Valkyrie

Written in 2024


Germanic mythology

In the games

Valkyries are part of many RPGs. They can be classes (like the Valkyrie class for Riesz in Trials of Mana), or they can be characters in games. Sometimes as enemies, sometimes as heroes.

And then, there is a whole game series dedicated to these feisty women - the Valkyrie Profile series, which gets a new entry in the series now and then. The last entry, Valkyrie Elysium, was published as recently as 2022.

The games were initially created by Tri-Ace. In them, Valkyries are sent to earth (Midgar) by the gods to find suitable characters (Einherjar) to fight in a divine war.

In the real world

So the Valkyries wold travel the world and search for people who are near their death to grant them ascension to heaven - only to fight again.

And well, that's exactly what they were designed for in the original legends. The song "Grimnismal" names 13 valkyries by name. However, only one is actually a real one in the "Valkyrie Profile" games - Hrist.

She is an antagonist to Lenneth in the first game and a supporting character in the second one, Silmeria. But that's only her role in the game, and not in the legends.


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