Gerti Orelsdottr

Gerti Orelsdottr is a female frost giant who lives in an ice and rock cavern in the Spine of the World called Shining White. She is the sole daughter and heir to Jarl Orel, the frost giant patriarch who united the various families and clans around the Spine of the World to form a unified frost giant populace. With her father on his death bed, no longer anything more than a figurehead, Gerti is the current de facto ruler of the frost giants and the most likely candidate to assume power once Jarl Orel is dead.

Appearance
Gerti is over twelve feet (3.7m) tall and has blue skin. She is attractive, with dark blue eyes and long golden hair. She has a muscular build. She wears a silver wolf fur cloak and boots, and a brown leather dress. Her boots are rumoured to be magical and quicken her strides.

History
Gerti and her frost giant clan form an alliance with the formidable orc, King Obould in order to fulfill his intention to claim several human and dwarf settlements. However, following the deaths of several frost giants in their attempts to overrun Shallows, and later Mithral Hall, Gerti turns on her smaller companion with blade in hand. Much to her surprise, Gerti is knocked flat and Obould, blessed by Gruumsh, proves the stronger. When Drizzt and his elf companion, Innovindil, follow the trail of their lost pegasus, Sunrise, to Shining White, Gerti admits her hatred of Obould. She allows Drizzt to leave Shining White on the condition Drizzt will murder the orc king within several days. Following their meeting and the events of the Hunter's Blades Trilogy, Gerti is not introduced again.