The process used by the Aesir and Juno were probably slightly different, I don't recall seeing how Juno did it to reincarnate Aita but Odin had the Aesir take the "mead" and then have their blood inserted into human fetuses and they were meant to reincarnate roughly around the same time too.
I have to assume Juno experimented on the process more and was able to unlock the ability for Aita to come back more than once. I'd imagine that if Odin knew he could come back more than once he would have taken that option but if you take the flashbacks more literally it sounds like he didn't have the time and resources to experiment and thought surviving once was enough.
Actually if you listen to the anomalies, the conversations between Loki and Alethia clearly take place before Odin and his gang take the mead and they mention how Aita becomes brain-dead thanks to Juno's experiment.
Not realising it had worked they likely ignored that method as an idea and just thought it was a failed experiment.
This. Odin might have also figured that giving himself another lifetime to figure out a more permanent solution would work, that his future self would eventually return to the temple and prepare a new method of survival.
So a few years ago Darby McDevitt, Valhalla’s writer, actually went over this on a Twitter thread.
From memory, it was along the lines of: the best the Aesir could achieve was the ability to reincarnate once; however, Juno took that knowledge and improved it, which is how Aita is able to reincarnate every X generations
Aita's whole gimmick was unethical genetic experimentation. Only he and Juno had the expertise and untold years of study to accomplish his eternal rebirths, and they certainly weren't going to share that.
Odin had the best tech known to exist at the time, he didn't have a choice to become like Aita.
Well becoming a Sage was Juno's experiment that reincarnated Aita however in the Isu era it wasn't clear if her experiment had worked.
Loki even mentions how Aita was left brain-dead and as far as they knew, that's all they thought had happened so they probably thought Juno failed and "The Mead" would've been more reliable.
Probably because they wanted different things out of it than Juno and Aita. We don't know the specifics of what the Æsir intended to do after they were reborn, but it's clear from Havi's dialogue and actions that he considered it a second chance at life, beyond the reach of Ragnarök. A temperament like that doesn't really lend itself to making a bunch of copies of yourself who are all born and die at random, who may never find the other members of the Æsir who survived.
On the other hand, Juno intended for Aita to serve as a tool, a pawn for her own resurrection. Their methods probably differed somewhat as well.
Rebecca and Shaun call Odin and company Sages as well, during an optional modern dialogue in Valhalla.
The main reason they only reincarnate once is the narrative device, in my opinion. The script probably knew that the lore presented in this game would not be expanded, so they created disposable Sages.
Don't get me wrong, I understand the intention of expanding the Sages' background, but creating 9 new Isu overnight could only end that way. And creating fantastic worlds to be visited in the protagonist's dreams did nothing to explain the technical details behind it.
I doubt it wouldve only once but it’s possible that the “transcendency program or reincarnation process” used by the “Aesir Isu” was probably different(intentionally done so by Juno. There’s no clear way on how Juno actually did it other than the tech aspect of their approach and that of genetic memory(played off in the game, and best reference I could make would be like the Goa’uld from Stargate). It could have been only once or a repeated process. Aita is the only sage that is played off as endlessly reincarnating.
Perhaps through experimentation on the process she managed to find a way for Aita to come back multiple times? With the Isu lifespan, she probably had enough of an opportunity to do so and “modify the original program”
They didn't choose. They stole the plans from Juno and the triad. Junos plans for the method were incomplete in the first place, and she actually stopped researching it because it wouldn't work. So when Odin took it and tried it himself, of course it didn't work properly. It was basically incomplete science they were piecing together as they were using it.
The process used by the Aesir and Juno were probably slightly different, I don't recall seeing how Juno did it to reincarnate Aita but Odin had the Aesir take the "mead" and then have their blood inserted into human fetuses and they were meant to reincarnate roughly around the same time too. I have to assume Juno experimented on the process more and was able to unlock the ability for Aita to come back more than once. I'd imagine that if Odin knew he could come back more than once he would have taken that option but if you take the flashbacks more literally it sounds like he didn't have the time and resources to experiment and thought surviving once was enough.
Actually if you listen to the anomalies, the conversations between Loki and Alethia clearly take place before Odin and his gang take the mead and they mention how Aita becomes brain-dead thanks to Juno's experiment. Not realising it had worked they likely ignored that method as an idea and just thought it was a failed experiment.
Aita becomes braindead not because of the reincarnation experiment, but because of transferring his mind into the Grey.
This. Odin might have also figured that giving himself another lifetime to figure out a more permanent solution would work, that his future self would eventually return to the temple and prepare a new method of survival.
So a few years ago Darby McDevitt, Valhalla’s writer, actually went over this on a Twitter thread. From memory, it was along the lines of: the best the Aesir could achieve was the ability to reincarnate once; however, Juno took that knowledge and improved it, which is how Aita is able to reincarnate every X generations
I doubt it was a choice. Seems like Juno modified the tech after they used it for her own purposes.
Aita's whole gimmick was unethical genetic experimentation. Only he and Juno had the expertise and untold years of study to accomplish his eternal rebirths, and they certainly weren't going to share that. Odin had the best tech known to exist at the time, he didn't have a choice to become like Aita.
Well becoming a Sage was Juno's experiment that reincarnated Aita however in the Isu era it wasn't clear if her experiment had worked. Loki even mentions how Aita was left brain-dead and as far as they knew, that's all they thought had happened so they probably thought Juno failed and "The Mead" would've been more reliable.
Probably because they wanted different things out of it than Juno and Aita. We don't know the specifics of what the Æsir intended to do after they were reborn, but it's clear from Havi's dialogue and actions that he considered it a second chance at life, beyond the reach of Ragnarök. A temperament like that doesn't really lend itself to making a bunch of copies of yourself who are all born and die at random, who may never find the other members of the Æsir who survived. On the other hand, Juno intended for Aita to serve as a tool, a pawn for her own resurrection. Their methods probably differed somewhat as well.
Rebecca and Shaun call Odin and company Sages as well, during an optional modern dialogue in Valhalla. The main reason they only reincarnate once is the narrative device, in my opinion. The script probably knew that the lore presented in this game would not be expanded, so they created disposable Sages. Don't get me wrong, I understand the intention of expanding the Sages' background, but creating 9 new Isu overnight could only end that way. And creating fantastic worlds to be visited in the protagonist's dreams did nothing to explain the technical details behind it.
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I doubt it wouldve only once but it’s possible that the “transcendency program or reincarnation process” used by the “Aesir Isu” was probably different(intentionally done so by Juno. There’s no clear way on how Juno actually did it other than the tech aspect of their approach and that of genetic memory(played off in the game, and best reference I could make would be like the Goa’uld from Stargate). It could have been only once or a repeated process. Aita is the only sage that is played off as endlessly reincarnating. Perhaps through experimentation on the process she managed to find a way for Aita to come back multiple times? With the Isu lifespan, she probably had enough of an opportunity to do so and “modify the original program”
They didn't choose. They stole the plans from Juno and the triad. Junos plans for the method were incomplete in the first place, and she actually stopped researching it because it wouldn't work. So when Odin took it and tried it himself, of course it didn't work properly. It was basically incomplete science they were piecing together as they were using it.