Beyla

Beyla was a Dark Elf warrior of Alfheim and the wife of the Light Elf Byggvir. Having abandoned the endless elven war over the Light, the two joined the resistance of Freyr in Vanaheim, where Beyla stood among the allies who fought beside Kratos against the forces of Asgard. (God of War Ragnarök)

A union across the war#

Beyla was one of the Dark Elf warriors of Alfheim, a people locked in a war without end against the Light Elves over mastery of the Light. At some point she was imprisoned alongside Byggvir, a Light Elf who had sought to uncover and spread forbidden knowledge of the history of the elves and the cause of their division, hoping to bring peace between the two sides. During their captivity the two grew close, and by the time they escaped they had become lovers, though they came from enemies. (God of War Ragnarök)

Seeing no hope of peace in Alfheim, Beyla and Byggvir left their homeland behind and joined Freyr's resistance in Vanaheim. Where Byggvir was open and talkative, Beyla was stoic and blunt, rarely speaking with others. Like her husband she had come to despise the war and the blind devotion of the elves to the Light, holding that the teachings of her youth had been worthless and comparing her people to moths that could not think for themselves. (God of War Ragnarök)

In Freyr's resistance#

Beyla was first seen shortly after Kratos, Freya, and Mimir arrived in Vanaheim. With Byggvir and the other resistance fighters she ambushed and surrounded Kratos when he entered Freyr's camp, standing down only at Freyr's command. After Kratos and Freya reconciled and returned to the camp, Beyla treated him as an ally. (God of War Ragnarök)

She and Byggvir asked Kratos to recover a book from a restricted library in the Forbidden Sands of Alfheim, believing it held forbidden knowledge of the history of the Light and Dark Elves and might be a first step toward peace between them. Both thanked him when he returned with the book. (God of War Ragnarök)

The war and after#

When Byggvir was captured by Heimdall and his forces, he escaped using the eclipse that fell when Kratos and Atreus returned the moon to Skoll and Hati. Beyla and Byggvir later aided in the rescue of Freyr alongside Kratos, Freya, and Atreus, and afterward Beyla made her husband promise never to let himself be taken again. (God of War Ragnarök)

The two were present at Tyr's Temple on the night before the attack on Asgard, and in the Realm Travel Room during Kratos's final speech. In the battle that followed they came to his aid when he called his allies to regroup, and he set them to leading the Midgardian refugees to safety. They were last seen resting among the survivors in Hoddmimis Holt, sharing fond memories of Freyr and raising a drink to Kratos and Atreus as the two passed by. (God of War Ragnarök)