![[BjornhildSolvigsdottirPathfinder-v1.webp]] # Bjornhild Solvigsdottir _Human Reghed Queen | [[Tribe of the Tiger]] | [[Icewind Dale]]_ ## Summary Queen of the [[Tribe of the Tiger]], the fiercest of the tundra Reghed short of the Wolf. The fearless widow of King [[Korold]], she took his place after a frost giant slew him — an unusual ascension for a woman among the Reghed, and a measure of how formidable she is. She worships [[Auril]] the Frostmaiden and is so ruthless her enemies believe she has ice in her veins. %% ## Now Hunting frost giants across the tundra with grief-cold single-mindedness, [[Storvald]] first on her list. Tiger bands raid on sight, but the queen herself would treat with anyone who could deliver her the giants — if they came with something she can't simply take. ## Appearance Tall and scarred, pale hair bound with tiger-teeth, eyes the color of glacier ice. Wears frost-rimed furs that never seem to thaw; a stillness about her that reads as cold rather than calm. ## Personality Ruthless, fearless, and patient in a way her raiders are not — she leads by fear and by rite. She takes what she needs and negotiates almost never, but grief has given her one fixed hatred stronger than her greed: the frost giants who killed [[Korold]]. An outsider who wants her as an ally must arrive without weapons drawn and with an offer she cannot seize by force. Her devotion to the Frostmaiden and her war on the giants of winter sit in open contradiction, and she does not care to resolve it. ## Quote _"Auril takes what is weak. The giants took my king. I will give her the giants, and keep the rest."_ ## Connections **[[Korold]]** — late husband and king; a frost giant killed him, and she took his throne. **[[Storvald]]** — the frost-giant king she wants dead above all; the lever anyone would use to reach her. **[[Auril]]** — the Frostmaiden she serves; her faith and her giant-hatred pull against each other. **[[Isarr Kronenstrom]]** — rival Wolf King she'd see obliterated with the other tundra monarchs. ## Background **Korold's Death:** When a frost giant slew King [[Korold]], Bjornhild — his wife and battle-companion — took his place rather than let the Tiger fracture. She has held it through the Winter War, turning grief into a campaign of extermination against every frost giant her people can reach. ## Stats **Base:** Gladiator (MM p.346), modified. CR 6. - Reflavored as a Reghed war-queen; greataxe in place of shield. - Auril's Chosen (1/day): her next hit deals an extra 10 (3d6) cold damage and the target's speed is halved until the end of its next turn. %%