Before she was the proprietor of the dirtiest, most dangerous watering hole along the Triboar Trail, Grista was a member of the Wilddwarf Brigade, a Dwarven battlerager squad of Citadel Adbar. Many of the Wilddwarves met their end during the Battle of the Cold Vale when their company was waylaid by a force of orcs, frost giants, and two white dragons in a devastating defeat which saw King Bromm, ruler of Citadel Adbar, captured and beheaded by Hartusk, War Chief of the Kingdom of Many Arrows Tribe.

With the battle lost, King Bromm’s final command was a retreat of his forces from the Cold Vale, of which Grista was a survivor. Her surly and abrasive demeanor reflect the scars she bears years after the death of her company and her King.

In her life after the war, Grista is content brewing ale and scowling at her customers. But, given the opportunity, she’d happily dust off her armor and sharpen her axe to join a company hunting down a dragon. Especially white dragons.

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