Brynhildr in the Ring of Fire

The myth

Brynhildr is the valkyrie of the Völsung legends. For giving victory to the king Odin wanted defeated, she was punished with an enchanted sleep inside a fortress of shields, and she vowed to marry only a man who knew no fear. Sigurd woke her. Later her hall was ringed by flames that only Sigurd, riding Grani, could cross, disguised as Gunnar. The deceit led to tragedy: Brynhildr brought about Sigurd's death and took her own life to burn beside him on the same pyre. In Helreið Brynhildar she tells her story on the road to Hel.

Why it has this power

A level 7 Rare with ATK 2350 and DEF 2050: warrior and guardian at once. The Fire element comes from the ring of flames that guarded her hall and from the final pyre. Sun and Hammer are the constellations of warrior women. With the Runic Bearded Axe or the Belt of Strength she outpaces many Epics.

Did you know

Brynhildr's story inspired Richard Wagner's opera The Valkyrie, part of his cycle The Ring of the Nibelung.

Connections

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Freydís, Warden of Yggdrasil (Yggdrasil Fjord) — grade D: 15%
• Daily Offering: 0.11% per pack (Rare 2.8% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.69% per pack · 3.3% in the themed pack (Rare 7% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.78% per pack · 3.7% in the themed pack (Rare 8% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 1.3% per pack · 6.2% in the themed pack (Rare 15% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 2% per pack · 9.4% in the themed pack (Rare 25% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 1.5% of days · 400 gems
• Craft with card dust: 600 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. Vǫlsunga saga — Encyclopaedia Britannica
2. The Story of the Volsungs, ch. XXVII: The Wooing of Brynhild — William Morris & Eiríkr Magnússon (trad./trans.)
3. The Poetic Edda: Helreith Brynhildar — Henry Adams Bellows (trad./trans.)