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The main focus of the ''Valkyrie Profile'' series, the Valkyries are the Goddesses of Fate that are responsible for the transmigration of human souls. They are separated into three consciousnesses in which only one may inhabit their true body at a time. They're usually referred to as Lady Valkyrie collectively, but their names are Hrist, Lenneth and Silmeria respectively.

* LastNameBasis: Of a sort. The Valkyries are usually called "Valkyrie" or "Lady Valkyrie" by mortals, but materials imply that their full names are "Lenneth Valkyrie", "Hrist Valkyrie" and "Silmeria Valkyrie" respectively, making "Valkyrie" their last name.
* OurGodsAreDifferent: Even more than the rest of the pantheon. Valkyries are noted to have characteristics that make them like a combination of mortals, gods and undead. Like mortals, they can reincarnate endlessly. Like gods, they can live forever. Like the undead, they are free from the wheel of time and destiny. [[spoiler: It might help that each of the Valkyries are actually parts of a whole, and when fused together they are much stronger than multiple gods and thus be more powerful than anyone else.]]

* BattleBallgown: All of their armor is relatively the same, apparently plate mail with a skirt covering their legs. It's still very fancy though.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: Only in the first game. She's actually more useful as an archer most of the time, considered the ''only'' useful archer in the game besides Janus. She might be the only example who wears plate mail.

* ArcherArchetype: If you choose to equip her with a bow, she's the best archer.

* BonusBoss: One of three recruitable characters in the bonus dungeon, she must be defeated before she will join you. Like Brahms, the dungeon is also the only area that you can fight and defeat her without cheating or min-maxing. During the main stories in ''Lenneth'' and ''Covenant of the Plume'', if you screw up hard enough to fight her, [[HopelessBossFight she will wipe the floor with you]].

* DifficultButAwesome: She has one of the wonkiest combos in the game, making it somewhat difficult to chain her attacks with the rest of the party properly. Also her Purify Weird Soul barely refills the gauge at all due to being a single powerful hit. But her attacks are absurdly powerful, and if you can figure out how to synergize them with the rest of your team (and use her PWS last), she is an absolute murder machine. And she damn well better be considering [[BonusBoss how much effort it takes to unlock her]].

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: Heimdall can be fought again in the Seraphic Gate, this time under the name ''Heimdual''.]]

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler: Like most bosses in the game, Ull can be fought again in the Seraphic Gate, under the name ''Ull in High Socks''.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In Ending B of the original game, which is also the easiest ending to achieve. He handily accomplishes his goal of conquest, and Lenneth remains firmly under his thumb should he ever need to use her again. A downplayed case also occurs in [[NonStandardGameOver Ending C]], as while Freya does dispose of Lenneth, his backup plan of awakening Hrist is implied go off without a hitch, leaving him with an even more obedient Valkyrie to do his bidding.]]
* BadBoss: [[spoiler: Towards the Valkyries. He does not care about their sentimentality towards humanity, and even manipulates them to serve his ends. If they refuse to serve him or please him, he forces them under the Sovereign's Rite and gets one of the other valkyries to take their place, conveniently wiping the former Valkyrie's memories in the process. It's also implied he somehow tore apart the original Valkyrie into three consciousnesses, simply because they'd be a threat to his power!]]

* TheButcher: They're equally hated by those who lost family members who were made into Einherjar, and this earned them names including Angel of Death, Thief of Their Beloved, and The Accursed Valkyrie.
* TheGrimReaper: {{Subverted}}. Although many people call them death goddesses, they are actually goddesses of destiny. Granted, this doesn't stop them from pulling YouKillItYouBoughtIt to get Einherjar. And in the first place, people mostly see the Valkyrie when they are about to die (such as in the first game), so there's that justification.
--> '''Lenneth:''' "A god of death is merely responsible for the snuffing out of lives. I however, can show you the path..."

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: At least for most of them at best. While some do interfere with the happenings of Midgard, they generally do not do much to make it a better place. [[spoiler: Quite the opposite in fact.]]

* PowerGivesYouWings: All of the Valkyries can manifest wings, but they do not appear to need them in order to fly. They always show them off when summoning their Einherjar or using their shared Soul Crush, Nibelung Valesti.

* {{Bishonen}}: Ull appears as a very young-looking boy.

* BaritoneOfStrength: The Valkyrie has a deep and commanding voice, and her power to control fate itself makes her a candidate for the strongest character in the franchise.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Despite being willing to do practically ANYTHING Odin asks her to do, she does clearly worry about Dipan's fate spreading to the rest of Midgard. Enough that she asks Odin in hopes that it won't go that far.

* BladeOnAStick: The lone Valkyrie who uses a spear instead of a sword outside of Nibelung Valesti.

* BladeOnAStick: Wields the spear Gungnir, just like his mythological counterpart. Although in the series, it looks more like a double-sided sword / spear hybrid.

* ContraltoOfDanger: The Valkyrie has a deep and commanding voice, and her power to control fate itself makes her a candidate for the strongest character in the franchise.

-->[[AsskickingEqualsAuthority "My throne was not handed to me. I have earned it."]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In Ending B of the original game, which is also the easiest ending to achieve. He handily accomplishes his goal of conquest, and Lenneth remains firmly under his thumb should he ever need to use her again. A downplayed case also occurs in [[NonStandardGameOver Ending C]], as while Freya does dispose of Lenneth, his backup plan of awakening the Hrist is implied go off without a hitch, leaving him with an even more obedient Valkyrie to do his bidding.]]

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In Ending B of the original game, which is also the easiest ending to achieve. He handily accomplishes his goal of conquest, and Lenneth remains firmly under his thumb should he ever need to use her again. A downplayed case also occurs in [[NonStandardGameOver Ending C]], as while Freya does dispose of Lenneth, his backup plan of awakening the more obedient Hrist is implied go off without a hitch, leaving him with an even more obedient Valkyrie to do his bidding.]]

* HypercompetentSidekick: While Odin is powerful and cunning in his own right, his hubris and tendency to underestimate just about anyone who isn't an Aesir [[spoiler: leads to his downfall in both timelines]]. Freya, while similarly disdainful, consistently views threats to Asgard with all due gravitas, and appears to edge him out in terms of actual power to boot. [[spoiler:This is even reflected in the endings of the original game. In Ending C, where Freya is the one who turns on Lenneth, Lenneth doesn't stand a chance against her, and Odin manages to replace her with Hrist without issue. In ending A, where Odin tries to forcibly re-seal Lenneth's memories again, and failing that, cast her aside, his plans blow up in his face, costing him everything.]]

* HypercompetentSidekick: While Odin is powerful and cunning in his own right, his hubris and tendency to underestimate just about anyone who isn't an Aesir [[spoiler: leads to his downfall in both timelines]]. Freya, while similarly disdainful, consistently views threats to Asgard with all due gravitas, and appears to edge him out in terms of actual power to boot.

* GenderBlenderName: In the original Japanese version, Frei is named Freyja. It is clear in the game that . Their names were reversed in the English version. In the original Norse mythology, Frey / Freyr is one of the Vanir, Freya's twin ''brother'', and is a fertility and sun god.

* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In Ending B of the original game, which is also the easiest ending to achieve. He handily accomplishes his goal of conquest, and Lenneth remains firmly under his thumb should he ever need to use her again.]]

* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:She presents a warm and sisterly front to Lenneth early on in the first game, teaches her about her powers, and helps out as a CrutchCharacter until Lenneth has gotten her bearings. All of this is simply manipulation to keep Lenneth on good terms with Odin and the Aesir, and unless you learn of the truth behind Valkyrie's origins in Ending A or see how ruthlessly Freya can toss you aside in Ending C, you'll end the game none the wiser.]]

* FalseFriend: [[spoiler:She presents a warm and sisterly front to Lenneth early on in the game, teaches her about her powers, and helps out as a CrutchCharacter until Lenneth has gotten her bearings. All of this is simply manipulation to keep Lenneth on good terms with Odin and the Aesir, and unless you learn of the truth behind Valkyrie's origins in Ending A or see how ruthlessly Freya can toss you aside in Ending C, you'll end the game none the wiser.]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: [[spoiler:She's just as cold as any of the Aesir, but she shows a lot of emotion when Odin dies or is kidnapped. She does melt abit when hearing Odin's plans for Midgard (involving letting it die).]]