feyspeaker

The Masked Lord (March Exclusive Print)

Added 2025-03-20 00:00:05 +0000 UTC

A portrait of the devious Vhaeraun in all his glory! I absolutely love the Drow and all of their lore, and the Dark Seldarine pantheon are just marvelous. The contrast between his evil self and his good twin Eilistraee is so tantalizing to me, lol. Both of my main Forgotten Realms OCs, my BG3 character and my Neverwinter Nights character are both "canon" cousins who worship Vhaeraun.

There is one bit of his lore, maybe a rumor, that Lolth scarred his face and is why he wears the mask. I've kind of put my own twist on it where I've imagined they are a bit more like blackened burns perhaps from her spitting spider venom in his eyes after his disrespect of her. And his eyes weep blackened ichor , seeping like tears out of the eyeholes of his mask. This is all my own headcanon, of course, in attempt to Gothify everything I can.

I thought perhaps like how Lolth creates the Driders as a punishment for being disrespectful males, Lolth would similarly permanently disfigure her son in some way.

I know that his hair changes color based on his emotions, and I think I'd like to attempt that in further paintings (heck yes) but the red is so traditional for him I didn't want to do anything too crazy for what I'd like to consider a "default" portrait/depiction of him in my own style.

I am working on an Eilistraee piece for the mini print to go with this one, I hope I can pull it off as I really love her as well.

Do you have a favorite DnD deity? I'll admit I have loved Mystra forEVER but I really didn't like how they did her in BG3 lol.