Pasha
Experienced wilderness warrior and guide who accompanied the party from the caravan. Survived the avalanche and wolf attack that destroyed most of it. Led the party through quicksnow, sheltered them from razor snow, and was the one who identified the creature that had developed their scent and would hunt them every night until dealt with. That creature was Rimetalon — though neither she nor the party knew it yet.
After the expert sidekick’s remains were found arranged in a geometric pattern, Pasha insisted on hunting Rimetalon immediately — no waiting. The party followed her into the blizzard. They lost sight of her in the snow. When they retraced their steps she was gone.
She turned up alive in Session 2, having spent the intervening time in the wilderness before finding Savin and making her way to the Coldpeak camp. She had dealt with orc tribes before, though not this one specifically, and helped guide the party through some of the tribe’s customs. She has not said much about what happened during the time she was missing.
She is Elk tribe — one of the Reghedsmen, the nomadic people who follow the elk herds across the Dale. The Elk tribe was already overdue to move when she stayed on with the party. She left the morning after the Standing Stones expedition to rejoin them. She is not gone forever, but the herds move and the tribe moves with them.