NPCs

Key characters

• Captain Kessel — Nordor-Viddi (masquerading as Barron)
• Frostgrip — Unknown
• Jorund Halvyr — Advancing on Nordor-Viddi
• Lord Marshall Barron — Nordor-Viddi (gravely ill, hidden)
• Maelor — Unknown
• Prince Roderick dead — Burned at the forest camp north of the White Flow
• The Witch — With Jorund Halvyr's host

Minor characters

• Clive — Nordor-Viddi
• Commissioner Amara — Nordor-Viddi
• Lieutenant Corbun — Missing
• Lord Isha — Missing
• Lord Smolt — Missing
• Shivers dead — The ravine hamlet
• Skuv Thunder dead — The ravine hamlet
• The drow smith woman dead — The forest camp north of the White Flow
• The metal-studded champion
• The rescued soldier
• The yarl at the hamlet dead — The ravine hamlet

Creatures

• Juvenile frost giants
• Pickett
• Savrotherum

Characters move between key and minor automatically as the story's attention shifts; open threats stay key by GM ruling.