Explore a beautiful, mysterious open world where you'll face brutal enemies, raid fortresses, build your clan's new settlement, and forge alliances to win glory and earn a place in Valhalla.

But here’s the thing most people don’t ask: 👉 What does Valhalla literally mean? Not symbolically. Not poetically. But word for word. Because when you break the name Valhalla down to its roots, the meaning becomes deeper, darker, and far more powerful than the Hollywood version. So let’s slow down. Let’s peel back the layers.

Valhalla ("Hall of the Slain") is the afterlife realm in Norse mythology for fallen heroes selected by Odin ’s Valkyrie to become members of the army that will fight against the forces of chaos at Ragnarök.

Valhalla is a hall of the slain, this is true, but it’s not simply a passive, eternal afterlife kinda deal. So, join me as we take a deep dive into faith in the Viking Age and look at what really goes on in glorious Valhalla.

Til Valhall. “Til Valhalla “ Listening to a bunch of heavily-armed Norwegian soldiers shouting “To Valhalla” before they go into a war zone is objectively awesome. So when the Telemark Battalion began using it as a battle cry, it’s no wonder that it spread to the rest of the NATO force and, eventually, to the Americans.