MIDGARD
Queen's Advisors
Hally
she/her/hers
Hally is a water genasi swashbuckler/thief rogue, and the Queen Jes' paramount. She’s met the Queen three years after her coronation. She most often disappears for long periods of time after they fight, and is rumoured to be a heretic during these times. She always returns. She met Jes barely three years since she’s been given powers, and they’ve been “on and off” with their relationship. She always comes back eventually, after her short adventures with her pirate crew when she pretends she isn’t avoiding the most powerful woman on the planet.
She helped the Cult's Chosen Ones to gather information on Jes, and ultimately defeat her. After the party left to do their business on another realm, she joined Hero of Midgard and the druids of Soppak. She joined on the quest with Archdruid to seal the Fey portal once and for all. She survived.
Gimrick Runeheart
he/him/his
Gimrick Runeheart is a dwarf mastermind rogue and fey wanderer ranger. He and his late brother Brar Runehart used to organize expeditions deep into the forest (though not as deep to not be too dangerous) with mages to try to find faerie portals, and wandering fey, to steal the pixie dust around them, and to sell it back in the City. While Jes was recruited on one of the expeditions, Brar could not control himself, and he consumed the dust, trapped in the feywild by the laws of magic. He returns sometimes, deep in the forest, where no one can hear him shout for help, before he wanders off again
He’s known book/stories publisher, and used to write about the Queen and his friends, until he decided to (got forced into) writing stories that are less obvious. It is known he will gamble anyone in the City in his favourite inn, the Hierophant.
He is cursed with growth of fey crystals on his back that he gets taken care of regularly when he needs to wear shirt for important occassions, but doesn't bother with them most of the time.
His crossbow is called Brynja.
Arnulf
he/him/his
Arnulf is an elf berserker barbarian, who was cursed with wild magic and has learned to manipulate it, in a way. He was once lost and wandering to find his way home to Alfheim, tried to do everything to get artifacts that were rumoured to travel through Bifrost. He believed magic was the reason he got there, after suffering terrible amnesia, and hated the idea of it being used on him again. He often refuses healing from clerics, except Tero, for whom he’s developed a soft spot. In past, he’s been known to have violent outbursts when people tried to use magic on him before, even if it was healing/beneficial to him. These have been pardoned by the Queen.
His greatsword is called Icebreaker, and it can freeze and instantly shatter enemies.
Tero
he/him/his
Tero is a human cleric of the Goddess and the City, and warlock of Archfey Jes. He used to join Runeheart brothers expeditions to earn a little money for his underground clinic, where he’d help poor people for free. He still does, however with donations and help of the Queen, his friend. He has proved his loyalty in many ways, most notably taking a Boon from the queen, in shape of three runes, and her own powers.
Tero acts as a cleric and healer most of the time, only resulting to using his damaging abilities if he’s alone. His arcane focus combined with holy symbol is a small live Raven, animated by the magic of his patron and the Goddess: if killed, the Raven turns into a taxidermed Raven + shine on his runes. Him and Arnulf share a household, and they say when they are home, they are no longer royal advisors, only husbands, and never discuss work at home.
Tero's runes: brekana – birch, birth; jéra – year, harvest; algiz - protection
Yvr
she/her/hers & they/them/theirs
Yvr is a wood elf druid of Circle of Dreams, and a blood mage. She is of clan Alerion, was sent as a protector of the forest, as a known mage and frankly unwanted bother, they tried to get rid of her this way. She could not stop Jes and her expedition that time, and upon promise that it would be the last one, she joined. Only after that, she found out the promise of last one was on basis of bringing the fey into the city, and agreed with Jes’ plans in the end. She found out about her clan’s betrayal, and decided to stay with her, to help her fulfil her legacy, and has started to believe in the Goddess firmly.
She suggested the idea of Druidic Circle inside the City, and encouraged many forest-dwelling population to join and live plague-free in the City. She could not take the title of Archdruid, on base of being the Queen’s advisor, but she is in charge of it as much as the official Archdruid is.
She and the Queen have perfected a secret way to harness blood magic, and there are rumors Queen spends time without Hally in Yvr’s house.
The Cult's Chosen Ones helped Yvr when she asked, and wiped out the leader of her Clan, as well as most of its members. She then attempted to close a nearby feywild portal, and failed. Fight with faerie creatures occurred.
Other NPCs
Niva
she/her/hers
Niva is a human with goliath ancestry, and a paladin of the crown. She is an acquaintance of the Queen on her way to the City, and has been disgusted by the blood magic rituals she performs. She believes she’s the true Hand of Goddess, and will do anything to defend her, however she refuses to be too friendly or supportive of her personal opinions or actions. She’s the Captain of the City guard, she’s not advisor.
Elena and Leon
she/her/hers & he/him/his
Queen Jes' siblings, twins Elena and Leon are both half-tabaxi like her. Elena is a stone sorcerer, Leon is champion/battlemaster fighter. They’ve lost all respect for their sister, and only fear and obedience remains. They’re looking for a way out, honestly.
Hero of Midgard, Gunbjorg
he/him/his
Known as Hero of Midgard, Gunbjorg, but born as Jenan, he is a wood elf who once belonged to clan Asterion, and he is battlemaster fighter and paladin of the ancients. He was from a native elven clan, and due to his reoccurring meetings with the fey and feywild, he was led to believe the fey would like a host, someone who would step over to feywild to cease their thirst. He came to the City to train, spreading his mission, and inspiring warriors to train with him, to help him reach his goal. He wore a shield blessed by the Goddess, and he believed he would fight to the Fairy Queen, and make a deal with her, for his life. No one could enter the feywild after it, and if they did, they did not return. However, the portals to feywild did not cease, but they were no longer hostile outside. Some believe he still wanders the feywild.
After the Queen was defeated, he joined the druids of Soppak, and took over leading role after Archdruid Thrun died.
NIFLHEIM
Queen's Advisors
Borna
they/them/theirs
Borna is a merfolk soulknife rogue, and Queen's spymaster. They are in charge of the main Temple of the Goddess when the Queen is away on business.
They were there when the Cult's Chosen Ones faked trials to become servants of the Goddess, and looked into their minds to initiate them.
Eirún of Asjalogeth
she/her/hers
She is a triton psi warrior fighter and the Captain of the Queensguard. She takes care of the temple and its residents.
Other NPCs
Svandis Hrothdottir
she/her/hers
Svadis is a triton grave/death cleric. She's loud and outgoing. She helped Ranbjorn with the Endurance Trials for the Chosen Ones.
Dunja
she/her/hers
Dunja is a siren necromancer wizard. She is very quiet and reserved. She can't communicate with people with speech, only telepathically. She does this by charming people. The Chosen Ones were interrogated by her and Svandis.
Ránhildr
she/her/hers
Rána is a sea-elf that is in the service of the Goddess and the Queen, she is an aberrant mind sorcerer, and warlock of the Queen, who secretly works with the Cult, and helped the Chosen Ones.
Ránbjorn
they/them/theirs
Bjorn is a merfolk servant of the goddess, and younger sibling of Rana. They instruct the Chosen Ones during their trials, and maintain the Temple in City of Longubak.
NIDAVELLIR
Bron Rogmalmr
Bron is a kobold, a younger brother of Cupru, one of the chosen ones. He was a rogue, and joined a small group of freedom fighters, who mostly just terrorized neighborhoods and destroyed statues and vandalized monuments of Skadi. His friends in his little group were Sinmara and Sigmund.
Tanji Rogmalmr
Tanji is older sister of Cupru, a paladin of Freya, who joined the plea of Nidavellir drows, a small secretive tribe of drows who ran away from Alfheim, after Skadi went on crusade to eliminate them. She found solace in a drow called Sylvi. Both Bron and Tanji left their home, and Cupru left earlier, so the family home was an empty nest, with just their mother Cupra and their father taking care of the Rogmalmr inn in a kobold district of Gloaheima.
Sinmara
Sinmara or Mara is a black fur tabaxi, arcane archer fighter, who alongside Bron and Sigmund, helped the Chosen ones, and eventually due to Tanaka's worsening of health, and staying behind, they become closer. While Tanaka (drow, one of the Chosen ones) was sick, Strix left his book that allowed him to communicate with people across realms with her when they left Nidavellir, and later Tanaka left the book with Sinmara.
Mara in turn gave tanaka a bow and taught her how to shoot more effectively.
Nidavellir Drows
Sylvi
Sylvi is a young beast master ranger, and her companion is a bear. She joined Tanji to reunite with her sibling and the Chosen ones, and took them to the outbost of drows.
Yngrid the Spring
Yngrid is one of the dual chieftans of the drows, alongside of Gudni the Green. Yngrid is in charge of physical protection of the clan, she is the leader of the fighters, while Gudni takes care of provisions and housing, personal needs of the people.
Yngrid is also grandmother of Ragnar, and took care of him after his parents died. She is almost 600 years old, and has seen many stages of Skadi's reign after her death.
Sigmund
Introduced himself as Sigmund, the party did not even know he is a drow, for he wears clothes covering every inch of his body, including a human face looking mask. When confronting him to get an important relic of Audr, they found out his real name is Ragnar, and he ran away from the clan.
Cupru's old Troupe
Alke
Female goblin, who helped the party exchange very precious gems for thousand of silver pieces (a currency more commonly used under Skadi's reign, for she adored silver and not gold).
Riniil "Marstone" Stigrbur & Perigee "Spoilstone" Stigrdottir
Twins who enter the arena together and fight completely coordinated. They are both gnomes. Spoilstone is a battlemaster fighter, who would trip or otherwise stun enemies, while Marstone, an assassin rogue would attack the stunned enemies. Their work is satisfying to watch, and yet when the party returned to Nidavellir and Cupru joined the ring yet again, Cupru was successful in the fight.
Kharmyr Náinnson
The healer of the group, a dwarf who did not perform at the matches, but took care of his friends. Gentle but firm.
Jóð Witthorne
Cupru's oldest enemy, a human man who was always jealous of Cupru and their standing with the Queen as her paladin.
After Cupru left to fufil the Cult's mission, he quickly turned against the team, tired of Cupru hogging the spotlight, especially while Jod had financial difficulties. At some point before, he approached Cupru to share more spotlight, to which Cupru brushed him off, offering to pay anything, completely oblivious to the point, of Jod wanting more opportunities to prove himself.
He sought out queen Vilde, and became her paladin, later during her fight, he got a chance to confront Cupru and the party.
Others
Audr Olvirbur
A smith in Adslaheima, city of fire and forge, they are a devoud cleric of Oden, and artificer who helps create armor and some weapons for the Cult.
Before he settled down and became a smith, he was part of a taskforce that helped Nidavellir cities expand through the underground, and fought monsters that dwelled within. He was met with a nasty creature that left his body forever marked, disabling him. He uses his staff as a cane, and needed to make prosthetic to hold his leg. His skin shows the purple nasty remains of the deadly disease.
Vilhjálmur “Villy” Senamin
pronouns rock/rocks, a pixie.
Rock was the wealthiest pixie in Nidavellir, rocks massive tower with rocks name a shining great spot in Adslaheima. Villy was a tax collector, and architect/project manager, who collected wealth from realms in name of the Queen, and used it to develop rocks own project - magma currency. Endlessly resupplyable currency gathered from natural resources, draining hundreds of liters of magma to create one magma coin, which cannot be used anywhere but at Villy's architect projects.