Eivor Varinsdottir (Runic: ᛅᛁᚢᛅᚱ; born 847), renowned as the Wolf-Kissed, was a Viking shieldwoman from Norway who raided in what would later become England during the late 9th century. She was the incarnation of the Isu Odin, the chief of the Æsir who was revered as a god in Germanic and Norse mythology. She is also the ancestor of the Abstergo Industries security contractor and Assassin Yu Shu Lien. Born to nobles Rosta and Varin, who pledged allegiance to jarl Styrbjorn Sigvaldisson of the Raven Clan, Eivor was adopted into Styrbjorn's house following her parents' deaths during a raid on Heillboer by Kjotve the Cruel and the Wolf Clan. Raised alongside Styrbjorn's son Sigurd, Eivor spent much of her youth seeking to gain glory and eliminate Kjotve to avenge her parents. Once an adult, Eivor would frequently raid settlements affiliated with Kjotve while Sigurd sailed around Europe. Following her brother's return to Norway in 872, Eivor met the Hidden Ones Basim Ibn Ishaq and Hytham and was gifted a Hidden Blade, which she used in combat against her enemies. After killing Kjotve and taking his lands with assistance from the army of Guthorm the Wise, Eivor followed her brother Sigurd to England after Styrbjorn ceded his kingdom to Harald Fairhair, a decision opposed by many of the Raven Clan, including Sigurd. Eivor and her clan settled in Ledecestrescire, establishing the settlement of Ravensthorpe and spent the next few years building her settlement and securing alliances with the kingdoms within England. These alliances included the Great Summer Army, the Sons of Ragnar, Clan Hemmingsons, and more. She also helped Hytham in ridding England of the Order of the Ancientswith aid secretly provided by the Grand MaegesterAlfred of Wessex, indirectly leading to the formation of the Templar Order. A year following the transpired events, now jarlskona of her clan, Eivor was invited to Dublin by Bárid mac Ímair, her maternal cousin. There, she helped Bárid secure his throne through an alliance with the recently crowned Flann Sinna, High King of Ireland. She also fought against the Children of Danu, a druidic cult that sought to prevent the Norse and Christian faiths from replacing their own. Some years later, Eivor participated in the second Viking siege of Paris alongside Sigfred's Elgring Clan, fighting Charles the Fat's reign of terror in order to prevent him from reaching and conquering England. In the process, she discovered a conspiracy led by the Bellatores Dei, a group of zealots which had the objective of exorcising Francia from paganism by using the mad king to fulfill their goals. Odin, also known as the All-Father by worshippers and Havi by the Æsir, was an Ásgarðrian Isu who became a widely revered god in both Norse and Germanic mythology. The leader of a group of Scandinavian Isu called the Æsir, he was known in Norse mythology as the king of all gods, associated with wisdom, healing, death, knowledge, and war. He was the original owner of the Spear of Eden Gungnir, and was also the father of Víðarr, Baldr, Thor, and Heimdall, all powerful gods in their own right.
