Skadi

"You have advanced to the Heroic Age through the Vengeance of Skadi."
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Skadi is a Heroic Age Norse minor goddess. She is available to worshipers of Thor and Odin.

Attributes

God Power

Name	Description
Frost	Temporarily freezes enemy units in the area of casting. Grants the affected units 99% hack, pierce, and crush armor, essentially making them invulnerable for the duration of the god power.

Technology

Name	Description
Winter Harvest	Farm gather rate +20%, other food gather rate +10%.
Rime	Frost Giants are upgraded to Frost Giants of Thrym, granting +20% attack, +33% hit points, and -25% ability recharge time.
Huntress' Axe	Throwing Axemen have +1 range and their projectiles always hit their targets.

Myth Unit

Name	Description
Frost Giant	Powerful unit that can freeze an enemy unit with its breath attack.

Gameplay

Skadi brings mostly defensive benefits plus an economic technology. She increases Throwing Axeman attack, which makes these units better at attacking and defending (especially against other infantry). As it is slow, Skadi's myth unit, the Frost Giant, is best used defensively, to weaken an attacking army. The attack should be targeted at powerful enemies when possible. Her God Power, Frost, can also be used defensively – typically this will be in an emergency when a player needs time to counter the now-frozen attackers. The power can also be used to stop a defending army in its tracks allowing the player to attack with impunity.

Skadi's economic benefit is Winter Harvest. This increases food production and is a rare bonus for the Norse.

Mythology

"Skadi was the goddess of winter and a huntress who used a bow and often traveled on skis. She was not one of the Aesir or Vanir, but rather the daughter of the jotun Thiazi. When Thiazi was killed by the gods, she marched on Asgard to exact revenge. Recognizing that she deserved compensation, the gods of Asgard offered to place her father's eyes into heaven as stars and allow her a god for a husband. However, she had to choose her mate by examining feet only, and hoped to select Baldr. She chose Njord, a god of the sea, instead, guessing the feet incorrectly. They were not suited for each other and eventually separated. Some say that she later bore Odin several sons."
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