Vryzaeth Xun'kar
Exiled spider-priest · Surface hermit
“The dark taught me patience. The light taught me nothing I had not already learned.”
Gender
Male
Age
413 years
Species
Drow
Alignment
Lawful Neutral
Appearance
A tall, gaunt drow of great age, his obsidian skin webbed with fine wrinkles like cracked slate. His hair is a waterfall of pale silver, bound in a single tight braid. Milky-white eyes, dimmed by centuries beneath and above the earth, sit deep beneath a heavy brow. He moves slowly, deliberately, wrapped in muted grey robes worn thin at the elbows.
Occupation
Former high priest, now a reclusive herbalist and keeper of forgotten lore
Personality
Traits
Motivations
To atone in silence for the cruelties of his priesthood, and to preserve knowledge that his people would sooner burn than remember.
Goals
To finish transcribing the last of the forbidden liturgies into a language the surface world might one day understand, and to die with a clear conscience.
Secrets
He did not flee Menzoberranzan in disgrace as he claims; he murdered his own Matron Mother to end a rite that would have opened a gate for something the spider goddess herself feared.
Way of speaking
Slow, measured, and quiet, with long pauses; never raises his voice, choosing each word as though it were a precious stone laid upon a table.
Equipment
Special abilities
- Drow innate magic: darkness, faerie fire, dancing lights
- Superior darkvision
- Centuries of theological and poison lore
- Unshakable composure under threat
Possessions & property
- A leather satchel of dried herbs and antidotes
- A half-finished vellum codex of forbidden liturgies
- A tarnished silver spider-amulet, kept hidden and never worn