Valheim's Lore So Far...

Thank you so much for watching! Before making this video, I hadn't really paid much attention to the runestones scattered throughout Valheim - but I've really enjoyed learning all about the game's lore! I hope you all enjoy learning about it too!

Piecing all of the bits of lore together gave me lots of ideas about how the game might eventually end, and although I could be completely off... I'm very excited to see what is coming in the next big update to the game. I know as soon as the Deep North comes out, I'll be dodging all of those penguins (please devs) and manically searching for the runestones for some juicy lore!

Please let me know what your ideas are about the Ashlands lore, and what you expect to see in the Deep North - I'm very interested to hear about your theories!

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[Jade-PG]

me: loves valheim, hundreds hours played, never paid one bit of attention to lore and story
me after watching this video: i am awakened

[Artusad]

I never knew the story of Valheim was actually so in depth :o Amazing video and summarization of the lore, looking forward to the next lore video when the Deep North is finally here :D

[ThreadMenace]

I love Embr vids! Fabulous pacing, great edits without being ostentatious, never a wasted syllable, and always an injection of humor! AHEM *humour!

I must concur that we'll meet the winter child at some point, likely as a boss. A powerful enemy that lacks the imposing stature of all the dragons and tree-kings will make for some interesting contrast, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it take some "final form" as well. I lean more heavily toward Odin than a sudden entrance by Loki, but I'm definitely leaving room for something altogether different as well!

Thanks for the great analysis!

[BeezerGutlr]

Warning: This is super long. TLDR: Valheim is an enthralling, immersive world and it will always hold a special place in my heart.

There’s one runestone in Valheim that lives rent free in my head.

Some context: Before I started my first real play through with my friend, a little over a year ago, I had already played a little bit and gotten up to the Black Forest. I was already starting to really like the game, so when we started our own world together, I decided to name my Viking Harald. I always thought that name sounded bad ass and I wanted to get immersed in the world.

Our playthrough went really well, the only problem was, he was busier than I was most of the time and he’s usually not a big fan of survival games (but he ended up really liking the late game). So whenever I was playing by myself, I would always sail around and explore the world, trying to reveal as many islands on the map as possible and look for runestones to understand the lore (I’m a pretty big nerd when it comes to lore in games). By the time we got to the plains tier, we were both enthralled and I was already starting to consider Valheim one of my favorite games of all time.

My friend was working out of town and we were planning on fighting Yagluth when he got back. The day before, I wanted to go looking for runestones. So I used the portal, got on the boat and started looking. It wasn’t too long before I saw a distant plains biome and in lied a runestone.

I came up to it and started reading: “Good friend, lay your hand on this stone and remember Harald, who carved it. In Midgard I lost my life on the battlefield but in Valheim it was restored to me. Yet still my battle continued.

In the green meadows I fought Eikthyr the Great Stag and lost an eye to his horns.

In the deep woods I gave my shield hand to the Old Man of the Forest, and took a draugr arrow below my ribs that my fingers can still feel.

On the mountainside I fought the Mother Drake and she bit off my leg at the knee so that I must walk always with a staff.

Now my last battle must be at hand. When I sleep this time, where will I wake?”.

Valheim wasn’t subtle before with it’s feelings of despair, loneliness and hopelessness, but when I read that, I just kinda froze for a second. Not only was the name Harald, but it strongly reminded me of Dark Souls and how you can become hollow, if you lose your conviction and will.

It made me question the journey we are set on at the start of the game. It made me wonder, along with all the other runestones, how many Vikings came before us and failed? It makes me question, will Valheim become our prison? Will we ever go to Valhalla? There was one thing I knew for certain, that I would do my best to finish the fight the others started.

I don’t want to get into details, but before I started playing Valheim, I was struggling mentally. To the point that nothing felt enjoyable anymore, not even my instruments or other games. But one day, I remembered that a few months prior, my brother talked me into buying a game called Valheim. So I decided to finally try it and now a days, Valheim is my home away from home.

[quora_the_sith]

I remember sitting down after the update and filling out the wiki with all the runes, im glad you made this video too, now people who dont read the runes or the wiki can understand the lore as well

[smittysurvival]

This is an amazing breakdown! Great stuff Embr!

[Siegpearl_of_Catarina]

Didn't expect Embr to create a lore video but I am all here for it. At this point if you upload anything regularly you should get at least 100k subs . You are amazing.

[Metaretru]

I'd like to think that winter child is Loki/Children of Loki disguising and sent to destabilize and dethroning Fader as part of Odin's plot

[Sugondeesenuts]

That acrually just inspired me ah right now. I'm trying to write my dnd campaign based around elden ring for the entire summer. And yet i'm starting to feel the thrill only after reading the dune and diving into valheim lore. Yeah, maybe it definetly won't be elden ring at all as i'm planning on different approach to the plot, but i'm willing to bring the same depth to it. The story of Fader and his kingdome correlates a lot with mine undeveloped idea of a fallen dwarfen kingdom in the heart of Mount.Gelmir. I'm definetly gonna add it there and therefore get rid of my plans on different endings rather than sticking to just 3 - the bad, the mid and the true good one. And i'm already sure that this fallen dwarfen kingdom of Modimus will be the main key to the last one. Thx for the video and inspiring me right now

[Thoran]

Thanks for the video. But we all know Ulf the Brave is the true god of Valheim. He traveled from edge to edge and must have defeated even the mighties foes to get there. His runestones are the proof and he's the one watching you sometimes. All hail Ulf!

[Niobesnuppa]

This was really interesting! I haven't read all the runestones in Ashlands yet, largely because the hordes of enemies would barely give me enough of a break to read them, but I find it really cool that they're actually incorporating that one dream into the lore, which is great foreshadowing if the Winter Child ends up having some importance. I wonder if any of the other dreams have meaning too.

[LarryLongBalls]

Omg never knew i was gonna be interested in valheims lore, Great vid

[bonecrisis]

Started watching this before killing Fader and had to stop to avoid spoilers. Well, we did it last night so I'm back.

Embr, you are a WONDERFUL storyteller. I love your Valheim videos. I loved this one. :)

[Irishdavo]

I really enjoy your streams, but I genuinely like it when you do these videos and guides. I would love to see more of them... Thanks a lot as always and keep up the great work.

[ButterPuddleonPC]

only embr could make me care this much about valheim's lore now, cant wait to see how they end it all in the deep north

[Synthia]

That was illuminating, I remember that dream with the child and it always intrigued me, I'm glad they decided to incorporate it into the game. I'm looking forward for the deep north though I can't fully explore ashlands yet since valheim seems to overheat my pc ever since that update.

[HawkknightXC]

Best lore video of Ashlands. You should do more like these with Mistlands, Plains, and etc biomes lore behind the zones and creatures of valheim.

[yurshadow]

Great video and very good editing also commented for the algorithm.

[Se]

Would be fitting if the Winter Child was an aspect of Loki.

[Jessebos]

Very nice video, and interesting thoughts at the end. It got me thinking about the loose ends in current biomes and how they could relate to the endgame. I come to the conclusion that the endgame will all be about Angrboda, the "bringer of grief" (and love-interest of Loki).

My thoughts:
- The Deep North is not a regular expression, otherwise it would be Far North. The name Deep North is a well-considered name by the devs. I believe the North will literally have depths. It makes sense that the freezing depths of the North will be Helheim. The Winter Child might refer to Hel (the winter child of Angrboda or Loki).
- The cult of the Wolf is a strange name for the mountains update. Sofar the cultists are a loose-end that can easily be negated. According to the title they worship the Wolf. Yes, the cave markings say that they cultists manage to transform into wolves. But the Wolf is still missing. The obvious candidate is Fenrir.

So the game hints at Hel and Fenrir. They are brother and sister and have another brother: Jörmungand, the Midgard Serpent. Well, how about that ocean update that will be included in a future update? Valheim Serpent WIki already refers to Jörmundgand.

Thus the children of Loki and Angrboda all play a role behind the scenes. Will they play a prominent role in the next update? And will Loki or Angrboda be present? I opt for Angrboda because her role can be connected to the presence of the giant remains in the mistlands.