Freydis Strong-Blade

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## Biography information

### Alias(es)

Freydis the Red
Freydis the Dragon

### Family

Alfarth (father)
Hallveig (mother)
Matlide Strong-Blade (sister)
Lucia (adoptive daughter)

### Ingame database

Freydis Strong-Blade (Skyrim)
Freydis Strong-Blade (Legends)

## Affiliation information

### Title(s)

Thane of Whiterun
Harbinger of the Companions

### Affiliation

Clan Strong-Blade
The Companions
The Circle
Fourth Empire

## Behind the Scenes

### Appears in

*The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*

**Freydis Strong-Blade** is a well-known heroine, mercenary and adventurer who became Harbinger of the Companions and Thane of Whiterun.

## History

### Early life

Freydis was born in 4E 170 to Alfarth and Hallveig, veterans of the Great War in Skyrim. The Strong-Blades are the descendants from Rasman who were adopted in Ysgramor's family. She had the closest bond relationship with her older sister, Matlide. When the sisters were four and six respectfully, their parents were killed during the Great War, and spend their childhoods in Whiterun to become young warriors in the Companions. Freydis and Matilde become train each other throughout the majority of their teenage years, which her older sister trained in greatswords and one-handed while Freydis trained in battle axes. Before joining the Companions, Freydis traveled to High Hrothgar to practice the Thu'um and befriended with Marcella Varian, the future Empress.

### The Companions

Much later, long after her sister joins, Freydis than follows suit into the Companions in Jorrvaskr, which Vilkas opposes Freydis at first, but the current Harbinger Kodlak Whitemane reassures and directs him to trained Freydis, which he accepted. After the training, Vilkas send Freydis on an errand to Eorlund Gray-Mane, Whiterun's senior blacksmith at the Skyforge, in order to sharpen a sword. Eorlund offers and asks her to take a shield back to Aela. Freydis spend the first months, both training and past the initiation test. After the brief initiation ceremony, Freydis than conduining with her training and help mercenary work to the people of Skyrim in needed. Freydis was ordered with Skjor the final challenge before inducing Brefyir to retrieve a fragment of Wuuthrad, the Blade of Ysgramor, in Dustman's Cairn while Farkas judges her valor while during the event; becoming trapped while Farkas in his Warewolf form defeating the Silver Hand members who surrounded Farkas, and killing off the draugrs before returning to Jorrvaskr with retrieving the fragment.

Upon returning to Jorrvaskr, Vilkas meets Freydis and is formally officially inducted into the Companions, while her older sister, already do missions from Aela. After told by Skjor to go to the secret entrance of the The Underforge for an ritual becoming an warewolf. After the ritual, she becomes an warewolf with fearing of harming innocent people, she managed to escaped Whiterun, and lose consciousness. After gaining consciousness, Freydis was awoken, naked and founded by Aela and mentions a Silver Hand camp nearby that must be exterminated, which Aela and Freydis straightforward approach a bunker at Gallows Rock, and successfully killing its leader, Krev the Skinner. Then Kodlak asked Freydis an favor to cure his Lycanthropy by acquiring the heads of the Glenmoril Witches that tricked the Companions long ago. At Glenmoril Cove, she successfully killing the witches but upon returning, Freydis was shocked and soon found that after seeking out with Vilkas that the Silver Hand attacked Jorrvaskr, by managed to kill Kodlak and take off with all the fragments of Wuuthrad. After the death of Kodlak Whitemane, Vilkas will seek revenge. With no questions asked, he seeks Freydis all the way to the Silver Hand hideout at Driftshade Refuge, which she agreed, and managed to kill the remainder of the Silver Hand members and recovered Fragments of Wuuthrad and to return to Jorrvaskr.

As soon both Vilkas and Freydis arrives back to Whiterun, they went to the Skyforge and pay their respects to the deceased, but now avenged, Whitemane, while both Freydis was emotional due to Kodlak's passing with Matilde comforting her. Freydis than composed herself and give the fragments back to Eorlund, before returning to the Underforge with her fellow Circle members while a conversation about Kodlak ensues. Eorlund, than arrives with Wuuthrad before giving it to Freydis, before she and the Circle to Ysgramor's Tomb and posthumously cure Kodlak of his Lycanthropy. Upon arriving at the tomb with Matilde and the Circle, Freydis leads the Circle to the burial chamber, while both Vilkas and Farkas refused to enter while Aela, Freydis and Matilde battled their way, which Ysgramor's Champions as a test of they worth. Freydis and Aela enter the Burial Chamber together. Upon entering, they sees the sprit of deceased Kodlak Whitemane which he was proud of Freydis for her work she put with the Companions. She also agreed to free Kodlak's beast spirit by activate the fire, and Glenmoril Witch's head into the flames, and defeating the beast spirit, and Kodlak granted Freydis the title of Harbinger and freed Kodlak's spirit. Upon the successful cure of Kodlak's spirit, Freydis granted the title of Harbinger, making her the first true leader since Ysgramor himself. Aela was shocked at the Freydis's now becoming a true leader since Ysgramor and congratulates her on her new title, which Freydis had emotions and that she agreed to accept the title. Freydis, went on to cure her lycanthropy herself by defeating her Beast Spirit in combat.

At the time her as Harbinger, Freydis declared that allowing both the Mer and the Beast to join the Companions. While the Companions increases members, including around 35 percent of the members of either Dunmer, Bosmer and little percent of Altmer. And 22 percent of the members are Argonian, Khajiit and Orc. She also increased the members and managed to keep the Companions indicted, even described the largest warrior guild in Skyrim. Freydis currently stayed at her personal study in her home, Breezehome and while during the mostly evenings, she stayed at Jorrvaskr. However after Ulfric Stormcloak was defeated and the rebellion crushed after the Siege of Windhelm, Freydis re-located and make a residence in Windhelm's Hjerim. According to Tamrielic historians, Freydis among one of the most popular Harbinger and leader among the Companions. She continued the policies and have the record of about eighty-six policies, which ninety percent of the policies were passed, with the help of her friend Marcella Varian.

### Skyrim Civil War

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During the Skyrim Civil War, Freydis sided with the Fourth Empire.

### Later life and Death

After the fall of Windhelm and the death of Ulfric Stormcloak, the civil war ended and the declaration of the Fifth Era. Freydis return to Whiterun and resumed her duties as Harbinger for another more than 70 years. Both Freydis and her sister Matilde, who is a vampire, reunited in 5E 5 in secret. While Freydis enjoyed peace on Tamriel, she attended her friend Empress Marcella's Silver, Golden, and Platinum Jubilees. Six years after Marcella's death, Freydis died in year 5E 74 in Whiterun, and was buried in the Strong-Blade Family Tomb.

## Personality

Freydis was a devoted and confident Nord Barbarian leader, who was not afraid of dying to protect her people. Despite her deep love for her clan and the Companions, she was a lone wolf. She being a fierce warrior, Freydis was cunning and was a great strategist, as shown by her alliances with other territorial leaders. Indeed, driven by her dream to prove her courage, she preferred to take on all tasks and risks herself.

She, along with her clan and the Companions, is also known for supporting the Fourth Empire and its Empress Marcella Varian which Freydis is notable for accompanying Marcella during the civil war, and stopping the Stormcloaks. Freydis is mostly independent in her political views, but however she supports the Imperial leaning Jarls in Skyrim.

## Appearances

* *The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*
* *The Elder Scrolls VI: Invasion* (Mentioned only)
* *The Elder Scrolls: Legends*

## References

1. ↑ *The Empire's Strongblades*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Legendary Strong-Blades*
3. ↑ *Year in Skyrim: 4E 170*
4. ↑ *The Legendary Strong-Blades*
5. ↑ *The Strongblade Sisters*
6. ↑ Events of *Proving Honor*
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Events of *The Silver Hand*
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Events of *Blood's Honor*
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Events of *Glory of the Dead*
10. ↑ Events of *The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim*
11. ↑ *Year in Cyrodiil: 5E 23*
12. ↑ *Year in Cyrodiil: 5E 48*
13. ↑ *Year in Cyrodiil: 5E 68*
14. ↑ *Year in Skyrim: 5E 74*
15. ↑ Dialogue of Aela the Huntress
16. ↑ Dialogue of Marcella Varian

## External links

* Freydis Strong-Blade on SpartanMazdapedia Wiki