Firja

Firja was the daughter of Ulvri, King of the Grits and was mentioned in the Song of Halmrich. She is later referenced in a short verse poem where she is called "Firja, Mother of the Grits". 
== Biography ==
Firja was the daughter of Ulvri, King of the Grits and was betrothed to a local war chief when Halmrich arrived at their hall in the far north of Nordures. She was described as being tall with golden hair in a wreath about her head. Ulvri, attempted to have her marry Halmrich instead but both parties refuse and Halmrich instead witnesses her marriage to the unnamed war chief. During the ceremony, Firja appears naked with her hair loose to cover herself. She sings a song that makes all in the party cry before the feast ends. When Halmrich leaves to go to Higdures, she gifts him her cloak of seal skin to keep dry. As Halmrich departs, a line of the poem claims that her father Ulvri would die a year later from "a roaring of the sea".
A much later poem included within the greater Chronicle called The Wolf of Grit composed supposedly in the 5th century AE has the main character, a warrior called Himdil, call upon Firja, Mother of the Grits, for strength as he hunts down the titular wolf. It has been assumed that this reference is to the Firja of the older story, the daughter of Ulvri. The lines are as such:
"O Firja, great Mother of the Grits, hear my plea.
Thou dined on the flesh of the seals gray,
Thou slaughtered thy enemies on the beaches.
Give to thy servant the strength of thy heart."
These verses imply that Firja perhaps became a queen after her father's death.
Category:Nordures
Category:Norduren Characters
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