Paavu

**Paavu Hauler Rocksandwich** was the first 5e creation of the spark, McB.

> There is glory waiting for us in the tundra. I can feel it with each step taken in the snow.
>
> Paavu Hauler Rocksandwich, Icewind Dale

## Paavu as a Goliath

Paavu was born to the *Rocksandwich* goliath tribe in the Icewind Dale. He is a direct descendant of Phil Rocksandwich, a hero also created by the spark McB, but lost to time and poor spark memory. He spent most of his childhood in the tundra. He didn't spend a lot of time in civilization, learning to hunt and gather as an outlander. When a dark shroud covered the sky of the Icewind Dale, and the wilds became less plentiful, he was forced to beg for food from a traveling group of adventurers, starting the Rime of the Frostmaiden adventure. He joined the group by challenging their goliath Kube to a log throwing contest.

During his time as a golaith, he was a fighter with the protection fighting style. Blocking attacks against his friends with a shield. In this form, he was a strong creature, performing many feats of athleticism and strength. The most notable feat was blowing up a mindflayer spelljammer that had once held his friend Toff captive.

### Oyaminartok's Gift

Prior to joining the adventure, Paavu completed a rite of passage, one that was reserved for outlander goliaths in the Icewind Dale. He fought a goliath werebear named Oyaminartok. Although Paavu was bested in the combat, the werebear found him worthy and gave him a gift. The gift was a bite to the shoulder. This gift began to glow blue and Paavu slowly transformed into a werebear while travelling with his companions.

## Paavu as a Beastfolk

When the chadalyn dragon was released upon the Ten Towns, Paavu raced across the tundra trying to warn people of their coming doom. It's not clear how far Paavu made it. Two small somewhat-erotic stories of Paavu's travel exist, suggesting he made it to Dougan's Hole and Goodmead, but some scholars who study the Paavu story have debunked these stories as perverted nonsense. It is known with certainty that Paavu succumbed to exhaustion and was rescued by beastfolk.

### Beastfolk Monastery

The beastfolk that rescued Paavu have a monastery in the Icewind Dale. In addition to being hidden from the world in the icy slopes, the monastery conveniently experiences *time dilation* as a defense mechanism against attack. Different rooms in the monastery experience time at different rates, which have a variety of applications. The goals of the beastfolk are mysterious. Paavu recovered in a room at the beastfolk monastery that allowed him to retrain. He became a monk under the living weapon monastic tradition.

### Full polar bear

After retraining at the beastfolk monastery, Paavu tracked down his old companions. It had only been a week in their time, but years for him. He was now fully a polar bear, and used his claws and teeth to attack. He could also speak to animals. They used a giant sperm whale to travel to a mysterious prison. It quickly became clear that this new Paavu didn't mess around. For anyone who had any doubts, him throwing Prisoner 237's head at the warden demonstrated that he was fully a beast.

## Paavu as a Reborn

Paavu followed his companions through the fissure into the Caves of Hunger. While inside the caves, he became insatiably hungry, reminding him of how he felt when the adventure began. The hunger drove Paavu mad, and with beast-like desperation, he lead the party deep into the caves and into the nest of a giant remorahz, where the majority of the party was eaten. Some say that this is where the story of Paavu ended, but others say he was reborn during a ritual conducted by drow who worship the White Huntress.

If you believe what they say about the White Huntress, Paavu was reborn as a twilight cleric. Not technically alive, and not technically dead, he was formed from the parts of all the companions that lingered in the realm of the living. It is believed that he was made up of the following:

* 10% of an unknown material.
* 40% of the spirit of Paavu.
* 15% of the spirit of Jarro.
* 10% of the spirt of Dagny.
* 5% of the spirit of Duke.
* 10% of the spirit of Danikka.
* 5% of the will of the White Huntress.
* 4% of the spirit of Huarwar.
* 1% of a flameskull, named Charles.

They say he only remained until the Frost Maiden was destroyed and the moon was visible in the sky once again. This story is highly contested among scholars, as most of it has survived through oral tradition only. Those that believe in the Paavu story heavily rely on the journal of a cleric named Yilsebek, who apparently gave him the eyes to see the moon as he disassembled into dust.

## (Unconfirmed) Paavu as a Warforged

It is possible that the beastfolk monastery that trained Paavu in the Way of the Living Weapon was not entirely honest with the werebear. They may have been covertly doing an experiment using the time dilation chamber. Perhaps using Eberron technology to create a warforged version of beasts. An effort that was spurred into action due to the absence of the sun. Perhaps they thought the werebear form would be of great use and they made a warforged version of Paavu. Then, somehow this version of Paavu made it to the Voidsail adventure.