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Hildr’s backstory

HEEEEY!!! Let’s start the Valkyries backstories, starting from the support group, it’s Hildr’s time. Really hope you all like it cuz it took a lot of time to make but keep in mind that this is a “short” version of her backstory and I want to illustrate it as well as the others and, it would help me a lot if you could become a Patreon, since I will post it first there.

Now onto the backstory!!!

Since little, both her and her sister Brunhilda knew they were special. With an ease to befriend any folklore creature, the two lived alone with their mother, far from any other human contact. It was only when, at 15/16, Brunhilda was kidnapped by beings that reminded of trolls and came back as one of them, that they discovered their true potential: to turn into any folklore creature. Their mum then explains to them that both had come from a special family and that their father was a terrible man whose desire to control all forest creatures birthed them two.

Hildr was a kind and nice soul and to hear that about their father made her feel sick and with a bad feeling about him, her sister, on the other hand, couldn't help but feel a shiver of excitement and a desire to learn more about her gift. So, in an argument Brunhilda had with her mother, the girl decided that she was going to go out to find her father and told Hildr if she would stay with her mother or if she would go with her. The pressure of having to choose between the two people she loved the most was so much that she just kept hyperventilating, her eyes going from her mother to Brunhilda until she fell to her knees, closing her eyes and her hands on her head. Brunhilda knew that such a choice was too much for her sister and decided to go alone in search of answers, leaving her mother and sister at home. A few seconds passed between her fall and Brunhilda's departure when her mother hugged her and sighed to herself to follow her sister and keep her safe, then she went to the bedroom and brought her an amulet and a bottle with something ornate on both of them: “Lifðu án ótta” (live with no fear) and “lækna þá sem þurfa” (heal those in need) respectively. Her mother wrapped the bottle in a band and placed it around her neck. As for the amulet, she said it was for her sister and told her to follow her.

Hildr left the house with two bags of food and water and ran to Brunhilda. Her sister seemed happy to see that she had followed her and with supplies, as it had been such a stupid idea to leave without taking anything. The smaller sister then put the amulet around her sister's neck, "Mum said it's for luck" she said. The two then traveled across the country in search of their father, passing through various villages, cities and kingdoms, being impressed by all kinds of creatures and civilizations, going through ups and downs, as well as joining more and more creature forms and knowing more about the history of magical beings but, due to certain events, Hildr decided that it would be better for them not to show their folklore forms. As time passed, the girl saw more and more violence and cruelty while the bigger sister cared only about power.

While looking for more magical creatures and more information about their father, the two pass by a witch who is saved by them and, as a reward, teaches them about the ways of magic and how to use it. More and more Hildr was leaning to forest creatures and their healing spells while Brunhilda was leaning to large creatures and their offensive spells. After a few months, the witch says that Hildr was adapting to magic extremely easily and her sister would make a great familiar, so said that they could help take her village from a vile jarl but Brunhilda decides to help only when Hildr begs her to do so and the witch says they might find something about what they're looking for.

Together, the three set out for Hexental, the witches' village, to take it for themselves and dethrone the jarl. Upon arriving in the big city, Hildr and Brunhilda feel that Hexental had an absurd amount of magic in the air, and the witch explains that before, this place was a meeting place for several folkloric beings as it was the resting place of an ancient giant who long since passed away by the great god Thor. Not knowing who this Thor was or what a god was, the two receive an incredulous look from the witch and give them a brief explanation about the god of thunder, making Brunhilda even more excited to know more, and Hildr afraid and scared with the explanation about Thor. The witch would explain more after the jarl's defeat and asked how they were going to go from here. Hildr wanted a more subtle and secretive approach, but long term but Brunhilda didn't want to listen to her sister and headed towards the jarl's longhouse. Obviously Hildr couldn't let her sister attack an army alone, so she followed along with the witch. Her sister seemed to have been born to battle and did so with such ease that she resembled a war goddess, but Hildr could never stand to see violence and witnessing such an act had always been in extreme circumstances.

Despite the girls' efforts, they were arrested and taken to the jarl. Hildr knew it had been a bad idea and didn't know what Brunhilda had in her head to jump headfirst into an army until they were facing the jarl, where when he asks about what they came to do in his realm and recognizes the witch , Hildr discovers her sister’s plan and tries to stop her just about as Brunhilda transforms into an ogress and dethrones the jarl on the spot, scaring the soldiers around her and taking the village for her own. Hildr turns her face to the scene and is in disbelief that her sister acted in such a way against another living being, let alone one like them, a human. The witch is static because she didn't know that Brunhilda could become a magical being but, given to how easy they were with magic, it made sense. She looks at Hildr as she was sure the smaller sister also had the same power. Hildr yelled at Brunhilda as she sat on the jarl's throne, asking if she had any idea what she had done and, to her sister's answer, explained to her that a jarl was not a king, but someone who led a village under the name of a king. Brunhilda says they would see it later because what was done was done. Hildr says that would "bite them" later.

The news of the jarl's death spread through the village like wildfire on a dry day, and the name of the village's new leaders flowed through the mouths of the citizens: Brunhilda and Hildr. After that, several citizens crowded in front of the longhouse demanding an explanation. Brunhilda had never been good at speeches and was extremely misunderstood when she said that she "killed your jarl for you". The citizens were enraged, uttering slander and promises to arrest and even burn them, drawing an equally aggressive reaction from Brunhilda, and had it not been for both Hildr and the witch to calm the people down and explain the situation, it would have ended in another fight, this time including the entire city and only calmed them down as the witch in question was none other than the strategist of the jarl who had disappeared months ago. The witch explained to the citizens how corrupt the jarl was and how he used the people's silver for his own benefit. She then showed how precarious their village was in many ways and how even the village's defense was so flawed that in the last few months, several attacks had taken place and that had allowed them to enter and dethrone the jarl, then ended up asking if they would really want a man who didn't care about them ruling over them. The citizens were slowly beginning to understand the danger they were in and how the arrival of the girls actually saved them.

Despite the distrust of some citizens, a party for Brunhilda and Hildr was held to give thanks for the jarl's defeat. While they were drinking and partying, Hildr asked about the witch not telling her that she was the jarl's right-hand man and the witch retorted that they also hid the fact that they were of special bloodline. Hildr doesn't understand what she's talking about, so the witch calls her into a room inside the common house and opens a bookcase like a door, to take her up several flights of stairs until they reach a gigantic cave where witches would’ve made their coven, the skeleton of the ancient giantess still intact, now covered by the geology, fauna and flora of the cave. The witch introduced her to the coven of Vanæsvölvas. As she descends the stairs, the witch explains to Hildr that witches are the followers of the first users of magic, the ones they call the Æsir and Vanir, the gods, and that despite their efforts, humans only managed to replicate nature's magic poorly, but the gods, they could use it as they saw fit, and had passed on such skill to a few, both she and Brunhilda being those few.

Hildr couldn't believe what she’d just heard. She knew he was special on her father's part, but she didn't know she came directly from supernatural beings. In fact, what were gods? The question the girl had asked a few hours ago finally began to be answered. The witch explained everything she knew about who the gods were, what they did, their enemies and their motives. From the god of thunder to the god of hunting and finally, as it passed on the wall of the individual in question, the allfather, the one who reigned above any being, Odin. The realization of what the witch thought was sacred and worthy of worship scared Hildr, but the fact that she had so much knowledge about this special group made her curious and accepted to join their group when the witch asked her to join. The two continued for a while longer walking through the coven and learning about the history of witches (how the magic of humans were taught by the goddess Freyja and that’s why they are also called Freyjabarn) and some magic that was being used throughout the cave, until they remembered the party and would have to go back so as not to raise any suspicions. Before they returned to the community house, Hildr was sure that Brunhilda could not know about this as her lust for power could lead to catastrophic results.

Back at the place, the girls are surprised by Brunhilda, who was waiting for them, sitting in an office chair facing the bookcase they came from. Scared, Hildr tried to come up with an excuse but realized she was completely intoxicated by alcohol and had fallen asleep sitting up. This had been a relief to her sister, but the witch found it odd that Hildr didn't want to tell her sister the truth and why come up with an apology, since she should know too. Hildr explained to the witch how Brunhilda would not be fit to receive such knowledge as she would want it for herself so Hildr would do everything she could to keep her from having knowledge of the coven. Within weeks, the girls had already decided to stay there (mostly because of Hildr's pleas to stay) and start a new life.

Time passed and more people were receiving the idea of the new jarls in a very positive way, or at least, Hildr, since it was she who had the political skills to do so because, in addition to learning from the witches, she was always open-minded for the new and different, meanwhile, her sister wielded military power and was equally feared as respected for her astounding strength. The case of the ogress form that she had taken a few years ago was nothing more than rumors and legends that Hildr and the witch had spread with the help of the convent and that Brunhilda accepted to maintain order in the village and also that would help her to spread her name throughout the country as a living legend, which caught the attention of a soon to be living legend: Sigurd, who had not yet killed Fafnir.

Upon learning of Brunhilda's divine strength, Sigurd, who had tried before to kill the beast and failed, came to ask Hildr's sister to help him kill the beast and, if he succeeded, she would receive a large share of the gold the dragon kept. More out of a desire to end a mythological being than for gold, the bigger sister accepted right away, but Hildr, who was really the one giving the orders, gave them a day to think about it. The witch, who had now turned her right arm, said that they were low on gold on account of Queen Gudrun, who demanded a percentage of her village’s gold in exchange for “protection” and that it would be a good idea. What happened later was an intense argument between the sisters, as Brunhilda felt that she did not have the same power in the village as her sister and that she had felt that for years. Hildr thought she was crazy and insulted her, resulting in her sister slapping Hildr hard across the face. Even though Brunhilda immediately regretted it, the damage was already done.

The next day, Brunhilda and Sigurd had left for the dragon's lair without their sister's farewell or even her blessing. What Hildr didn't know was that this would be the last time they would ever see each other. The news of the dragon's death, along with a huge amount of gold, arrived in a caravan weeks later with a note from Brunhilda that she was going to spend extra time with Sigurd. The jarla wanted to see her sister, but she understood that the fight they had would not be easily forgotten and besides, she needed to focus on her witch training and her village, but she would not handle what was to come a few months later: the death of her sister at the hands of Gudrun, now known as the ogre slayer.

The news of her sister's death came through Sigurd, who had been saved by Brunhilda, and who only carried her amulet with him. The news shook her sister to such an extent that she could no longer lead the village, but her mourning for Brunhilda's death was short-lived as word had arrived that Gudrun's army was heading towards Hexental. Hildr had to make a quick decision, so he gave the order to evacuate the city to everyone who didn't want to die, which many accepted immediately, while others decided to stay and fight for what was theirs. Sigurd was one of them as he owed a debt to Brunhilda, who had had an affair with her during their time together. Before the big day, Hildr spent most of her time in the coven, contemplating the pictures of the witches before walking through the main hall and stopping in front of the statue of Odin and Freyja and starting to fiddle with the bottle she had been given by her mother and her sister's amulet that was now around her neck. The girl, weeping, apologized to her mother for not protecting her sister as she had promised and asked Odin, that even then she never had made such a prayer, to guide her spear into Gudrun's heart. Finally, on the way back up to the common house, Hildr recognized Sigurd's strength of will and decided to leave him her two most precious possessions, knowing that she would not live enough to see tomorrow’s sunrise.

The sky was filled with black clouds before the great battle. Hildr looked up at the stormy sky, and with a lift of her spear aimed directly at Gudrun's army, a lightning struck her weapon. With extraordinary strength and impeccable aim, her spear was driven straight into the queen's heart, piercing it completely. What ensued was a fierce battle, with Hildr using her magic to raise the dead so that they would continue fighting even if their bodies could no longer take it. The battle that would go down in history as the most violent battle in the country, with the overwhelming defeat of Hexental, ended with a heavy rain, cleaning the battlefield. The only survivor was Sigurd, who lay down, feeling his limbs.

Hildr was woken up in Valhalla by her sister, who was in tears and hugged her tightly. After the reunion, it was explained to her that the two were part of a very important lineage and her father was right there, on the other side of the big table where the Einherjar ate. Their father was the great god Odin and, without further ado, Brunhilda said that he would make them two Valkyries. The surprise was great, but she cried out for her father to make them now, as she needed to help someone and even asked her sister to accompany her.

And then, as he was on the brink of going to Valhalla, Sigurd saw both Hildr and Brunhilda descend from the skies as Valkyries. The eldest of the sisters then kissed her lover and took the amulet, wrapped her hands around it, shining the amulet in pink and gave it back. The shorter one took the bottle she had given him, wrapped it in her hands, and from within it, a pink liquid shimmered for a moment, then poured a drop into the warrior's body, which healed completely. The two thanked him for the help he gave them and that these were gifts for him, thus returning to Asgard and thus becoming definitive Valkyries.

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