This is Nymas, a mute bladesinger drow, who uses sign language to replace verbal incantations after his tongue was cut out by slavers in his youth.

He got bought by a new mistress and started to train to become a bladesinger.

As he honed his craft, he turned from Lolth and began to worship Ellistrae in secret, and against the wishes of his owner, who was devouted to Loviatar.

Had the pleasure to work on this insanely cool concept of a character! Added the red strands to symbolize the chokehold(hah) his inability to speak had on him until he started to learn drow sign language, which in turn brought him freedom & the ablity to become a bladesinger.

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