Brimir

Brimir was renowned frost giant brewer in Jotunheim, the land of giants on the plane of Ysgard, and was the operator of a notable beer-hall and "settlement" in Jotunheim known as Okalnir.

Description
Brimir was a rather old giant, with tanned skin that looked as weathered as stone. He had long and a beard that were both white in hue. He typically wore a golden medallion shaped like barrel around his neck.

Personality
He was a very generous man, more courteous than most of the giants in Jotunheim, and was exceptionally intelligent.

Abilities
As a cleric of the Giant pantheon, Brimir had a handful of spells at his disposal. These included charm person, command, dispel magic, endure heat, hold person, prayer, protection from good, silence, and tongues.

Additionally, due to the planar faction he was part of, Brimir could potentially make someone magically incapable of raising a hand against him for a time by being generous with them.

Possessions
Brimir owned a sword fit for a giant, as well as a feather from the wing of a deva that was held captive in the major Jotunheim city of Utgard. He kept the feather in his bedroom within a clay jar.

Activities
Okalnir was both Brimir's place of business and his home. He had his own bedroom in the hall, which was the largest of the hall's bedrooms at a width of and a length of. Though some claimed he hibernated atop the kegs of beer in Okalnir's cellar during the winter season, when the hall had less business.

Relationships
Among the giants he considered close friends was Habrok Icecaster, one of the jarls of Utgard. When it came to the philosophical planar factions, Brimir was a member of the Ring-Givers and was one of its few notable giant members.

History
Brimir was born in Jotunheim to a giantess by the name of Elli.

In the, a group of adventurers from the city of Ravens Bluff on the Prime Material world of Toril journeyed to Jotunheim in search of the legendary Well of Mimir so they could learn how to destroy a powerful githyanki artifact known only as the Great Machine. While on their journey they potentially encountered Brimir and his hall, though sources differed on why this came about and how it went.

Some sources spoke of them coming to Okalnir as honored guests of Brimir's friend Habrok Icecaster, having proven their worth to him and his friends by hunting a bulette. He may have struck up a conversation with one or more of these adventurers about the Ring-Givers.

Later that night the Ravenians partook in Okalnir's nightly feast, where the thighs bones of the bulette slain earlier that day were cracked open and roasted. Before the feast began proper, Brimir stood and formally welcomed the party, extending his hospitality and speaking of their courage in the face of battle against the creature, garnering cheer from the assembly of giants. When dinner began to wind down Habrok would tell everyone of how he met the party and of how the bulette hunt began, garnering further applause from the crowd. Brimir then invited the adventurers to tell the story of the hunt themselves, casting tongues on them so that all assembled would be able to understand.

Another version of events spoke of the giants that were gathered in Okalnir feeling indifferent towards the guests. This drove Brimir to wager a contest of four tests for the adventurers - eating, drinking, running, and wrestling. He was even willing to wager three magic items if they would wager three comparably permanent or major charged items. The items he wagered included a Svartalfheim cloak, a horn of Valhalla, and a great war maul known as Grungir's hammer. He also offered a makeshift belt of giant strength, made from a strip of leather from his own belt and a bullete's tooth as the clasp. In eating the adventurers faced off against the fire giant Logi and had to reach the middle of a trencher of stew. In drinking they faced no one, but had to drink alcohol from a massive horn as fast as they could. In running they faced the young giant Hugi and had to make it to the far end of the hall. Finally, in wrestling they faced Brimir's old mother, as the giants felt any other competitor would make things unfair.

Regardless of which of those versions of events occurred, the night in the hall ended with all retiring to bed. On the following day, Brimir treated the adventurers to a breakfast of porridge before sending them out in the direction of Mimir's Well.

A third version of events spoke of the adventurers sneaking into Brimir’s hall on behalf of Torheim, a proxy of Thor, to steal Brimir's deva feather. Torheim desired the feather so he could more easily track down the deva it came from, wanting to rescue them from their imprisonment in Utgard.