Manius is told by Nero to keep the Britons out of the caves and under control.īut rather than destroy the tombs and risk riling up the Britons more, Manius created their elaborate puzzle-filled inner workings you now play through - effectively sealing them from most who'd try to venture in.Ĭompleting each tomb will unlock a brief encounter with the local British hero buried within (yes, including Boudicca) during Roman times, and also a piece of a new Isu-era gear set. It's explained that the local Britons were using the caves as grand tombs for their own fallen heroes - locals who stood up to the Roman occupation, such as East Anglia's infamous Boudicca.
Manius recognises the tombs were built by someone other than the primitive local Britons, but is more concerned with the fact they were currently being used as places to gather and celebrate local anti-Roman heroes. One section includes a fun/frustrating ice maze with traps waiting behind some panels.Įach tomb is clearly Isu in origin, but poke around and you'll find notes from someone named Manius Calvisius, who served as engineer to Roman emperor Nero. Several times you'll need to unlock doors using weights carried some distance through obstacles in the cave system. But there are other Odin runes out in the world, too - suggesting more tombs will follow.Įach mini-dungeon feels a bit like the Ezio-era platforming tombs of old, with a handful of physics puzzles inside courtesy of later influences like Breath of the Wild and Immortals: Fenyx Rising. The original Isu map to the tombs' locations, with the Roman attempt in parchment in front.Ĭhecking this map is the only way to see where the other tombs are located (apart from checking the internet). It's also here you'll get clues as to how they came to be made, and to a larger mystery players will need to wait a little longer to uncover. Its here, via a giant map, you can see where the other currently-accessible tombs are. The first cave by Ravensthorpe acts as a kind of hub for the new Tombs of the Fallen update.
And, indeed, Eivor discovers she now has the power to make these rocks vanish, uncovering complex cave systems to explore. Fans had long suspected there was a mystery behind the various rocks scattered across Valhalla's world with symbols on them - dubbed Odin Runes.