Freya Bloodaxe

Dalla Wolffang (exiled)

Morna Wolffang

Val Wolffang

Raya Wolffang

Rowan Strongtree

Lilly Strongtree

Freya is the Chieftess of the Snow Owl Tribe, a tribe mostly composed by women and spearwives. She was first born to Arson Bloodaxe and Sage 'the Fire Flower' in 105 AC. Freya grew up to be a prominent warrior and commander on the field, earning the respect of her people.

## Appearance and Character

Freya towers over common men at 6'0 and intimidates most with her muscular frame from the constant hardship that comes from being Beyond the Wall. She has striking red hair resembling her father's lineage along with her mother's green eyes. Her defined face and body are riddled with scars obtained from battle, duels and everything in between.

She prefers to wear the makeshift armor one can find Beyond the Wall along with layers of fur and wool and leather, a doeskin shirt and a sewn sheepskin helm. More often than not she wears her hair in traditional plaited braids with charms tied into them. Her short bow and war axe are always on her persona. The short bow is made of weirwood. Her axe, the Bloodaxe, is a weapon with a pommel of mammoth bone with script and writing carved into it. Each set with intricate runes and ancient designs from a time lost to history.

Freya's personality can only be described as passionate, strong willed, and determined. She has had a strong desire to see change among her people. A natural born leader, she demonstrated from a young age what was needed to forward herself and others along with her. Although she may seem fearless in the face of danger, inside her mind is a different story.

## History

### Beyond the Wall

Freya was born to Arson Bloodaxe and Sage 'the Fire Flower' in 105 AC during a summer snow. Her father came to sire eight other daughters with three different women. He was the head of the Bloodaxe tribe, a tribe in a remote forest in the real North. She would grow as the eldest and for the first eighteen years of her life, she was happy. As happy as one can be in the Beyond.

Surrounded by her sisters she never came to be bored, always keeping busy. Her father would teach Freya to hunt and fight. Always keeping survival as one of the most important lessons. Her mother would teach her to never let her guard down. She was a woman, and a woman needed to be strong and tough in the land of the free where any man could take whatever they wanted.

### Tamed

In the year 123 AC, Freya and her family were struggling to survive. Conditions were worsening in the Land of Always Winter, they had little to no food and would likely starve to death in the coming moon. On a hunting trip by herself, in the middle of the woods, Freya would come to meet Torgen. He was everything she ever wanted, strong and brave. Leadership appeared to run through his veins, something Freya admired. She would fall deeply in love with Torgen, he seemed to be able to love her for who she was. Taking all the good sides of her and loving the bad ones.

The lovers would escape plenty of times to see one another, their love almost forbidden.

She was eight and ten when Torgen took Freya's maidenhead on a clearing in the forest between their homes. On that night, she would come back to see her home up in flames.

### The Ice Viper

The year was 124 AC when Gorne 'Rat Teeth', the chief of the Snow Owl Tribe came and ravaged Freya's home. Weak and afraid, Freya's family did not stand a chance. She would watch her home burned to the ground and how Gorne would execute her father in front of all her sisters and mothers. The chief of the Snow Owls would take Arson's wives and eldest daughters as his own.

Freya and her family would be tied and escorted to what seemed to be their new home. The Snow Owl Tribe was a male ruled tribe. Men would take as they wished and women had no choice but to obey. Freya however, was not raised to kneel and do whatever a man would say. In her solitude she would think of Torgen and how much she missed him, his warmth and his voice. She wouldn't see him for years to come.

One night, as the Snow Owl Tribe's men celebrated another raid on an unknown clan, Chief Gorne would try to lie with Freya. She would not have that. With all the strength she could muster she would grab the axe that once belonged to her father and swing down on her drunken opponent, chopping the head of Gorne 'Rat Teeth' off clean.

Freya, naked and covered in the blood of the Chief, would grab the head of Gorne and carry it out for the public to see before finally throwing it into the flames. The men would stare in shock and simmer with anger as she stood above them. Freya would give a speech calling for the women of the tribe to take up arms against their oppressive captors. Her words were said to spill out like cold snow in a winter blizzard, harsh and loud.

In a blink of an eye, the tribe was in the midst of battle. The women outnumbered the men four-to-one, Freya's sisters leading the charge. Many lives were lost but in the end the women of the Snow Owl Tribe rose to victory.

She would come to be known as 'the Ice Viper'. The woman who would come to inspire those around her. The woman that would strike hard and fast to those that opposed her. The woman that would rise as the new leader her people needed.

### Bloodaxe

Freya stood above the defeated men that once commanded her every move. She would offer a choice, join as equals or die. It was unsurprising when they all chose the latter. Freya would swing Bloodaxe a total of fifty-nine times coating the white snow in a thick layer of red.

Her mother's words resonating in her head with every death.

### Ruling

The women of the new and reformed Snow Owl Tribe would come together to decide their new leader in a council of sorts. Freya would come to be the first Chieftess to ever be.

Rulership came naturally to Freya, rarely struggling to maintain balance and resolving any and all conflict justly. Her expertise in the battle field gave an advantage when it came to fighting, always knowing when to accept defeat or continue fighting.

She would meet opposition from her half sister, Dalla daughter of Thistle, her father's second wife. Dalla would state how weak Freya was for not killing every man they came across, for letting them run off and live giving them the opportunity to fight another day. She would gather and influence a band of women into deposing Freya from her position as Chieftess and placing Dalla as the new leader. Dalla promised justice for all the wrong doings men had done to them. Something, according to Dalla, Freya did not have the will or mindset to do. Word of her sister's betrayal would arrive to Freya, where she immediately put a stop to the coup that was bound to form.

Dalla challenged Freya to a duel that would determine who the Chieftess should rightfully be. Freya, afraid of looking weak, would accept the challenge. In a blood battered fight that lasted almost an hour, Freya would rise victorious. When the decision to execute her sister came, she could not do it. Choosing to exile her to the Lands of Always Winter where Dalla would likely starve or be killed.

### Love and Hate

When word that Torgen, her first love, was alive her heart swelled with happiness and excitement. He could join her, rule by her side in the new world Freya dreamed of. He would surely accept her new ideas. Her dream of being with Torgen was shattered, however, when her council informed her that he was the new Magnar of Thenn. Thenn and Snow Owl hated one another for a feud started centuries prior, she knew deep down they could not be together if he continued to be leader of his people.

Freya seeked Torgen in the coming moons, where they finally met as two completely different people. She was not the girl he had once lied with and he was now a Magnar. Freya gave Torgen a proposition in which he would rule by her side as equals, he refused and they fought. Spitting blasphemy and hateful speech of one another and their people. Freya raged, how could the man she loved choose his people over her. Was she not enough for him? Did he think her weak? Without thinking Freya pulled Bloodaxe out and began swinging on Torgen where a fierce duel ensued.

In the end, Torgen had Freya pinned down. She had lost and awaited whatever death Torgen would give to her. For one reason or another Torgen didn't kill her. Leaving her on the ground as tears swelled in her eyes and fell onto the dirt underneath her. She came back home a different woman, one that had lost something so dear to her yet obtained something new.

### A Dream

After years of being the leader many needed and respected. Freya began to search for a new ambition, one that could further her family and people. She would present the motion to unite the Free Folk Beyond the Wall under one but would be met with hesitation. The Snow Owl Tribe was not the largest or most powerful of the Free Folk and Freya came to understand that if her ambition were to come to fruition she would need to convince the other tribes and it's people what it is that she wishes to accomplish.

## Recent Events

Freya continues to pursue her dream of uniting the Free Folk under one.

## Meta

Attribute: Bellicose

Skill Points: 20

Skills: Formation, Skirmishing, Weapon Proficiency (Ranged Weapons & Axes & Blunts) Footwork

Mastery: Field Commander