#ac nehal

Codextober 2025 - Day 28 : Sacrifice

What could be greater than sacrificing your whole being? To surrender all control willingly to someone else. To be tired of trying to make the world a better place and failing. To be tired of not being understood; not even by your mentor. To be tired of living in a nightmare; day and night.

And to be afraid of being alone.

Valhalla (and Mirage) Memes part 3/∞

Once more procrastinating and therefore making up for that with more memes, this time featuring more characters that are not Basim or Hytham!

Setting aside the fact that Basim’s friends and family never noticed his habit of talking to himself, I am most intrigued by Nehal’s appearance. Where does this face come from? Although she represents the imprisoned part of Loki, she doesn’t actually look like him. Who or what was this face modelled on? I want to believe it comes from somewhere. More than that, I hope its origin plays a significant role in the lore. Not just a meaningless face, but the echo of a real past existence. Aletheia maybe? That seems unlikely, given that she doesn't look like Nehal. Or is it a dormant past trauma in Basim/Loki’s unconscious, relegated to the role of a puppet at the moment Loki needed a voice to whisper his influences?

As for Basim’s emotions, I’m referring to the moments when he appears worried about Nehal. When Basim argues with Nehal, it’s easy to imagine him fighting against his impulses. On the other hand, when he tells her that he doesn’t want to put her in danger, this is more difficult to reconcile. One could always interpret this as a need to protect that part of himself from danger. Or that he doesn’t want to admit he doesn’t really want to go to Alamut for fear of what he might find there. However, it’s paradoxical to think that it’s his commitment as an assassin that ultimately gives him the final push to undertake the journey.

« I will go, Nehal. I alone. I need you safe. I may find nothing there but danger and death. This is my fate. I wil not turn back from it but neither will I have you face it. »

He speaks to the part of himself that set him on this path. Yet when he tries to justify why he’s embarking on this journey, he cites his "fate" as an assassin—even though the creed has done everything in its power to steer him away from that path from the very beginning. Strange. Again, I’m inclined to believe that this isn’t insignificant.

I love them so much that I don't want to let them go 🙈

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Assassinktober Day 20 - Nehal

This life's like a fantasy

Everyone wants to be on

Reach out for the things I need

But is it all just a mirage?

Summary: Dolos of Atlantis commits Isu Era parricide, the MD brotherhood keeps getting hacked, and strange things are happening in Rome.

Out-of-context summary:

So, Nehal being a subconscious aspect of Loki pretty much confirms that Ubisoft’s version of Loki is genderfluid like they are in the actual mythology. That’s all well and good, I like that.

But then you also have Eivor who also has their own genderfuckery with Havi.