@drendertv to be honest if you think about it Eivor is cannonically female, and the "male" genetic stream in the Animus is a glitch because of Eivor's heritage (low key spoilers). even on the wiki they're referred to as "Eivor Varinsdottir" instead of "Varinson." while this is a bug, to be honest I think this one is able to be written off because during a dream sequence later on you are referred to as either male or by your title, showing that both pronouns are equally valid for Eivor regardless of which you're playing.

Though I will say that I experienced the same bug and I found it pretty funny at first, being a big beefy male drengr dual-wielding excalibur and a Dane axe and being referred to as "she." after that I started using the default "let the Animus choose" setting

cheers and sorry for writing such a long response to a dead post.

@ubi-borealis counter to what shreek said I haven't been playing Valhalla lately because of the bug but at the same time I very much look forward to the fix and continuing my conquest of the north eastern atlantic

@shrreek ah my bad I misunderstood you and thought that you had managed to solve it

@shrreek how did you fix it? I'm still completely stuck and Barid is still just chilling in the exact spot. any attempt to move him leads to him just kinda going back to where he originally stood

@ubi-mark no need to apologize, as frustrating as this is I understand that bugs and glitches happen and I genuinely appreciate you guys taking the time to actively help the playerbase. to be honest I've been having an absolute blast with Valhalla thus far and I think this is the only major issue I've had with the game. In my opinion it's probably the best game in the series thus far! thanks for the support and I hope you have a good day!

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@ubi-borealis sorry about the late response. in my initial attempts I tried to use my mount to move Barid and even tried to back into him to prompt him to get on but to no avail. I will try again though

@drendertv to be honest if you think about it Eivor is cannonically female, and the "male" genetic stream in the Animus is a glitch because of Eivor's heritage (low key spoilers). even on the wiki they're referred to as "Eivor Varinsdottir" instead of "Varinson." while this is a bug, to be honest I think this one is able to be written off because during a dream sequence later on you are referred to as either male or by your title, showing that both pronouns are equally valid for Eivor regardless of which you're playing.

Though I will say that I experienced the same bug and I found it pretty funny at first, being a big beefy male drengr dual-wielding excalibur and a Dane axe and being referred to as "she." after that I started using the default "let the Animus choose" setting

cheers and sorry for writing such a long response to a dead post.

Hey, after starting the new Wrath of the Druids DLC (before I had finished the base game) I got to the Blood Bond quest and escorting Barid back to his "castle." I decided part of the way back that I should finish the main game and pick up Gungnir and Mjolnir before going back, and save Wrath of the Druids for when I could stream it for my friends and we could react to it together. I fast-travelled back to England and finished the main game, overwriting my previous save files.

When I came back to Ireland to return to WotD I found Barid stuck at the graveyard and I was unable to interact with him (I had already spoken to him and cleared the ambush before fast-travelling away.) After save-quitting to see if that would fix it, Barid was suddenly back in Dublin, standing at the cliff next to his "castle." I was still unable to interact with him, though I was able to nudge him part of the way towards the open door of the longhouse. He then promptly power walked back to his spot on the cliff. Decided to record it for evidence and here we are. Video below, forgive the low quality, I only just reinstalled OBS and I wasn't going to make my settings flawless to record a single 3 minute video for a bug report.