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Personality [ ]

Whilst Byggvir is polite and chatty, Beyla is stoic and blunt. Byggvir notes that she is usually not very talkative with others. If the player approaches her before breaking Freya's curse, she tells off Byggvir for saying hello, and rudely whispers that Kratos shouldn't be talking to them, and that he should leave. After breaking Freya's curse, Beyla accepts him as an ally, but is still reserved, telling Byggvir not to ask Kratos and Freya for help as it's 'rude,' which Byggvir disagrees with. She does feel slightly abashed when Freya doesn't ask about her feelings on the Light of Alfheim, and volunteers to share her thoughts. Like her husband, Beyla is critical of the war in Alfheim and the Light, believing that what she had been taught about the Light being everything that mattered was 'shit,' and that all Elves are stubborn and too stuck in their ways to stop their war, comparing them to brainless moths blinded by their constant devotion to the Light.
Despite her stoicism, she is open and affectionate with her husband, and playfully tells him not to share too much of their relationship with others.


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Powers and Abilities [ ]

Dark Elf Physiology: Flight : Like all Dark Elves, Beyla possesses a pair of insect-like wings that enable her to fly.

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Norse Mythology [ ]

Beyla (Old Norse: [ˈbœylɑ]) is one of Freyr's servants along with her husband, Byggvir, in Norse mythology. Beyla is mentioned in stanzas 55, 66, and the prose introduction to the Poetic Edda poem Lokasenna. Since this is the only mention of Beyla, scholars have turned to the etymology of Beyla's name for additional information about her. However, the meaning of her name is unclear and her name has been proposed as related to "cow," "bean," or "bee".
Beyla was a servant of Freyr. She and her husband Byggvir attended the banquet of the gods (as portrayed in the Lokasenna), hosted by Ægir. There, she exchanges insults with Loki, who had recently insulted Sif.
In the prose introduction to Lokasenna, Beyla and Byggvir are cited as attending In stanza 55 of Lokasenna, after his verses with Sif, Loki accuses Beyla of being filthy but the reason for this is unclear.
In relation to Loki's comments in Lokasenna, proposals have been made that Beyla and her husband are personifications of agriculture associated with Freyr: Beyla as the manure that softens the earth and develops the seed, Byggvir as the refuse of the mill, chaff.


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Backstory [ ]

Beyla was one of the Dark Elf Warriors from Alfheim, who are constantly at war with the Light Elves, fighting over control of the Light. At some point, she was imprisoned along with Byggvir , a Light Elf who had been trying to spread and uncover taboo information about the history of the Elves and their division in an attempt to form peace between the two factions. During their time in prison, they eventually grew close to each other, and by the time they escaped, they had become lovers, despite being from opposing sides.
With the never-ending war raging in Alfheim and little chance of peace between the two sides, Beyla and Byggvir eventually left Alfheim and joined Freyr's resistance group in Vanaheim.