Syn - CoMUX

Syn

Syn

Portrayed by Gaia Weiss
Statistics
Full Name	Stynfríðr Valkyrior
Age	26 (Immortal)
Height	5'11"
Build	Athletic
Eyes	Blue
Hair	Blonde
Skin	Caucasian
Factions	Asgard Occult

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Ancient Norse scholars might have heard of the goddess Syn, she who once guarded the doors to Valhalla's great hall, but her name is all but forgotten among most mortals. Among the Asgardians, she's a disgrace. Former Valkyrior who deserted her duty when the pact was first formed with the Celestials. In weird, random parts of the Realms, she's known as mercenary, drunkard, hedonist. Violence-happy lunatic.

Reputation

Biography

Former 'Goddess'. Former Valkyrior. Former Hero. There's a lot of 'formers' that go into the woman known as Syn. Born Stynfríðr, trained as a warrior, chosen by Odin to be among the Valkyrior. Selectors of the worthy. Guardians of paradise. Once known as the Goddess of Barriers, Syn's magical talent was always powerful in strength and highly narrow in focus. While not as strong as Sif or Brunnhilde, once her name was as (in)famous among mortals as a guardian of Valhalla, arbiter of a warriors worthiness to enter the paradise of Valhalla.

A thousand years after the pact with the Celestials the resentment of being barred from claiming the worthy souls among the fallen of the Nine Realms has not faded for Syn. That her name is all but forgotten and her duty long since stripped from her is a bitterness frequently assuaged by fighting and drinking… not necessarily in that order.

Syn's crime was defiance. Defiance of Odin himself, refusal to bow to the pact forged with the Celestials… a resentment shared by many of her 'sisters'. However, when Syn crossed the line by endeavoring to cross the Realms, she was stripped of her status of a Valkyrior. Of her ability to transverse the Realms and her winged steed. Left without purpose far from Asgard as punishment for her actions, she has since eked out a living as a mercenary, working her way back towards Asgardia.

Character Details

Arrogant. Short-tempered. Violent. Mercurial. Catch her on a good day and she's everyone's friend. Catch her on a bad day or say the wrong thing and she's got no qualms 'demonstrating' her general superiority. She's a judgmental bitch that's quick to point out the flaws of others while adamantly ignoring any of her own.

Allspeak
Syn is an Asgardian, and as most of her kind possesses the ability to speak any language within the Nine Realms fluently, and to be understood in the local tongue.
Asgardian Physiology
Born to Asgard, as most of her kind Syn is possessed of certain natural traits that can seem quite godly in nature. These include: Superhuman Strength: A former Valkyior, Syn is stronger than your average Asgardian, to the tune of approximately 40 tonnes. Do you even lift, bro? Superhuman Speed: While not likely to beat a speedster in a footrace any time in the near future, Syn is faster than human peak by a good margin. Superhuman Stamina: Drink all day and still show up to work in a condition to perform? Of course. Push herself for a couple of days without food or rest and not be dead on her feet? No problem. With a heightened healing factor, resistance to most ailments and literally hundreds of years in Valhalla under her belt, Syn's stamina certainly counts as 'aggravatingly superhuman'. If this wasn't annoying enough on its own, being physically denser than most flesh-based entities means that she has the kind of durability to made her bullet and blade resistant. She's a Brick House: Not literally, of course. But for all her relatively lean appearance, due to the aforementioned physical density Syn weighs far more than her height or appearance would suggest to be 'normal'.
Valkyrie Training
Though Syn is Valkyrior no longer, she once stood amongst the fabled female warrioress' of Asgard. Battle is the calling of her blood, and her skill with most kinds of weapons second only to Sif and Brunnhilde. As most of the Valkyrior she favors a blade, but is equally capable with axe, spear, knives and so forth. Modern weaponry, such as guns and grenades, are the exception to this.
Deathsight
As with the other Valkyrior, Syn possesses the ability to perceive supernatural phenomenon, especially that related to death. She can see ghosts, and perceives a glow about mortals that are soon to die.
Goddess Of Barriers
Stynfríðr, Syn, was once known as the Goddess of Barriers. Charged to guard the doors of Valhalla and bar the doors against those who are not to enter. A task aided by the mystical talent that saw her named to the Valkyrior. A location sealed by her will and blood will remain so as long as Syn is conscious or she chooses to dismantle it.

Former Valkyrior
While once Syn was capable of moving between the realms with little more than a thought, and possessed one of the winged horses of her station, these were stripped from her by Odin when she ceased to be a Valkyrie. It also means that to many Asgardians she is a disgrace.
Limited Magic
While Syn's capacity to 'guard the doors of the hall and shut them against those who are not to enter' is the talent that once made her memorable to the ancient Norse, and her ability to see impending death once marked her as a Valkyrior, this is the extent of any magical talent Syn possesses. The simplest cantrip, mildest curse, or most dubious blessing elude her outside of these talents.
Full Metal Bitch
Proud? Arrogant? Anger issues? Yeh. Syn's the poster child. Once one of the final arbiter's of whether a soul was worthy of entrance to Valhalla, she might have fallen far, but she's still a judgemental bitch. While what little notation of her has survived history notes her as 'appointed in defense', the clarification of 'of Valhalla' has fallen by the wayside in the intervening centuries since Syn last walked Aesheim. Those rare few who 'earn' her respect count her as a ferocious friend, but her disdain for the masses is poorly hidden and her temper easily provoked at challenge to her prowess.
Hedonist
Although it is coincidence that the Old Norse 'syn' matches the English 'sin' so closely… argument might be made that the connection comes in the form of Stynfríðr. More than just responsible for ferrying the souls of the worthy fallen to Valhalla, Syn lived in this Asgardian paradise for hundreds of mortal centuries prior to Odin's agreement with the Celestials. Drinking. Fighting. Indulging in whatever whims took her fancy. Shehe still drinks too much, and is too easily led astray by the promise of a good time.
Deathsight
The only thing worse than losing a good gig… is having to live with the constant reminder of the past. There's no 'off' switch for Syn's deathsight. That reflexive 'urge' to perform a service engrained in her over millenia doesn't come with a time out. Just that vague, empty-socket feeling of an itch that can never be scratched. All the aggravation of a phantom limb and none of the capacity to do a damned thing about it. Worse, still, is that it's not just triggered by those who meet the criterion of 'worthy', and so few are these days.

Relationships

Name	Relation	Information
J'onn of Mars	Fast Friend	Last of the Manhunters. Last of the Martians. A man of honor and honesty. Highly worthy.
Little Lantern	Annoyance	A thief whose chief skill is flapping his gums. Supposedly a hero. Supposedly.
Amora	Witch	Beware those who can offer you your heart's desire. Twice so if they're a witch.
Siege	Witch's Pet	Proclaimed Foe of the Svartalfar, but fights like one of them. Bold youth.
Billy	The Male Witch	Another witch. But this one human. An oddity. An amusement. His boldness would make his ancestors proud, especially given his fragility.
Krampus	Son of Hel	Warrior. Murderer. Cannibal. Summoned by Greeks and let loose on the world. I'll find a way to best you yet, animal.

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