByCanon: Baldr's death is already mentioned in the main games, and it's kind of an incredibly big part of the whole story of Ragnarök, since it's what ''caused'' Ragnarök, so... spoilers? Odin doesn't manage to save him in time. Baldr dies, and things get worse for everyone from there.
* KryptoniteFactor: As in the myths, mistletoe. The Muspels eventually figured this out and start force feeding him them, allowing them to finally kill him.

[[folder:Frigg]]

Odin's former lover, and the mother of Baldr.

* MamaBear: What kicks off the events of ''Dawn of Ragnarök'' is the Muspels abducting Balder, and her charging into Svartelheim to recover him, bringing Odin along for the ride.
* SlashedThroat: Sinmala slashes her throat in front of Odin, just for the evil of it.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Dies about twenty minutes after first appearing.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Other than one cutscene that depicts how how the events really happened, almost all info we have on the Nordic pantheon comes from Eivor's dreams. As such, some of the details are rather fuzzy. For specific examples, Loki's son is imagined as a giant wolf and some already-known Isu such as Juno, Minerva, and Jupiter are seen as Jotnar.

* LackOfEmpathy: When he lets Fenrir rip Tyr's arm off rather than remove Fenrir's bindings, Eivor notes to Valka afterwards that while he doesn't feel malice towards Tyr while doing so, he doesn't feel guilt or pity either.

* TheUnfettered: There are almost no lines Odin isn't willing to cross to save Asgard or himself, whether betraying allies, taking advantage of the hospitality of others, or potentially seducing Minerva in order to steal the "mead of immortality" for himself and the other Aesir. He tries to get Eivor to be the same. Fittingly, Loki refers to him as "The Mad One".

Odin's former lover, and the mother of Baldr

* IGaveMyWord: The one oath he's not willing to break is the one he made with Loki not to kill Fenrir before Ragnarok/The Great Catastrophe arrives, despite admitting he truly wants to.

* PapaWolf: All of Odin's actions in ''Dawn of Ragnarök'' is him trying to save Baldr from his captivity. [[spoiler: When Baldr is killed, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge which ends with him unknowingly triggering Ragnarök]].

* PayEvilUntoEvil: How they see it; Odin killed their son, so now Loki/Basim wants to make Eivor suffer once they realise Eivor is Odin reincarnated. It is, however, MisplacedRetribution though as Eivor being Odin's sage does ''not'' mean they are necessarily Odin themselves, and are actively fighting the SplitPersonalityTakeOver.

* OutOfFocus: Has much less screentime than Odin, Loki and Fenrir, and a bit less than Thor, but also more than the rest of them. Even her sage has little impact in the plot, only appearing at the very beginning and end.

* {{Foil}}: Moreso to none other than Eivor Varinsdottir though to how great a degree can depend on Eivor's choices. As the leaders of their respective peoples, and great warriors in their own right, both forever strive to do the best they can to prevent any ill will to befall their people, and will go to great lengths to do whatever they believe necessary to achieve their goals. They also relish in the glory of battle, hate wolves, and will always keep their word once it's given. However, as it becomes more and more apparent over time, Odin is more interested in his own personal gain, which in turn only fails to avert Ragnarok no matter how hard he tries, and sees his fellow Aesir as his personal pawns for him to do with as he sees fit. There's also the matter of his opinion of humans, which he deems a weaker/lesser race, even though he doesn't truly hate them. Eivor, on the other hand, in spite of their desire for personal glory, genuinely cares for the rest of their clan and genuinely acts in the best interests of Raven Clan, even though they have a bad tendency to keep the rest of Raven Clan out of the loop. Eivor equally doesn't think any lesser of the people they come across unless they've done something to personally offend Eivor, and takes great offense to whomsoever hurts or kills the people Eivor counts among their allies or residents of Ravensthorpe, whether Norse or Saxon. And finally, Eivor is a Fatalist, choosing to embrace their eventual death, while Odin strives to avoid it at all costs. Ironically, this is exactly what allows Eivor to completely reject Odin's attempt to complete his reincarnation by taking over Eivor, sealing Odin's fate, permanently.

* PapaWolf: All of Odin's actions in ''Dawn of Ragnarok'' is him trying to save Baldr from his captivity. [[spoiler: When Baldr is killed, he goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge which ends with him unknowingly triggering Ragnarök]].

* ShoutOut: Though physically they went very different with him, Loki's characterisation and the way his illusion magic works is portrayed very similarly to how it's portrayed in the ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse''. Albeit, their BashBrothers turned WeUsedToBeFriends dynamic is played here with ''Odin'' rather than Thor.
* SlutShaming: Engages in this with Freya when she refuses to have sexual relations with the Building, accusing her of sleeping with almost everyone in Asgard at least once, only to fall silent when Tyr rightfully points out that, being the father of a wolf cub, he is hardly one to shame others of their sexual proclivities.[[note]]As this is the "mythological" Asgard version of Tyr and Loki, it's ambiguous as to whether this was the literal version of events or if Loki was TheCasanova. [[/note]]

* DoomedByCanon: Baldr's death is already mentioned in the main games, and it's kind of an incredibly big part of the whole story of Ragnarok, since it's what ''caused'' Ragnarök, so... spoilers? Odin doesn't manage to save him in time. Baldr dies, and things get worse for everyone from there.

Odin's former lover, and the mother of Balder

* MamaBear: What kicks off the events of ''Dawn of Ragnarok'' is the Muspels abducting Balder, and her charging into Svartelheim to recover him, bringing Odin along for the ride.

* PapaWolf: All of Odin's actions in ''Dawn of Ragnarok'' is him trying to save Baldr from his captivity.

* ThinkNothingOfIt: For such a tremendous jerkass, several times in ''Dawn of Ragnarok'' Odin politely declines gifts from grateful Dwarves for saving them.

[[folder:Balder]]

* DoomedByCanon: Balder's death is already mentioned in the main games, and it's kind of an incredibly big part of the whole story of Ragnarok, since it's what ''caused'' Ragnarok, so... spoilers? Odin doesn't manage to save him in time. Balder dies, and things get worse for everyone from there.

-->'''Eivor:''' [[ShutUpHannibal ''Everything else.'']]

* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: This version of Loki doesn't seem to be related to Odin, and by extension Thor.

* YouKilledMyFather: She hates all of humanity because, in the Human-Isu War, her father was killed by them. ''Odyssey'' later shows that while this is still true, Juno despised mankind even before then.

* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: The flesh-and-blood Hermes lived long enough to pass his Staff on to Pythagoras, but the one in Alethia's simulation gets dropped off a bridge by Persephone.

* VillainProtagonist: The nearly unfettered Odin is the main protagonist of ''Valhalla'''s Asgard arc and ''Dawn of Ragnarok'' expansion.

* MismatchedEyes: He has heterochromia iridum - one of his eyes is blue, the other green.

* SchizoTech: ''Fate of Atlantis'' reveals them to be a pretty extreme case that ran on a weird mix of ultra-high tech and Bronze Age technology. On one hand, the Isu constructed physics-defying buildings that are [[RagnarokProofing still mostly intact tens of thousands of years later]], many of their artifacts bend the laws of reality itself, and even today mankind's smartest minds can barely make sense of how any of it works. On the other hand, Atlantis still relied on wooden sailing ships for water travel and horses for land travel, communication was facilitated by human runners, and the Isu military ran on swords and bows (highly advanced versions of both, but still).

* BlackViking: Not quite, but Loki dresses in a more Eastern fashion than the other Aesir (whose dress is more fantasy Norse) and even wields a sword that's style-wise more akin to an Eastern scimitar. It may have to do with the fact that he is not Aesir by birth, but instead hails from the Jotnar/Olympians.

* VillainProtagonist: The nearly unfettered Odin is the main protagonist of ''Valhalla'''s Asgard arc.

* HumansAreSpecial: She regards the achievements of humans as noteworthy, unlike her fellow Isu, and decries that by trying to control and enslave the humans, the Isu cannot share in their art, culture, and inventions such as Democracy. While most Isu see humans as primitive, she finds how much they've achieved in so little time amazing.