Holga Kilgore

Holga Kilgore was a human barbarian and thief of the Elk tribe of Uthgardt from the Evermoors in the Savage Frontier of the late 15 century DR.

Description
She wore a mismatched set of fur-lined leather chest guard, bracers, and tassets, over a cloth tunic, patchwork leather breeches, and wrapped boots, with a rope belt and spiked knuckleduster-like gauntlets. She was usually seen with a scowl on her face.

On her right upper arm, she bore scars depicting runes in the Giant language, reading Ferd ("journey") and Krig ("war").

Personality
Despite her ferociousness in battle and bad temper, Holga surprisingly had a softer side as well with a warm heart and generosity. She forever loyal to her companions and quick to protect them. Since being exiled from her tribe, she craved a new connection with her adopted family. However, she said little, preferring to let her actions and fighting speak for her.

She liked potatoes, eating them regularly when idle.

Abilities
She could be reckless in battle, but was resilient enough to shrug off blows. She could also throw her weight around, wrestling and shoving foes with ease.

A versatile and improvisational combatant, Holga could wield almost anything as a weapon, from paving stones to potatoes.

Possessions
She wielded a single-bladed darksteel greataxe, which was worn on her back. Its powers made her resistant to electricity.

Relationships
She was a lifelong friend and comrade-in-arms of Edgin, their relationship purely platonic.

Her ex-husband was Marlamin, a bearded and diminutive fellow who lived in a small house in Longsaddle.

History
Holga was kicked out of her tribe for falling in love with an outsider, Marlamin, a bearded and diminutive fellow. They married regardless, but their marriage later fell apart. Rootless in the world, she wandered for a while as she sought new bonds.

A chance meeting was made with the ex-Harper bard Edgin Darvis, when both tried to rob the same pawn shop in Targos, Icewind Dale. The shop's owner was an agent of the Zhentarim, and the goods ill-gotten. This led Holga into a life of adventuring and theft for some nine years.

In the late 1490s DR, Holga and Edgin formed a team with the sorcerer Simon and the confidence trickster Forge Fitzwilliam. They worked together to steal riches and on the way they battled gnoll raiders and fey witches and more. In one notable heist, they infiltrated the estate of the wealthy and eccentric Torlinn Shrake during a party with intent to rob the place. They were also caught in a town threatened by the Bandit King on one Feast of the Moon.

Then, a mysterious hooded figure calling herself "Lady Sofina" met the team in the Trip and Shuffle tavern in Targos and hired them to help her steal a powerful magical horn from Korinn's Keep. But Sofina took it for herself and Forge betrayed his teammates to steal for himself the loot from their heist, while Edgin and Holga were incarcerated in the Revel's End prison.

By the time they escaped and reunited with Simon, they found Forge had somehow used the loot to become Lord of Neverwinter. In this role, he painted the wood elves of Neverwinter Wood as enemies and dispatched loggers who cut ever deeper into the woods. There, Holga, Edgin, and Simon recruited the tiefling druid Doric to aid them in their quest to steal Forge Fitzwilliam's fortune from Castle Never.

Background
Holga Kilgore is played by actor Michelle Rodriguez. She was confirmed to be a barbarian via a promotional video played at the San Diego Comic-Con 2022's Tavern Experience. According to writer-director Jonathan Goldstein, Holga was kicked out of her tribe for falling in love with an outsider; "And then that relationship went south. And so she's got a lot of baggage she carries with her." She is a lifelong platonic friend of Edgin. Her ex-husband is Marlamin, played by Dexter Fletcher, which he revealed in an early interview.

Appearances

 * Film & Television
 * Honor Among Thieves
 * Novels
 * The Road to Neverwinter • The Junior Novelization • The Quest Begins • Heroes Unite!
 * Comics
 * The Feast of the Moon