Where AC Valhalla: Dawn Of Ragnarok Takes Place On AC's Timeline
The Dawn of Ragnarök DLC for Assassin's Creed Valhalla is set in the Early Middle Ages, making its setting one of Assassin’s Creed’s oldest chronologically, coming behind Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Origins. The third and final DLC for 2020’s AC Valhalla, Dawn of Ragnarök sees the game’s protagonist, Eivor, embrace their destiny as Odin and embark on a quest to save their son. So far, the early reviews of Dawn of Ragnarök put it on par with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, with many players praising the expansion as Assassin’s Creed’s most ambitious DLC to date.
The 12th installment in Assassin’s Creed’s main series, Assassin's Creed Valhalla is primarily set during the years 872–878 AD during the time of Viking raids of the British Isles. The DLC continues a storyline from AC Valhalla, with the game’s protagonist stepping into the role of Odin wielding god-like in Dawn of Ragnarök, it presumably takes place during this same time period. However, Dawn of Ragnarök steps away from history, choosing to instead lean further into Norse mythology, granting the game’s protagonist divine, otherworldly powers.
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s setting in the late ninth century makes it the third oldest in the Assassin’s Creed series, in terms of chronology. Assassin's Creed Odyssey, set in Ancient Greece, is chronologically the oldest game in the franchise, taking place in the years 431–404 BC. Second is Assassin's Creed Origins, which takes players back to the origin of the Assassin Order, during the years 49-43 BC in Ancient Egypt. Assassin’s Creed then jumps forward over 900 years between the stories of AC: Origins and Valhalla, the longest amount of time
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