Freya Reynolds

Dr. Freya Reynolds (née Solberg), also known as Dr. Solberg, is an archaeologist and one of the leading experts in Viking History. She is the wife of fellow Archaeologist, Devon Reynolds, and the mother of Blake and Kylie Reynolds.

Physical description
Freya is a lean and slender Norwegian woman with tanned skin, dark brown hair, and a slightly, tanned skin tone. She has dark red eyes, which both her children inherited. She normally keeps her hair into a braid, and her bangs pulled back.

Personality
Freya is a calm, mother, and friendly woman. She cares very much for her family and loves learning about history. Devon is the love of her life and the first person to help Freya learn about love since her parents did not know or show it.

Though she is not a duelist, she happily supports her children's dreams to be duelists. When she can, she watches all their duels, and if she can't, has them recorded to be watched later.

Skills

 * Extensive knowledge of ancient Norse and Viking history: Freya is highly knowledgeable in ancient Norse and Viking history, which she is one of the leading experts on.
 * Beginner knowledge in dueling: As a non-duelist, Freya knows very little about Dueling. But when your family all duel, she had to learn in order to understand.
 * Multilingualism: Freya is able to speak fluently in Norwegian (her native tongue), English, and Canadian French.

Pre-series
Born and raised in Kirkenes, Norway, Freya did not have an easy beginning, she was neglected by her parents. She was taken from her parents and placed in a loving foster home that helped her heal. Freya finished school at the top of her class and went off to university to become an archaeologist.

A few years later, she was allowed to go to a site on her own. She ended up in Egypt, where she had some information that Vikings may have traveled through, where she ran into Egyptologist Devon Reynolds. Their meeting wasn't exactly something to remember, as she had walked into him and accidentally spilled her iced coffee on him. During the next couple of months, she continued running into Devon, thankfully, not spilling anymore coffee on him, they began to date and eventually later married. During their dating period, they had to go long-distance for a bit, due to Freya being stationed in Norway and Devon and Canada, but the two made it work.

At age twenty-three, she became pregnant with their first child while in Spain (following another lead on Vikings traveling through the country). Freya ended up having major morning sickness, and the couple decided to just to stay in Spain for the rest of the pregnancy, using it as a break-vacation, having spent a majority of their time traveling. She gave birth to their son, Blake Einar Reynolds.

Eight years later, while home from the recent dig season, Freya discovered she was pregnant with hers and Devon's second child. With help from, Reanna Anderson, Freya was able to surprise Devon when he came home from his latest dig. Eight months later, she gave birth to their second child, a daughter, named Kylie Regine, who became close friends with Christian and Reanna's son, Jesse, who was older by two months.

At some point, Devon and Freya allowed Kylie to join Jesse on a trip to Europe where he was to duel in a Tournament.

Trials of Darkness
At the start of the story, Freya and Devon are stationed in Rome, Italy.

Name Etymology
Her first name, Freya, comes from Old Norse Freyja meaning "lady". This was the name of the goddess of love, beauty, war and death in Norse mythology. She claimed half of the heroes who were slain in battle and brought them to her realm of Fólkvangr. Along with her brother Freyr and father Njord, she was one of the Vanir (as opposed to the Æsir). Some scholars connect her with the goddess Frigg. Her maiden name, Solberg is a Norwegian surname, from Sol meaning "sun" and berg meaning "mountain". Her married name, Reynolds, is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Reynold", where the given name of the father, "Reynold", or "Reginald", was a Germanic name meaning "Powerful Ruler" (possibly an alteration of the Old French name Reinold).

Relationships

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Trivia

 * The name Freya was chosen to match her Norwegian heritage and also felt more fitting with her past.