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May 2, 2025

Norse Beasties - Queen of the Valkyries

Happy Freya's day. Here is a little treat from the forthcoming Norse Beasties book. 

Queen of the Valkyries
Medium Vanir

Number Appearing: 1
% in Lair: 100% (Sessrúmnir, in Fólkvangr)
Alignment: Lawful
Hit Dice: 20 (hp: 95)
Armor Class: –4
Move: 180’ (60’), Fly 240’ (80’)
Attacks: 1 spear + magic or 2 sword strikes
Damage: 2d10 + 3 or 2d8/2d8
Morale: 12
Treasure Type: W + special
Experience Points: 10,000
Special Abilities: Valkyrie’s Call, Rune Magic, Soul-Chooser, Blessing of Love and War

Valkyrie’s Call (1/day): Freya summons 1d4+1 Valkyries (HD 8 each) to fight by her side. They arrive mounted and armed for war and vanish after 1 hour or when slain.

Rune Magic: Casts spells as a 15th-level Magic-User and Cleric. Her favored spells include Charm, Polymorph Self, Dispel Magic, Hold Person, Cure Serious Wounds, Raise Dead, and Blade Barrier.

Soul-Chooser: Any creature slain by Freya’s hand or spell must Save vs Spells or have their soul drawn to Fólkvangr, beyond the reach of Raise Dead unless she allows it.

Blessing of Love and War: Once per day, Freya may grant all allies within 60’ +2 to attack rolls and morale for 6 turns, or cause all enemies to Save vs Spells or be Charmed by her for 1d6 rounds.

Freya is the radiant goddess of beauty, fertility, sorcery, battle, and the dead, ruling over the field of Fólkvangr and receiving half of those nobly slain in battle. As Queen of the Valkyries, she rides into war upon a great boar or falcon-winged steed, cloaked in shimmering feathers and bearing a spear of starlight. She is both terrible and tender, offering love and death in equal measure.

She wears a cloak of falcon feathers, allowing her to fly and transform into a great hawk at will. Her necklace, Brísingamen, burns with divine light and grants protection against magic (30% resistance).

To see Freya is to fall into awe—whether through beauty or fear. Her favor cannot be bought, only earned through courage, devotion, or true love.

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