Gannridan Naïlo

Gannridan Naïlo was a male drow eldtrich knight played by Luke.

> I'm a sheep in drow's clothing - not even Drow's clothing at that. Don't mind me my dear, I don't bite! Well...
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> Gannridan Naïlo

## Description

As a Drow on the surface world, Gannridan did everything he could to stand out. Gannridan was dressed in flamboyant musketeer's clothing, complete with a wide brimmed cavalier with a red feather. His flowing green, purple, and black attire stood out in a drab world. Gannridan always summoned his signature rapier in battle, and was skilled with a longbow as well.

When song and dance were appropriate (and when they weren't), Gannridan could be found strumming his lyre for every patron and traveller who'd hear him.

Gannridan fought using eldritch invocations tied to his blade through years of training. He often used his Tenser's floating disk to fight on and glide him around, instead of walking.

## Early Life

Gannridan Naïlo was born to a noble drow mother and a father he never met. As a bastard son, his mother discarded him upon his birth. At a young age, Gannridan fell in love with a prominent priestess of Lolth. Although Drow society had attempted to drill out all love and affection from the hearts and minds of everyone, it seemed that he sparked something in her. Or she merely humored him. And when their relationship finally and unavoidably became exposed to the priestess order, his life changed forever. She cast him away without a second thought. After all the love they had shared, after all the things he had shown her. She decided her future was more important than their love, and so he was to be executed. Before his execution, Gannridan was able to secure a way out of the city and onto the surface of the Sword Coast.

## Hoard of the Dragon Queen/Rise of Tiamat

When the Dragon Queen Tiamat attempted to escape her prison in the Nine Hells with the help of her Cult of the Dragon, Gannridan joined forces with Freya Frostwind Amastacia Verya , Damakos Lifegiver, and Zook to slow the tide. Tiamat's influence was directly harsh on the Sword Coast and surrounding areas. During this time, a band of adventurers rose up to fight against the cult's looting, plundering and destruction. Gannridan was one of these adventurers. The legends say that he was a great warrior who never backed down from, a challenge. There are songs (possibly written by him) that tell of his adventures during the Rise of Tiamat, although many of them have been lost to time. It was said that Gannridan along with the other heroes perished at the hands of the legendary vampire Sandesyl Morgia, and were made into beings that were bent to her will. They served her ultimate goals within the Cult of the Dragon. However some months later, Gannridan and the other adventurers returned to the fray, along with new allies to defeat Tiamat. Whether it was through some stroke of luck, a misunderstanding, or some magical power that Gannridan and his allies were brought back to the world, only a select few know the truth - Gannridan - now Doomsinger - and his allies were vampires under the control of Sandesyl Morgia. It is unclear if Gannridan perished in the final battle between Tiamat and the heroes of the Sword Coast. One thing is certain, he has not been seen in the lands ever since.

## Out of the Abyss and new identity

During the demonic incursion in the Underdark, Doomsinger was using Vizeran DeVir's tower at Araj as a place to hide out in exchange for samples of his blood. With Frostheart and Deathbringer searching for him, he thought the best place to hide was somewhere familiar. Gannridan briefly met the heroes from Out of the Abyss on several occasions as they worked together with Vizeran to defeat the demonlords.

When Zett Mushu's corpse was defiled by Buppido, the Derro agent of Vecna, Doomsinger was summoned to changed Mushu into a vampire before his death.

Doomsinger was summoned one final time from the phylactery of Buppido to help deal with the demonlord Baphomet's spreading influence. During his time in the Minotaur stronghold, Doomsinger and Bloodpetal were reunited to undertake the challenges of the minotaur, and were able to successfully cure their vampirism. Unfortunately, both Gannridan and Verya's return was short-lived, as the timeline was drastically altered by the Maze Engine and the sparks.

## Legacy

Gannridan's legacy can be seen in the city of Waterdeep, where a statue bearing his likeness was erected by the Open Lord Neverember during the Rise of Tiamat to commemorate his sacrifice.