Oona

Beast must always respect master, is way of things. Master takes care of beast, beast takes care of master.

Oona
Biographical information
Hometown	North Pole
First Comic	1032
Last Comic	1282
Physical description
Species	Bugbear
Gender	Female
Hair color	Seaweed green
Chronological and political information
Affiliation	Team Evil
Class	Ranger / Beast Heart Adept
Alignment	Evil
Known masters	Xykon
Known apprentices	Lancer (animal companion) Greyview (animal companion)
Status	Living
D&D Stats
Level	6+/9+
Feats	Animal Affinity, Two-Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon Pounce, Tracking
Skills	Handle Animal 8+, Knowledge: Arcana 4+, Knowledge: Dungeoneering 4+
Abilities	monstrous companions: Lancer and Greyview

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Oona is a bugbear beastmistress and ranger living in a village near Kraagor's Tomb. Amongst her pets are her worg Greyview and a yrthak named Lancer. She has a philosophy of a bond of respect between the master and beast, with the master taking care of the beast and the beast taking care of the master.

Biography

She and Lancer fought the paladins O-Chul and Lien during their trek across the Gelid Glacier. (The paladins escaped under the ice using Lien's ring of water breathing, tricking Oona into thinking that they were dead.) Oona accompanied Team Evil on its forays into the myriad dungeons of Kraagor's Tomb. She is familiar with the tombs; the village subsists in part on resources gathered by raiding the tombs and then waiting for the monsters to respawn.

She assists Redcloak in battling against Durkon and Minrah. She then follows the rest of Team Evil into checking out Kraagor's Tomb while she begins reflecting over Minrah's words spoken to Redcloak.

Personality and Traits

-Oona is quite an affable and cheerful bugbear woman. She has a friendly demeanor and is quite affable over with Team Evil. She is open with her affection as she has petted her beast companions and even Redcloak, much to his surprise. She also manages to maintain a surprising optimism despite who she is working with. Calling herself a "beastmistress", she views the bond between herself and beast as a formal one of respect, in which her as the master take care of the beast while the beast in turn follows the master. Despite this formality, she shows plenty of care for the beasts under her care, even shouting encouragement to a swarm of bugs. She also has a fair share of quirks; one of which is that when she makes a metaphor she will interject and emphasize that she is speaking metaphorically rather than literally, though this may imply metaphors are not common in bugbear discussions. Another trait she notes is an appreciation of combat and even views talking while fighting as a spirited discussion and apparently common in bugbear society.

She is the first goblinoid seen that is only a casual follower of the Dark One, viewing him as a so-so deity that is only good for weddings and funerals. She feels that Goblins and Hobgoblins get preferential treatment by their god, leaving Bugbears and other lesser known goblinoids with the "short end of the stick".

She is one of the few people to know the Monster in the Darkness's true species, having taken a peek under its umbrella when Team Evil arrived at her village. She calls the MitD a "magnificent monster". She also seems to confirm he is a juvenile of his kind based on her comment that he will grow larger.

Despite her word choice and syntax making her come off as possibly primitive, Oona shows a profound understanding of what her new allies are talking about. When the MitD presented his thoughts on Redcloak's "pan-goblinoid narrative" (before claiming it was something he overheard), she showed full agreement with the "guy he overheard". She waited before getting involved in Redcloak's fight with Durkon and Minrah, wanting to hear what they had to say. However, most of all is when Redcloak tries to reassure her regarding his intentions and what Minrah said. Oona notes that while she doesn't doubt Redcloak's intent, she uses a metaphor of him "residing" in two villages, that of "Doing-Very-Best-for-Goblins"and "Right-All-Along" and heavily implies if he was ever forced to choose, he would choose the latter.

This shows a profound level of insight from Oona and awareness of how her new comade works; she knows that while he does care about the goblin peoples, he also is motivated by wanting to be seen in the right regarding the Plan and thus vindicated for his decision. Her implied belief that Redcloak would choose the latter over the former is also what motivated her to help out, reasoning that her goal is to ensure Redcloak wouldn't have to choose. This shows her being quite practical along with a nuanced perspective.

Powers and Abilities

• Beast Heart Adept: Though Oona tends to refer to herself as a "beastmistress", her actual class appears to be Beast Heart Adept, a class introduced in the book Dungeonscape, cowritten by Rich Burlew. A Beast Heart Adept is a tamer of monsters, and capable of assuming "monstrous companions": magical beasts that are strengthened by their master, similarly to the animal companions favored by Rangers and Druids. Oona has assumed two monstrous companions: the yrthak Lancer, and the worg Greyview.
• Ranger: Oona fights with two weapons and shows uses tracking skills. Minrah confirmed that her base class prior to Beast Heart Adept is Ranger.
  • Two-Weapon Fighting: Oona fights with two weapons, either with morningstar and dagger or with a morningstar in each hand. As a Ranger she is granted the Two-Weapon Fighting feat. She may have additional Two-Weapon Fighting feats.
  • Track: Oona can expertly deduce tracks from a stone surface. As a Ranger, she would have also been granted this feat freely.

Weapons & Equipment

• Two Morningstars
• Dagger
• Mask
• Sack of monster parts
• Jar of bugs

Gallery

References

Appearances
1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1189, 1203, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1216, 1221, 1222, 1261, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1265, 1267, 1275, 1282