Mist Frejadottir
The Basics
Name: Mist Frejadottir
Nickname: Valkyrie
Species: Demigod
Gender: Female
Age: 121
Lineage: Daughter of Frejya
The Physical
Height: 69"
Weight: 59kg
Hair Color: Platinum Blonde
Eye Color: Ice blue
Distinguishing Features: White feathered wings tattooed on her back.
Physical Description: Mist is a tall, striking woman with the flawless complexion and white hair common to Scandinavian women and eyes as blue as ice. She is very physically fit and has spent most of her young life training with the weapons of her craft. Her father is a Heathen and worshiper of Freyja so she charged him with raising their daughter in a manner befitting a shield-maiden and Valkyrie which he did. Her upbringing was harsh but he loves his daughter and made sure she knew it even as he taught her use of the sword, shield, spear, and firearms.
Under The Hood
Personality: Mist is a warrior. A shield-maiden first and foremost but also a Valkyrie though she wields weapons, something the Choosers of the Dead never did. Both of her parents made it known to her that she was to be something new. A new demigoddess for a new Age. She is headstrong, kind, merciful and merciless. She is possessed of a warrior's gallows humour and is very protective of her friends, family, hearth, and home.
Strengths: Very protective of the weak, inexorable in combat, especially when protecting others. Kind and merciful when she must be. Honourable and honest but also wild and untamed as befits her mother.
Weaknesses: Battle lust. She glories in battle and needs to be pulled off the field when her blood is up. Her very strength can be used against her by attacking the weak and the helpless. In this regard she is most like her Mother who can be filled with wrath. Over the past century this has been somewhat tempered by grief and harsh reality but there are times when she is still the inexorable Shield-Maiden she was once.
Talents
Mundane Skills: Mist was raised by her father in Norway and was home schooled by him so, whilst she knows many of the things any normal young woman would, she also knows how to fight with sword, spear, and shield. She's also skilled in several forms of empty hand fighting such as Krav Maga, MMA, JKD, and Aikido. Shield and spear are her favourite combination and what she fights with the most, being very skilled with the spear and forming a shield wall of her own. In the century since the loss of the battle against the Titans Mist has learned to embrace the healing and fertility side of her mother and went to Uni to learn to be a doctor. She's now an OB/GYN who specialises in fertility and reproductive medicine.
Powers: Flight: As a Daughter of Freyja and a Valkyrie she has feathered white wings she can call upon to fly over the field of battle. She much prefers to be on the ground in the midst of battle so she most often uses them to fly to the site of battle, and not to remain in the air above the fighting. Where is the glory in that?
Strength: Due to being a Demigod and Daughter of a Goddess of War she is stronger than humans, able to lift close to 700kg.
Shapechanging: Mist can Shapechange as could her Mother. The animals she is most often associated with are cats of various kinds, falcons, and boars.
Healing: When in battle Mist heals wounds far more quickly than humans do which serves to keep her on her feet longer than most. She has no control over this ability which has come on as she's gotten older.
Society Info
Length Of Time In Asphodel:12 years
Occupation: OB/GYN
Organizations/Factions: Mist is involved with the Resistance. Though things seem grim now she believes the night is always darkest before dawn.
Questions:
1. Rumor has it that a new sect of cultists, loyal to the New Gods, has begun kidnapping and sacrificing children, in exchange for blessings. You've just witnessed one of these kidnappings. How do you react?
Answer: She would carefully assess the situation and if clear, kill every single one of the cultists and rescue the child.
2. You've just witnessed a group of Resistance sympathizers ransack a temple built in honor of Breya, the patron goddess of Asphodel. What do you do?
Answer: Help then by covering their escape and getting them to a safe house where she would provide protection and medical aid.
3. You've been captured and thrown in a cell by city guards, under suspicion of conspiracy with traitors, with the Resistance. Despite whether you are or are not affiliated with the traitors, a group of New God loyalists (humans) has you cornered in your cell. What do you do?
Answer: She wouldn't reveal her true nature but she is a skilled and experienced warrior. She would beat them bloody and when the guards came to investigate they would find her sitting on the back of one with her legs propped on another.
4. You've heard rumors of an Old God living beneath the city. Do you delve into the tunnels in hopes of finding it, ignore it and go about your business, or report the rumors to the city guard?
Answer: She would gather as much information as possible before delving into the tunnels to see if the rumours were true and offer her assistance.
5. What brought you to Asphodel, and how have you fared since moving to the city?
Answer: Asphodel is a major power centre for the New Gods so it makes sense to set up there and help in any way she can. She's done quite well for herself working at one of the hospitals whilst aiding the Resistance with intel and back up when she can.
The Juicy Bits
Backstory: Odin saw the Battle with the Titans coming and a woman of godly heritage fighting alongside the Greeks. He quickly Divined the woman was the daughter of Freyja and sent the vision to her to do with as she must. The Goddess knew that she must make the Vision come true to she appeared to one of her most devoted, Trigve, son of Sven, and lay with him. She returned to him with their daughter and told him to raise her to know how to fight and to learn honour and to defend the weak, but also how to live amongst the humans so she would not feel apart from them. This he did and raised Mist to be an honourable and kind woman, returning her to Freyja for her to teach her the Arts of Divinity. When the time came Mother and Father both were there to see her off to the island of Rhodes where the battle would be. Freyja had stayed with Trigve since, seeking comfort in his arms and hoping for the best for their child until the day came that the horrid spawn of the New Gods found them. Both of her parents were slain - an act of barbarism and cruelty that she felt from across the world and drove her into a berserker rage. Many spawn of the New Gods died that day but she was eventually forced to flee.
Relic: Not relics in the strict sense of the word but rather newly crafted items made for Mist by the Dwarves at the request of her Mother.
They appear as a bracelet with three charms: sword, shield, and spear. These are the weapons she is able to summon as a shieldmaiden. They each have a special quality that can work for anyone though so she's not inclined to let others use them due to their personal value.
The Shield is strong enough to block any weapon of mortal make. The Hammer of Thor or a Titan's weapon (or similar divine weapon) would break the shield, forcing it back onto her wrist for 24 hours.
The sword is an Oakeshott Type XII sword with M shaped pommel similar to the Cawood sword found in the River Ouse in North Yorkshire capable of cutting through many items of mortal make but divine weapons can parry the blade.
The spear is sized for a young woman of her height to use with a shield so stands app. 7' in length. The tip is of a type known as krókspjót (barbed spear) which is a very long, sharp,thin tip with wings that can be used to catch weapons. The spear can penetrate any armour of mortal make but takes skilled spearwork against a foe bearing divine arms or armour.