GRISSEL BLOODSONG, FELL CALLERTROLLBLOOD

Fell callers are powerful trollkin warriors boasting voices capable of shattering stone and shaking the sky. Female fell callers are rare, but Grissel Bloodsong has gained singular power through her mastery of this ability. Her mate’s death left a hole in her heart that she filled with a new cause—fighting to save her people.
Bloodsong was born in the far north near Ohk, but her wanderlust compelled her to travel. She sailed the length of the western coast and spent several years in human port cities defending merchant ships against pirates and Cryxian invaders. She enjoyed her mercenary life at sea but found the return to city living after every voyage stifling. Eventually she lost her patience for humanity entirely and left the coast for the banks of the Black River, along whose length she battled river bandits for a time.
After visiting Ternon Crag, Grissel found an unexpected challenge: the relentless advances of a fierce and proud trollkin named Turgol Redeye. She initially turned aside his interest, but he continued to pursue her in hopes of taming her fiery heart. They eventually got into a drunken brawl that tore a tavern down to its foundations. Not dissuaded, he approached her the next day bearing a smile and a quip. He slowly earned her affection through quiet humor, irrepressible optimism, and his skill with a blade. For the first time Grissel considered settling down, and the two of them journeyed to Scarleforth Lake, where several trollkin kriels had villages near the Claysoil Wash River.
One day a contingent of skorne raiders attacked from the east. Turgol left Grissel’s side to thrust himself heroically between three cyclopes and a trollkin mother with two small infants. Turgol fought bravely and brought down one of the attackers, but his hide was not as impenetrable as his resolve. Before Grissel could come to his aid, one of the remaining cyclopes struck him down. Flying into a blood rage, Grissel unleashed her calls in pulverizing blasts of sonic vengeance.
Turgol’s death changed Grissel Bloodsong. She began a personal war against the skorne and became an icon among the war-ravaged trollkin of the Scarleforth region. She has remained on the battlefront, where her presence emboldens the trollkin who follow her into battle.
Contact with Chief Madrak Ironhide renewed Grissel’s hopes for a trollkin victory. She persuaded her people to join Ironhide’s displaced Thornwood kriels, knowing their only chance to survive would come from cooperating against the various threats they face. She feels a part of a larger community as she walks among the rugged and courageous volunteers serving in Madrak’s ragtag army. She fights not for empty coin, as when she was a mercenary, but to preserve her trollkin brethren. This purpose has given her the strength to endure the lasting grief of losing her mate, which she feels keenly in the calm aftermath of every battle.