please! I do not know your drow characters, please tell us about them!
Ok, I have a lot of drow characters so Iāll try to keep this...short.
So a few of my characters were NPCs in campaigns I took to writing while working with certain original characters but eventually the characters morphed their own personalities separate from the NPCs they came from and honestly the only similarity left is like, they have the same name, class, and gender.Ā This includes like, most of the main characters of Page Prince.
The Xilbrindas brothers are numbered at three, XandaerĀ or Xan, Soluun or Sol, and Nāarl.Ā Their house was destroyed when the youngest was around 8 or 9.
Xan is a few years short of 270 and is a fighter, heās the oldest of the Xilbrindas brothers and is the most removed from drow society, deliberately so.Ā Xan is quiet and reserved, itās pretty much a large question as to whether or not heās actually nice or just doesnāt like murder.
SoluunĀ is the middle brother at around 150, is a fighter as well and a gunslinger.Ā SoluunĀ is the most typically drow-likeĀ of the brothers, basically, heās clung to drow values as a way to cope with not having a family anymore.Ā SoluunĀ and Xan hate each other but Soluunās relationship with Nāarl is a touch more complicated.
Nāarl is the youngest brother, being only about 50 or so, and is the only spellcaster; heās a wizard.Ā Nāarl, separate from his fairly confident brothers, is a nervous wreck.Ā Heās constantly anxious and has a very low opinion of most of his skills, a sole exception being his skill with poisons and antidotes.
Nym is Nāarlās father, but heās kinda the worst.Ā Nym doesnāt actually care about Nāarl beyondĀ āthis is mineā and left Nāarl to be raised by SoluunĀ because he was constantly running around.Ā Heās a thief, backstabber, and all-around sucks.
Felārekt is one of two drow that are invested in making sure Nāarl is safe and happy, he is the one better at that job but in fairness, Felārekt has the conviction of a bull and I love him for it.Ā Felārekt, as a side note, is also trans, thought that would be a good detail to add.
KrebbygĀ is that second drow, heās also Felārektās boyfriend and is...heās kinda quiet.Ā Like he cares about Nāarl but that amounts mostly to him prodding Nāarl in the ribcage and telling him to eat or threatening SoluunĀ with sharp weapons when heās a jerk.
Varis Baenre is a precious spoiled brat blessed by the drow gods and is fucking smug as hell about it, heās great, heās such a little shit I love him so much.
Lyssa is a drow rogue who is a ball stubborn anti-Lolth sentiment and her rejection of Lolth can be succinctly summed up by her own words: āFuck the Bitch Queen of Spidersā.Ā So yeah Lyssaās fun.
JysannaĀ Myafin is actually my only drow matron.Ā JysannaĀ is basically just a drow ranger and a mom at the same time.Ā Like a good mom, she knows what sheās doing and doesnāt treat her kids like crap.
MyraeĀ Myafin is Jysannaās eldest daughter, sheās a bard and is superbly extra, like, too extra for her own good but I love her anyway.
Vierda Myafin is Jysannaās middle daughter, sheās a sorcerer-rogue multiclass and her motif is, surprise surprise, spiders.Ā Come on I needed one drow that had the spider motif might as well give it to the one whose nickname is Matron Slayer.
Nalfein 100% gets his name and premise from the Legend of Drizzt character that dies in chapter 1 of Homeland and I have no regrets.Ā Heās a drow necromancer blessed by the drow goddess Kiransalee, he is charming and frighteningly intelligent.Ā Heās basically the person that threatens you with a very happy smile on his face.
December is one of my first drow characters, sheās a sorcerer/fighter and has silver dragon blood in her veins.Ā December is best described by the anecdote of her both cowing an entire room of kobolds into submission and also by adopting like four of them.
Zarifrax is a lich, he is a dramatic as fuck lich and is also blind, like his matron stabbed his goddamn eyes out because he did something he wasnāt supposed to but she didnāt cut out his tongue, which is a only downside for the people who donāt like getting murdered with words.
Morgan technically doesnāt count because heās only half drow but since the other half is sun elf Iām counting it.Ā Morgan is Xanās boyfriend and a wizard.Ā Heās friendly and cheerful and has a biting wit, mostly to disguise a lot of self-worth issues because being half drow among sun elves is not a recipe for a happy childhood.
Savan is Varisās technical guardian, heās the drow in charge of Varis when Varisās actual guardian, his uncle, is doing stupid shit, which is, granted, most of the time.Ā The best way to describe Savan isĀ āRosa Diaz if she were a drowā.
Mindra is a paladin of Eilistraee and is very eager to prove herself.Ā Sheās that gay paladin in love with the moon, by the way.
Eryn Fey-Branche is a drow warlock who made a pact with a celestial being; sheās the drow I play for Curse of Strahd.Ā Sheās a smartass with generally good intentions and has a small gift for mimicry.Ā Sheās mimicked her boss on several occasions and also cusses people out in drow sign while talking to them.
Last but certainly not least is Izze, Izze is a small drow warlock who made a pact with the actual drow god of slimes and oozes, That Which Lurks, Ghanadaur, and is, while a typical little shit for drow, is also infectiously cheerful and friendly.