Fria

I do like hot tea on a cold day. Reminds me of home.

Fria is a character in RWBY. She is the current Winter Maiden.

Appearance
Fria is a thin, elderly woman with short, spiky white hair and dark blue eyes. She wears a green and white hospital outfit with a silver bracelet in her right wrist.

Personality
Fria appears to be a friendly woman, politely sharing a conversation with Winter Schnee, implying the two are on good terms. She enjoys hot tea and painting, decorating part of her room with her art. Fria appears to miss or have some nostalgia towards the outside world, solemnly asking how the weather is in Atlas.

History
At some point during her youth, Fria became the Winter Maiden, either by chance or by being the last woman in the former Maiden’s thoughts. Fria has held Maidenhood for a long time and is currently living her last days in a highly secured Atlas facility in order to ensure her power does not fall into Salem’s hands, similar to the facility Amber was in when she was in critical condition. James Ironwood has restricted personal visits to only Winter, one of the Atlesian Military’s Special Operatives, in the hopes that when Fria passes, Winter will become her successor due to being in her final thoughts.

Maiden Powers
Fria is the current Winter Maiden and as such has access to immense elemental magic and she likely possesses similar or the same powers her fellow Maidens have demonstrated. As the Winter Maiden, Fria is the only one that possess the ability to open the vault that contains the Staff of Creation in Atlas.

Trivia

 * Her name possibly derives from the Norse Goddess, Freya. In some languages derived from Latin, her name is the singular feminine noun for “cold”.