Frigga, The Earth Mother, Wife of Odin "The All-Father"
By Athyra Di Giovanni (demonsreiche@yahoo.com)
Totem of Wisdom, Respect, and Love
Background Cost for Frigga
Description
She who is the noble consort, friend, and companion to Odin; she who is the mother of Baldur and the foster mother of Loki; she who rules the Aesir with patience and gentleness. Frigga may be described as many things, but she is always revered by those who know the trials and tribulations she has faced in her immortal lifetime. Many men discount Frigga as simply the "wife of Odin", but Frigga was a person of her own merit, and those few of the Changing Breed and their kinfolk who ask of her help generally receive it. Frigga, like Frey, Njord, and Freya, was of the line of gods known as the Vanir. Very beautiful and very wise, Odin took her as his wife, and received guidance from her whenever he felt it necessary to review his actions.
Merits and Benefits
Frigga is a goddess of the earth and sky. She does not give much in the way of powers, but what she does give assist those who follow her nonetheless. Any rolls requiring Willpower checks are reduced in difficulty by 2 (from 9 to 7, for example). Her children receive one die in the following skills: Medicine, Animal Ken, Empathy, Occult, and Enigmas. As a result of her connection with the earth, she gives her children the ability to seek out living spirits (Merit: Medium). Finally, she gives +2 dice to all Stamina rolls involving either endurance or staredowns (remember, she was a mother).
Restrictions
Only those who have been parents or tend children may take Frigga as their totem. She may look upon all those who walk the earh with kind eyes, but only the caregivers and the defenders of the weak does she give her blessing.
Bans
Those who chose Frigga as their totem must have the archtypes Defender or Caregiver as either their Nature of their Demeanor. None who are under the watchful eyes of Frigga can be domineering or wicked individuals, as she frowns as brutality and intimidation. She also requests that her children watch over all those who cannot defend themselves.