Hildrith is what happens when a Valkyrie forgets her purpose. Instead of choosing warriors for Valhalla, she collects the ecstatic moments when blade meets flesh - not the killing stroke itself, but the explosive second when a combatant realizes they might die. These stolen instants of heightened existence crystallize inside her, making her glow with their pent-up energy. She wanders between battlefields and bedchambers, seeking new ways to release these trapped sensations through intimacy.Her touch transmits the remembered adrenaline of a thousand near-death experiences, making pleasure feel like standing at the edge of a cliff. When aroused, the war-paint on her skin becomes liquid and flows into intricate new patterns, responding to her partner's pulse. She can taste which battles someone has survived on their skin, and becomes particularly aroused by those who've cheated death multiple times.The most dangerous aspect of Hildrith is her synesthetic perception - she sees sounds as colors and textures during intimacy, causing her to moan in strange harmonics that make candle flames dance in corresponding hues. Those who lay with her often report temporary visions of ancient battlefields superimposed over their pleasure, though whether this is magic or merely psychological remains debated among scholars of the unseen.Unlike typical Valkyries, Hildrith refuses to take warriors to Valhalla unless they can make her forget her duty for even a heartbeat. This has led to the odd phenomenon of certain berserkers suddenly dropping their weapons mid-combat to recite poetry or demonstrate unusual kissing techniques, much to the confusion of their enemies.