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.[1][2]
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.[5]
Personality[]
He was a very generous man,[2] more courteous than most of the giants in Jotunheim,[5] and was exceptionally intelligent.[4]
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.[4]
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.[2]
Possessions[]
Brimir owned a sword fit for a giant,[4] as well as a feather from the wing of a deva[6] that was held captive in the major Jotunheim city of Utgard.[4] He kept the feather in his bedroom within a clay jar.[6]
Activities[]
Okalnir was both Brimir's place of business and his home.[1][4] He had his own bedroom in the hall, which was the largest of the hall's bedrooms at a width of 40 ft (12 m) and a length of 100 ft (30 m).[4] Though some claimed he hibernated atop the kegs of beer in Okalnir's cellar during the winter season, when the hall had less business.[1]
Relationships[]
Among the giants he considered close friends was Habrok Icecaster,[2] one of the jarls of Utgard.[7] When it came to the philosophical planar factions, Brimir was a member of the Ring-Givers[1][2] and was one of its few notable giant members.[1]
History[]
Brimir was born in Jotunheim to a giantess by the name of Elli.[3]
In the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR,[note 1] 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.[8]
Some sources spoke of them coming to Okalnir as honored guests of Brimir's friend Habrok Icecaster,[2] having proven their worth to him and his friends by hunting a bulette.[2][5] He may have struck up a conversation with one or more of these adventurers about the Ring-Givers.[2]
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.[5]
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,[9] and a great war maul known as Grungir's hammer.[10]
In eating the adventurers faced off against the fire giant Logi and had to reach the middle of a 10 feet (3 meters) 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.[9]
Some claimed the adventurers managed to beat all four tests and for showing such prowess Brimir chose to give them an additional gift, creating the girdle of Brimir's strength.[9]
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.[11]
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.[6] 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.[4]
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Notes[]
- ↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff campaign took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City adventures and issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter were dated with real-world dates, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR), Myrkyssa was at last arrested and tried and said to have been executed, only to reappear in 1372 DR in The City of Ravens novel. As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month.
Appearances[]
Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Wolfgang Baur and Lester Smith (1994-07-01). “The Book of Chaos”. In Michele Carter ed. Planes of Chaos (TSR, Inc), p. 115. ISBN 1560768746.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), p. 19.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), p. 22.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), p. 24.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), p. 20.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), p. 23.
- ↑ Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), pp. 16–17.
- ↑ Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), pp. 2–3.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), pp. 21–22.
- ↑ Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), pp. 21, 25, 36.
- ↑ Erich Schmidt (August 1999). Three Coins in a Well. Living City (RPGA), p. 22.