#Sarith Kzekarit

[ritelli-main]

Local Druid healer found the sickest of men.

[defnotjarlaxle]

Sarith and his myconid son, Stool!

No, you can't hold Stool.

[azrithart]

Amarth is usually the grouchy elf healing wounds and helping save lives. Sarith refuses to get involved in most conflicts. Yet when an invisible critter tried to make a snack out of Amarth, Sarith intervened. Faerie fire and sneak attack from our party's rogue friend saved the day! Sarith even calmed him down with a little hair care. Now the druid is too gay to function. Grouch 4 Grouch.

[immortalarizona]

“This life is a waste of breath

The devil’s cold hands wrapped around my neck

So forget about my name

Ain’t no vulture parade

Don’t leave flowers on my goddamn grave.”

— Adam Jensen, “Flowers on My Grave”

shoutout to @desadin for activating the Sarith Brainrot™ again with their amazing lovely drawing of the one and only fungus man <3

also shoutout to whoever made this 3D model of a skull I used as a reference while drawing this. literally it was a lifesaver

this was inspired mostly by the vibes of the album cover for the song I used in the lyrics gimme a sec

yeah it's this one

this drawing is not canon (yet). I just had a Vision™ and needed to see if I could actually make it happen!!!

[fading-into-obscurity]

Nobody is gonna see this, but I love seeing people's twists on Out of the Abyss, and how willing people are to try and heal some of the broken drow characters like Sarith, Jorlan, and Zilchyn. It really warms my heart.

[desidov]

@immortalarizona @azrithart and myself have discovered we are all asexual appreciators of sarith kzekarit. and then i realized sarith IS the colors of the ace flag! our icon o7

[sarith-kzekarit]

Hiya! Thanks for all your comments/tags on my Sarith arts! Would it be okay to ask how his story went in your campaign? I’ve heard so many cool ones over the years!

Hi!! I'm a perfectly normal amount of insane about Sarith and am always on the lookout for more content of him and OOTA in general (I've found very few other fans, sadly). I love your stuff, including your Sporeblood comic, and it always makes me really happy to see anything you share. :)

Anyway, I'd be happy to share some info about our Sarith!! I'm our group's DM and we are currently in the second half of our OOTA campaign, where Sarith is alive and well.

His background (that my party is aware of):

Sarith belonged to a lesser noble house of Menzoberranzan. They aren't a ruling family.

He attended Melee-Magthere and prefers stealth and ranged fighting.

Due to certain experiences, he privately questioned Lolth's propaganda early on and doesn't subscribe to her ideology.

Partially out of a desire to spend as much time away from Menzoberranzan as possible, he pursued a career in cartography. His job was to explore across the Underdark and map out new areas. He's very passionate about his work and once stabbed a man for ruining a map by marking it with a knife.

So far, the above points are unique to us and not in the module.

(MODULE SPOILER) This is how he ended up in Neverlight Grove. In our campaign, he and a traveling partner discovered the previously-unknown myconid colony. Sarith gained a strong appreciation for it and deliberately didn't mark it on his map. During their stay, the myconid Stool grew attached and followed him when his journey continued.

(MODULE SPOILER) Sarith and his partner were infected without knowing it, and it was only a matter of time before one turned on the other. Sarith lost control first and murdered said partner in front of witnesses at a trading post. He doesn't remember the act.

Sarith was arrested and taken to nearby Velkynvelve, where he met the party.

The story so far:

Early on, Sarith was sullen, guarded, and distrustful, but he was fiercely protective of Stool. After observing their relationship dynamic, the PCs told Stool what a father was and how to refer to Sarith as "dad" in Common.

Sarith's health was slowly deteriorating throughout the early campaign, and he made significant efforts to hide this weakness out of fear of being left behind or killed off.

He cooperated with the party for survival, but he also went out of his way to refuse any attempts to help him personally, expecting that he would owe the others something in return.

Despite this, the PCs were determined to befriend him, and slowly but surely managed to break down his defenses. His personality began to shine through: that of a shy, quiet man who preferred being in the wilderness over being around people, and who would ramble passionately about his interests if you could figure out what they were.

As he grew to trust the party enough, he started encouraging them to travel to Neverlight Grove, which he considered to be a safe haven. It would have plentiful food and water to sustain them, and was mostly unknown by outsiders.

(TW terminal illness) As they got closer, Sarith got sicker, and he was prepared for the grove to be his final resting place; this way, at least he would die free, Stool would be returned home, and the people he'd grown fond of would be safe from their pursuers.

(MODULE SPOILER) Thankfully, the PCs were smart and picked up on the hints I sprinkled along the way. They were wary of all the strange behavior, kept a close eye on Sarith, and sent a very small PC-only team to investigate deeper into the grove. After experiencing The Horrors™, the party fled and vowed to find a cure for Sarith.

With more knowledge of exactly what they were dealing with, the PCs found small ways to help manage Sarith's symptoms until he could be properly treated by healers at a major location.

(MODULE SPOILER) As the party got closer to reaching their goal of the Surface, Sarith began to fear what would happen to him when they reached it. There was no place for him in the world above, nor did he have a place in the Underdark. But to everyone's surprise, the least likely person stepped up to offer him a home: the dwarf Eldeth, who he'd previously had a lot of tension with during Part I of the campaign. She had gained a lot of respect for him in the past months (especially from one particular event) and now considers him "one of us."

(MODULE SPOILER) During the Intermission - which the PCs spent on the Surface - Sarith and Eldeth stayed in Gauntlgrym and grew surprisingly close. The PCs insisted on keeping in touch via letters, and when the time came for them to be summoned by King Bruenor, Sarith was fully prepared to follow his friends back into the Underdark.

Present day:

Though Sarith is no longer terminally ill, he did develop a chronic illness as a result of the internal damage done to his body. Old habits die hard, and he's doing his best to hide this so he can be useful to the party.

Two of the PCs are currently in the process of courting Sarith into a poly relationship. It's going well. :)

I love this man so much and have a lot to say about him, but this is by no means exhaustive lol. I'm actually writing a private fanfiction for OOTA (which may or may not ever see the light of day) exploring his character and various themes more in-depth...

Anyway, thank you for asking!!

[lumendelmari]

Sarith, drow fighter/rogue from 'The Grey Warriors,' a retelling of a completed Out of the Abyss (Dungeons and Dragons) campaign.Read the story here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35100307/chapters/87436915

[wingdeans]

backgrounds dont exist 💗

the elf on the left belongs to @vulpineghost

[the-aviarys-models]

"Captured by the drow! You wouldn't wish this fate upon anyone, yet here you are—locked in a dark cave, the cold, heavy weight of metal tight around your throat and wrists. You are not alone. Other prisoners are trapped in here with you, in an underground outpost far from the light of the sun."

Our models of the prisoners. This is a long post, so they'll be under the cut!

There will be spoilers for this module!

We have versions as prisoners and normal versions. Tokens available upon request but will not be included in this initial post due to how many images there are.

Old/outdated versions of the models available upon request (or if I feel like reblogging them in later) since this is already a long post.

Buppido- Talkative and cunning derro

Prince Derendil- Quaggoth who claims to be a cursed elf prince

Eldeth Feldrun- Shield dwarf scout from Gauntlgrym

Jimjar- Deep gnome with a gambling problem

I rolled items for the NPCs, Jimjar ended up starting with the metal bar club.

Ront- Orc bully

Sarith Kzekarit- Drow accused of murder

Sarith here has multiple models that show the progression of the spore infection, (hey, I did say there'd be spoilers!) ending in a model of him as a spore servant. You'll also notice my stylization of elves... I like how pathfinder gives them funky eyes, and I stole it to make D&D elves look cooler.

Ideally, I'll switch out the tokens between chapters/sessions and pretend nothing has changed until the later stages where it's very obvious something is wrong with him.

Shuushar the Awakened- Kuo-toa hermit and mystic

Shuushar has a weapon, but he doesn't use it for combat. It's more of a utility tool for him.

Stool- Myconid sprout

I made it a lot different from its art so that it has hands to hold items with. Stool is the only one who didn't receive a new model after the face customizer dropped, because, well... it wouldn't have benefitted much.

Myconid base is from here!

Topsy and Turvy- Deep gnome wererat twins

I love face customizer because I can give them slightly rat-like features without making it too obvious.

Also, Turvy's starting item was the flint dagger.

Honestly, I forgot to make wererat models for these two until making this post. The rodent head wasn't in the face customizer when it first released, so I figured I'd do it later... and then I forgot! So I whipped some up real quick. I tried to go for that look of animal eyes gleaming in the darkness.

[mosshugs-art]

Just trust in me my dear~ no cure is coming near. ------------------------------------------------ Drawing humanoids always makes me want to eat drywall so I made a critter version of my beloved @sarith-kzekarit's version of Sarith! And his little buddy.

[mormegiil]

Just dudes being bros

[kelians]

Оскільки я дуже люблю грати в днд і чекаю на новий епізод #CoffeeTalk вирішила намалювати персонажів з кампанії Out of the Abyss.

[azrithart]

You find friends in strange places. Captured after a century in the Underdark wilds, Amarth wasn't the friendliest cellmate. And imprisoned by his own guards, Sarith didn't have much to lose. --- Please do not use or repost. Not for AI. Reblogs are cool though! 🖤

[immortalarizona]

my boy Sarith has a new look after yesterday ✨🍄

with this design, I was very inspired by kintsugi, so I blended that with a map of the arteries of the face to come up with this design!! he no longer has pupils, and his “blood” is also glowing slightly through his skin :] also he has a ponytail because I wanted to see what would happen (my little heart immediately proceeded to explode of gay,,,,)

[vulpineghost]

Feb 11, 2022

My first drawing of Sarith Kzekarit and his myconid child, Stool (who is based on an inky cap mushroom). Sarith is a very different character in my campaign...