Freyja

"You have advanced to the Classical Age by the Glory of Freyja."
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Freyja is a Norse Classical Age minor god. She is available to worshipers of Thor, Odin and Freyr.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Forest Fire	Burns down a forest, damaging nearby enemy units and buildings, and animals.

Technology

Name	Description
Sessrumnir	Hersirs and Godis gain +15% hit points.
Thundering Hooves	Jarls, Raiding Cavalry, and Valkyries gain +10% HP and +10% speed.
Disablot	Upgrades Valkyries to Shieldmaiden Valkyries, gaining +50% damage and +33% healing rate.

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Valkyrie	Fast-moving warrior that can heal friendly units.

Gameplay

Freyja grants substantial improvements to cavalry and heroes. Her myth unit, the Valkyrie, looks and functions like a cavalry unit with the added ability to heal friendly units – a significant boost for an attacking Norse army. Freyja's technologies improve Valkyries and human cavalry units (Raiding Cavalry and Jarls), granting them more hit points and speed. For Raiding Cavalry, this makes raiding even quicker, and, when supported by a Valkyrie or two, they can be healed too to carry on the attack quickly. More fighting also means more favor, which means Valkyries can be trained more quickly. For Jarls, it helps them catch up to other units better, as their slow speed is arguably their biggest drawback. She can also improve Hersirs and Godi.

Freyja's god power, Forest Fire, burns down a group of trees, often destroying nearby buildings and harming nearby units. Naturally, it is more useful on well-wooded maps.

Freyr players who pick Freyja in the Classical Age and follow up with Aegir in the Heroic Age will be able to heal their units in a wider variety of ways and have faster and stronger heroes. Likewise, Odin players can follow up with Njord in the Heroic Age to have even stronger cavalry units.

Mythology

"Daughter of Njord, the sea god, Freyja was the goddess of love and lust. She was portrayed as blue-eyed with a voluptuous figure. The legends say that she was continually searching heaven and earth for Odur, her lost husband, while shedding tears that turned to gold on land and amber in the sea. (Odur may have been Odin.) In the Germanic tradition, Freyja and two other Vanir (fertility gods) moved to Asgard to live with the Aenir (war gods) as a token of friendship following a war. She wore the Brisings necklace, a treasure of great value and beauty that she obtained by sleeping with the four dwarves who had made it. She also split the war dead with Odin. His share went with him to Valhalla and her share went to live in her great hall."
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