Halia's Links
"I have loved you and loathed you in equal measure... and I have mourned you too many times to count."
She didn't think much of her at first... Just another tool for another job. Though she was a threat, she did cure Moira's boredom for the first time in centuries. Her playful nature compliments Halia well and without their past baggage it's hard not to be drawn to one another.
Halia never cared much for the other Valkyrie... with the exception of Niamh. He did terribly in his division and was thrown onto her in the hopes she could set him straight. She initially thought of it as a burden, but realized Niamh's gentle nature was actually quite refreshing. She helped him come to terms with his duty, and the two of them actively kept in touch during their lives.
Halia holds a special place in his heart, and is the closest thing he's had to a true family. She was one of the first not to regard him as a burden and to treat him as an equal. He'll never forgive himself for turning against her, but is determined to make things right again.
Though they met in the past, Halia has no memory of the woman who became the god-slaying sword. Though Laoise was someone she often confided in, she was too stubborn to heed her advice most of the time. She often wonders about the spirit of the sword and she she gave her Lugh's divinity instead of destroying it, but the spirit's secrets are not easily learned.
In her mortal life she was spared from death by Halia, though she knows she doesn't remember. When they met again when she was Laoise, she agreed to help in this war because she felt she owed Halia a debt. She's very frank with Halia, though thinks she's too stubborn for her own good.
Even after all the years of Halia being gone, she still remembers the woman she was and waits for her return. She holds a deep respect for Halia and would do much to keep her name from being tarnished or misremembered in history.
Halia feels strange about Cathe. She's come to learn that she is more or less a fragment of what was once a complete being, and though she is her own person many of the sides of her she tries to smother resemble Cathe. She isn't fully aware, but Cathe's fondness of Moira over the other gods led the Valkyrie to be more drawn to her.
Cathe was the complete god, who's death left behind a void to be filled. Though gone, what remained of her divinity was used to create the Valkyrie.
In Halia's last reincarnation she grew up on the streets. An acquaintance of hers was killed, leaving her sickly daughter behind at a young age. Not wanting to see anything bad happen, Halia made the choice to take this child in and started mercenary work to help fund her medical expenses and eventually to sponsor her further education.
Chira has very few memories of her mother, so Halia feels like the only family she has left. She hates feeling like she's been a burden on her, and spent much of her life trying to compensate for that in various ways. She loves Halia dearly and hates watching her throw herself into danger so willingly all the time.