Freya, Goddess of Love

By Athyra Di Giovanni (demonsreiche@yahoo.com)

Totem of Beauty and Fertility

Note from Author

I would like to thank Peloquin for tipping me off to the corrections that had to be made to this and the other Norse mythology-based totems. Without his help, there would be a lot of people scratching their heads and wondering where a few deities disappeared to. With good fortune, these revisions should clear up any gray areas that appeared previously.

Background Cost

9

Restrictions

All the children of Freya are women. As her twin brother Frey takes care of the men, Freya ensures the women know the ways of passion and love. All of the children of Freya must place their Social Attributes first, or at lesat have a minimum score of eight points in their Social Attribues by the time Freya chooses them. Freya refuses to teach the arts of love to those she feels are not ready. And the children of Freya cannot be married at the time she selects them to her service. She doesn't believe in marriage . . . .

Description

It was once written that "Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned." They might have been writing about Freya, the ill-fortuned goddess of love in Norse mythology. Freya and her twin brother, Frey, were not of the same race as Thor, Odin, and Heimdall. Whereas Thor and Baldur were of the Aesir, Freya and Frey were of another race of gods known as the Vanir. Freya once fell in love with a man by the name of Od. They were very taken with each other, and were to be married. On the night of the marriage, Od dumped her completely out of his life, leaving her heartbroken and berift. (It was later suspected to be Odin, but none could prove it was he.) From that point on, Freya vowed never to commit herself to another man (nor woman, for that matter.)

The Black Furies honour her as a woman to be respected. While some Get of Fenris and a good number of Shadow Lords find her story humourous, very few have ever said as much to a worshipper of Freya or Frey. The few that have said as much are able to sing any Michael Jackson song they wish now . . . .

Traits Bestowed

Unlike many of the Norse gods, Freya has never been much for combat. She finds it a waste of time, and a complete destruction of the fields and crops. Freya gives all of her children one dot in each of the following traits, to a maximum of 6: Seduction, Subterfuge, Empathy, Etiquette, Performance, and Medicine. She also gives her children the choice of the following merits: Animal Magnetism, Dual Nature, or Iron Will. The followers of Freya also have access to the Charm: Influence. (from the Kindred of the East book by White Wolf. The character may change the mood of the chosen target by spending a point of Gnosis/Numina for each degree of change the chosen target's emotion will change. This is a gradual process.) The children of the goddess Freya have a 30% chance of birthing Garou children.

Bans and Flaws

None of the children of Freya will deal well with the children of Odin (or any other male authority figure). They will be at a +4 penalty when attempting to Manipulate or blocking the Manipulation of such people. All of the followers of Freya have an incessant need to seduce people (Compulsion: Seduction) when not in a combat situation. As Freya is not a particularly courageous goddess, her children lose one Glory and one Honour every time the gain Glory or Honour. Freya is also not a very forgiving or generous goddess in some aspects, and her children show these flaws in their behaviour (Intolerance: Ugliness, Intolerance: Male Authority). Whenever the children of Freya see a chance to belittle a male authority figure, they are at +4 to resist giving in tho the urge of doing so, even if it may cost them a minor gain.