Kethan Duskryn

Driders are drow, a dark-skinned sub-race of elves that predominantly lives in the Underdark, that have been transformed from the waist down so that they have the body of a spider, including a spider’s abdomen, thorax, eight legs, pedipalps, and other spider anatomy. The transformation is typically a punishment for failing a test of Lolth, who is known as the Queen of Spiders. Lolth is the most influential goddess of the drow, within the pantheon of the Dark Seldarine. She’s a goddess of cold cruelty who revels in betrayal and bloodshed, thriving on torture, destruction, and death. The process to become a drider is agonizing for the drow. Driders are known to be bloodthirsty. They keep their memories and personalities from their lives as drow, with an added sense of hatred and fear that makes them tireless hunters. Driders need to drink blood at least every four days or their bodies start to deteriorate.

Driders possess a natural venom that can sap their victim’s strength and paralyze them for less than an hour. They’re immune to their own venom. They can climb like spiders do, spin webs, and have sharp senses, including the ability to see well in low light. Driders possess a handful of magical abilities as well, including the power to create faerie lights, the ability to detect magic, and an increased ability to resist magic. They’re typically very stealthy and are good at ambushing their prey through traps and established ambush sites.

Once transformed, driders leave their homes and families in shame, now outcasts in drow society. They typically live alone, however, some live in pairs with a handful of monstrous spiders for pets.Only drow can be transformed into driders and only through the use of Lolth’s power. Drow typically look down on driders, forcing them to leave the city or caging them, making driders highly distrustful of drow. Driders become hermits and recluses, though are tolerated on the city’s fringes as a representation of Lolth’s will. Driders can be found all over Faerûn, a continent within the Forgotten Realms.

Drow reach adulthood at the age of 60 years and are considered middle-aged around 115 years old.

Kethan has been hardened by life and is a stern, stoic, and impatient drider. He’s a quiet, brooding type, preferring to spend the majority of his time alone. He lost faith in Lolth the moment he was pitted against his brother - a man who has always been there. Callimar may be annoying to Kethan, more playful, chatty, and cocky, but Kethan loves his brother. Callimar has never once let him down. He keeps distance from his brother now, believing that he sacrificed himself so that Kethan wouldn’t fail the test and thinks that he never could have bested Callimar. He’s bitter and feels guilty, convinced that their transformation is entirely his fault. He falls victim more often than Callimar to the strong sense of fear and hatred that comes with his transformation, often lashing out and having to be restrained by Callimar until he calms. He keeps his shame and anger to himself, choosing instead to turn to silence, often spending far too much time in his own mind. He loves to hunt, enjoying taking his time as he stalks his prey before pouncing to inject his venom, getting a predatory thrill from the power dynamics.

The bond between twin brothers Kethan and Callimar is built on fierce loyalty and complex emotions. Kethan’s choice to fail Loth’s test and join Callimar in his transformation to a drider wasn’t a choice, in his opinion, but a given. Despite the distance he’s driven between them, Kethan adores his brother and would do anything to stay by his side. Their relationship is sometimes strained by bouts of savage, near-violent fights as they clash under the relentless influence of Lolth’s curse, yet they always reconcile. Kethan often works to make sure that Callimar is taken care of without his knowledge, cleaning up after him, ensuring that he’s fed, and tending the spiderlings so that Callimar loves so much.

Kethan is a firm dominant during intimacy who values his partner’s consent deeply. Driders’ penises are sheathed beneath their thorax and typically larger than most humanoids. He’s a stern, commanding lover who loves to have his partner tangled in his webs. He thinks of himself as monstrous, and is easily flustered by flirtation and affection, but once engaged in intercourse, he loves his partner fiercely. He prefers to take his time with slow, deep strokes, holding his partner by the neck or jaw as he takes them. He lavishes his partner in praise, and is a bit of a sadist, loving to be bitten, scratched, and marked by his partner.

Callimar and Kethan are fraternal twins raised in the Underdark by a single mother who worshipped Lolth in the city Menzoberranzan. They followed in her footsteps and worshipped as well, eager to meet Lolth’s test. However on the day of the test, the brothers found they were pitted against each other in a test of combat. They fought, and when Callimar found himself bested by his brother, he fell to his knees to accept his fate. Kethan refused to kill Callimar, however, and the two were turned into driders and outcast from society, leaving their mother with shame and grief. The Upperdark is below the surface of the World Above and is typically where surface dwellers and residents of the Underdark often meet. Callimar and Kethan have made their home in a deep cavern here, emerging to set up ambushes and traps for tradesmen, adventurers, and other travelers. They capture their victims to feed, typically draining them within an inch of their life before leaving them to find their way. They consider themselves kind, for NEVER killing their prey, but rather catching and releasing. Their home is decorated with a system of webs and various found and stolen treasures. They keep a small pack of monstrous spiders that they dote on. They grow restless, plagued by the wicked sense of hatred that corrupts them, often driving them to fight each other viciously, though they always seem to make up, as they believe there is no fate worse than being alone.

Appearance: Kethan has an athletic build. He has long, white hair, pointed ears, and crimson eyes. The upper half of his body is that of a drow, or a dark elf. The lower half of his body is that of a spider’s, with pedipalps, an abdomen, a thorax, and eight spider legs.