BrisingamenYou gain 2 favor for each of your pieces (except the king) on the enemy half of the board, up to 12.
The NorthFreyja
The North · Style Growth
FreyjaThe goddess of plenty
Freyja earns favor the further your pieces advance and brings captured pieces back to the board. The goddess for bold players who enjoy long games.
More favor as you advance, and fallen pieces return. For bold, patient players.
- Free to download
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- No account
- Plays offline
Who is Freyja?
The goddess of plenty grows richer the bolder you advance, and calls the fallen back.
Freyja is beautiful, rich and well aware of it. She rides in a chariot pulled by two cats, and the cats are just as vain as she is. She got her necklace Brisingamen from four dwarves, and she does not talk about the price. She takes half of all fallen warriors into her hall Folkvangr. The other half goes to Odin, and Freyja considers that generous of herself.
Before the first move, Freyja hides the Cat trap on the board. If your opponent moves onto the square, Freyja’s cat chariot catches up: the piece is paralyzed for 2 moves and Freyja gains 5 favor.
Powers
Freyja's three powers
Every move earns 1 favor, every captured piece adds its value on top. Instead of moving, you use a power. After that it needs a few moves before it is ready again.
- Brisingamen
You gain 2 favor for each of your pieces (except the king) on the enemy half of the board, up to 12.
- Call of the Valkyries
One of your captured knights or bishops returns to your second rank.
- Folkvangr
Ultimate power: Up to three of your captured pawns return to your second rank.
In mythology
Who was Freyja really?
Freyja belongs to the Vanir, one of the two families of gods in Norse mythology. Daughter of Njord and sister of Freyr, she stands for love, beauty and fertility, and also for magic. Her greatest treasure is the necklace Brisingamen. Her chariot is drawn by two cats, and with her feather cloak she can fly as a falcon. According to the Edda she receives half of the warriors who fall in battle, who come to her hall in the field of Folkvangr, while the other half goes to Odin. For her lost husband Od she weeps tears of red gold. In the game this becomes a wealth of favor and the power to bring fallen pieces back.
Tactics
How to win with Freyja
Advance first, then Brisingamen
Brisingamen pays 2 favor for each of your pieces (king excluded) in enemy territory, up to 12. With six pieces across, you spend 8 and get 12.
Trade minor pieces freely
Call of the Valkyries returns a captured knight or bishop to your second rank. So trade without fear: your piece comes back, theirs does not.
Folkvangr for the endgame
Folkvangr brings back up to three captured pawns, once per game. In the endgame fresh pawns can march toward promotion and decide everything.
Cats on the outpost
The Cat trap paralyzes for 2 moves and pays you 5 favor. Hide it on an outpost square in your half where enemy knights love to land.
Quips
Freyja has something to say about everything
Bring gold and I will stay friendly.
at the startWell played. I am still prettier.
after a defeatA draw. I will still take the gold.
after a drawMeow, they say.
when the trap snaps
Every mythology has a god of the Growth style: Gaia and Osiris play a similar game with very different powers.
LokiTricks and change
The North
OdinWisdom and foresight
The North
HeimdallWatch and guard
The North
Good to know
Questions about Freyja
The download is free. Freyja can be bought on their own in the game, or together with every other god in the Key of the Gods.
The ultimate power Folkvangr. It costs 25 favor, works only once per game and does this: Up to three of your captured pawns return to your second rank.
Every mythology has one god for the Growth style. Besides Freyja, these are Gaia (Greece) and Osiris (Egypt).
24: eight each from Greece, Egypt and the North, each with a play style of their own. Zeus is playable right away, Gaia and Hermes join you after three wins.