Holga Kilgore

Holga Kilgore was a human barbarian and thief of the Elk tribe of Uthgardt in northwest Faerûn 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.

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, Holga surprisingly had a softer side as well with a warm heart. She liked potatoes.

Possessions
She wielded a single-bladed battleaxe, which was worn on her back.

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 somewhere.

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, leaving Holga rootless and carrying much emotional baggage.

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