![[ThistlePathfinder-v1.webp]] # Thistle _Winter Court Halfling | [[Baba Yaga's Hut]]_ ## Summary Brother of the druid Shadowfoot Blackthorn and a halfling of the Winter Court, imprisoned in [[Baba Yaga's Hut]] after trying to outwit the witch. The party freed him, reuniting the brothers. As Mordenkainen cast his time-travel spell, Thistle warned Shadowfoot that Baba Yaga could not be beaten and was likely manipulating them all. %% ## Now _Concluded._ Freed from Baba Yaga's prison and reunited with his brother; his warning about her scheme proved right. ## Personality Devoted to his brother and clear-eyed about Baba Yaga in a way the party mostly wasn't. Grief over lost love drove him to a reckless gamble; captivity left him wary and honest about how outmatched they were. ## Connections **Shadowfoot Blackthorn** — brother. **[[Baba Yaga]]** — imprisoned him for trying to trick her. **Princess Glimmerhop** — a Grung princess he loved and lost. ## Background **Imprisoned.** Thistle fell in love with Princess Glimmerhop, whose amphibian Grung form was hidden by one of Baba Yaga's spells. When water broke the enchantment she left him to return home. In his grief he confronted Baba Yaga with an elaborate illusion, hoping to win Glimmerhop back; she saw through it at once and jailed him. **The warning.** Freed by the party, he later asked Shadowfoot for a private word during Mordenkainen's casting and voiced his fear that Baba Yaga was unbeatable and playing everyone — a suspicion the finale bore out. %%