![[GunvaldHalraggsonPathfinder-v1.webp]] # Günvald Halraggson _Human Reghed King | [[Tribe of the Bear]] | [[Icewind Dale]]_ ## Summary King of the [[Tribe of the Bear]], one of the three tundra Reghed tribes still holding to the old ways. He claimed the mantle after his fellow chieftain [[Wolvig Barrundson]] fell under the Ice Witch's sway and died with her. Honorable but without mercy, uneasy among settled folk, he has kept the Bear out of the conflict [[Isarr Kronenstrom]]'s Wolves have loosed on [[Icewind Dale]]. %% ## Now Watching the Winter War from the sidelines and refusing to be drawn in, though the strain on the herds is testing that resolve. Trades furs and meat at [[Easthaven]] when coin demands; otherwise keeps the Bear far from Ten-Towners. ## Appearance Broad, gray-bearded, weathered to leather; a bearskin cloak and a face that gives nothing away. Moves and speaks slowly, like a man who has already decided. ## Personality Honorable to the letter and immovable once he's ruled on a thing — he'll deal honestly and remember a debt, but pleading and pressure only harden him. Suspicious of settled folk and of easy alliances. The one cause that reliably moves him is a threat to the herds: an orc horde, a white dragon, or a frost giant will pull the Bear off the sidelines where nothing else can. ## Quote _"The Wolf is not my war. Bring the giants to my herds, and we'll speak of wars."_ ## Connections **[[Wolvig Barrundson]]** — former co-chieftain, corrupted by the Ice Witch; his death left Günvald sole king. **[[Isarr Kronenstrom]]** — the Wolf King he would see destroyed, but not at the cost of Bear lives. **[[Bjornhild Solvigsdottir]]** — fellow tundra monarch; wary mutual respect. ## Background **The Ice Witch:** The Bear had two remaining chieftains. [[Wolvig Barrundson]] fell under the sway of the supernatural entity known as the Ice Witch; when she was destroyed, her hold killed him too, leaving Günvald to declare himself Bear King before a council of a shrinking tribe. ## Stats **Base:** Berserker (MM p.344), modified. CR 4. - Bumped HP (~90) and a +1 greataxe; add Brave (advantage vs. frightened). - Bear King's Resolve (1/day): when he'd be reduced to 0 HP, drops to 1 instead. %%