Jorlan Duskryn

**Jorlan Duskryn** is a drow warrior and noble from House Duskryn of Menzoberranzan. He is the first son of Matron Prae'anelle Duskryn, and the elder brother of the drow outcast and bounty hunter Va'laere Duskryn. Since the founding of Velkynvelve in the year 1375 DR, Jorlan has been its greatest warrior and guard captain, as well as the consort of its mistress, Ilvara Mizzrym. This changed in early 1486 DR, when he was discarded as a lover and captain after sustaining terrible injuries during a fight with a black pudding.

Jorlan Duskryn is an npc in the ongoing *Out of the Abyss* campaign, where he was both an ally and antagonist of the party.

## Description

Jorlan is a male drow elf with dark gray skin and bone-white hair. He stands tall at around 5 feet and 4 inches (1.6 meters), and weighs about 160 pounds (72.5 kilograms). Jorlan, as a result of nearly being killed in a fight against a black pudding, suffers from severe burn scarring on the right side of his body, reaching from his head to his foot. Good portions of his torso and his light leg are also scarred to a lesser extent, having been exposed to the acid of the ooze for less period of time. These scars have left him mostly unable to grow hair in the affected parts, resulting in Jorlan having no right eyebrow and having patchy hair on his head.

## Personality

Jorlan Duskryn, for the majority of his life, has been exactly what a Matron Mother would want her firstborn son to be. Ambitious enough to constantly prove himself to his House, but content with his role as a subservient pawn of the priesthood. Cunning enough to not be caught off guard by plots, and loyal enough to ensure that these plots were told his matron mother. These qualities were taught to Jorlan at a young age, and they only became core traits because they were so brutally beat into him from the moment of his birth. While his brother was almost immediately rebellious due to being raised by Jorlan's aunt Neheedra, Jorlan was shaped into a model son for the purpose of one day being able to lead armies of House Duskryn loyally, and without direct supervision. Though Jorlan grew up fully aware of the injustices he faced and resentful of slights against him, whenever faced with direct abuse from his superiors, he continued to serve dutifully, under the belief that he could improve his situation by remaining in servitude.

This mindset changed when Jorlan's life and social ranking began to decline in the year 1487 DR. After a century of service to both his house and his lover Ilvara as the guard captain of Velkynvelve, Jorlan was stripped of station and position after receiving terrible injuries from a black pudding that had almost consumed him. Not only had his lover refused to heal him of his injuries, but she had come to the injured Jorlan to strip away his title and the sign of his rank- his *Wand of Viscid Globs*. It was while he was having his injuries treated by the junior priestess Asha Vandree that Jorlan's resent for Ilvara began to grow, stoked by the manipulative words and 'caring' nature of Asha. When Jorlan learned that a much younger and less capable warrior had become his new superior and Ilvara's new lover, resent grew inside Jorlan until he came to the conclusion that regardless of hierarchy, he needed to cause Ilvara to suffer from a worse fall from station than him. Despite this more independent mindset, however, Jorlan still viewed his similarly abusive experiences under the control of his Matron in a favorable light- wanting to finally be free of his posting at Velkynvelve to join his kin in Menzoberranzan.

## Gallery

Jorlan Duskryn, by @Ocelot\_artAlternate Art of Jorlan, by @Ocelot\_artJorlan's Token during Out of the Abyss.