
The Val'kyr greatly enchanted his ability to control the dark powers of undeath. After missteps, he finally succeeded and the Scourge Val'kyr were born. The Lich King tried to create his own Val'kyr, but the task proved difficult even for him. įrom the vrykul in his service, the Lich King learned of the Val'kyr and their ability to corral spirits and even delve into the Shadowlands, the realm of the death. Val'kyr are considered "sunborne" when they are honored in the presence of Odyn. As Val'kyr, they take worthy vrykul warriors who die with glory in battle to the Halls of Valor, where they will feast and battle for eternity as part of Odyn's Valarjar. In the current day, Valarjar Val'kyr are ascended warriors of the Valkyra, who prove their worth to Eyir in order to become Val'kyr. Helya was forced to obey Odyn's commands but nursed resentment against him for millennia, ultimately causing her to rebel against him with the aid of Loken. Seeing Helya's disobedience as a threat to his plans, Odyn shattered her physical form, twisted her spirit into the first Val'kyr, and ordered her to begin transforming other unwilling vrykul into Val'kyr as well. Since no vrykul volunteered for the task, Odyn decided to create his servants by force, a plan Helya vehemently objected to. These "Val'kyr" would travel between the Shadowlands and the physical world to guide souls to the Halls of Valor, but would also be cursed to a wraithlike existence for eternity. There he saw the kyrian of Bastion, winged beings responsible for ferrying the souls of the dead to the afterlife, and decided to create his own beings based on them. With the help of his adopted daughter, the titan-forged sorceress Helya, Odyn contacted the powerful spirit Mueh'zala and sacrificed his eye to him in exchange for the ability to gaze into the Shadowlands. However, Odyn first had to find a way to take the spirits of these departed vrykul from the Shadowlands to the Halls of Valor. He offered vrykul warriors who died in glorious combat the opportunity to become part of his Valarjar in the Halls of Valor.

The first Val'kyr were created in ancient times by the titanic keeper Odyn, who disagreed with the other keepers' uplifting of the Dragon Aspects and decided to form his own elite army to protect Azeroth.
