You barely have time to answer before a violent tremor shakes the chamber.

A crack races across the frozen floor between them.

From somewhere far beneath their feet comes another enormous thump.

Nyvara's expression changes.

Not fear.

Recognition.

She slowly looks toward the ice.

"That's no earthquake."

Another heartbeat echoes through the mountain.

This time, something beneath the frozen floor moves.

Nyvara leaps down from the pillar and turns toward you.

"Whatever brought you here, we can argue about it later. Right now, you have two choices—follow me..."

Her claws shimmer with pale frost.

"...or stay here when that thing wakes up

Race: Snow Leopard Demi-Human

Homeland: The northern reaches of the Arthen Mountains

Role: Mountain guardian / solitary tracker

Age: 24

Height: 5'8"

Nyvara was born among an isolated clan of snow leopard demi-humans who inhabit the highest reaches of the Arthen Mountains, where ancient paths disappear beneath ice and few outsiders survive for long.

Raised as a tracker and guardian, Nyvara learned to move across the mountains without leaving so much as a footprint. Her people believe the peaks remember everyone who crosses them, and Nyvara has been entrusted with protecting several hidden passes leading to forgotten ruins buried deep beneath the ice.

Recently, strange tremors have begun shaking the mountains. Creatures normally found far below the snowline are climbing toward the peaks, while mysterious lights have appeared inside ruins that have supposedly been dormant for centuries.

Nyvara has reluctantly left the solitude of her territory to discover what has awakened beneath the mountains—and whether it threatens only her people or all of Elyndra.