The Assassin?s Creed franchise features two iconic, hallmark pieces of imagery: Jumping off a roof into a conveniently placed hay bale and quietly stabbing someone for an instakill with the assassin?s trademark hidden blade. So iconic are the blades that they were a constant focus in the very bad Assassin?s Creed movie advertising, front, and center on all the posters. And yet, the last handful of Assassin?s Creed games forsake the cool factor that comes along with instantly shanking someone in a crowd in lieu of generic weapons with random stats and the inability to actually stealth instakill. Did the ancient assassins fail to figure out how the blades work" Well, have no fear because it appears the iconic hidden blades?and their former deadly effectiveness?are making a comeback in Assassin?s Creed: Valhalla. In an interview with Kotaku Editor-in-Chief Stephen Totilo, Valhalla Creative Director Ashraf Ismail says the blades and their potency return, and quite early on in the adventure. ?We continue with the idea that Eivor is not a trained assassin. Eivor is a Viking who receives this badass weapon and has to learn very quickly. Early in the experience, Eivor will learn a technique that, with the right timing ? can one-shot-kill virtually anybody.?

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