Prolonged stay in a physical form drives Valkyries to insanity, with the only way to free them being to destroy their physical form.ĭue to the danger the corrupted Valkyries posed, the Valkyrie Queen Sigrun was forced to seal away the Valkyries to prevent their insanity from causing unnecessary destruction. The curse forces the Valkyries to remain in a physical form, which is an unnatural state to Valkyries. This curse was later revealed to having been cast by Odin, out of spite after Freya lost her position as the queen- her stand-in, Sigrun, states that no matter what she did, it was 'not enough' for the Allfather. The first Valkyrie Kratos and Atreus successfully defeats asks for them to free her sisters from the curse. The Valkyries encountered in the game have become corrupted by a curse. If a warrior declines the call of the Valkyrie and engages her in battle, the warrior will be burnt by the intensity of the fight and be doomed to forever roam the mortal realm as a Draugr. The Valkyries are servants of Odin, set to choose half of the warriors killed in battle to take them to Valhalla, where every warrior fights and feasts until the day of Ragnarök. Known Valkyries include: Alruna, Brynhildr, Eir, Geiravör, Geirdriful, Göndul, Gunnr, Herfjötur, Herja, Hlaðguðr svanhvít, Hildr, Hervör alvitr, Hlökk, Kára, Mist, Olrun, Reginleif, Róta, Sigrdrífa, Sigrún, Skögul and Geirskögul, Skuld, Svipul, and Þrúðr. Valkyries also appear as lovers of heroes and other mortals, where they are sometimes described as the daughters of royalty, sometimes accompanied by ravens and sometimes connected to swans or horses. When the einherjar are not preparing for the events of Ragnarök, the Valkyries bear them mead. There, the deceased warriors become einherjar. Selecting among half of those who die in battle (the other half go to the goddess Freya's afterlife field Fólkvangr), the Valkyries bring their chosen to the afterlife hall of the slain, Valhalla, ruled over by the god Odin. In Norse mythology, a Valkyrie is one of a host of female figures who choose those who may die in battle and those who may live.
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