Pono

 is a human were-bear living on Rumblecusp. As an NPC, is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Pono is a human man, younger and baby-faced, though very muscular in the torso and arms, and covered in heavy, thick patches of wiry hair. In bear form, he is slightly smaller than his companion, Jaina.

Personality
When he and the Mighty Nein first met, Jaina seemed to regard him as not terribly bright, but a nice guy.

Background
Pono has no memory of his life before arriving on Rumblecusp, saying that he's lived there as long as he can remember, but everything led to bringing him here. When questioned about becoming a were-bear, Pono indicated some scars on his shoulder, commenting that "some circumstance got out of hand."

Pono leaped out of the jungle in bear form to rip the head off a displacer beast his companion Jaina had wounded, while the Mighty Nein watched. He and Jaina then befriended the party and escorted them back to the village. Notably, neither he and Jaina had any clear idea of where they had come from before arriving on Rumblecusp some unknown number of years earlier.

Relationships
Pono is one of the villagers the Mighty Nein encountered on Rumblecusp.

Notable Items

 * a massive great-axe