A recurring character from the City of Splendors, a Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign set in Waterdeep. ““What fools these pale elves must be,” Nystra cooed. Gliding closer to Caerden and sliding her hand across his chest. “They reject you for the acts of your grandmother, which gave you the advantage of drow blood in your veins.” “Your kind would be no more accepting of me,” he replied, brushing her hand away. He could not deny the palatable sensuality she radiated, and did not see what advantage she saw in manipulating him, but he knew her intentions were no less dark then her ink black skin. “Perhaps,” she purred looking up into his face with a wicked smile. “But I am more open minded then most of… ‘my kind’. I have never had the pleasure of a surface elf. Drow men are beaten into submission too early in life to be aggressive at anything. But I have heard tales of ‘your kind’. They say that some of you even dominate your women… and rule your houses.” “What do you want?” Caerden demanded, tiring of her game, even though he felt himself succumbing to her seduction. “You are so sure that a drow must have some evil in mind to do anything,” she snapped back. “You have no wealth to steal, no power to usurp, no position to influence, and your own blood rejects you already! What could you have that I would desire?” she said coyly. Moving to press her lithesome body up against him, she reached up and encircled his neck, drawing his head down toward her. “I want nothing more then this!” she breathed, as she clamped her lips upon his…” A young and ambitious young priestess of Lolth, Nystra stands undistinguished amongst her many sisters. Eager to prove herself to her cruel mistresses, both Lolth and her matron, she has been passed over time and again for opportunity to do so. Beautiful, cruel and self-serving, she delights in using her whiles and charm to manipulate men of any race, put finds surface elves of particular interest. Discovering Alak Tanor’Thal’s network of male drow, and his secret faith in Vhaeraun, Nystra saw the opportunity to gain personal wealth and power with in the Skullport house, and turned them to her will, rather then revealing them to her matron. Another of the recurring (non-player) characters from the City of Splendors that I did not get around to in my first pass. Thanks for looking... Hope you enjoy! Comments and suggestions always welcome and appricated! Credits: Stephanie 3.0 Petite with International Beauty Morphs by DAZ, with mats from Dark Elf for Aiko 3 by EllPro & eyes from Ethereal Elegance & Shadow for V3 by TiffT785 & Mahan, Hope Hair by Goldtassel & SWAM, Desolation Earth – Nomads for Stephanie 3.0 Petite by Frances Coffill with mats from DE Nomad Expansion Female Edition by Lobo75, spider necklace from Halloween by DAZ, dagger from DNA Weapons by RuntimeDNA, pose from DM’s Circle of Light by Danie, marforno & Abraham, and BRC – The Cloister by DAZ & Redhouse Studios.