Freya Gunn

NAME:
Freya Gunn (Portrayed by Alex Zedra)

AGE:
Early 30s

NATIONALITY:
American

HEIGHT:
5’3”

HAIR COLOR:
Black

EYE COLOR:
Green

BODY BUILD:
Toned

DISTINGUISHING PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES (SCARS, TATTOOS, ETC.):
Tattoo Sleeve (Left Arm)

MILITARY / INTELLIGENCE / LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE (IF ANY):
United States Army
11th Transportation Battalion, 7th Transportation Brigade
Cultural Support Team - U.S. Special Operations Command

ROLE:
Translator / Assault
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Born and raised in South Carolina, Freya Gunn had a fairly normal childhood. On the weekends, she would partake in regular Southern pastimes like hunting, recreational shooting and fishing just to name a few.

She was quite young when the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks occured, and from then on, Freya devoted herself to joining the U.S. military as soon as she could. In the late 2000s, after graduating from high school, she enlisted in the U.S. Army.

Since women were not permitted to be assigned to frontline combat units at that time, Freya was assigned to a Motor Transport unit where she was often tasked with security.

She didn’t have to wait long for her chance to serve on the frontline when U.S. Special Operations Command began training and deploying Cultural Support Teams - specially selected and trained female soldiers who were attached to Infantry and Special Operations units to question and search women and children in terrains when it wasn’t culturally accepted for such tasks to be undertaken by male personnel.

As part of her training, Freya learned a number of languages as well as special operations warfighting tactics. In her time with the C.S.T., Freya would deploy to Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Africa and Southeast Asia in support of SOCOM missions. In her time in the Army, Freya would earn two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star for valor.

One of the Purple Hearts and The Silver Star came from her participation in an operation targeting Taliban strongholds and key personnel in Eastern Afghanistan along the border with Pakistan, where she was attached to a Green Beret team working with Afghan Special Forces. The unit came under fire in a massive ambush, which claimed the lives of many of the Afghans. In the ensuing firefight - which would last several hours - Freya managed to take control of an enemy mounted machine gun, using it to thin out the remaining hostiles. From her position, Gunn, then a Sergeant, was completely exposed to enemy small arms and RPG fire.

At some point, she was thrown from the technical by an RPG detonating nearby which hit her with a number of pieces of shrapnel before knocking her to the ground. The shrapnel injured some of the nerves in her left arm, limiting her ability to use the limb. She was flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany and received both commendations, as well as a promotion to Staff Sergeant and a medical discharge.

Upon returning to the United States, Freya worked diligently to regain as much use of her arm as possible. She began getting tattoos to cover up her scars and would often visit local gyms and gun ranges to maintain her fitness and skills.

After more than a year, Freya Gunn was in almost as good of a shape as she had been before she had gotten hurt. Seeing as how she wouldn’t likely be able to re-enlist in the Army, however, she instead decided to put her skills to work for multinational PMC Grey Sword international.